CHERRIES manager Eddie Howe has confirmed that Joe Partington will miss the rest of the season after sustaining a fractured right fibula. The homegrown defender suffered the leg injury during training yesterday and could be facing six to eight
BOSS Eddie Howe urged his Cherries stars to embrace the chance to play for promotion and then declared: “There should be no fears or worries.” Howe insists Cherries will stick to the routine which has served them so well since his appointment as
THE number of winter landslips along the South West Coast path have increased tenfold, the latest figures show. South West Coast Path Association experts say an “unprecedented” 30 landslips and cliff falls have taken place since November. In
A BLAST of wintery weather sweeping in from the north east caused a sudden dusting of snow across Dorset this afternoon. The mercury plunged to three degrees for much of the day, although gusts of icy wind travelling at up to 36 miles per hour
It's only seen once every 100,000 years - and this week is your last chance to catch a glimpse of the Comet PANSTARRS. Photographer Mark Gaston took this timed-exposure image of the comet over Corfe Castle on Tuesday night - it's in the bottom
IT turns out that Mr Boe is actually a bit of a rocker, a bit of a Soul Man and likes to add a touch of gospel every now and again. Starting off the evening with a Roy Orbison cover followed by The Sun Aint Gonna Shine Anymore and Bridge Over Troubled
THE Bonham family tree is firmly rooted in musical tradition. First was John Bonham, the esteemed drummer for Led Zeppelin, who was followed by his son Jason, a skilled skinsman in his own right, who performed with Zeppelin at their much hailed O2
MORE green-fingered Bournemouth residents have joined the borough’s green waste collection service. A further 1,500 people who were on the waiting list have joined the scheme, bringing the total number of households on the garden waste collection
WORLD-renowned photographer Rankin, international artist Stuart Semple and war photographer Giles Duley have all come out in support of Arts University Bournemouth’s ann-ual competition to find emerging creative talent. The artistic heavyweights
CHRISTCHURCH residents have doubled their recycling rates following the start of a new wheelie bin collection service, early results suggest. The Dorset Waste Partnership has produced its first quarterly waste statistics since it launched the ‘
IT’S a firm family favourite that always goes down a storm with the audience – even if it is a touch farcical at times! Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat is camp, cheesy and completely comedic. This is a fun-filled show definitely not
A BRIDGE connecting Wimborne’s Waitrose with the town centre has been unanimously approved by district councillors. Plans for a footbridge, which one councillor said could be a “bridge too far”, were made a condition for the approval of the supermarket
A BOURNEMOUTH mother, who cares full-time for her severely disabled son, has been invited to the House of Commons to share her experiences with MPs. Lorraine Zavadil will tell politicians how she was forced to take legal action against Bournemouth
A PENSIONER has appeared in court charged with the attempted murder of his elderly mother. Ron Barham, 73, of Three Acre Drive in Barton-on-Sea, is accused of trying to smother his mother, 94-year-old Elsie Barham, at the Quaker House Residential
A CHARITY that aims to tackle knife crime will be officially launched on Saturday in memory of a Bournemouth man who was stabbed to death. Jane Ormerod has set up Turn Your Back (TYB) after her son Nicholas was killed by homeless alcoholic Mark
THE murderers of Boscombe man Geoffrey Reed were sentenced to a total of 56 years in prison this morning. Stuart Wareham, 26, half-brother Lee Wareham, 33, and Benjamin Walter, 22, plotted to murder convicted sex offender Mr Reed, 57, at his home
NEW Forest residents have the chance of a say on an action plan designed to protect the national park. The New Forest Park Authority has worked with a host of organisations to create the plan, which sets out proposals to protect the landscape,
A SHOCKED mum says her family escaped a dramatic house fire thanks to their working smoke alarms. Norma Bridger, who lives with husband Stephen and their children Tommy and Emily at Creech Bottom, near Wareham, was alerted to a fire in the early
THE memory of an inspirational Southbourne woman will live on in July when her fiancé and family raise funds for a cause close to their hearts. After being diagnosed with terminal cancer last summer, Zoe Gooch was determined to live each day as
OYEZ! The bells rang out for Poole man David Squire when he attended an event to celebrate him officially becoming the longest-serving town crier in the world. The Harbour Lounge at the Quay end of Poole High Street hosted a surprise party attended
