PIRATES' clash against Wolverhampton at Wimborne Road tonight has been postponed due to the weather - with tomorrow's trip to Swindon also called off. The Wolves meeting is the second Elite League to be rained off at Wimborne Road this season
YOUNG boys are being invited to take part in this year’s Race for Life series and help in the fight against cancer. Until last year the popular 5km series was a women-only event and has helped to raise millions of pounds every year for life-saving
POOLE licensing chiefs have agreed to match Bournemouth’s maximum taxi fares to level the playing field across the conurbation. This means that the basic initial call out charge rises from £2.30 to £2.80, making a one mile taxi journey cost
IT was a childhood dream realised when Joe Knighton qualified as a pilot. And his achievement is all the more inspirational considering the Bournemouth Flying Club instructor was partially paralysed in a motorcycle accident when he was 19. Joe was left
TENNIS and needlework were the favourite lessons of Josie Heath, who left school at the age of 14. Now celebrating her 101st birthday at a Poole care home, Emily, who prefers to be known at Josie, has happy memories of those far off days.
A FORMER butcher who kicked another man’s head “like a football” during an alcohol-fuelled street attack has been jailed for 12 months. Leon Clark, 47, from Ashmore Avenue, Poole, admitted assaulting Andrew Golding on September 3 last year, causing actual
POLICE are appealing for information after an elderly woman was burgled at her home in Burton, near Christchurch. Details of the burglary have only just been released by police, who say the incident took place last Sunday, around 9.15pm.
BOURNEMOUTH’S most famous hotel has been sold. The Royal Bath was one of two hotels snapped up by the Britannia group in a deal worth a total of £20 million. The 174-year-old hotel, which has been on the market since February, employs
NEW WAVE favourites Squeeze return with an extensive tour of the UK that reaches the Bournemouth O2 Academy on November 23. Former Housemartin and Beautiful South front man Paul Heaton has just been announced as a special guest. Heaton and
FLIGHT of The Conchords star Rhys Darby is on a mission to save the world in 2012. This Way To Spaceship tells you all you need to know and will be flying to the Bournemouth Pavilion Theatre on July 1 as part Darby’s first ever UK tour. In
TWO potential Olympic stars of the future re-opened a Poole gym after a £350,000 refit. Nathan Bailey and Daniel Speers joined the Mayor at Rossmore Leisure Centre on Saturday. The new gym area is three times as big as the old one, and the number of
BOURNEMOUTH’S council leader rejected a suggestion the authority should publish yearly public notices on councillors’ attendance at meetings. John Beesley said the suggestion from Labour’s Dennis Gritt, made at the April full council meeting
A MAN who left one of his victims in a pool of blood with a fractured skull has admitted the attack. Polish Artur Purtak was in hospital for three days and had to return for surgery after being assaulted on his way home through Westbourne in
• MARIE Guney, 48, a Beales employee from Bear Cross, said: “They came round when my window was smashed and they were very good and they made follow up calls afterwards. “If you don’t get that contact with police you don’t feel obliged to talk
Dorset Police is considering cutting the number of beat officers in the face of huge spending cuts. The force is reviewing staffing in the Safer Neighbourhood Teams (SNT). Politicians and the Police Federation have warned it could lead
SNT Officers have been asked to spend less time on “quality of life issues.” These include problems where the police may be asked to help but they are not responsible – like dog fouling or overgrown hedges. Chief Superintendent Martin
EIGHT women who were sexually assaulted by former Bournemouth cabbie John Worboys are suing him and his vehicle insurers at the High Court. The eight victims, who cannot be identified for legal reasons, are arguing that John Worboys, who was
BOURNEMOUTH beach will host its first wedding on Friday with the seafront ceremony broadcast live to millions of viewers. An exclusive Bournemouth beach hut wedding, with all the trimmings, was the prize in a competition run by ITV’s Daybreak show.
