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A Hammers contingent will be dispatched to follow the Lions Down Under!

LADIES Day at the Uttoxeter Red Cross shop saw a range of party and occasionwear up for grabs.

Police appeal for information about a bike theft in Skegness

Football coaching sessions are taking place in Chester-le-Street for children aged five to nine. The On the Ball junior coaching sessions have been organised by Durham County Council to help youngsters develop their football skills and their confidence. During the seven-week course children will learn to improve their football skills and their ability to play as part of a team. The coaching sessions, priced £21 for seven weeks, take place at Riverside Sports Complex, in Chester-le-Street on Wednesdays between 5pm and 6pm. For further information or to book a place people should contact the Riverside Sports Complex on 03000 266 447, email ontheball@durham.gov.uk or visit www.durham.gov.uk/ontheball

A major victory is being claimed by Cambridgeshire police in the war against metal thieves.

ONE of four rebels who have cost the Tories their overall majority on East Staffordshire Borough Council by quitting the ruling group has said returning to the fold ‘would be the ideal position’.

Initial findings of Hounslow’s consultation on the expansion of Heathrow have found residents overwhelmingly against an expanded airport, but also against its closure

Winger Patrick Ah Van signs a new contract that will keep him at Widnes Vikings until the end of the 2015 season.

A HEREFORDSHIRE landscape architect was won gold again at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show. The show garden was designed by Robert Myers, of Robert Myers Associates based in Kington, and adds to his achievements as a multi-award winning gardener with an exceptional eye for detail.

TWO YOUTHS have been sentenced at Dorchester Crown Court for their roles in an altercation at a cashpoint in Weymouth town centre.

AXE Vale Conservation members and a Natural England warden will be guiding a walk on the undercliffs at Lyme Regis to spot early gentian flowers on Saturday.

SEARCH for clues, solve puzzles and learn about Chesil Beach and its wildlife at the Chesil Challenge on Tuesday, May 30 from 12pm until 1.30pm.

Police recovered a stolen car and made an arrest within an hour of the crime being reported.

Head coach Malcolm Brown praises his Cumbria side for reaching Twickenham in the Championship Shield final.

TAKE part in a rockpool ramble at Kimmeridge Bay on Saturday at 2pm.

A FLOWER festival will take place at St Nicholas Church, Moreton, between May 25 and 27 from 10am until 5pm daily. On Sunday May 27 there will be a Songs of Praise service at the church at 6pm.

 ‘SCAMMELLS and Untold Steam’ will be the topic of a talk hosted by the Dorset Industrial Archaeology Society on May 28 in the Dorset Room, Colliton House, Dorchester from 7.30pm.

A music concert by accordion and violin duo Buttons and Bows will take place on May 29 at Weymouth Bay Methodist Church.

Art activities and workshops will be held along the Rodwell Trail.

A PEDESTRIAN has been left with “life-threatening injuries” after he was involved in a collision this morning (Tuesday, May 21) with a lorry on the A27.

Emergency services are currently dealing with the road traffic collision on the A27 Arundel Road eastbound near Swandean Hospital at Durrington.

The A27 is closed with the junctions of the A24 and A280 at Long Furlong for the air ambulance to land.

The pedestrian, a man aged 30, has life threatening injuries.

The lorry driver has suffered shock.

Diversions are in place but drivers are being asked to avoid the area if possible.