CAMPAIGNERS are claiming a victory after a junkies' den in Dorchester was flattened. Coun Les Phillips, who has personally cleared away dirty syringes from the disused Kings Road service station in the past, says the result is long overdue. The abandoned
A PORTLAND coastguard has been involved in a dramatic air crash rescue operation. Steve George thought he was going on a navigation exercise with the Navy but instead found himself at the site of a plane crash assisting the injured pilot and navigator
TALENTED sports stars of the future look set to benefit from the launch of a new scholarship scheme at a Weymouth school. Wey Valley School and Sports College has revealed it will be offering scholarships for sporty youngsters joining the school next
WI members stayed away from a conference in protest at the guest speaker, former sex party organiser Cynthia Payne. Some members boycotted the autumn meeting in Weymouth's Pavilion yesterday. Miss Payne, 72, was jailed for six months in 1980 for organising
OLD soldier Thomas Warr was finally commemorated more than 150 years after he rode in the Charge Of The Light Brigade. People lined the streets of his home town, Dorchester, when his coffin was laid to rest in a pauper's grave in Fordington early last
A MUM trying to do her bit for the environment is £500 out of pocket after her reusable nappies were disposed of by bin men. Tracy Winder left 33 special nappies, worth £15 each, at her front door to be collected by a nappy laundry service. But after
A DAILY park and ride scheme for Dorchester has been delayed over wrangles with council unions. It had been hoped that the scheme would start next week to be used by workers from West Dorset District Council, Dorset County Council and Dorset County Hospital
POOR John Wright. He spent the best part of 30 years with free rein to peacefully pick fungi with no interruption from anyone. And then wild mushrooms became popular. Since then the expert mycologist, who lives in Maiden Newton, has been thrust into
IT firm Poundbury Systems has done the treble with a hat-trick of wins in the British Chambers of Commerce (BCC) 2006 Awards. The company, which is a member of Dorset Business (the Chamber of Commerce and Industry for Dorset), was the regional winner
By adam summers HUNGERFORD Town boss Alan Clark is playing down his side's chances of pulling off a massive FA Cup shock this weekend. The Berkshire club will host Nationwide Conference Nat-ional outfit Weymouth in the fourth qualifying round on Saturday
STAYING patient is the key to turning Dorchester Town's fortunes around according to Magpies' striker Matt Groves. The talented hitman has only netted once in the Nationwide Conference South side's last 11 matches, a spell in which they have claimed
