HELPERS are needed urgently to pitch in and help save a hugely popular harvest-tide town tradition. Organisers of the Ringwood Carnival, a fixture on the local calendar for more than 60 years, are struggling to pull together volunteers to stage the extravaganza
BLANDFORD made sure they lifted the Dorset and Wiltshire Division Two South title when they hammered Wincanton 46-0 at home. The East Dorset side were far too good for their Wiltshire rivals and comfortably completed a league double. It was a good job
ROAD-BUILDING work will close a Dorchester road for 13 weeks - bringing fears of traffic chaos on a busy through road to the West Country at the start of the summer season. A new development on the Poundbury estate, which includes two roundabouts and
WEYMOUTH firemen will scale three of the British Isles' highest peaks in a gruelling challenge raising money for charity. The six retained firefighters will climb over 1,000 feet and walk 23 miles in less than 24 hours to complete the Three Peaks Challenge
A demon overtaking move on the final lap secured Christchurch's Clive Wood victory in the opening round of the Classic Formula Ford 2000 championship at Thruxton on Monday. Wood, who only makes one or two outings a year as his reward for helping out series
AN OVERWHELMING plea last night went out to the Forestry Commission to shut down the nine New Forest car parks that were opened in time for the Easter break. Around 270 people crammed into Brockenhurst Village Hall and heard of the desperate plight facing
It was a day of sad memories for Canford Magna professional Roger Tudden-ham and his wife Colette as he prepared to travel to Crane Valley for the Bournemouth Alliance meeting. It was the second anniversary of the birth of their daughter Tiala who died
WEYMOUTH continue the build up to their big EHA Vase final against Tring on Sunday, May 20 with the visit of regional league side Bournemouth to the all-weather surface at Redlands tomorrow, start 2pm. The south coast neighbours will provide strong opposition
BRIDPORT are short of goals at the moment but all that will change tomorrow if recent history is anything to go by. The Bees visit Minehead Town for a Screwfix Direct Premier Division fixture and clashes between the two sides invariably produce goals.
JAMES Hayter is convinced free-scoring Cherries have the firepower to overcome the club's dismal previous goal tally against Peterborough at London Road. Cherries will be bidding to extend to 28 their record-breaking sequence of scoring in consecutive
POLICE are warning families to be on the alert after high-pressure salesmen made a couple in Dorset pay nearly £4,000 for an alarm system. A number of elderly people across the county have been contacted by a person they thought was from the council or
The up-country Dredgers Motocross Club came south to successfully promote their first event of the season as Matchams Park does not fall in a foot-and-mouth restriction zone. With nearly 200 riders a full programme of seven classes plus one for Quads
CABBIES feel they are taking the brunt of the down-side of Bournemouth's famous club culture. Ken Webster, chairman of Bournemouth Taxi Trade Association, said: "It's absolute chaos out there on a Friday or Saturday night. "We are at the front line, trying
CAMPAIGNERS will present a 25,000-signature petition to Bournemouth Borough Council on Tuesday in the latest bid to save the Winter Gardens. Many signatures were gathered at the weekend, when hundreds of holidaymakers and residents queued around the Square
Despite stiff competition from out-of-town shopping malls, both Bournemouth and Poole have fared well in a national town centre survey. Research by town centre managers and Chambers of Commerce across the country has shown that takings in half of the
DORCHESTER Rugby Club play their third South West Division One match inside seven days tomorrow when they entertain fellow strugglers Truro at Coburg Road. The Cornishmen, against all the odds, beat third placed Barnstaple last weekend and are desperate
IT'S do or die for struggling Weymouth Sports tomorrow. Vaughan Carter's second from bottom side face a "must win" clash with basement dwellers Witchampton United at Redlands, ko 3.00. Only four points separate the two teams with the Weymouth outfit having
WITH one piece of silverware tucked safely away in their trophy cupboard after becoming county champions at the Wessex Stadium in mid-week, Dorchester have bigger fish to fry tomorrow. While winning the Dorset Senior Cup kept a good run going, the much
COMMUNITY leaders may be forced back to the drawing board before they press ahead with an important social project on a Weymouth estate. Members of Littlemoor's Community Forum agreed at a meeting last night that they may have to consult families again
FOOTPATH patrols on Portland are to be stepped up in a bid to stop people ripping down closure signs. Dorset County Council's rights of way staff have joined forces with the police to stop people from using paths on Portland after a number of walkers
A GROUP of convicts are planning to escape from Dartmoor Prison - but there's no need to panic as it's all for charity. A couple from Dorset together with three friends are among those taking part in this year's Dartmoor Jailbreak fund-raiser. Playing
TRAGIC Sir Richard Foster drank a bottle of whisky before weighing himself down with sand and walking into the sea to his death. Despite his huge achievements as Director of National Museums and Galleries on Merseyside, the father-of-three felt overwhelmed
A DOG'S life it certainly is and this one should get a huge round of "appaws" because she's an outstanding opera singer. Lucy Locket is clawing her way towards canine stardom by reaching the national shortlist in the dog world's answer to the Hollywood
FIRST it was floods - now swarms of flies are the latest Biblical-style visitation to torment residents in a Dorset village. Environmental health officers at Christchurch Council have been inundated with reports about masses of midges sweeping through
KEVIN COUSINS and Dean Morgan returned in triumph with a cash reward from the finals of the Famous Grouse Four Nations Top Ten Classic in Darlington. The East Dorset duo carried off the pairs title in this unofficial British Isles indoor championship
TERRAS boss Andy Mason has today ended growing speculation about the reasons behind striker Lee Phillips' absence from the side. The Wessex Stadium terraces have been alive with rumours suggesting the former Plymouth Argyle youngster requires surgery
A charity based in Dorchester is set to buy a new £820,000 HQ after dealing with a record number of people who need help. CancerCare Dorset is to expand its services after exchanging contracts to buy Stowey House on the town's Poundbury development. The
WEYMOUTH beach sand is helping to create a seaside atmosphere in land-locked York. Three tons of sand was taken to the northern city for use by Weymouth sand sculptor Mark Anderson in a new exhibition on holidays. The display, called Wish You Were Here
A RARE discovery of three cannonballs still in their original canvas sack is taking pride of place among hundreds of Dorset shipwreck finds declared during an amnesty. The cannonballs were found off Chesil Beach and the Receiver of Wreck, who is cataloguing
PASSENGERS are calling for services to be safeguarded amid a shake up of bus routes in Dorchester and nearby villages. Elderly customers say routes through the Manor Park area of Dorchester are vital to take them into the town centre. The comments come
ROYAL British Legion members in North Dorset today look set to win a four-year campaign to build new headquarters. The thriving Marnhull branch of the RBL has to quit its present home in the village and wants to erect new premises in the open countryside
