MATT Ritchie netted twice as Cherries came from behind to further enhance their promotion claims with a deserved victory over Notts County today. Ritchie struck with a fierce left-foot drive after 17 minutes to cancel out Jeff Hughes’s headed
THE UK Independence Party is going all-out to secure their first ever Dorset County Council seat at next month’s elections – fielding more candidates than the Liberal Democrats. Nominations for the elections on Thursday, May 2 closed yesterday
A NEW organisation designed to give people a stronger voice over health services has launched. Healthwatch has come into being across England with the intention of giving people more opportunities to challenge and influence how health and social
A 26-year-old man appeared in court this morning in connection with an alleged raid on HSBC in Poole on Thursday. Louis Warwick, of no fixed abode, is charged with robbery and firearms offences, and was remanded in custody after the hearing at
HARDY Highcliffe residents turned out in force to clear the beach of litter recently. Along with staff from Crazywater in Lymington Road, a total of 73 volunteers took part in the beach clean at Highcliffe Beach as part of the Surfers Against Sewage
EMERGENCY crews rescued a young man who tumbled down the cliff-face near East Cliff zigzag path in Bournemouth on Saturday morning. The man, in his 20s, fell from the top of the steep 40 foot cliffs and became stuck in a gully about a third of
A NEW inshore rescue boat which will be safeguarding swimmers at Sandbanks beach, has been named after long term supporters of the RNLI. Lifeguards have celebrated the start of the season by naming their Arancia boat after Maurice and Joyce Blake
Alan Sheehan's free kick is a fearsome effort, but flies narrowly wide Wes Fogden replaces Marc Pugh Sponsor's man of the match is Charlie Daniels.... Fans MoM is Matt Ritchie. Four minutes added time at the end of the second half.... A
FOOT artist Craig Seabright put his talents to good use to raise funds for a cause close to his heart. The 40-year-old Boscombe man spent five hours drawing portraits of customers and their pets at the new Dorset Children’s Foundation charity shop
RESIDENTS in Poole are being invited to have their say on how £1million will be spent to improve travel along Ashley Road in Parkstone. Borough of Poole has allocated funding from the £12.1m Three Towns Travel project for travel options between
A JEALOUS ex who broke another man’s jaw after catching him in bed with his former partner was jailed. Adam Sugrue, 29, who had pleaded guilty to wounding, inflicting GBH without intent and criminal damage, was sentenced at Bournemouth Crown Court
A FORMER Olympian who is now pulling pints in a Poole bar has pledged not to give up on his dream. Handball player John Pearce represented team GB in the 2012 Games, but has been forced to quit the sport after funding was pulled in December.
DORSET’S new deputy chief constable is James Vaughan. Mr Vaughan steps up from the assistant chief constable role and will take up his appointment on May 1, when current acting deputy chief constable Adrian Whiting retires. He joined Wiltshire
ONE of Bournemouth’s biggest nightclubs has completed a £1million refurbishment – with its owners promising they have increased measures to keep clubbers safe. The venue formerly known as Lava Ignite in Fir Vale Road is now Cameo and Myu Bar and
JAZZ diva Stacey Kent is one of America’s finest singers and has eight bestselling albums and a string of awards to prove it. Now she is here with a major UK tour, which arrives at the Life Centre on Wimborne Road in Bournemouth tonight. American-born
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 Ain’t Gonna Shine Anymore and Bridge Over
HMV stores in Bournemouth and Poole will remain open after the chain was saved yesterday. Restructuring firm Hilco, which already owns HMV Canada, bought 132 stores, including those in Bournemouth and Poole town centres. The store at Castlepoint
TWO people have been seriously injured following a crash between a motorcycle and a van in Christchurch on Saturday morning. An 18-year-old male motorcyclist and his female pillion passenger were airlifted to Southampton Hospital with potentially
THERE is lots going on at Lighthouse in Poole to keep the youngsters entertained over the next few days, including an exhilarating interpretation of a much-loved children’s story today with Robin Hood And His Merry Men. With Little John, Friar
I LOOKED out of my window this morning and saw a bird which is not in my small book of garden birds and which I have never seen before. The bird had the rounded shape of a robin but was very much bigger. Its plump breast was a rich browny red.
