A COMPANY which "put profit above safety" has been fined £20,000 for breaching health and safety regulations. Dolphin Packaging Ltd admitted failing to maintain a mushroom punnet punching machine and failing to introduce a system to maintain it. Prosecuting
BOURNEMOUTH'S Gary Emerson kept his Volvo Masters bid alive after a late birdie blitz saw him safely past the halfway cut in Madrid yesterday. The 38-year-old Broadstone touring professional carded a second round 68 to finish in joint 36th place after
AN INNOVATIVE new lifeboat volunteer training centre is one step nearer reality after clearing another planning hurdle. The Royal National Lifeboat Institution had already won permission to build a five-storey training college, a sea survival tank building
A STRESSED doctor who shot a 'much-loved' cat he thought had been digging up his garden has been fined £4,000. Dr Robert William Boulton, 37, of Princess Street, Bridport, had starting drinking because he found his work as a temporary GP so stressful,
CHAIRMAN Tony Swaisland would consider making the fourth side of Cherries' new stadium all standing if Parliament supports a Private Member's Bill to reintroduce safe terracing to Britain's football grounds next month. The Football Spectator's Bill, which
WORKERS facing the axe at a Poole factory just after Christmas believe they are being sacrificed for cheap labour production abroad. These fears are to be investigated in Poole next week by the giant Amalgamated Engineering and Electrical Union (AEEU)
Paul Allen and the out-of-control pressure washer LIKE most activities, the thing with pressure-washers is to know when to stop. For those who have never had the pleasure, a pressure-washer is basically a damned great electric pump, attached to a water
POLICE are hunting a violent attacker who left a 60-year-old taxi driver with facial injuries. Peter Brooks was repeatedly punched in the face and had his glasses broken after asking a member of the public to move his van. Mr Brooks, from Boscombe, was
WOMEN from all over Britain are singing in harmony in Bournemouth this weekend as more than 1,000 members of the Ladies Association of British Barbershop Singers arrive at the town's International Centre. The association began its three-day 25th anniversary
with Borders of Bournemouth 1. The Alchemist - Paulo Coelho 2. Celestine Prophecy - James Redfield 3. Devil & Miss Prym - Paulo Coelho 4. Love & Success - Titania's Spellcards 5. Cup of Destiny 6. Love Signs - Linda Goodman 7. Power of Now - Eckhart
SUBSTITUTE Warren Feeney sparked an astonishing Bournemouth recovery after they had gone two goals behind by scoring once and being responsible for the others in an action-filled Second Division match at Dorchester today. The Cherries could hardly have
The Poole Gas Appliance Superstore Pirates go into the final seven days of the current speedway season knowing full well that they have to up their game if they are to stand any chance of winning the 2001 Craven Shield. And Poole co-promoter Matt Ford
THE family of Terry Benham is considering legal action against health services over the death of their son. Mr Benham, 30, died at a specialist burns unit in Salisbury after suffering scalds in a hot bath at a care home in Crossways. Matthew Cook, 28,
A DUTCH family visited Dorchester to pay tribute to Dorset soldiers who liberated their town in the Second World War. The four-strong group from Hengell in Holland handed over replica road signs of streets named in honour of the town's saviours more than
Haunting tales from Portland Castle, home to some rather disturbing and strange supernatural goings-on... HALLOWE'EN is a great time to take a seat by the fireside and feel your flesh creep at hearing tales of the supernatural. Step inside Portland Castle
AN ELDERLY woman died after she went under the wheels of an articulated lorry in Lymington High Street yesterday. The incident happened at about 11.53am. The woman, who has not been identified, was pronounced dead at the scene. She had been crossing the
Nothing could keep the world's greatest escapologist Harry Houdini tied up for long - information about the showman in Dorset has been harder to unravel... ROSABELLE believe... to Houdini, those two words were quite literally a matter of life and death
DUE to engineering work on the rail line between Christchurch and Bournemouth tomorrow, fast services from London Waterloo will terminate at Brockenhurst while stopping services will terminate at Christchurch. A normal train service will operate between
AN INNOVATIVE new lifeboat volunteer training centre is one step nearer reality after clearing another planning hurdle. The Royal National Lifeboat Institution had already won permission to build a five-storey training college, a sea survival tank building
Jason Thake smashed another half century as Ellingham retained their unbeaten record in Division One of the Hurn Bridge Sports Club midweek league as they beat Mudeford A by 20 runs at the Dorset Cricket Centre. With excellent support from Christian Pain
SCENES of old Poole and Sandbanks are captured in a new book, written by a husband-and-wife team. Leigh Hatts, who was born in Bournemouth, and his wife Marion Marples, who hails from Poole, have created a fascinating record of a lost era, using pictures
WORKERS facing the axe at a Poole factory just after Christmas believe they are being sacrificed for cheap labour production abroad. These fears are to be investigated in Poole next week by the giant Amalgamated Engineering and Electrical Union (AEEU)
CINDERELLA arrived in Poole yesterday determined to go to the ball. And if last year's Poole pantomime success is anything to go by she won't be disappointed. Local actress Alison Cox who plays Cinders in this year's Poole Arts Centre panto also played
THERE'S nothing wrong about being pint-sized when it comes to a beer festival! In fact, it's just what the punters ordered - and will continue doing so until late tonight. The third annual Poole Beer Festival in the St Aldhelms Centre, Branksome, is all
DORSET powerlifter Dean Warren has his sights set on international glory after being crowned British champion at the recent national championships, reports Alex Crook. The 28-year-old, from Can-ford Heath, made it fourth time lucky as he took gold at
DORCHESTER'S fans will get the chance next month to show their appreciation of the man unarguably regarded as their unluckiest goalkeeper ever. Former Exeter, Blackpool and Plymouth Argyle gloveman Kevin Maloy had his leg broken twice and also suffered
SYDNEY Cock was far too busy at the kitchen sink to turn out to accept an award - for his tireless house keeping. The 76-year-old was nominated for a special award from the St John Ambulance by his wife, Jill, for his unflagging support of her work for
Patience, Bournemouth Gilbert & Sullivan Operatic Society, Towngate Theatre, Poole LONG years ago, 14 maybe - more actually, but who's counting? - I saw BG&SOS perform this show at the old Palace Court Theatre. It was my first experience of Gilbert
YOUNGSTERS will be glowing home safer thanks to a new campaign launched by the Nationwide. Schoolchildren, like these at Manor Park school in Dorchester, have been given reflectors which enable motorists to see them more easily in the dark. The road safety
DORCHESTER Show secretary Richard Cuzens is stepping down after seven years in the job. Mr Cuzens, 43, has built the 160-year-old show up into a two-day event with a turnover of nearly £300,000 in his time as secretary. Visitor numbers have been on the
PLANS by a used car business to build an MoT testing area metres from the gardens of neighbouring homes have angered residents. They fear noise and floodlighting from the new facility will make their lives a misery. Bride Valley Used Cars, based next
WEYMOUTH College has burst into the 21st century in style - with the opening of its long-awaited £13m redevelopment. The college is now based on one site following the relocation from the Newstead Road to the Cranford Avenue campus. As students and staff
RINGWOOD Musical and Dramatic Society is offering audiences a real bargain next week at its autumn production - pay for one play and see the other completely free on the same evening. The company is 90 years old this year, and director Simon Sketchley
Half-time results from the top clubs in the South BOURNEMOUTH 3 - NOTTS COUNTY 2 FULHAM 2 - SOUTHAMPTON 1 PORTSMOUTH 0 - PRESTON 1
