IT was an historic occasion for AFC Bournemouth on Tuesday night when control of the club officially passed to the fans who have raised more than £1 million to keep it going. A ceremony at half time during Cherries' home match against Torquay saw former
DORSET rail passengers have wasted years of their lives waiting for delayed trains, figures have revealed. South West Trains tops Britain's league of shame with more than a quarter of its services arriving late, according to figures released this week
A CAMPAIGN has been launched for a law change so that planning authorities can consider the health risks of mobile phone masts. Studies have linked radiation from mobile phones and the masts to conditions such as ear and brain tumours. Under the current
THE PRESSURE is on to start works to save Swanage beach this year. Organisers hope to begin the £2.2million beach regeneration project this October - if postponed for a year it will cost £3.2million. A planning application to build 19 timber groynes along
A WOMAN who grew up in one of Poole's most historic buildings has told how she saw her childhood memories go up in smoke. Ann Husher, now 60, moved into the building that is now Cranberries bistro in Sarum Street with her brother John and parents Florence
POOLE'S controversial landmark building Dolphin Quays has been sold for £10.6 million to the partnership that includes Richard Carr's Ravine Developments. The sale to Skelton Poole Ltd, a subsidiary of London-based property company Skelton Group, and
POLICE in Poole are concerned for the welfare of a man who has been missing since the weekend and are appealing for the public's help in finding him. Mathew Windsor, 41, has not been seen since midday on Sunday, when he drove off from his Poole home in
CHERRIES legend Steve Fletcher was the toast of Dean Court after chalking up his 100th career goal to earn Sean O'Driscoll's side their second League One double of the season. (Feb 22) Fletcher grabbed a trademark bullet header six minutes from time when
OLIVER Baczala and James Middleton have struck gold for Dorset's junior team in the Home Counties under-11 Open. Middleton of Longfleet School and Baczala from Christ the King, outclassed Sam Parsons and Robert Spink 15-8 in a high-quality final at the
DORSET Road Race League champion Carl Morris won the Lytchett Manor 10-mile road race in record time. The Purbeck schoolteacher chalked up his second League victory of 2005 as he bids for a hat-trick of League titles. Morris made the decisive break on
BLANDFORD trainer Robert Alner has reported Kingscliff and Sir Rembrandt in 'fine form' ahead of the duo's bid for next month's totesport Cheltenham Gold Cup. Kingscliff has not been seen out since he finished a very encouraging two-and-a-half-length
A BOARDROOM split over the signing of ex-Portsmouth striker Warren Hunt has left Dorchester manager Mark Morris and club chairman Eddie Belt considering their futures with the Magpies. Morris targeted the 19-year-old Bognor Regis forward after being told
A DORSET company has revealed how its engines secretly powered Brad Pitt's war galley in the movie epic Troy. Filmgoers watched Achilles (Pitt) and his Myrmidon oarsmen straining their sinews so their galley could be the first of the Greek invasion fleet
ANGRY traders say they lost thousands of pounds worth of custom after a number of Ferndown roads were closed for safety improvements to a notorious junction. Some described the high street as "a ghost town" at the weekend, after Ringwood Road, Victoria
TWO football fans plan to walk to every Premiership ground in the country in memory of a tragic disabled woman. Weymouth FC fans Nathan Watling and Lee Roberts will make the marathon trek in memory of Nathan's sister who died last year. Nathan, 28, a
ANIMAL welfare workers have appealed for people to get in touch if they have seen a missing cat lost in Dorset. Hickory is a six-year-old black and white male who escaped with another cat, Mabel, from Caundle Marsh near Sherborne in December 2003. Mabel
FORGET freerunning and skateboarding - the sport of choice for Dorchester is fast becoming bowls. With splendid facilities up at Sandringham Sports Centre, Dorchester Bowling Club appears to be going from strength to strength. And judging by the latest
CONCERN is mounting that some North Dorset motorists will face a 20-mile journey to refuel if an application to demolish a garage and build houses is granted. Drivers living in the Lydden Vale area around Hazelbury Bryan and Pulham would be among those
STEVE Fletcher plundered his 100th career goal and then set his sights on helping Cherries achieve the ultimate prize this season - promotion to the Championship. Fletcher put the finishing touches to an emphatic victory when he scored a trademark header
