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  • Decision on Shelley's monster creation due

    PLANS to bring Boscombe's Shelley Manor back to life as an arts centre are tantalisingly close to becoming reality. The team working on the project hope to hear within days whether the Regional Development Agency will put in a large slice of the money

  • Crawley in the Hants hot seat

    ENGLAND batsman John Crawley has been appointed captain of Hampshire, the second time he has led a team in the county championship. Australia's star leg spinner Shane Warne was due to skipper the side on his return to the county but he was ruled out following

  • NOTLEY'S STRIKE ENDS DORCHESTER'S DREAMS

    DORCHESTER RESERVES 0 HAMWORTHY REC 1 GOALKEEPER Steve Blandamer was the most disappointed Magpie after Rec's manager's son Mike Notley settled this scrappy Dorset Premier League Cup quarter-final replay in the 88th minute. The young gloveman seemed to

  • LEAGUE LEADERS STILL HAVE A LOT TO LEARN

    ANDOVER NS RES 2 WEYMOUTH RES 2 IT'S not often Dave Kiteley criticises his young Terras reserve side, but the manager felt he had just cause after Saturday's disappointing 2-2 draw at Andover New Street. The Wessex Combination leaders should have come

  • CLAUDIA CRACKS THE FEAR FACTOR

    WEYMOUTH teenager Claudia Coleman has overcome her fear of water in spectacular style. Six years after deliberately forgetting to bring her kit to swimming sessions at St Augustine's Primary School because the thought of getting in the pool petrified

  • Good golly - it's the non-drip lolly!

    PARENTS, breath a sigh of relief! Those days of children making a mess with ice lollies look set to be numbered. Summer is on its way, but this year it need not bring the hassle of sticky fingers and dribbles of melted lolly down your little cherub's

  • Tracy is back in winning groove

    TRACY LOVEYS has returned to the winner's rostrum again after claiming the Roehampton Gold Cup for the second time in three years. The 33-year-old Broadstone assistant beat a host leading amateur and professionals - including members of the Women's European

  • Road repairs are on target

    RESURFACING and bridge waterproofing work on the Upton Bypass remains on schedule to be completed by next Monday, April 14. The work has been carried out by Dorset County Council and the Borough of Poole and started five weeks ago. All contraflows should

  • Appeal to motorists as fatal accidents double

    MOTORISTS in the New Forest are being urged to take more care driving as the number of road fatalities in Hampshire soars. Hampshire Police have issued their plea following the shock revelation that the number of road deaths in the county has more than

  • Three firms on hospital shortlist

    A MAJOR new hospital for the New Forest has moved a step closer after a shortlist of private backers was revealed by health chiefs. The New Forest Primary Care Trust (PCT) has chosen three companies to put forward detailed plans for the long-delayed £30

  • Huge pavilion set for refusal

    PROPOSALS for a huge agricultural showground pavilion in North Dorset are expected to be refused after planners likened the scheme to a "mini Royal Bath and West Showground". Gillingham and Shaftesbury Show Society say they need the two-storey pavilion

  • Plumber wins compensation

    A PLUMBER who helped Christchurch Council scoop trophies for its clean toilets has been awarded £30,000 following a successful claim of unfair dismissal. Trevor Newman, an experienced member of the Christchurch Works department, resigned from the authority

  • Ferry good job!

    CRUISE liner captain Paul Derham is jumping ship. After 28 years sailing the high seas with the P & O fleet including such superliners as Aurora, Oriana and Arcadia, Paul is taking over as the new skipper of the Mudeford Sandbank ferry. It is a return

  • Thomas true to the cause

    DANNY Thomas is vowing to put contract talks to the back of his mind and focus his attentions on trying to help Cherries win promotion. Thomas, who moved to Dean Court on a free transfer from Leicester 14 months ago, is one of eight players whose contracts

  • Road repairs are on target

    RESURFACING and bridge waterproofing work on the Upton Bypass remains on schedule to be completed by next Monday, April 14. The work has been carried out by Dorset County Council and the Borough of Poole and started five weeks ago. All contraflows should

  • George goes public after treatment

    SOCCER legend George Best made his first official public appearance in Bournemouth last night since his live-saving liver transplant. The one-time Manchester United and Ireland superstar stole the show at "An Evening of Football Nostalgia" in the resort's

  • Phantom in focus?