ENTERING Queens Park Avenue from Howard Road South by car has always been fairly hazardous. The trees on the right block the view of traffic from Cooper Dean and we also have a halfway pedestrian crossing area right on the junction which is well
I genuinely thought that 10pm on Saturday, March 23 was to be my last moment alive. I was calmly waiting in my stationary car for the oncoming traffic to clear so that I could turn right into a side street off Charminster Road when suddenly, around
A YOUNG athlete has been hailed a hero after saving a woman who had fallen into the freezing River Stour. Keen runner Frank Bailey, 20, was out for a training run minutes from his home in Stourcroft Drive, Christchurch, at around 1.30pm on Tuesday
WE’VE all had the experience. You make a major purchase, it gives you trouble, and before you know it, the guarantee has run out. In the case of Poole’s Twin Sails bridge, the contractor Hochtief will still be responsible for ongoing problems –
I FEEL I must respond to a recent letter denigrating Canford Cliffs library. As a very frequent visitor, I feel qualified to respond. The library is run by dedicated and knowledgeable staff. Facilities have improved – free computer, fee
IT WOULD seem to me that our alphabet is being overworked. It surely struggles to cater for all the support groups, protest groups, charities and consultant groups that seem to breed like rabbits. I have given up trying to find out what CAPRO represents
PLANS for private wardens to fine litter louts were prematurely killed off even though the public wanted them, it has been claimed. Poole council believed 400 people a month could have been ticketed if it entered a contract with enforcement firm
THE Broadstone HSBC bank is the third business targeted by robbers in Dorset and the New Forest in the past week. On Good Friday two masked robbers stormed into the Co-operative store in Parsonage Barn Lane in Ringwood and stole cash from the counter
WARREN Cummings still has magical Millennium Stadium memories but he insists Cherries will be desperate not to risk treading the play-off path. The former club captain is confident Cherries will avoid the nail-biting end-of-season decider by sealing
STEVE Cook has revealed how Tommy Elphick’s timely return has provided a major boost for Cherries by insisting: “He has got it all.” Elphick and Cook were reunited at the heart of Cherries’ back four when the captain made his long-awaited comeback
DORSET Olympian Zara Dampney has made her first steps towards Rio 2016 by moving back on to the international stage alongside her new beach volleyball team-mate. Christchurch-born Dampney, who flew the flag for Team GB with partner Shauna Mullin
DORSET coach Alan Willows is targeting title glory this summer as his men prepare to begin their 2013 season. The county start the new campaign with a friendly against Wiltshire at Salisbury tomorrow. And after getting into a position to challenge
BROADSTONE is a community in shock following the armed bank raid. The terrifying crime is the second armed robbery in this parade of shops in just over six months, after balaclava-wearing raiders wielding a handgun targeted Forum Jewellers in September
DETECTIVES hunting the Broadstone bank robber made two more arrests yesterday and recovered an imitation firearm. Two Poole men, aged 24 and 26, are being questioned by police in connection with the robbery at HSBC in Lower Blandford Road at 9.40am
Jemma Franses of Poole-based fundraising committee Kidzone Kenya met the inspiring orphaned and destitute girls helped by the charity on a trip to Nairobi When I found out I’d been given a British Airways charity flight to Nairobi to visit the
Anyone who enters the competitive world of fashion knows they have a tough ride ahead. Kate Farley also knew that having cerebral palsy would bring its own set of challenges. Yet having a determination that outshines many able-bodied people
Maciek Kijewski is Head Chef at The Italian Villa at Compton Acres, run by Beales Gourmet. His love of local ingredients and passion for entertaining guests with quirky gastronomic creations has endeared him to diners at each and every event and
The world’s most successful classical crossover artist Katherine Jenkins says she’s trying to develop a thicker skin as protection against the bizarre claims that accompany her life in the public eye. The Welsh valleys have produced some extraordinary
Floating effortlessly in the moonlit Dead Sea was a moment of pure spirituality and serenity – until Israeli fighter jets made an appearance and zipped their way through the night sky above the Jordanian border. The countries are currently friends
