STORES that sell alcohol to young people face being heavily targeted by the government in the latest crackdown on underage drinking. The warning comes just days after trading standards bosses revealed that shops locally are still flouting the law. The
TESCO Express has been branded a neighbourhood inconvenience store by protesters who staged a sit-in protest to stop delivery trucks in their tracks. Police were called to intervene after Glen Lockyer and his wife Carol set up their camp chairs in the
CRUEL thugs fired a ball bearing into the face of pet cat Jackie, leaving her to stagger home with her left eye hanging from its socket by a sinew and vets unable to save it. The animal endured her terrible ordeal only the day before Christmas and now
A NEW call was issued today for more starter houses and a ban on rich buyers snapping up second homes on Portland. Independent councillor Jacqui Redfern, who represents Tophill East, demanded a freeze on second homeowners to combat the island's worsening
A FORMER Weymouth police station site is to be converted into a 55-home development - against the wishes of local planners. The Dorchester Road proposal - for 37 sheltered accommodation apartments and 18 affordable homes - has been granted planning permission
A CARING Weymouth boy is cutting off his beloved pony tail so he can buy a cow for deprived Africans. Owen Lewis, 12, of Everest Road, has been growing his ponytail since birth. But now the youngster will be giving the 15-inch lock the chop for charity
ORGANISERS of the annual Company at Christmas event in Dorchester aim to hold one in Weymouth next year. Organiser Sylvia Dennett said the annual party was a great success when it was held at the restaurant in Dorset County Hospital on Christmas Day.
DETAILS of the traffic shake-up planned for Dorchester are due to be revealed early in the new year. The county town could have pedestrianised streets or new one-way systems costing around £4 million. A new report on the town centre's traffic plan is
A DEVELOPER has won an appeal to build eight one-bedroom flats off Chickerell Road, Weymouth. Weymouth and Portland planners turned down the scheme by Crow Developments in September 2004,. But a planning appeal inspector has now backed the project. The
SCRAPPING free parking at Bowleaze Cove in Weymouth would be 'a new stealth tax', a resident claimed today. Patrick Barrington, of Coombe Valley Road, Preston, is outraged by proposals to start charging motorists to park in the street overlooking Weymouth
A TEENAGE dancer was crowned one of the best in the country at the finals of a national competition. Leander Hakimi, 13, who attends Budmouth Technology College, won through to the last stages of the contest in Blackpool where she danced in the ballroom
SHOPPERS in Bournemouth and Poole have been doing their very best contributing to the country's anticipated five billion pound spending spree in this year's annual sales. Those local shops which did open earlier than usual on Boxing Day say that they
BARGAIN hunters streamed into Weymouth and Dorchester as shops threw open their doors for the sales. Tills were ringing across Dorchester as shoppers left the Christmas couch behind. Early birds were queuing before dawn to ensure they grabbed a deal or
CENTENARIAN Norrie Woodhall has helped boost the coffers at a Dorset charity after asking for money instead of presents for her 100th birthday. Mrs Woodhall, the last survivor of the Hardy Players, celebrated her landmark birthday earlier this month.