A CAMPAIGN has been launched for a change in the law so that planning authorities can consider the health risks of mobile phone masts. Studies have linked radiation from mobile phones and the masts to conditions such as ear and brain tumours. Under the
BOURNEMOUTH residents will have to stump up an extra 4.5 per cent in council tax from April, pushing up the annual bill for a band D property to nearly £1,240. Councillors voted unanimously for the increase at a special meeting in Bournemouth Town Hall
SHADOW chancellor Oliver Letwin could lose his Dorset seat at the next general election, according to the Liberal Democrats' election strategist. Lord Rennard put the West Dorset MP on a list of vulnerable Tories which also included party leader Michael
"ABOUT time too," is the view of pensioner leaders in Dorset to the news that the Conservatives would cut council tax bills by £340, if they won the next election. The Tories say that since Labour came to power, OAPs have seen 40 per cent more of their
A NATIONAL increase in the number of abortions carried out on young girls is not being reflected in the latest figures for Bournemouth and Poole, according to health experts. More than 1,000 girls of 14 and under underwent abortions in England and Wales
A CAMPAIGN has been launched for a law change so that planning authorities can consider the health risks of mobile phone masts. Studies have linked radiation from mobile phones and the masts to conditions such as ear and brain tumours. Under the current
A CAMPAIGN has been launched for a law change so that planning authorities can consider the health risks of mobile phone masts. Studies have linked radiation from mobile phones and the masts to conditions such as ear and brain tumours. Under the current
WHAT would you do if you were magically granted an extra hour of time in the day? Perhaps those with a demanding work or home life would take a nap or have a nice cuppa in front of a log fire whereas others might prefer to go on a shopping spree. Whatever
FOLLOWING the success of his exhibition Beyond Materiality, which attracted record visitors to the Tate in St Ives last year, the painter Trevor Bell is staging a new show at Bournemouth's Russell-Cotes Art Gallery and Museum. (June 12) The exhibition
FLY-HALF Jon Sanchez set a new Bournemouth club points scoring record of 122 in a league season as he slotted over five kicks in their impressive 31-0 home win over Frome. Sanchez went into the crucial Southern Counties South top-of-the-table clash at
A NEW clot-busting therapy is revolutionising the treatment of acute stroke at Royal Bournemouth Hospital say medics. The hospital is the first in the area to pilot the treatment called thrombolysis which involves clearly identifying the suitability of
IT'S barely 18 months since Willy Mason graduated from high school and he's on his first headline tour of Europe. (February 23) Just him and his guitar, you understand, on a mission to share ideas and breathe new spirit into a singer-songwriter genre
TRADERS in Dorchester are crying out for people to come and visit the town. Dorchester chamber of commerce and industry has joined forces with award-winning town crier Alistair Chisholm to promote the town across Dorset and beyond. And chamber chiefs
THE new owners of a Dorchester-based pub chain today announced the historic Eldridge Pope name is to disappear. Michael Cannon's SDA company, which took over the chain three months ago, has already embarked on a £14million refurbishment of pubs in the
CAMPAIGNERS today welcomed a move to fit crime-busting security cameras at a 'wilderness' rail station plagued by problems. Rail bosses and council chiefs want to install cameras at Upwey and add more to the main station in Weymouth in a bid to improve
A LIFEBOAT MAN who took part in an international rescue mission has returned home. Matthew Cridland had just a few hours' notice to join the RNLI international rescue mission to help with the flood relief effort in Guyana. He said the government-funded
CAMPAIGNERS are congratulating a council on their efforts to improve disabled access in Dorchester. But wheelchair-users say there is still much to do in dropping kerbs all over Dorset. Carol Bancroft said Dorset County Council has already done a lot
NEW Forest council tax increases are to be agreed at Lyndhurst tonight with the contribution for an average band D home going up to a total £1,223.95. Hampshire County Council, which makes the heaviest demand on the council tax, has set its lowest rate
RETIRED RAF officer John Rees, who helped bring the annual Red Arrows displays to Bournemouth and was a stalwart of several local health bodies over the past 20 years, has died in hospital at the age of 79. Mr Rees achieved the rank of group captain during
THIS is the time of year when you can't have a five-minute conversation with anyone without the subject of diets coming up. Similarly, it's getting hard to switch on the TV without seeing a hapless member of the public or a down-on-their-luck celebrity
