THE Good Samaritan who died in a horrific road accident on the A338 was killed on her 38th wedding anniversary as she returned home from a surprise trip to Paris. She and her husband were 15 minutes from home when they stopped to help another motorist
CHRISTIAN activists have forced producers to pull the plug on plans to stage the controversial Jerry Springer show at Bournemouth's Pavilion Theatre. Production company Avalon has been forced to reschedule its pre-Christmas shows until 2006, after 11
DORSET witnessed a spate of credit and debit card fraud last year as fraudsters rushed to beat the introduction of chip and PIN. A massive 20 per cent increase in card fraud led to total losses of £504.8 million across the country, it has been revealed
Sorry Blues slip to third Wimborne 3rd 39 Bridport 13 UNDER-STRENGTH Bridport were dealt a huge blow in their quest for promotion. Wimborne included several senior players and things started badly for the visitors with Neil Davies breaking a finger in
Best yet for Bridport Bridport 15 Weymouth II 8 THIS was Bridport's best result of the season against talented Weymouth side. Simon Wood was matched against Craig Robinson, whose demanding plat made it an uphill struggle for the Bridport man. Wood gave
Holders back in the final Lyme Regis 4 Chickerell Res 0 THIS was just another day at the office for the Seasiders who took an early grip and never let go. The Chickens were chirpy in terms of effort but they were outclassed when it came to skill and enterprise
Bees edge closer to the drop Barnstaple Town 1 Bridport 0 THE threat of relegation looms ever larger for Bridport after a miserable defeat at Mill Road. With other results going against them, the defeat leaves the Bees precariously positioned just one
THESE two men could have vital information to help detectives catch the man responsible for the "sickening" rape of a Poole woman in her 60s in her own home. Officers are sure the men, seen here on CCTV stills, were not in any way involved in the violent
I GUESS it was no surprise that Matthew Rainback would take to sailing like a duck to water. His grandfather is a past Commodore of Poole Yacht Club while his father is the current Commodore. So sailing is definitely in his blood. Many of his earliest
FORMER Pirates captain Magnus Zetterstrom is confident his old team-mates will be able to complete a tremendous hat-trick of SkyBet Elite League titles in 2005. Poole are finally due to get the new season underway at Swindon this evening (March 17, 7.30pm
THURSDAY MARCH 17 The Muffin Men - Frank Zappa Tribute - Mr Kyps; Rubber Soul - Penny Come Quick + Chamfer + Peace Offering + DJ Phewture Gimp - Destiny, Bournemouth; Simple Folk - Ye Olde Starre Inn; Lady Winwoods Maggot - Salisbury Arms, Purewell; Pronghorn
DENNIS Locorriere didn't call his latest album One Of The Lucky Ones by chance. (Feb 19) The American singer and sometime songwriter, who plays the Tivoli Theatre at Wimborne on Saturday, reckons the title just about sums him up. After all here he is,
CAMPAIGNERS are devastated after an African family living in Weymouth lost their battle to stay in the country. Verah Kachepa and her four children will fly back to Malawi today after lawyers admitted they could do nothing more to help the family. The
A PORTLAND mechanic will try his first marathon on the streets of Paris. Peter Bower, 30, of Sweethill, is using the marathon to raise money for diabetes research. He agreed to take part with his friend Darren Ellis, 31, who ran the Dublin marathon last
PUPILS at the Thomas Hardye School have topped the tables in the national curriculum tests - with the best average scores in the county. The latest exam league tables, published today, show the Dorchester school was ranked number one by the local education
DISPUTE: Hall and Woodhouse's plans for the Talbot Inn in Iwerne Minster have caused unrest A DISPUTE over the redevelopment of a North Dorset pub could go all the way to the High Court as council chiefs claim "We will not be bullied". Blandford-based
ANGRY accountant Austin Kinsley has vowed to demolish Bournemouth's most unpopular building - the IMAX cinema - with the help of a video camera. Channel 4's forthcoming four-part series Demolition has asked viewers to nominate the UK's most hated white
CAMPAIGNERS seeking urgent new laws to protect Dorset's marine wildlife have taken their message straight to Westminster. Dorset Wildlife Trust leaders met with Dorset MPs Jim Knight and Robert Syms, calling for new comprehensive marine legislation including
THIS precious little bundle is the latest addition to Monkey World's orang-utan family - and while his mum is clearly besotted, at first she had trouble feeding him. Staff at the ape rescue centre, near Wool, had to sedate the as yet unnamed baby's mother
Perfect spring for Jane Lyme Regis Golf Club JANE Dixon can only remember the weather from her round of golf at Lyme on Thursday. "It was a beautiful spring-like day, that's the only memory I have," she said. The fact that ever-confident Jane won the
AARON Davies and Kelly-Ann Steel won at under-17 level in the season's last Wessex Cross-Country League races. Bournemouth AC's Steel, who only 24 hours earlier had finished 43rd in the English Schools' Championship, was eight seconds faster at Ferndown
KAREN Legg's coach Tony Watson and club and GB team-mate Alex Savage led the tributes to Dorset's first Olympic swimmer after she announced her retirement at the weekend. Watson, who has coached Legg since she joined Ferndown Otters in 1996, said: "Occasionally
THEY are "bread and butter" boats which roll off Sunseeker International's production line at the rate of one every four days - but they still cost nearly £600,000 each. It is usually Sunseeker's larger vessels like the £4.5 million 105 Yacht that grab
"WE need a footpath." That's the plea from health-conscious pupils at an East Dorset school who want to arrive on foot rather than car. Year four children at Hampreston First School have written to the county council urging it to put in a footpath to
TWO WOMEN waded into freezing water to rescue two men whose boat capsized. Jane Furhrmann feared for the life of a man she helped to pull from the Fleet lagoon after she watched a dinghy capsize. Jane, a family mediator at the Waves Project who lives
PENSIONERS and first-time buyers were targeted in Gordon Brown's pre-election budget. The Chancellor announced that pensioners would get a £200 council tax rebate as well free local bus travel. He also abolished hospital charges for pensioners, ending
THREE men have already been barred from drinking in New Milton pubs and clubs following the launch of the town's Pub Watch scheme. Sgt Dave Tanner told town councillors the first meeting between the dozen licensees signed up to the scheme had already
A BUSINESSMAN has joined forces with the father of a drowned teenager to launch an anti-bullying campaign. And support for John Berry, whose son died at the hands of two other youths, is growing - many deplore the fact the criminals will be home by Christmas
PEOPLE and places that help make Christchurch 'where time is pleasant' have been honoured in the borough's first Good Citizen Awards. Youngsters at the town's Lighthouse youth club, community champions from the FROGS - Friends and Residents of the Grange
WITH a shillelagh under me arm and a twinkle in me eye.... No doubt that old favourite will be chanted out tonight, amid a few raised stouts in honour of St Patrick - the patron saint of Ireland. It's said that more than 70 million folk worldwide are
