A SCHOOLGIRL is being comforted by her family after suffering a serious sexual assault under Bournemouth Pier at the weekend. Detectives say the 14-year-old was attacked by at least two youths on Saturday night after becoming separated from her friends
Mark Wiggett continued his incredible season by winning the Wood BMW Classic on his home Dudsbury course to virtually clinch a place in the Volvo PGA Championship at Wentworth next year. The 35-year-old touring pro has now finished top in all three order
A POOLE school's bid to provide sport for all in its community is being threatened by a lack of financial support. Unless Carter Community School at Hamworthy can raise £50,000 from the community, its bid to become a specialist sports college will fail
SWANAGE 177-7 (8) lost to PORTLAND RT 181-6 (18) by four wickets A mixture of youth and experience helped Portland Red Triangle to record a four-wicket victory at Day's Park, Swanage in Division One. Youth came in the form of Ben Doidge, who scored his
A DORSET country park whose future was in doubt 18 months ago because of its dire financial state looks set to prosper. Avon Heath Country Park at St Leonard's was given six months by Dorset County Council to come up with a plan to turn itself around,
COUNCIL chiefs were today accused of misleading the Government in an effort to get the long-awaited Brown Route built. Campaigners are now urging ministers to review their support for the Weymouth relief road scheme and for Dorset County Council to rethink
THE largest piece of Portland stone ever to leave the island will begin its journey this week - to an arts festival. The 100-tonne boulder which is 140 million years old will be the star attraction at a summer arts festival in Warwickshire. Quarrying
TERRITORIAL Army soldiers from Dorset have taken part in Cossack Express, a major exercise in the Ukraine with their Exeter-based Rifle Volunteers battalion. Men and women of the Devon and Dorsets joined colleagues from the Light Infantry and the Royal
ALL roads led to Portland YOI playing fields on Saturday for the annual Borstal Bash. And it was an event that stretched far beyond the boundaries of the borough for there were visitors from many parts of Dorset and even many who had arranged their holiday
A POLICE crackdown on illegal parking in Weymouth's Park District has caught 160 offenders in its first month. The blitz, which backs up a parking scheme in the area, has netted £4,800 in fines so far this year. The scheme allows residents to park using
DORCHESTER Moose had a grand day out in the sunshine to raise funds for a little girl with cerebral palsy. The club's annual Big Affair raised more than £1,000 towards a special wheelchair that will enable five-year-old Abi Punchard to sit up straight
ECSTATIC manager Peter Fryer paid tribute to his "magnificent" Dorset team after the county's record breaking performance at the 71st English Schools' Championships. The newly-crowned South West Schools' champions accumulated an all-time best seven medal
CHERRIES boss Sean O'Driscoll is hoping to persuade Chelsea to allow former Dean Court loan star Warren Cum-mings to return to the club. O'Driscoll is keen to bring the Scottish under-21 defender back to Dean Court on a short-term basis with a view to
LYMINGTON have rewritten the Southern Electric Premier League record books for the second consecutive week. Just seven days after Australian Brian Clemow thumped a record-breaking 213 not out against Cove, Lymington piled up the highest-ever Southern
A long-standing governor has branded the arsonists who torched the sports hall of a Poole school as "sick". Head of staffing Jenny Kellaway expressed her bitter disappointment after Poole High School suffered a second devastating blaze in just four months
ECSTATIC manager Peter Fryer paid tribute to his "magnificent" Dorset team after the county's record breaking performance at the 71st English Schools' Championships. The newly-crowned South West Schools' champions accumulated an all-time best seven medal
WEYMOUTH 158 (4pts) lost to COLEHILL 159-3 (20) by 7 wickets IN-FORM Weymouth came crashing back down to earth with a seven-wicket defeat against NSA Dorset Premier Division champions-elect Colehill. The Seasiders had arrived at Wimborne Road on the back
DORCHESTER AC's Nikki Hamblin ran the race of her young life to become one of the heroes of Dorset's record-breaking schools athletic team. The teenage 1500m runner from Wey Valley School contributed a bronze to the county's all-time best medal haul in
A PLEA has gone out to East Dorset residents to make a greater effort to use the kerbside green box recycling scheme. The move comes after a fall in the number of households putting out material for recycling by the council. Now in the face of new compulsory
CROWDS thronged the centre of Ringwood at the weekend to lap up an "olde-fashioned" carnival of fun. Organisers of this year's town festival turned the clock back 100 years to revive the atmosphere and vibrancy of a Victorian market day - and it worked
VETERAN New Orleans blues, boogie and R&B pianist Mac Rebbenack - Dr John to a generation of fans - is to include a date in Bournemouth on his forthcoming UK tour. Rebbenack will play the town's Pavilion Theatre on Wednesday, October 17. Tickets cost
WEYMOUTH Rugby Club could be leaving its home of 14 years after its ground was condemned as unplayable, it emerged today. The bombshell was dropped by club officials who said it was unlikely the Seasiders would play again at their Monmouth Avenue ground
THE millionaire at the heart of the Cheselbourne Manor attempted murder trial has sold up and is leaving Dorset to make a fresh start. French-Canadian businessman Jean-Marc Cangardel, 50, has sold his £1.2 million country home and is moving to London,
OVERCAST skies and a calm sea created a poignant sound of silence as the Maritime Volunteer Service vessel Appleby sailed from Portland Port. On board the ship, skippered by David Heep who had organised the trip, were the nine survivors of HMS Foylebank
THE family of wartime hero Jack Mantle spoke yesterday of how they heard the news of his tragic death defending his ship in Portland harbour. They joined survivors of HMS Foylebank, sunk in Portland Harbour in 1940, for the final meeting of the Foylebank
BUDDING ballerinas put their best foot forward and swept the board in their dance exams. Youngsters from the Mercury Dance Academy in Weymouth scored a 100 per cent success - with every child passing their Royal Academy of Dancing exams and some girls
CRITICS have been proved wrong, say councillors who have made a success of concerts held in Dorchester's Corn Exchange. The town council's plans to stage shows in the historic building were only unveiled last year, but almost immediately came under attack
VILLAGERS fear crashes may increase on an accident blackspot near Dorchester if plans for an exploratory oil well go ahead. Protestors claim the combination of thick fog and lorries carrying up to 700 loads in five weeks could end in tragedy on the A35
A CHAMPION of young people - that was how Bridport's Humphrey Dibdin was described following a special presentation at the town's youth centre. The former mayor and ex-teacher has been involved in the centre for 32 years and he was called upon to unveil
FORMER Pirates ace Jason Crump reigned supreme to inspire Australia to the inaugural Ove Fundin Trophy as winners of the Speedway World Cup final in Poland on Saturday night. The King's Lynn star completed the tournament unbeaten as Neil Street's side
BELEAGUERED telecoms group Marconi, which is closing its Wallisdown site with the loss of 570 jobs, today conceded that it is "vulnerable" to a takeover attempt. Last week Marconi warned of falling profits and announced 4,000 job cuts, pushing its shares
