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Sandbanks: Two injured in motorbike crash near Evening Hill
TWO people riding on a motorbike have been taken to hospital after a serious crash in Sandbanks. Emergency services were called to the crash just after 7.30pm on Sunday, April 27 involving just a ...
Thursday’s elections will be ‘tough’, PM admits as campaigning enters final week
The upcoming Runcorn and Helsby by-election will run alongside local elections and it is expected to be a tight contest between Labour and Reform UK.
Snooker’s transgender inclusion policy to be reviewed after Supreme Court ruling
Snooker will review its transgender inclusion policy in light of a landmark UK Supreme Court ruling, the sport’s world governing body has said. The sport currently allows trans women to compete in its ...
Starmer’s No 10 and Badenoch hit out at Kneecap over ‘dead Tory’ allegation
A member of the rap group allegedly said ‘the only good Tory is a dead Tory’, prompting condemnation in Westminster.
Daniel Dubois pushes Oleksandr Usyk as pair promote rematch at Wembley
IBF champion Dubois will face WBC, WBA and WBO titlist Usyk at England’s national football stadium on July 19.
Alex Mahon stepping down as chief executive of Channel 4
Alex Mahon is stepping down as the chief executive of Channel 4 after nearly eight years. She will leave the business in summer this year, having joined the organisation in 2017 as the channel’s first ...
Conclave to elect new pope will start on May 7
Catholic cardinals have set May 7 as the starting date for the conclave to elect Pope Francis’s successor, delaying the secret voting for two days to help them get to know one another better and find ...
Bournemouth man died from bleed on the brain after fall
A MAN died from a bleed on the brain after suffering an unwitnessed fall, a court heard. Peter Edgington, 83, was admitted to Poole Hospital but sadly died around a week later. Area coroner for Dorset ...
Tributes to Poole musician Roy Phillips who has died
TRIBUTES have been paid to a Poole-born musician who has died after a battle with cancer. Roy Phillips, the frontman and keyboardist for The Peddlers, has died aged 81 in Christchurch, New Zealand.
Prescription charges in England frozen for first time in three years – Starmer
Prescription charges in England will be frozen for the first time in three years, the Prime Minister has announced. Prices will stay at £9.90 per item while three-month and annual pre-payment ...
Teachers’ union reaches agreement in High Court legal action over top role
A High Court judge commended the parties involved for their approach, which he said had led to a ‘desirable outcome’.
Luther heading Fellowes’ French Classic team
Charlie Fellowes will be heading to ParisLongchamp in May with representatives in the both the Poule d’Essai des Poulains and the Poule d’Essai des Pouliches – the French 2000 and 1000 Guineas.