POLICE attended the HSBC Bank in Broadstone at around 10.40am this morning following reports of a robbery. Two police cars and a police helicopter were spotted at the scene in Broadway. Armed police are also at a block on flats in Commercial Road
PIRATES star Darcy Ward is set to see a specialist as he aims to discover the full extent of his hand injury after escaping with no broken bones. Ward this morning reported that an X-ray had confirmed no fracture in the left hand he hurt in a nasty
POLICE are hunting a lone robber who targeted a Blandford convenience store last night. The raider struck at 10.20 pm at the One Stop store on Salisbury Road. After demanding money from staff he was handed a quantity of cash. He fled from the shop
A CROSSBOW-wielding thug who shot a mating pair of swans last week may have also fired shots at Throop Mill. Both swans were seriously injured in the attack, which occurred at around 6pm on Wednesday, March 27. The male received veterinary treatment
A UNION claims morale at Poole Hospital has been damaged by the consortium set up to look at pay and conditions for NHS workers. Georgina Cawley, area organiser with Unison, told a hospital board meeting that the prospect of being expected to work
I REALLY must take Cllr Ron Whittaker to task regarding his letter concerning the railway and the Beeching cuts (Letters, March 30). To call Dr Beeching a fool is utterly wrong and very unfair. By the 1960s the railways had suffered years of underfunding
I FELT that I should reply to Peter Bingham (Letters, Saturday, March 30) regarding the payment of council tax by instalments. In Bournemouth, Mr Bingham could have paid his council tax by direct debit in 12 monthly instalments last year. We
ON Saturday, March 23, I attended the wind farm meeting at the Royal Bath Hotel on behalf of Agenda 21. In 1989 at a world summit, Margaret Thatcher made a powerful speech in support of environmental action to achieve a sustainable future and, in 1992
BENJAMIN JAMES WHANT aged 29 of Binnie Road, Poole. Admitted driving a Volkswagen van on Herbert Avenue, Poole, whilst using a mobile phone. Fined £165. To pay victim surcharge of £20. Costs £35. Disqualified from holding or obtaining a driving licence
KELLY JANE WARD aged 42 of Seagrim Road, Bournemouth. Proved in absence that she was the keeper of a vehicle when it did not meet the insurance requirements of the Road Traffic Act. Fined £200. To pay victim surcharge of £20. Costs of £110. MATTHEW
IF the name David Squire rings a bell, it should do. For a large number of people have heard of him and heard him, particularly in Poole. For the past 55 years David has been shouting out oyez! oyez! and ringing his bell as Poole’s town crier
Your correspondent from Blandford writes regarding the Royal Arcade, which is a beautiful building in the heart of Boscombe, full of history. I would like to reassure her that we are working hard to bring it back to life. In fact, on regular weekends
PLANS to site one of the UK's biggest solar energy farms on the outskirts of Christchurch have been approved by councillors. Work has now started on building the 118 acre (48 hectare) farm at Parley on land operated by Eco Sustainable Solutions
A family escaped unhurt after a blaze in their house in the early hours of Thursday morning. The fire, at the property in East Creech near Wareham, was caused by a faulty dishwasher. The dishwasher, a Bosch model, is part of a national recall
THREE men have been found guilty of murdering paedophile Geoffrey Reed and burying his body in a suitcase. Stuart Wareham, 26, half-brother Lee Wareham, 33, and Benjamin Walter, 22, were today convicted of killing the sex attacker in his Boscombe
SEAGULLS’ Harriet Perfect will be heading for her first national championships this summer just 18 months after taking up competitive swimming. The 12-year-old completed a clean sweep of her age group’s backstroke gold medals at the high-class
GOLFING sensation Georgia Hall rubs shoulders with the world’s best players this week – just 13 months after she was snubbed by Curtis Cup selectors. Hall is due to tee up in her first major later today after being invited to play in the Kraft
PIRATES were last night sweating over an injury to Darcy Ward after Kyle Howarth had inspired them to a dramatic victory over King’s Lynn. Boss Neil Middleditch, pictured below, confirmed that star rider Ward was this morning likely to have an
MURDER victim Geoffrey Reed was a serial sex attacker who served a lengthy prison sentence for raping a vulnerable adult and young child. He was sentenced to 10 years in prison in 2002 for four counts of rape and was released in November 2011 after
