CALLS have been made for a big public meeting to be held to discuss all issues relating to a new harbour crossing for Poole. Hamworthy resident and former Poole Mayor, Fred Winwood, has suggested Poole Arts Centre should be called upon to host a meeting
MANAGER Mark Morris today insisted his side are no worse off in their hunt for promotion back to the Dr Martens Premier Division despite being held to a 1-1 draw at Eastbourne last night. Justin Keeler's first goal in seven games saved the Magpies who
NEWPORT IoW 0 WEYMOUTH 0 The Terras gained a well-earned point last night and left Newport, who badly missed the goalscoring skills of David Laws up front, deep in the relegation mire. Laws decided against making the crossing to the island to watch the
PORTLAND UNITED 6 THATCHAM TOWN 2 A JAMES Reeve hat-trick fired Portland United to their biggest Jewson Wessex League win of the season last night. The Blues hot-shot destroyed high-flying visitors Thatcham Town during a devastating nine minute burst,
SINGER Jane McDonald, whose father died of heart disease, has been a supporter of the charity Wessex Heartbeat ever since she agreed to appear in a 1999 fund-raiser at the Mayflower Theatre in Southampton. On that occasion Jane, newly famous from her
CAMPAIGNERS are celebrating today after winning their battle for a new £5 million special school. Following nearly three years of campaigning, staff and pupils at Wyvern Special School said they were delighted after securing Government cash to move to
A PAIR of proud parents wetted their new baby's head - with his own bottles of beer. Ian and Jacqui Church wanted a novel way to mark their son Adam's arrival so a limited edition brew was created, called Celebration Adam Ale. Ian's colleagues at the
ONE of Weymouth's sailing clubs could be on the move - to a new base on the site of the former Weymouth Sailing Centre. Castle Cove Sailing Club wants to sell its present clubhouse for redevelopment, to help it buy the sailing centre site centre just
MURDER-mystery author PD James is spearheading a campaign to save a crumbling Dorset folly which formed the inspiration for one of her books. Her novel The Black Tower, published in 1975, is loosely based around the three-storey high Clavell Tower, which
WESTHAM Methodists in Weymouth are to mark their 100th birthday this weekend with a series of celebrations. The congregation at the Newstead Road church are set to mark their centenary in style. Events will include an exhibition of a photographic history
COUNCIL chiefs working on Weymouth's multi-million pound relief road are being forced to spend £109,000 to avoid a colony of bats at Horselynch Plantation. Costs are mounting as Dorset County Council engineers consider an alternative route around the
EAGER needlewomen came from far afield to create quilts in Blandford. Longmeadow Quilters staged their 10th annual exhibition in the Corn Exchange. Chairwoman Rowena Ellis, who also runs Patchworkers Para-dise in East Street, said there were some 50 quilts
RICHARD Hughes is out of Cherries' crunch relegation showdown with Chesterfield on Saturday - but could re-turn at Wrexham a week later. Hughes, who has been dogged by injury problems this season, was given the news following a consultation with top biomechanics
SCHOOLS in Poole are set to benefit from more than £3m of government funding. Poole LEA has been successful in its capital funding bid to net an additional £3,205,570 to improve school facilities. The major project will see new facilities built and improvements
LEIGH Phillips rediscovered his scoring boots in sensational fashion last night with a hat-trick inside the opening 19 minutes as Lymington & New Milton thrashed Downton 5-0 at the Fawcetts Sports Field in the Jewson Wessex League. Phillips had been
SWANAGE and Wareham are on the brink of relegation to South West Division Two after crashing to a 44-10 defeat against Bridgwater and Albion at College Way. Tries from Chris Cooke and David Elford counted for nothing as Swans headed back to Dorset on
EASTBOURNE BOROUGH 1 DORCHESTER 1 Dorchester's promotion hopes received a serious dent despite a battling draw at Eastbourne Borough - where ironically Grantham's challenge ended last season with a similar result. Having already hit four goals past Grantham
DORCHESTER AC sprinter Jemma Tewkesbury turned in the outstanding performance of the day when she switched her attention to the javelin in the Spring Open Meeting organised by Bournemouth AC. Although she missed practice and the first round in her first
ANGELA Hearn will end an 18-year nightmare by running in the London marathon. Tragedy struck in June 1984 when she was pushing her three-month old son Jonathan home in his pram. A drunk driver careered off the road and crashed into mother and son, killing
FREE car parking in Dorchester was today hailed as a radical way of attracting more visitors and boosting the town's heritage coast hopes. Coun Tim Harries has called for studies to see if axing charges for all car parks in West Dorset would rejuvenate
ENDURING pop idol David Essex has announced a new UK tour(his 27th), with a date at the BIC. The 53-year-old star shows no signs of slowing down with the 55-date back-to-back tour which kicks off on September 29 at Southend Cliffs Pavilion and ends in
WEYMOUTH and Portland is facing a desperate shortage of land for employment use because of its booming economy. Structure plan requirements for employment land have already been surpassed as a result of permissions being given for new developments on
THE case of Flipper took a new twist today when it emerged he is George - well actually Georges, because he appears to hail from France. Dolphin experts say the adult bottlenose usually lives off the Cotentin coast near Cherbourg, although he recently
HAIRDRESSING chain the Omega Group is to invest £1.25 million in its bid to grow to 10 salons across the South. Bournemouth-based Omega plans to acquire six salons across the South within the next two years and rebrand them under the name Ikon. Two of
WEST HANTS' men's and ladies' senior teams both made impressive starts to the National Club League season last weekend with away victories.. The men's team headed to Wiltshire, and duly whitewashed their hosts and old rivals Winchester 6-0. David Sanger
EAST DORSET just failed to complete a memorable double with their defeat in the final of the Greengauge English Indoor BA fours championship at Melton Mowbray. Barely a week previously the Christ-church club had carried off £1,200 as fours kings in the
BOURNEMOUTH Poppies played out their penultimate match of the season against fierce local rivals Wimborne Town in a thoroughly entertaining but goalless draw at Victoria Park. Both sides had chances to break the deadlock with Andy Barham and Jamie Sturgess
LOUISE Watton has started this season as she finished last -in record-breaking form. The 15-year-old Wimborne javelin star destroyed her British under-15 record personal best of 41.44m by an astonishing 1.11m as she launched the spear 42.55m on her way
The Wessex Golf Alliance had to reschedule their March meeting at Lyme Regis Golf Club to early April. The heavy rains last month had caused the West Country course to become waterlogged. But at least the delay resulted in competitors enjoying spring
TWO stone busts have suddenly reappeared at the home of a paralysed Weymouth woman nine days after they were stolen. Dawn Teversham, 34, and her husband Shaun, 40, had bought the ornaments about a year ago and the couple and their four children had become
SUPERSTAR Madonna is just an ordinary girl who enjoys a quiet drink in her local pub. Regulars say that she prefers to be called plain old Mrs Richie since moving into Ashcombe House. She paid £9 million for the estate which straddles the Dorset-Wiltshire
