POPULAR Cherries defender Eddie Howe says reputations will count for nothing as the battle for first-team places begins to gather momentum. Cherries' 15th highest league appearance-maker knows he has a fight on his hands for a starting berth as he prepares
BROADSTONE all-rounder Zeeshan 'Ziggy' Arshad could yet get his wish to play at Lord's for Dorset after being picked for his Minor Counties Championship debut. The 18-year-old student of Matthew Keech's Cricket School' at Hurn Bridge will line up in
READING BULLDOGS 51 RIAS PIRATES 42 (Poole win 100-85 on aggregate) READING spearhead Greg Hancock hung out the white flag after only four heats as Pirates powered into the Knockout Cup semi-final at Smallmead on Friday night. A 5-1 by Poole RIAS reserves
ASSISTANT boss Richard O'Kelly wants Cherries new boy Daryl Taylor to take a leaf out of the book of the World Cup wingers. Taylor joined Cherries for the start of pre-season training this week after being handed a short-term contract by boss Sean O'Driscoll
INSTEAD of spending so long anguishing over what "turned" four outwardly respectable young men into the 7/7 bombers, why don't we just try this for size? They were evil. They did it because they wanted to. Simple as that. Like everyone else on this
IT ALREADY has a reputation as one of the world's most expensive places to live, but Sandbanks could soon be topping the list for the priciest parking spot, after a garage was snapped up for almost £100,000. The semi-detached 7.6m by 4.5m lock-up in
A SPORTS car enthusiast who killed his best friend in a high-speed crash has been jailed for three and a half years despite pleas for leniency from his victim's mother. Stuart Armstrong, 26, was driving his high-performance Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution
TAXPAYERS have been warned that they could have to pick up over £400 million in fines if they fail to tackle Britain's growing waste mountain. Addressing the Local Government Association conference in Bournemouth on Wednesday, chairman Sir Sandy Bruce
UPTON put on its best flowering face in a bid to delight the judges on a sweltering hot day. "Every year it's so hot when we do this, it's great," said Upton town councillor Janet Freke. Two judges from South East In Bloom and one from Britain in Bloom
AN INQUEST has recorded a verdict of unlawful killing on a teacher who died in a head-on accident with a car driven by one of her former pupils. Mother-of-three Mary "Myra" Martin died in September last year after a car being driven by her 20-year-old
HE'S no ordinary Joe. A Dorset police constable who risked his life to rescue two sisters from rough seas off Bournemouth has been nominated for a top award for his courage. Patrol officer Joe Tansey, 27, will be honoured at the Police Bravery Awards
A BENEFITS scrounger who used taxpayers' money to fund her lavish lifestyle has been ordered to pick up the large legal bill for her court case. Widow Lyndsay Stewart, who has already been stripped of £335,000 of her assets, will have to fund her £19,322
A POOLE mum is appealing for help in a desperate bid to create a safe haven for her son. Five-year-old Bailey Knapman has attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and his condition sometimes means that when he gets very frustrated he runs out of the
BUS drivers are finding themselves in the firing line as anger grows over unpopular route cuts. Both Yellow Buses and Wilts & Dorset have been lambasted by residents and councillors for their decision to withdraw buses from unprofitable routes and concentrate