    IS there a ghost in Tyneham who keeps popping up whenever someone gets out a camera? Back in February we published a photo taken through the window of a derelict cottage in the lost village of Tyneham. It was snapped by Christopher Grist, of Bournemouth

  • Radar pioneer unveils commemorative plaque

    ONE of the pioneers of radar returned to Purbeck to unveil a memorial to all the scientists whose work helped Britain win World War Two. Sir Bernard Lovell was one of a team of radar research scientists who spent the war working in secrecy in Langton

  • Decision on Shelley's monster creation due

    PLANS to bring Boscombe's Shelley Manor back to life as an arts centre are tantalisingly close to becoming reality. The team working on the project hope to hear within days whether the Regional Development Agency will put in a large slice of the money

  • 'How heartless'

    A SCHOOLBOY'S pride and joy moped was stolen and wrecked by vandals after he had to leave it overnight with a flat tyre while he went to see his dying granddad. The mindless act has brought double heartache for Gareth Down, 16, and his family who were

  • Mother in appeal to hit-and-run driver

    THE mother of a 14-year-old girl who was injured in a hit-and-run incident has appealed for the motorist responsible to come forward. The youngster was cycling close to the junction of Knowlton Road and Culliford Crescent in Canford Heath when she was

  • SCHOOLS FACE A CASH CRISIS

    POOLE'S education chiefs have revealed the depth of their financial crisis, which will see the borough's schools falling heavily into debt and more than 90 teachers and teaching assistants made redundant. Head teachers have held emergency talks only days

  • Hard-working Brock earn a deserved point

    HUGH LEWIS picked up his first point as the new manager of Brockenhurst in a hard-fought goalless draw with Christchurch at Hurn Bridge. And his opposite number, joint manager Tony Brown, praised the New Foresters in a Jewson Wessex League game which

  • Gills tighten grip on title

    GILLINGHAM TOWN deservedly won their top-of-the-table clash with Hamworthy United 2-1 in front of a 200-plus crowd, playing the better football over the 90 minutes. The North Dorset outfit began strongly forcing Hamworthy to defend for most of the first

  • HITCHCOCK INSPIRES BRIDPORT'S FIGHTBACK

    BRIDPORT Reserves produced an excellent team performance to overcome Shaftesbury. After going behind early to a soft goal when a defensive mix-up allowed Enzo Franko to tuck away a bouncing ball, Bridport recovered to win well. Their fast and incisive

  • CHANCE TARGETS FOUR POINTS FOR SAFETY

    WESTLANDS SPORTS 2 WEYMOUTH SPORTS 0 ADIE Chance's side sank back to the bottom of the Elite Teamwear Dorset Premier League despite putting up one of their better performances of a traumatic season. And while they have five games left in which to get

  • LAST NIGHT'S FOOTBALL

    DORSET Schools Under-19 are bidding for a place in the final of the national Schools Cup competition when they meet Suffolk Schools at Portland's Grove Corner tonight. Dorchester, Weymouth and Bridport Football Clubs all have players in the county side

  • MAGPIES BOOST FOR PROMOTION

    DORCHESTER'S promotion bid received a massive boost yesterday after rivals Salisbury had three points deducted because of a registration technicality. The penalty, confirmed when the Whites' appeal was dismissed by the FA in Birmingham, strengthened the

  • Timber merchant builds new church following

    BY DAY Tim Leavers works as a timber merchant but on Sunday mornings this man leads a congregation of worshippers at a new Verwood church. Though he has no religious training, Tim is the lead man at the Verwood Family Church - which has services at the

  • Tony nips in on last heat

    TONY RICKARDSSON'S head was the coolest as the world champion emerged from a first bend ruck for a win that clinched a significant draw for Poole at Wolverhampton's Monmore Green last night. The Pirates had gone into the last heat of the meeting on level

  • 80 tackle thatch fire

    MORE THAN eighty Hampshire firefighters tackled a house blaze at Poplar Lane, Bransgore, last night. The alarm was raised at 8.24pm following reports that the two-storey thatched property was on fire. Ten pumps were scrambled to the scene and discovered

  • Plans for garden centre dashed after objections

    HOPES of demolishing an old North Dorset schoolhouse and building a garden centre are likely to be dashed after the council received a wave of objections. (April 8) Quadrant Estates propose to erect a garden centre, shop and car park in Bournemouth Road