POPPY Appeal co-ordinators are hoping to reach their fund-raising target this year despite a shortage of volunteer organisers and collectors. The situation has got so bad in some parts of the region that some areas have no organisers on hand to assist
POPPY Appeal co-ordinators hope to reach their fund-raising target this year despite a shortage of volunteers. The situation has got so bad in some parts of the region that some areas have no organisers on hand to assist the dwindling number of collectors
NEVER before had the world seen a concert like it, and to this day nothing rivals it. Some 1.5 billion people across the globe watched the event - dubbed the "global juke box" - staged simultaneously at Wembley Arena and the John F Kennedy stadium in
AS shells and bullets rained down around them, there were soldiers sheltering in the First World War trenches who concentrated their minds on writing poetry. These were not the likes of Wilfred Owen, Sassoon, Rosenberg and Brooke, whose finely honed poems
PLANS to build a new coastguard station for one of Dorset's busiest coastguard teams have taken a step forward. A planning application for a one-storey station at North Road car park in Swanage has been lodged with Purbeck District Council. Swanage Town
EXPERT football training was given to sporting youngsters in Purbeck as part of the celebrations for the 10th anniversary of the National Lottery. AFC Bournemouth sent along some of their finest coaching staff to put young hopefuls through their paces
EAGLE-eyed Army cadets took a look at life through the lens when they honed their sniper skills in a special competition in Poole on Sunday. In pairs, the 32 youngsters aged between 14 and 17 were trained to use their eyesight to pick out cardboard targets
STEVE Johnson, brother of Yeovil boss Gary Johnson, is Weymouth's new head coach. The former Latvia Under-18 coach, tipped as a leading contender to replace Steve Claridge as Terras boss by Echosport two weeks ago, will be introduced to his new team ahead
FASHION-CONSCIOUS younger shoppers are being credited with leading a trading revival at department store operator Beale. Bournemouth-based Beale said the introduction of brands Oasis, Miss Sixty and Hobbs to nearly all its 12 stores had helped lift sales
TWO former Bridport men helped execute three generations of a family in a 'horrific murder' that was 'beyond belief', an Old Bailey jury heard. Richard Horwell, prosecuting, said that William Horncy, 52, and Peter Douglas Rees, 39, joined forces with
CAMILLA Parker Bowles was among guests when the Prince of Wales opened a pioneering clinic on his Poundbury estate. Officials were keen to stress that Mrs Parker Bowles was not attending the opening of the Poundbury Clinic with the Prince but as a guest
FORMER colonial service officer Henry Hall, who helped shape the modern commonwealth during his 40-year career before retiring to Ringwood, has died in the Royal Bournemouth Hospital at the age of 91. Born Harold Percival Hall, the son of an army major
HANG on, what's that irritating whining noise? Is it a plane? Is it a bird? Why no, it's football manager Sir Alex Ferguson having yet another dig at referees. "At the moment we'd have to be hit by an axe to get a penalty," says the rosy-faced chuddy-chewing
URBAN Poole and Bournemouth claim to have no suitable land to set aside for Gypsies and travellers while rural Dorset provides four permanent sites. While reactions to a House of Commons committee controversially stating all councils should be forced
HEROIN addicts are being warned they are dicing with death after a rogue batch of the class A drug is believed to have claimed the lives of two men and left at least eight users unconscious for days. Police say a spate of overdoses during the past fortnight
FUELLED by alcopops, continental lager and happy hour wine deals, a new generation of drink drivers has taken to the roads - leading to a rise in deaths and casualties, says motor safety charity Brake. Launching Road Safety Week, which runs until November
CELEBRITY Jonathan Ross has given his seal of approval to Monkey World after speaking about his visit to the animal sanctuary. And the TV presenter has adopted a monkey and an ape after being impressed by what he saw at one of Dor-set's top visitor attractions
DORSET county team player Carly Cummins romped to a second European writers' golf championship women's title win in three years in South-east Ireland, reports Peter Godsiff. It was the first time the six-year-old tournament for golf and holiday travel
IT'S amazing what Dorset exporters will eat if it helps them win contracts. Roy Tazzyman has chomped his way through a stomach-churning menu of lambs' eyes in Bosnia, snakes' gall bladders in Vietnam and crispy scorpions in Outer Mongolia. Fortunately
SOUTH coast insurance broker Stuart Alexander has recruited six staff in its commercial and private client divisions to handle new business and is now looking for additional staff to accommodate demand for insurance services. New roles include account
FPDSavills, which has offices locally, has been instructed by Clayhouse Shooting Schools Limited to acquire leases for more than 20 shooting grounds across the UK and the hunt is on to find them. The objective is to establish a network off clay pigeon
MARKS & SPENCER halved the size of its board on November 9 as it revealed more disappointing results. It has also sold off its financial services subsidiary M&S Money. Three directors are leaving, including finance director Alison Reed. The new
REGULARS of an East Dorset pub threatened with closure are uniting against a second attempt by brewers to turn the "heart of their village" into housing. Around 150 people have signed a petition and written letters protesting at plans by Blandford-based
A COMPANY which ploughed and ripped up one of Weymouth's few remaining green spaces was only trying to bring overgrown land back into agriculture, a court heard. Weymouth developer Betterment Properties has launched an appeal against a Government notice
TOURISM pulls in £135 million for Weymouth and Portland but that could be increased with better marketing. That was the message from borough council officers to members at yesterday's special meeting of the economy and regeneration committee, when they
PUPILS at a school attacked by vandals have held their traditional sing-a-long. The event at Holy Trinity infant and nursery school in Weymouth was cancelled in October after vandals smashed more than 40 windows, showering classrooms with glass and causing
A UNIVERSITY has awarded two Dorset people honorary doctorates to mark their contributions to academia and society. The Chancellor of Bournemouth University conferred the accolades on archaeologist Bill Putnam and the former chief constable of Dorset
A CAMPAIGN to restore one of the county's oldest working post boxes has been started by residents in a Dorset village. Members of the Women's Institute at Holwell, near Sturminster Newton, are behind the bid to return the box, which has been in use since
CHERRIES star Brian Stock is "optimistic" he will be ready for FA Cup duty after suffering a nasty bout of concussion at the weekend. Stock was taken to Poole Hospital on Sunday night after he had received a blow to the side of his face during Cherries
BURTON villagers squeezed by heavy traffic under the Stony Lane railway bridge as they try to make their way into Christchurch on foot have appealed for a wider pavement and other safety improvements. Parish councillor Graham Richards, who presented a
