THERE was more than a whiff of nostalgia in the air as the BAC One Eleven took a final bow at Bournemouth Airport at the weekend. Back in 1965 travel boss Peter Bath began using the new aircraft to take his holiday- makers to Majorca by jet for the first
THERE'S no business like show business and for one local company it's big business. Almost 40 years since the death of Marilyn Monroe, the Bel Air Gallery in Westover Road, Bournemouth, hosted an exhibition and sale of Marilyn memorabilia in London's
PATIENTS in Dorset will be among the first in the country to test-run a new scheme to speed up the booking of hospital appointments. The Dorset Health Community is one of five areas nationally to be selected as an Enterprise Community to pilot electronic
THE FAMILY of well-known local shop owner, Jimmy Riggs, who died in suspicious circumstances just before Christmas have taken over the running of his second-hand store. Most of the artefacts in the shop date from the 1960s, a period from which Jimmy,
OBSCENE graffiti has been scrawled across a book of condolence in a sickening show of disrespect to the Queen Mother. Vandals struck within two hours of the book being put out in the town hall foyer in Wareham - as councillors and residents met in the
THE mother of young Portland man Lee James, 25, who died after being hit by a taxi, today told of the devastating effect his death has had on her family. Julie James, 45, of St George's Road, Portland, says her husband David, 51, has become a prisoner
PARENTS are being warned to be on their guard after a six-year-old girl was offered cash by a man to take off her clothes. The man approached the girl while she was playing with two friends in a recreation ground in Littlemoor. He cornered her and asked
FLIPPER the dolphin likes Weymouth so much, it just cannot stay away. The adult bottlenose, who first visited the resort's harbour last Friday, paid the town another visit yesterday and experts think it could be back again soon. The exhibitionist animal
BRIDPORT turned back the clock 50 years to give shoppers a taste of the Queen's golden jubilee exhibition being held at the town hall in June. There was music from the 1950s, courtesy of Rex Trevett and his St Swithun's town band, authentic clothes from
DORSET pub singer-turned millionaire recording artist Gordon Haskell is enjoying big success in Germany. As he prepares to launch his first major UK tour since signing his landmark £2.8million contract with eastwest records, Haskell's single How Wonderful
DORSET health services are taking part in a trial to pilot electronic booking systems for the National Health Service. The announcement that Dorset will take part in the £2 million scheme to test a new era of high-speed electronic hospital appointment
MOURNERS have paid tribute to the Queen Mother by signing books of condolence throughout Dorset. They penned messages of grief and praise in honour of the popular royal to be sent up to Buckingham Palace after her funeral. In Dorchester books were placed
RETIRED major Peter Essame has stepped in to revive the fortunes of Dorchester's Devon and Dorset Regimental Association. Mr Essame, of West Stafford, near Dorchester, has taken over the role of secretary for Dorchester with the task of nursing the ailing
DORCHESTER firefighter Dave Samways oversaw a practice drill at Magna Housing Association's sheltered housing scheme in Lyme Regis. Station supervisor Mr Samways was in Hallet Court with the Lyme and Charmouth stations. The firefighters used the scheme's
AN EXPERIENCED amateur pilot died in a fireball after an aerobatic manoeuvre went wrong, an inquest heard. Christopher Philpott, 47, was killed instantly when his Russian YAK 52 plummeted out of the skies at Compton Abbas airfield in August. The former
THE name Vistarama has disappeared from Bournemouth's skyline after the town's sight-seeing balloon was deflated and taken away. A new tethered balloon should be in place soon under a different operator. Leisure company Colonyland had been running the
MOTORISTS are preparing for a repeat of the petrol crisis that caused a standstill on the roads, following warnings of price hikes. They fear threats of a rise in the cost of petrol could prompt protests similar to those staged in 2000. Renewed tension
PIRATES came within three-quarters of a lap of becoming the first club to lower 'super' Wolves' colours this season in a real nail-biter at Wimborne Road on Wednesday. Poole Meridian Lifts had dug deep to pull back an eight-point deficit after nine races
PIRATES star Grzegorz Walasek faces up to six weeks on the sidelines after breaking an ankle in their pulsating 45-45 draw with Wolves at Wimborne Road last night. The 25-year-old Polish rider was sent crashing into the safety fence on the first bend
FARMER Joe Coleman claims intimidation from protesters has forced him to pull out of genetically-modified crop trials on his land near Dorchester. Mr Coleman, who runs Eweleaze Farm at Tincleton, put up a letter outside the village hall notifying people
THE first scheduled train service on Weymouth's harbourside railway line for eight years could start on July 14. Weymouth and Portland Chamber of Commerce president Rory Weaver has revealed his plans for a new train service on the historic railway line
THE daughter of Alf and Vera Allsopp flew over from South Africa to help them celebrate their diamond wedding anniversary. Alf and Vera's daughter Annette is visiting her parents especially to mark their 60 years of marriage but there is an air of mystery
A CASH bonanza of more than £26,000 will pay for a community nature project in Chickerell. The windfall was awarded to Chickerell Downs, an 11-acre wildlife sanctuary surrounded by housing, located between Chickerell village and Weymouth town. The site
ANIMAL lover Steven Smith from Dorchester saw top pets in action after winning a national prize for his charity work. The youngster enjoyed a day out at Crufts dog show for winning the People's Dispensary for Sick Animals (PDSA) Pet Protector title. Steven
A WEYMOUTH man who met the Queen Mother on two occasions will be co-ordinating troops involved in the royal ceremonial funeral. Flight Lieutenant James Davies, 35, cut short an Easter break trip to Weymouth to return to London to prepare for the funeral
WILDLIFE experts are to probe buildings at a West Dorset school for bats before an extension is built to save children being forced to cross a road to classrooms. Governors at Cheselbourne First School have applied to build a new classroom, office, entrance
HARD as it may seem to believe Aussie writer, broadcaster and humourist Clive James is really a frustrated rock star, who writes lyrics by moonlight and dreams of idolising fans. In the early '70s Clive and guitarist Pete Atkin emerged from the famous
DORSET'S MDRC Group is recruiting six new operators to its expanding community clean division. MDRC has helped more than 200 authorities and commercial property owners to remove graffiti, fly posters and chewing gum on pavements and street furniture.
