SHOPPERS returned to Castlepoint on Thursday braving biting winds in the hope of bagging a bargain in the sales. The reopening of the Sainsbury's store and Waterstone's book shop, five weeks after they were forced to close amid car park health and safety
IT definitely went the scenic route. A Christmas card posted in Newcastle to a Bournemouth man took an amazing detour Down Under, ending up thousands of miles away in Australia. But a kind-hearted Aussie postmistress saved the day. She popped the card
Brokeback Mountain (15) Odeon ***** See review. Cheaper By the Dozen 2 (PG) UCI, ABC ** Lightweight sequel for Steve Martin comedy in which he is the father of many many children. The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch & The Wardrobe (PG) UCI
ANG LEE'S bold, daring and heartbreaking love story, based on a 30-page novella by Annie Proulx, is a masterpiece. I doubt you will see another film this year that stirs the heart so profoundly as Brokeback Mountain. Click here for the movie website The
I DON'T know. You turn your back on TV hogmanay celebrations for a few years and suddenly, instead of the televisual equivalent of a tin of shortbread and a slice of Dundee cake you get, well, nothing really. Whatever happened to those thick-ankled lassies
EX Basingstoke midfielder Glenn Howes says the Magpies owe his former club a hiding when they meet at The Avenue Stadium tomorrow. "We were a bit disappointed to lose 2-0 up there on the first day of the season and I see no reason why we can't overturn
SCORES of Dorset and Hampshire marine firms will be among the 700 exhibitors at the London Boat Show which starts on Friday. Some 138 companies are from Hampshire with 41 from Dorset - collectively representing 25.5 per cent of exhibitors. Poole's Sunseeker
TIME was The Strokes had the sound of tomorrow delivered today. Hyped, built up and all but deified by the UK music press, their cranky, trebly blend of discarded Television, Velvets and MC5 riffs wowed the kiddies and amused the older heads. But the
YOU may have missed this last year, but it's well worth rooting out if only for its glorious spirit of true independence. The bands pay for recordings and own them, but licence tracks to the label splitting income 50/50. Take that, MegaBucks Records plc
ANOTHER twist has emerged in the case of the Earl of Shaftesbury in the form of allegations his death was a planned assassination. Investigators in France, where the aristocrat disappeared in November 2004, now claim his estranged wife Jamila Ben M'Barek
A YOUNG mother who is dying of bowel cancer will stand trial for smuggling ecstasy into Dorchester Prison. Anna Maria Short, 26, was too ill to attend Dorchester Crown Court yesterday when her barrister made an unsuccessful application to have the charge
PATIENTS have been scrambling for places with dental practices after a popular family dentist decided to retire after 25 years. Ian Litchfield, 52, announced in a letter to patients that he was closing his practice on Portland Road, Wyke Regis, Weymouth
PARTIALLY-SIGHTED Jane Ashdown is set to run the London marathon - dressed as a pink fairy. Jane will ensure there will be no missing her as she makes her marathon debut - at the age of 64 - to raise money for a charity for the blind. But what makes her
JOB losses and investment cuts are part of a bleak two-year budget package facing Dorset Fire Authority. Chief Fire Officer Martin Chapman has already contacted the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister to warn that Dorset is facing 'a significant funding
NEW jobs are being created on Portland after a firm won the sub-contract to repair Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA) ships. Dive Technologies Limited has employed 12 people after winning the deal to fix the vessels at Portland Port. The success coincided with
CHERRIES' new incoming chief executive Laurence Jones today launched a search for a new shirt sponsor. Motor dealer Seward - shirt sponsor since 1997 - will cease sponsoring the home strip at the end of this season. AFC Bournemouth's away kit will remain
THE owner of a North Dorset convenience store has praised the actions of his staff after a masked robber threatened a worker at knifepoint during a robbery. The man, wearing a balaclava, stole a small quantity of money after terrifying a supervisor at
A LONDON bus bumping down a hole was the inspiration for a clean technology which could revolutionise the future of transport and cut carbon emissions drastically. Fifth generation engineer and inventor Peter Hughes said: "I was in Chiswick and I saw
AUDIENCES will not be watching the wall while the gentlemen go by when a major new documentary film on the history of smuggling in Christchurch is given a gala premire later this month. The hour-long film, Gentlemen of the Night, has been made by the
CHERRIES' new incoming chief executive Laurence Jones today launched a search for a new shirt sponsor. Motor dealer Seward - shirt sponsor since 1997 - will cease sponsoring the home strip at the end of this season. AFC Bournemouth's away kit will remain
