Conference Shield WEYMOUTH WILDCATS 44 BUXTON HITMEN 52 WEYMOUTH'S Conference Shield hopes received a knock-out blow from the Buxton Hitmen at the Wessex Stadium. Wildcats star duo David Mason and Chris Johnson battled but their brave efforts
A SHORTAGE of beds at Dorset's flagship hospital could lead to patients being sent elsewhere. Dorset health chiefs say GPs and ambulance crews should make it a priority to avoid sending patients to Dorset County Hospital if they could be treated closer
AN AUSTRALIAN horse breeder is seeking relatives that could be living in Weymouth and Portland. Mark Smith, 49, of Buchanan, New South Wales, wants to find relatives of his grandparents who tied the knot following a whirlwind wartime romance in the borough
CHILDREN are being forced to walk down a dangerous rat run because Dorset County Council has not cut back overgrown hedges, says an angry parent. Concerned mum Mandy Pyne says her son Oliver, 11, has to walk down a dangerous, unlit rural road because
FOUR companies in the running to create Dorchester's new town centre will find out their fate on Tuesday. West Dorset District Council announced last year that it was inviting would-be developers to lead the design of the scheme for its four-acre site
A CAMPAIGN fighting plans to scrap local councils is being launched. A senior councillor is calling on his political colleagues to resist attempts to abolish authorities and transfer powers to a Dorset-wide body. Andy Hutchings fears the shake-up will
GUEST house owners in Weymouth are celebrating success in the South West in Bloom competition. Judges in the competition - organised by the Royal Horticultural Society - gave the whole of Waterloo Terrace and Brunswick Place an award for their collective
A MUM is hoping to raise £1,000 for charity by climbing Ben Nevis with friends. Kate Rice, 44, aims to raise money for the Cystic Fibrosis Trust by scaling the 4,400ft peak with friends Margaret Spracklen, 42 and Maria Barnes, 40. Cystic Fibrosis, a
ANTI-DRUG services in Dorset are failing, a government health watchdog reveals. But bosses at the Dorset Drug Action Team aim to challenge the conclusions of the Healthcare Commission which describes their service as weak'. The commission said the Dorset
A DOCTOR has hung up his stethoscope after nearly 30 years of treating patients in Weymouth. Dr Ken Houston, of the Lanehouse Surgery, moved to the resort to take up a job as a GP in 1979. He started at the surgery in Ludlow Road when it opened 20 years
