SUNDAY'S magical visit to Wareham by Father Christmas is set to be special and on a larger scale - with more entertainment. Santa and his helpers will be visiting the town cross thanks to the Wareham Father Christmas Committee. Now in its 42nd year -
CHERRIES fans raised £100,000 in one night as the club launched its drive to build an all-seater ground. Many supporters contributed £1,000, £5,000 or more at the official unveiling of the Ken Dando Stadium Appeal, the club has announced. AFC Bournemouth
THE superb festive display adorning the front of a Bournemouth man's house is being used to generate funds for a leading local charity. Roger Tingay has used 2,200 lights and 61 metres of rope to create a winter wonderland in Clingan Road, West Southbourne
CHRISTCHURCH council has gone "overboard" by charging boat owners £100 for the privilege of putting their names on its waiting list for a harbour or river mooring - without giving any indication of when they might expect to be allocated one. That's the
Full time scores from the top clubs in the South Southampton 1 - Leeds Utd. 0 Notts Forest 2 - Portsmouth 0 Bournemouth 3 - Nuneaton Borough 0
BRIDPORT'S season may not exactly have been put on ice, but there are already comparisons with the big freeze. The Bees were desperately hoping today's Screwfix Direct Premier Div-ision match at Westbury United would get the go-ahead to avoid extending
THREE men have been jailed after starting a brawl in a Dorchester pub. Nigel Moors, 31, of The Terrace in Alton Pancras, Brian Hogg, 27, of Broken Cross in Charminster and Martin Fowgies, 23, of Celtic Crescent in Dorchester, denied throwing tables and
DRIVERS are being warned of more traffic chaos on roads around Weymouth next week. Motorists are advised to be patient and use other routes where possible as roads are closed and maintenance work is carried out. There will be more disruption on Dorchester
A PUBLIC inquiry is to decide the fate of a 150-home development on the edge of Crossways. West Dorset District Council had been set to give the final go ahead to the plans by Woodsford Farms to build the homes off Dick o' th' Banks Road in the village
WEYMOUTH'S Dr Martens Cup first round tie at Newport IoW has been rearranged for Tuesday December 19. The Terras had been due to visit Georges Park last Tuesday, but the game was called off because of a waterlogged pitch. Weymouth secretary Terry Northover
EX-CHERRIES chairman Norman Hayward, forced out of Dean Court six years ago in a boardroom power struggle, says he's looking forward to returning to Bournemouth. Now director of football and a major shareholder at Conference leaders Yeovil, Hayward has
WEYMOUTH angler Josh Simmonds is today recovering from a serious car crash - just days after he netted £10,000 for making the catch of his life. Josh thought his boat had come in when he netted a £10,000 first prize from Weymouth Angling Club for reeling
DORCHESTER Football Club are ready to end their 40-year association with the Dorset Combination League at the end of this season. If all goes to plan the Magpies second team will be playing in the Jewson Wessex Combination League next season. The surprise
TWO armed men are being hunted by police after they robbed staff at petrol stations in Poole and Bournemouth. The masked men struck first at the Texaco garage in Sandbanks Road, Lilliput, on Thursday evening and three hours later carried out another robbery
A MOTHER has paid tribute to the teenage daughter she lost in a tragic road accident in Hampshire. Tara Dance, 19, from Burley in the New Forest, was one of two teenagers killed when the Peugeot she was driving was in collision with a BMW car near Sparsholt
WEYMOUTH FC Supporters Club is to undergo a major revamp in the New Year. Chairman James Murphy and his management committee are planning to make the club 'more attractive' for fans of all ages. Mr Murphy, who was recently co-opted onto the Terras board
YEOVIL Town head for Blackpool tomorrow looking for their 20th Football League scalp in the FA Cup - and with the Third Division club's manager Steve McMahon insisting his team are the underdogs. McMahon - who threw his hat into the ring for the Yeovil
As expected, Cherries boss Sean O'Driscoll made wholesale changes to his starting line up following Tuesday's LDV Vans Trophy first round victory over Dover Athletic. Only Eddie Howe and Karl Broadhurst kept their places as O'Driscoll made nine alterations
TALENTED Chris Stanton is set to make his television debut in front of millions after starring in the Royal Variety Performance. The 19-year-old Weymouth drama student rubbed shoulders with an internationally famous cast and met Prince Charles during
A 35-year-old is behind bars today after slashing his lover's former boyfriend with a kitchen knife and chasing him through a busy store. Christopher Lodge is awaiting sentence after a jury at Bournemouth Crown Court found him guilty of affray and possessing
Flooding caused by torrential rain and the high level of the River Avon forced the closure of two routes into Christchurch yesterday. Council officials closed the Avon Causeway between Sopley and Hurn and Stony Lane where surface water under the railway
A GROUP of residents are "petrified" their homes will be washed into the sea after a landslide left them 30ft from the cliff edge. And the owners of the 40 flats in Purbeck Heights, Hillcrest, and Durlston Cliffs in Belle Vue Road, Swanage, have been
A 14-YEAR-OLD schoolboy missing from his home for more than six weeks has been spotted in Poole. Lewis Bale is believed to have been in the Turlin Moor area this week and police have urged him to get in touch. He was last seen at his home in Salisbury
ROB Newton hit an unbeaten century and virtually single-handedly steered Wareham to a dramatic one-wicket victory over Bournemouth B in Christchurch Division Two of the Dike's Supermarkets Dorset League at the Dorset Cricket Centre. Only two individual
Full time scores from the top clubs in the South Southampton 1 - Leeds Utd. 0 Notts Forest 2 - Portsmouth 0 Bournemouth 3 - Nuneaton Borough 0
TEENAGE goal machine Jermain Defoe has pledged his immediate future to Cherries by announcing that he intends to stay at Dean Court until the end of the season. And, the 18-year-old prodigy's decision has the full support of his West Ham manager Harry
WEYMOUTH tennis star Rhys Hanger was left regretting one loss of serve as Dorset failed by the narrowest of margins to win promotion in the LTA winter county cup event at Exmouth. Having already beaten Avon (9-0) and Hereford and Worcester (7-2) Dorset
CHERRIES scaled new heights this week as they prepared for today's FA Cup clash with Nuneaton Borough by tackling the Bournemouth University climbing wall. During the team-building exercise, 22 Cherries players worked together to complete various tasks
CAMPAIGNERS fighting to clinch a community buy-out of a Weymouth beach are calling in the professionals. Councillor Kay Wilcox, who has spearheaded the battle to safeguard Sandsfoot Beach for the public, has stepped up the campaign by urging surveyors
A WEYMOUTH woman who was involved in a horrific climbing accident with her boyfriend last year has won a national award. Lynda Thomson has been shortlisted as one of three finalists for the Headway Carer of the Year award, at London's Savoy Hotel, celebrating