THE first seahorse of the season to be spotted at Studland was stranded, run over and thought to be dead, but miraculously survived its punishing ordeal. And its presence has excited the experts who don’t normally see the delightful creatures this early
Police in Blandford are hunting a cold-hearted thief who distracted a 97-year-old man in his own home before fleeing with his cash. A man in his 20s, with a very slim build and dark hair, pushed his way into the property in the Heddington Drive
THE incoming mayor of Bournemouth has been told off for demanding that Francis Maude should be sacked. Cllr Phil Stanley-Watts, who takes over at the mayor-making ceremony on May 25, is not allowed to make political comments because the mayor should
A VILLAGE postman has lost his legal battle with the Royal Mail over his job after he had to stop using his bicycle. William Blight claimed he had been forced into giving up his rounds in Corfe Castle after being told to use a trolley or a car, instead
KRISTOPHER RAYMOND WILLIAM SHUTLER aged 26 of Ashmill Stud, Ashington Lane, Ashington, Wimborne. Admitted that with Steven Anthony Shutler, of attempted theft of a Massey Ferguson Tractor FAS154. Community order made to carry out unpaid work for 150 hours
CATHERINE MARY MACFARLANE SANSOM aged 23 of Lower Farm, Chettle, Blandford Forum. Admitted stealing a bottle of wine to the value of £3.99 from Londis. Fined £75, compensation of £3.99, victim surcharge £15 and costs £75.
LUKE PALLANT aged 23 of Dilly Lane, Barton on Sea. Admitted damaging an advertising sign to the value of £140 belonging to Dukes Bar and Grill. Fined £150, victim surcharge £15 and costs £85. ALISTAIR JOHN SMITH aged 27 of Wildfell Close, Christchurch
KERRY BRETT FRANCIS MARTER aged 50 of Cheltenham Road, Poole. Admitted driving a Peugeot 206 on Kingland Crescent with 114 milligrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of blood. Fined £150, victim surcharge £15, costs £85 and disqualified from driving
MICHAEL ROBERT BALL aged 27 of Vicarage Road, Poole. Admitted being in possession of 0.38 grammes of methylethylcathinone (otherwise known as NRG2) a class B drug. Fined £135, victim surcharge £15 and costs £20. OLIVER ROBERT THOMAS FROST
POOLE teenager Summer Greenham will be performing to the biggest audience of her life in July when she takes part in the opening ceremony for the Olympic Games. Around a billion television viewers around the world are expected to watch the spectacular
LOUD snoring is often treated as a bit of a joke, but a medical consultant has warned it could indicate a potentially life-threatening health problem. Royal Bournemouth Hospital physician Dr Alan Williams explained: “Up to 50 per cent of the population
THE death of Italian footballer Piermario Morosini who collapsed on the pitch and died from a heart attack on Saturday has again focussed media attention on the cardiac health of well trained athletes. The tragedy happened as Bolton Wanderers’ star Fabrice
The Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra is to celebrate the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee with a bang at a Bank Holiday fireworks party on June 4. Meyrick Park will resound with the best classical and film music – plus a fantastic firework display. The Orchestra
Veteran entertainer Sir Bruce Forsyth is performing with his big band at the Pavilion Theatre tomorrow evening. Sir Brucie, who presents the hit BBC show Strictly Come Dancing, recently made his musical comeback by releasing an album of standards after
ALTERNATIVE therapies are becoming more popular in treating health conditions, even as serious as cancer. Paul Jefferies, who runs a clinic in Bournemouth with his wife Wendy, describes himself as an alternative healer and martial arts master. Now
THERE has been a huge rise in the number of pet owners convicted of animal cruelty, shocking new RSPCA figures have revealed. In the South and South West of England convictions last year under the Animal Welfare Act shot up by 63 per cent.
