CRAIG Boyce has stressed he will take a "few months out to think over" whether he still wants to carry on racing next year. The Pirates legend also admitted to the Wimborne Road faithful that he had been "pretty disappointed to be released with four
Serita Shone supplied the last Dorset highlight of the track season. Shone won the Senior Girls' Heptathlon title at the English Schools' Combined Events Championships in Exeter. The Bournemouth AC star racked up 4,827 points with a 14.92s 100m hurdles
POOLE AC's sequence of South-West League Championships finally ended as Cornwall AC thwarted their fifth successive title bid. Though the title went west, both rivals were surprised as Taunton AC ran away with the day's honours in the final match at
BOURNEMOUTH were left to reflect on their lack of composure and some stray passing as they lost 3-2 at Hampshire/Surrey Regional League rivals Reigate Priory. Pete Larcombe gave the visitors the lead but, despite some fine goalkeeping by Steve Bishop
A CORONER has sympathised with the grieving family of a Bournemouth pensioner who unwittingly starved herself to death. Sarah Hughes died from malnutrition caused by self-neglect at the Windsor Court nursing home in Bodorgan Road on July 12 this year
WAITING is nearly over for the much-anticipated arrival of the Waitrose supermarket in Christchurch. Work is now under way to transform the former Co-op store, off Fountain Way, which shut up shop last month after nearly 30 years as a cornerstone of
BOSCOMBE is coming on line with the launch of free broadband and information points. The Mayor is unveiling the information revolution on Wednesday, October 10. It will be Dorset's first free public wireless internet service. The two information points
A PILOT scheme may be launched in Bournemouth and Poole to test whether GP surgeries should open evenings and weekends. Bournemouth and Poole Primary Care trust is considering the move partly to reduce pressure on NHS out-of-hours and accident and emergency
DORSET police will be carrying out raids as part of a crackdown on criminals who force trafficked women into the sex trade. Code-named Pentameter 2, the operation, launched on Wednesday, October 3, follows a similar one last year in which 200 people
AS a pioneer of healthy eating, Barbara Cox sought to improve the food on our dinner plates. But as a busy working mother-of-two - she's adept at spinning plates too! Now the founder of Poole-based Nutrichef has just won the south-west entrepreneur of
MORE than half of parents expect their child to have to take out a student loan to fund their studies at university, a survey has shown. Around 57 per cent of parents said their child either had or would need to take out a student loan, rising to 71
Kylie Minogue, Eva Longoria and Keira Knightley are making hisssssstory. They've shocked the world by jumping onboard this season's trend - snakeskin. Nothing is free from the venom of this season's must-have accessory. Kylie was pictured clutching
Mourners gathered at Bournemouth crematorium on Monday to mark the passing of a woman believed to be the town's oldest resident. Grace Crook died on September 24, in the cardiac care unit of the Royal Bournemouth Hospital, aged 106, after suffering a
I'm notching up another year with another birthday and realise I have reached a phase where a lady does not reveal her age. In my mind I feel exactly the same at I did at 20, but reminders of my mortality surround me. Morning TV is to be avoided with
SWANAGE Railway has been handed the task of preserving the historic luggage van that carried Sir Winston Churchill to his final resting place as part of his funeral train in 1965. The Southern Railway parcels and luggage van has returned from California
A JUDGE will decide on Thursday, October 4 if a Bournemouth doctor was unfairly convicted of harassment. Dr Timothy Timberlake was found guilty by Bournemouth magistrates last August of harassing Amanda Jenner, the former daughter-in-law and business
PINCH point trials to slow traffic through Burley could become permanent after residents gave a thumbs-up. The temporary constrictions installed by Hampshire County Council followed complaints about vehicles being driven at breakneck speed in Burley
CLASS sizes in primary schools in Britain are among the highest in the developed world, according to a report. The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) found that despite spending on students in the UK being far higher than the
My name is Lila. I'm a lilac Burmese kitten and I'm just hanging around with my Mum until I can find some more mischief to get into. Sent in by Paula.
This Cool Cat is Koko, she is an 11 year old Persian Chinchilla. Favourite hobby is taking my next seat. Sent in by Kevin.
This traditional, double-fronted family home offers solid, spacious living accommodation and bags of character - and it's just a pebble's throw from the beaches of Branksome Dene Chine. Accommodation includes a spacious entrance hall with tiled floors
BOURNEMOUTH Dolphins are working to pick up the pieces after an astonishing 10 days that has seen the club lurch from one crisis to another. A spell which began with head coach Graham Bassi's resignation early last week reached new levels of turmoil
RIVALRY and arguments between two community groups in North Dorset has led to suggestions that the town councillors central to the problem should step out of the public eye for several years. An independent report into community planning across the county
TUCK in your napkins and work up an appetite because Wimborne's first food festival is being served up between October 20 and 28. More than 45 events will be taking place in and around the town and range from farm tours to see where local food is produced
LANDLORDS who rent properties to students are making greater returns than those who focus on other tenants, research has shown. Investors who have portfolios which include a large number of properties that are let to students are getting rental returns
Almost 44,000 women are now diagnosed in the UK every year. Over 12,000 women a year - around 34 women a day - die from the disease and one in nine women will develop breast cancer at some point during their lifetime. BREAST AWARE Being breast aware
THE massive council clean-up of 30 years worth of junk from a neglected bungalow cost around £20,000, it has been revealed. Now the Borough of Poole has pledged to continue this policy of last resort when needed to protect the environment. In a week-long
Joe Brown & Dave Edmunds, Pavilion, Bournemouth Take two old rockers with almost 100 years' of experience between them and it's a recipe for a show which veers between the sublime and the pointlessly self-indulgent. At least that was the way it looked
PIRATES star Jason Doyle has been banned from the roads for drink-driving and asset Antonio Lindback is facing drink-drive allegations abroad. Doyle, 21, was banned by magistrates in Blackpool yesterday, while Lindback - currently on loan to Pirates'
DAVID Davis's speech to the Conservatives in Blackpool yesterday (Tuesday) focused on what he sees as the "break-up" of British society. Pointing to the source of the problem as the Tories perceive it, the Shadow Home Secretary said bad parenting, a
PARENTS are being urged to take responsibility for children's bad behaviour after new figures showed complaints of antisocial behaviour in Bournemouth and Poole are rising. Bournemouth council's antisocial behaviour co-ordinator Jayne Robertson has revealed
ASSISTANT boss Rob Newman pulled no punches after watching Cherries slump to another depressing home defeat last night. Second-half goals from Dean Cox and Bas Savage earned Brighton their first win at Dean Court for 12 years and plunged Cherries deeper
IT'S one of the best-known buildings in town but the Imax has failed to make it on to the new Monopoly Bournemouth and Poole board. Many expected the hated Waterfront building to feature in the space of Old Kent Road, the least valuable square on the
POLICE are not treating the death of Karleen Pang as suspicious. Grandmother Mrs Pang, 67, died after falling overboard from cruise liner Oceana early on Sunday morning. Her body was recovered by the Calshot RNLI inshore lifeboat from the Thorne Channel
PIRATES asset Chris Holder is "doubtful" for tonight's meeting at Wimborne Road which is a tribute to outgoing Poole rider Craig Boyce. The 40-year-old Australian captains the Dorset outfit against Vicrown Developments Select (7.30pm) in a special challenge
A BOURNEMOUTH Dolphins B team missed victory by just one point as they were pipped by Tornadoes of South Dorset in the Keysworth Engineering Cup at B gala at Wareham. The hosts finished third with Poole fourth. New girl Annabel Dullage was one of
