A TEN-year-old racing fanatic who can memorise an entire field of entries, predict form and has been watching racing videos since he was two, may still not be able to fulfil his lifetime ambition of becoming a jockey, because he is allergic to horses.
FRIENDS of Swanage Hospital are celebrating reaching their target of £100,000 towards creating a new outpatients' department. The £600,000 new facility is on schedule for completion this June - to replace the hospital's subsiding Everest building. Since
BOURNEMOUTH'S Arms Trade Awareness Week is being marked with a photography exhibition, film screening and one day music festival at the Arts Institute . (March 22) The Awareness Week, which runs until Sunday, is a "stand against the arms trade and is
LICENSEES in Poole are cleaning up their act, with most of them refusing to sell alcohol to under-aged teenagers in an undercover police operation. Two 14-year-olds, under police supervision, tried to buy alcohol in 14 off-licences across the town on
STAFF at RNLI are furious after a manager's e-mail suggested they would be banned from the company car park unless they displayed a support sticker in their vehicles. The message, sent to every member of staff at the Poole branch of the charity, told
LYMINGTON & New Milton's dreams of appearing at St Mary's in the Hampshire Senior Cup Final came to an end after a 2-2 draw with Nationwide Conference Farnborough in the second leg of their semi-final saw them go out 6-3 on aggregate. The Linnets
CHRISTCHURCH booked their place in the final of the Russell Cotes Cup with a 3-2 win at BAT in a game where the scoreline flattered the home side and one in which Priory boss Pete Moore was incensed with the referee. There were three penalties awarded
FLYING Oakmeadians winger Francois Van Schwalkwyk continued his prolific scoring form, grabbing four tries in a convincing 42-20 victory over Salisbury. His dynamic display made it nine scores in his last five games as Oaks took another huge step towards
PORTLAND UNITED 1 GOSPORT BOROUGH 2 A STUNNING injury-time winner by Karl Lis robbed Portland United of a deserved Sydenhams Wessex League point against third place Gosport Borough at Grove Corner last night. The rejuvenated Blues turned in one their
WEYMOUTH 3 WORCESTER CITY 1 AN EARLY double strike from Luke Nightingale and a third in the second half from fired-up player-boss Steve Claridge got Weymouth's promotion push back on track at the Wessex Stadium last night. In-form Worcester hit back on
LUKE Nightingale went from zero to hero at the Wessex Stadium last night as his two-goal salvo shot down form side Worcester City and buried the memory of Saturday's glaring miss against Welling. "That's the great thing about being a centre forward, the
DORCHESTER Cricket Club has received another sponsorship boost with two more local businesses signing up to give financial support to the progressive county town club. Liberty's Night Club and The Spice Centre have jointly agreed to sponsor the club to
POOLE RIAS Pirates will welcome new man Phil Morris to their squad for the air fence challenge with Oxford Silver Machine at Wimborne Road tonight (7.30pm). Morris (pictured right) has been drafted in from Premier League outfit Reading Racers and the
COUNCILLORS want more information before deciding what the future holds for Weymouth's Pavilion and ferry terminal site. Weymouth and Portland borough councillors last night discussed multi-million pound options for the gateway to the resort, after hearing
HOMES in Dorset are the dearest in the South West, according to a new survey. Property in the county is the most expensive in all categories of the study and the overall average house price of £195,500 is more than £20,000 higher than second-placed Gloucestershire
WARRIORS from ancient Rome are returning to Dorchester for a day of gladiator games at the historic Maumbury Rings. The Wessex Dark Ages Society has been given the go-ahead by English Heritage to hold the games on the ancient amphitheatre and Dorchester
JOHN Welch is flying high. The Dorchester-based paragliding instructor has taught hundreds of people from around the country how to take up the sport. Now he is preparing to take more than a dozen Dorset hopefuls on an exchange visit to the Czech Republic
A SCHEME to alleviate flooding in the Piddle Valley looks likely to be shelved. Members of West Dorset District Council in 2003 approved plans for a scheme at Piddletrenthide after the village was flooded in recent years. But a meeting of the council's
A RESPECTED New Milton councillor has welcomed a £5 million community building for the town centre but vowed not to let it take up space in the recreation ground. Town councillor and New Forest District Council chairman John Hutchins said it was "a wonderful
COUNCILLORS have warned that new travellers' sites could bring about a popular revolt in the areas they represent. They launched a stinging attack on proposals to create spots where travellers can set up temporary homes and voiced fears that these sites