IT amazes me the number of motorists that seem to receive pleasure from driving in puddles past pedestrians. Not only do they seem to find every puddle near to the kerb, but today I was given a free shower whilst walking under the bridge in Clingan
A YEAR ago Amber Rudd, MP for Hastings, wrote “Surely Hastings is on its way back to becoming the cultural and creative centre of the south east.” This was based partially on the opening of a privately funded £4million art gallery with magnificent views
AMONG the cases of animal cruelty to come before the courts last year were that of Soldier and Amber. Soldier's story WITH barely any flesh left on his body and his fur falling out, starving Soldier looked like his days were numbered. The emaciated
IT was good to see a full house at the Bournemouth Pavilion on April 21 for the BSO Diamond Jubilee concert. However, it could and should have had an added sparkle. My husband and I were expecting a rousing rendition of “God Save The Queen”, as it
YOUR correspondent D E Riley (Letters April 21) obviously knows nothing of local history, nor much about trams. Trams ran from Poole to Christchurch for over 30 years from April 6 1901 until 1935. The last Bournemouth to Christchurch tram ran in 1936
AS I keep reading the continuous letters about restoring Throop Mill, I think if it was possible it would have been done by now. I presume the obstacle is what is affecting everything today – funding and cash flow. From January 1963 I spent many a night
I RECENTLY had to spend some time in St Ann’s hospital following a complete breakdown. Whilst I was there I was treated with the utmost dignity and respect, the kindness of the staff was amazing, never too busy to chat or just listen.
THERE’S a vixen living in Parkstone that hobbles around on three legs, trailing its injured fourth. Surviving is tough enough for that creature but what makes it all the harder for her is that she’s believed to be the mother of two young cubs. And,
WET and windy weather is causing delays this morning, with trees down and ferry crossings also cancelled. The road at Stapehill Road in Hampreston is closed due to a fallen tree with delays across Dorset’s busiest roads caused by the heavy
A TOP Cherries player has been banned from driving for 18 months after being spotted struggling to park his Mercedes at a gym while nearly twice the drink-drive limit. Winger Donal McDermott, 22, was seen trying to reverse three times into
EMILY Longley’s boyfriend suggested different ways he could kill her just days before she died, a court heard yesterday. Prosecution witness Tom Crowe, 18, told jurors at Winchester Crown Court how his friend Elliot Turner also “joked” about
A BOURNEMOUTH hotel has closed for the second time in as many weeks after nine more people caught a sickness bug. Guests were yesterday being turned away from The Heath-lands Hotel, in Grove Road, which has shut again after six more guests and three
A PENSIONER is fighting for life after a collision with a car in Bournemouth on Monday night. The 73-year-old man from Bournemouth was taken to Southampton General Hospital with life-threatening injuries following the collision in Wellington
PIRATES hero Chris Holder reflected on the horror spill that left him battered and bruised and admitted: I had a lucky escape. Captain courageous Holder is vowing to brush off the damage of Sunday’s spectacular crash to lead Poole into battle
SIPPING champagne in a Wembley bath, Alex Pike conducted his post-match interviews. “I’m drunk and it’s lovely,” he rejoiced, having broken a seven-year stint without alcohol to toast Wimborne Town’s famous FA Vase triumph. Twenty years on from that
BOURNEMOUTH’S Steve Way posted a personal best in the London Marathon. While the Olympic dreams of Louise Damen and Liz Yelling were shattered, Way pressed his claims for further England honours by crossing the line in an impressive 2:19:04
SWANAGE & Wareham narrowly avoided relegation to Southern Counties South after a final-day defeat to Reading. Swans were beaten 27-5 at Bestwall, but drop zone rivals Reading Abbey lost their final game against Maidenhead to crash through the South West
STURMINSTER Newton equestrian star William Fox-Pitt claimed the Bovington one-day event Novice class title on one of his young horses, Freddie Mac. Despite torrential rain, crowds gathered to watch the Dorset star ride the eight-year-old chestnut thoroughbred
JACK Hennings says Bournemouth need to be ready for a step up in class next term but he insists: “We will rise to the challenge.” The back-row bruiser is relishing Lions’ debut National Two South campaign after helping the club achieve title and promotion