POLICE sent festive postcards to known car thieves this Christmas to warn them of their latest operation on vehicle crime. All those who had been arrested on suspicion of car crime in Bournemouth and Poole in the last year received the greeting from the
THE distraught Poole son of a woman missing today for a week is desperately urging her to get in touch. Alexander Lant, who lives with his family in Hastings Road, spent a normal, happy Christmas with his mum, Barbara Lant. But inexplicably the 60-year-old
HOUSEHOLDERS are set to be hit by a council tax double whammy - a rise of almost double the rate of inflation together with controversial cuts in services. Hard-pressed local authorities are expected to avoid the risk of being capped by keeping council
NATIONAL Trust Wardens in Purbeck are appealing for ramblers not to feed animals grazing on Corfe Common after several reports of horses biting walkers. Cattle, donkeys and more than 28 horses graze on the 160 hectare common near Corfe Castle in various
WOODY Allen's first film shot entirely outside of his native New York is a departure, not just geographically, for the veteran writer-director. Match Point is not an acerbic romantic comedy of contemporary mores. The battle of the sexes continues apace
WOODY Allen's first film shot entirely outside of his native New York is a departure, not just geographically, for the veteran writer-director. Match Point is not an acerbic romantic comedy of contemporary mores. The battle of the sexes continues apace
IN When Harry When Sally, Billy Crystal's bachelor famously tells his soul mate (Meg Ryan): "men and women can't be friends because the sex part always gets in the way." His pessimistic summary of gender relations inspired countless magazine articles
AT the centre of Atom Egoyan's new film is a murder mystery: the death of beautiful girl in a hotel suite, which remains unsolved because the two main suspects have rock solid alibis. The events leading up to the discovery of the body provide Where The
CHUKKI Eribenne hopes to silence the Havant and Waterlooville boo-boys tomorrow. The Terras striker returns to his former club for Weymouth's biggest Conference South game of the season. Garry Hill's league leaders take on their second-place title rivals
YOUNGSTERS in rural East Dorset will have no excuses for getting bored thanks to an exciting new mobile youth centre being launched next week. Youth on the Move will enable young people in outlying villages to benefit from a feast of activities including
STAGE - Aladdin: Bournemouth Pavilion. It's almost behind us. Kids TV presenter Chris Jarvis steers this year's Bournemouth panto -rags to riches favourite Aladdin - into its final weekend. Jarvis (who also directs) is Wishee Washee, Mark Squire's is
FRIDAY, Jan 6 Amberwood - BJ McCabe; Belvedere - Stu Walker; Blue Boar - Stone Cold Sober (Rock); Cottonwood - Jazz at the Cottonwood; Finn's, Weymouth - Gothic Chicken (Psychedelic Rock); Foundry Arms, Poole - Maddison; George, Poole - Live Music; Grange
MIDWIFE Tania Berlow is braving 'hell on earth' to deliver tsunami survivors' babies among malaria ridden swamps of Indonesia. She has vowed to travel to a clinic in Aceh on the northern tip and venture into refuge camps to help women give birth in life
SPEEDWAY promoter Brian White has raised hopes that racing will take place in 2006 after he applied for permanent permission to use the track at Weymouth Football Club. Although the local promoter has been evicted from the Wessex Stadium he has applied
WEYMOUTH councillors are considering making a register of their interests available online. It will mean that members of the public will be able to access information about a councillor's work, sponsorships, company membership and even if they are a freemason
IT'S an easy way to hook people, throwing cloning into the bargain. But films about the trade of body parts have been cluttering the shelves for some years now, Blade Runner the obvious example. So Ewan McGregor and Scarlett Johansson play walking spare
THERE are a handful of decent hooligan films out there already, so any new one would have to be a belter. And sticking Frodo in the lead role isn't going to do it. Elijah Wood is Matt Bucker. After taking the rap for a drugs bust at Harvard, he's kicked
REVISED plans to build half-a-dozen homes in a Bransgore pub car park have cut no ice with villagers. Both Bransgore Parish Council and the residents' association still say it's like fitting a quart into a pint pot with cars spilling out into surrounding
SHOPPERS returned to Castlepoint on Thursday braving biting winds in the hope of bagging a bargain in the sales. The reopening of the Sainsbury's store and Waterstone's book shop, five weeks after they were forced to close amid car park health and safety
POLICE sent festive postcards to known car thieves this Christmas to warn them of their latest operation on vehicle crime. All those who had been arrested on suspicion of car crime in Bournemouth and Poole in the last year received the greeting from the
