A ONE-STOP online shop at Bournemouth University matching student and staff volunteers to community projects has won a national volunteering award. The Hub was praised by judges in the prestigious Higher Education Active Community Fund (HEACF) Volunteering
POLICE have voiced concern over the number of unaccompanied youngsters who saw in the New Year in Swanage town centre. A spokesman said some young teenagers, who were not part of family groups, had remained in the resort until nearly 3am. "While police
POLICE enjoyed a trouble-free night in Weymouth and Dorchester as revellers packed the streets to ring in the New Year. Thousands of people across the country joined local people in the annual costume-filled celebrations in Weymouth. The streets of Dorchester
DORSET COUNTY Hospital is starting the year at the top of the league after meeting waiting list targets a month ahead of schedule. The Government put targets in place to drive hospitals to reduce their waiting times for surgery to no longer than six-months
DOZENS of festive homeowners have been praised for their colourful Christmas light displays. Homes across Weymouth and Portland battled it out to become winners of the borough's Christmas light competition. Weymouth and Portland Borough Council Mayor
SOUTH Dorset MP Jim Knight has met with the Office of Fair Trading to discuss a West Country 'dairy crisis'. Concerns have been mounting over the impact of the major supermarkets on farm gate prices. Farming minister Lord Bach will meet with Office of
FANS of history and the great outdoors were today urged to step forward to help safeguard Dorset's heritage. The National Trust wants volunteers to help out at its sites in the county for the coming year. Properties in Dorset include Corfe Castle, Golden
TRIBUTES have been laid at the spot where a tragic New Year reveller died in a horrific crash. The 19-year-old pedestrian suffered serious head injuries and died later in hospital after being struck by two cars as he walked along a country lane in Hordle
TRIBUTES have been laid at the spot where a tragic New Year reveller died in a horrific crash. The 19-year-old pedestrian suffered serious head injuries and died later in hospital after being struck by two cars as he walked along a country lane in Hordle
HUNDREDS of coach passengers and motorists were trapped for hours in a nine-mile traffic jam on Friday night after a serious road crash blocked the A31 near Ringwood. Some passengers even abandoned their coach and walked the mile-and-a-half into Ringwood
DRIVERS caught speeding and jumping red lights in Dorset are more likely to be prosecuted than law-breaking motorists in neighbouring Hampshire and Devon, new figures have revealed. The accounts of 35 safety camera partnerships show that a speed camera
CONFIDENCE in buy-to-let property remains firm despite Chancellor Gordon Brown's U-turn on Self-Invested Personal Pensions (SIPPs). Buy-to-let demand has "stabilised" - resisting the impact of Gordon Brown's decision not to allow residential property
AN OUTRAGED councillor and a top sailor have joined forces to condemn vandals who rampaged through Weymouth's Nothe Gardens. Trees were torn down, baskets wrecked, memorial plaques destroyed and a stone wall demolished in a trail of destruction. Weymouth
NEW Forest police launched a full-scale search on Friday night after a 60-year-old woman went missing from Barton-on-Sea. Air support units, coastguard teams and police tracker dogs have all been involved in the hunt for Barbara Lant, who was last seen
MEAN thieves burgled an elderly widow's home, stealing her late husband's cherished military medals, family heirlooms and jewellery. Great grandmother Kay Hind was spending Christmas with her family when the intruders forced their way into her bungalow