UP AND away after about a minute of receiving a call and able to travel anywhere in Dorset from its base within 12 minutes, the force helicopter is hailed as an essential 21st century policing tool. The hi-tech eye in the sky is proving its worth in operations
BRITAIN'S drinks bill costs the National Health Service a staggering £1.7 billion a year, according to the latest estimates. Forty per cent of all accident and emergency costs are linked to alcohol, and each year there are around 150,000 alcohol-related
SEAN O'Driscoll believes his side are ready to profit from playing on the big stage at Hillsborough as they prepare to cross swords with Division Two giants Sheffield Wednesday (7.45pm kick-off). Cherries will step out in front of their biggest crowd
YOU will be aware that a new film has aroused controversy over the way it treats one of the sacred stories of our civilisation. I am talking, of course, about the Starsky and Hutch movie. Readers younger than me may be surprised that this movie release
A DORSET man says he's lucky to be alive after suffering a ruptured gall bladder on holiday - following four years of complaining about excruciating pains to UK doctors. Peter Lovesey underwent surgery and spent three weeks recovering in the Dominican
A MAN was due to appear before Bournemouth magistrates today charged with criminal damage to tyres of more than 500 vehicles. The 37-year-old Bournemouth man has been charged with criminal damage to 497 vehicles in the Bournemouth area, criminal damage
HAVE you braced yourself to open your council tax bill yet? You might want to have a calculator handy. Local Government finances have never been particularly easy reading but this year's bills would perplex even the brightest mathematician. Residents
EXTENSIVE consultation is set to take place after councillors agreed to push ahead with plans to provide stopping places for gypsies and travellers in the county. The move comes in the wake of new antisocial behaviour laws which give police increased
WHEN painter Brian Graham and potter Chris Carter first met, a year ago, they immediately discovered they had much in common. (Apr 3) Both created works inspired by the elemental ravages that have marked our landscape and both were fascinated by the traces
WIMVORNW TOWN 4 BRIDPORT 0 WIMBORNE Town edged a step closer to winning the Two Counties Cup by demolishing a make-shift Bridport side at Cuthbury. A quick-fire double from Mark Smith midway through the first half effectively secured the tie for the dominant
DORCHESTER RESERVES 6 SHERBORNE TOWN 0 A DORCHESTER first team missing only Matt Holmes, Alex Browne and Danny O'Hagan completely out-gunned a depleted Sherborne side at the Avenue Stadium last night to move the Magpies back into second place in the Dorset
ROOSTER Booster trainer Philip Hobbs paid tribute to Hardy Eustace after the Irish challenger stole his flying grey's Champion Hurdle crown at the Cheltenham Festival yesterday. The 33-1 outsider beat the Dorset-bred favourite into second place by four
TODAY'S Budget is expected to mean £2 billion of extra taxes with another £10 billion to follow, warned analysts ahead of the Chancellor's speech. They believe the government is likely meet its Golden Rule on borrowing this time around - but taxes may
A FRIDGE, microwave and a whopping 171 bags of rubbish were among items collected in a litter pick on Cranborne Chase. Organisers claim the area around Wimborne St Giles is now looking more like England's proverbial green and pleasant land after last
BRITISH boxing legend Sir Henry Cooper will be bringing his one man An Audience With..... show to Bournemouth in April. The 69-year-old former European, British and Commonwealth heavyweight champion will be talking about his life and career when he appears
POLICE chiefs today made a passionate plea to keep their force helicopter flying round the clock to drive down crime in Dorset. They rejected claims that it was too noisy and said it was vital Dorset had access to the crime-busting 'copter 24 hours a
A COMMITTEE which works to protect Dorchester's rich heritage is facing the axe. Dorset County Council has already withdrawn support and funding from the Dorchester Heritage Joint Committee because of budget cuts. Now members of West Dorset District Council's
A DOUBLE drowning tragedy at Burton Bradstock will tonight be the focus of a television programme about coastal emergencies. Danger on the Beach is the first in an eight-part series that followed Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) beachguards
BRITAIN'S drinks bill costs the National Health Service a staggering £1.7 billion a year, according to the latest estimates. Forty per cent of all accident and emergency costs are linked to alcohol, and each year there are around 150,000 alcohol-related
THE chairman of Dorset NFU has lost his appeal to build two homes for farm workers at his dairy unit. Owen Yeatman sparked controversy when he applied to erect a pair of semi-detached homes for two assistant herdsmen at Lowbrook Farm, Belchalwell, near
