PIRATES reserve Jason Doyle faces up to six weeks on the sidelines after it was confirmed he had broken his ankle during their 52-36 home win over Eastbourne on Friday morning. The Poole Castle Cover rider did the damage when he hit the fence hard after
NICKI Pedersen ended up in the Wimborne Road air fence as Craig Boyce did not give an inch in round three of their titanic personal battle' - much to the glee of Pirates fans. Boyce won round one when he punched Pedersen in the face and was fined £300
YOU'LL hear a certain theme crop up frequently among sports commentators and journalists alike this weekend, so - to coin an old addage - if you can't beat em, join em! Easter weekend is synonymous with having a major bearing on the football season -
PRINCE Harry, until recently stationed at Bovington Camp, is "dangerously becoming an embarrassment to this country", a veteran Royal photographer has said. But is the flame-haired one's recent bad behaviour simply youthful exuberance or something more
CHOCOLATE fans won't be surprised to know it's the easiest and most popular solution to life's stresses and strains - from being dumped to feeling hormonal. It's naughty but nice and yet despite the calories and advice from our dentists, 11 million of
Camera Obscura, Southampton Joiners ALTHOUGH received by an open-minded crowd excited in their anticipation of Camera Obscura's performance, it was clear support act Ned Collette was having a difficult time holding his audience's attention despite
Circus Royalle, Canford Park Arena Beware! Pirates have landed in Poole and occupied the Canford Park Arena. What's more, they say they're staying put until April 14. Brandishing swords and cutlasses, they strut and swagger and show off their extraordinary
A FIRE crew extinguished a heath fire, yards from where an open day was taking place to try and prevent heathland fires happening. The Ferndown fire engine was on its way to the event at the Heatherlands Centre when it was diverted to a small fire in
FOR the first time in a decade, more than half of car drivers are keeping to the 30mph speed limit in built-up areas, possibly because they fear being caught by speed cameras. The Department of Transport has revealed that the proportion of drivers busting
AN ADVOCACY service run by and for people with learning disabilities has been relaunched in Poole after picking up a grant of more than £40,000. The Poole Forum, which helps ensure people with learning difficulties can speak up for themselves, was nearly
AGGREGATE giant Tarmac has won planning permission to dig 756,000 tons of soft sand at its Nea Farm Quarry at Somerley near Ringwood. Now the company is working on plans to extract another six million tons from nearby Plumley Wood. The latest planning
A DAUGHTER was left fearing she would lose her father's last words to her after a phone company cut off her internet access in the wake of his death. Jaymi Darragh, 27, from Bournemouth, was disconnected by Virgin Media three days after the death of
RESIDENTS are being urged to voice their opinions about plans to build more than 30 flats on the site of an historic hotel in Poole. The Broadstone Hotel, which was built next to the railway line in 1889, was a pub until it was shut down nearly a year
THE size zero debate won't go away; unlike the figures of those trying to achieve an über-waif-like figure. The recent programme The Truth About Size Zero starring Louise Redknapp has had an adverse affect, with women becoming more conscious about their
YOUNG people - and a sprinkling of celebrities - will be in the spotlight when 3,000 delegates gather in Bournemouth next week for the 82nd annual conference of Rotary International in Great Britain and Ireland. The event will be launched on Friday when
DRIVERS and shopkeepers will have to put up with a few more weeks of disruption in Sturminster Newton as the works in the town go on two and-a-half months longer than planned. Town centre enhancement works, which began in January, were due to finish
A CORNER of Lower Parkstone, where time stood still for a decade, is ticking over again now its art deco clock has been repaired. The timepiece has been admired by pedestrians and motorists at the traffic lights in Ashley Cross for years, but not for
A POOLE family with a blind son is backing a campaign to ensure he and children like him get better access to books. The Murray family, from Poole Park, with their four-year-old son Lucas, who has been blind since birth, were among hundreds of families
THOUSANDS of holidaymakers are enjoying the Easter sunshine with forecasters predicting more good weather today as Bournemouth is set to rival the Med. Yesterday average temperatures reached 17C and today's weather was set to be 15C. Poole was bustling
CONFESSION of the week, of the century, probably, has to be Keith Richards' astonishing admission that he snorted his own father's ashes during a cocaine binge. "It went down pretty well and I'm still alive," he boasts. Even though he's now back-tracking
TWO elderly women are in hospital with serious injuries after they were struck by a friend's automatic car just outside a Poole supermarket. The horrific accident took place in the car park at Asda, Canford Heath, yesterday morning, after the Poole women
PIRATES go into the Good Friday double header against Eastbourne with their chances of recording two victories seriously undermined by illness to Jason Crump. The Aussie ace, who is suffering from a "flu-like virus", manfully scored 12 points as Poole
NEIL Middleditch has labelled the award of a controversial 5-1 against Pirates as "disgraceful" after they lost a thriller at Swindon. Poole Castle Cover's team manager was so furious with the decision that he was fined £300 by referee Graham Flint for
DENNIS Priestley had the look of a man who'd lost a pound but found a penny, even though some good old Yorkshire grit earned him a 7-7 draw with Roland Scholten. In a nip-and-tuck encounter, the willowy frame of the Dutchman Scholten and his fluid technique
ADRIAN Lewis insists he has "matured" as a player after a tough start to life in the Holsten Premier League. Lewis put in a sensational display of finishing prowess to dispatch Colin Lloyd 8-5 at the BIC last night, with a 164 check-out the highlight
RAYMOND Van Barneveld was left to reflect that life isn't such a breeze when you're world champion after his 7-7 draw with old foe Peter Manley last night. The Dutchman, who became PDC world champion earlier this year, saw his hopes of qualifying for
PHIL Taylor demolished Terry Jenkins 8-1 in a darting masterclass last night and that claimed that he had simply played "steady" darts! The 13-time world champion reeled off seven straight legs to leave the Premier League's form man Terry Jenkins looking
