Marco Silva is described as “intense” by his players

It would have been so easy to dismiss the Hull manager as a club puppet, brought in to oversee a fire sale ahead of near certain relegation. They were bottom of the Premier League when Silva took over Hull on January 5 and given even less chance of survival when they sold Robert Snodgrass and Jake Livermore during the transfer window.

AGGRESSIVE’: Residents protest the plans

PLANS spearheaded by property developer Richard Carr to demolish a close of five homes and replace them with a block of flats have been labelled “aggressive” by protestors. Almost 150 objections have been made to the Fortitudo Property scheme, which concerns The Green, off Branksome Hill Road in Bournemouth.

In The Dock: 14 people from Bournemouth who have appeared in court

LOUIS PATRICK NEWBY aged 38 of no fixed abode, admits to asking a member of the public for money without good reason at Charminster Road, Bournemouth on 17/12/16 which he was prohibited from doing by a criminal behaviour order made by East Dorset Magistrates on 1/9/16. Also admits to commission of a further offence while on conditional discharge for 12 months imposed on 16/8/16 at Dorset Magistrates for two begging offences and a failure to surrender to bail.