ITALIAN teenager Giovanni Torre failed to score in his first full game for Dorchester as they crashed to a 2-0 defeat at Havant and Waterloo-ville last night - but Magpies boss Mick Jenkins believes the 18-year-old will soon find his feet in the Conference
GARRY Hill has emerged as a leading contender to become new AFC Bournemouth manager. The Terras boss is being hailed by Cherries fans as an ideal replacement for former boss Sean O'Driscoll who departed Dean Court for Doncaster Rovers earlier this week
THEY beat Hitler but members of the Normandy Veterans' Association have not been able to beat the passage of time. Their proud ranks once marched with more than a 100 members, but it is more than 60 years since the pivotal battle for Normandy and those
PARENTS whose daughter was left deaf after suffering meningitis are supporting a campaign to educate people about the disease's symptoms. Anne and David Laugh-arne, from Sandford, near Wareham, are working with the Meningitis Research Foundation to raise
A NEW toilet block in Dorchester's Borough Gardens is set to open by the end of next week. Workmen are putting the finishing touches to the block, which forms part of a new refreshment kiosk in the award-winning park. A special meeting of Dorchester
PICTURES are heading to Dorchester from down-under for a landmark exhibition. The work of artist Tom Roberts - born in Dorchester 150 years ago - is being commemorated in an exhibition with a difference later this month. Roberts moved to Australia where
BUILDING and windows company Stuart Barnes Ltd are expanding with new showrooms in West Bay and near Wareham. The family-run company has stepped up its presence in Dorset after 12 years at its shop on Portland Road at Wyke Regis in Weymouth. Staff at
A PIONEERING pensioner taking part in a study into fighting the side effects of cancer treatment is looking for volunteers to join him. Clive Marais, 71, from Weymouth, has just started the trial into treating lymphoedema - a painful condition meaning
A FORMER Dorset skip hire boss who became the first person in the country to be extradited with a European arrest warrant to face an Environment Agency prosecution has been given a six-week prison sentence for skipping bail. Magistrates decided that
A gang of yobs tried to overturn an ambulance while a 13- year-old girl was being treated inside. A large group of youths surrounded the vehicle and started rocking and kicking it, ambulance staff said. It happened after a crew was alerted late at night
ACTOR Martin Clunes has signed up to narrate a performance of Peter and the Wolf in Bridport to raise money for a children's hospice. Mr Clunes, star of Doc Martin and the new ITV drama Losing It, will be joined by 60 invited musicians including members
THE Wey Valley School has a new deputy headteacher. Andrew Wilson, who also teaches science, joined the staff at the Weymouth school on September 1. He is the fourth member of the senior leadership team at Wey Valley, alongside assistant headteacher
THE Countryside Alliance's second annual Best Rural Retailer competition is open for nominations. Members of the public are invited to nominate the shopkeepers they feel go the extra mile for their customers and for rural life. This can be through a
ASPIRING pop stars sang their hearts out for shoppers in Weymouth town centre. Members of the band Beat It! - who are just 13 years old - performed a selection of songs and urged people to dig deep and a make a donation to charity. The band's chosen
TEN highly successful years of collaborative work with children and families in the community were celebrated at NCH Outlooks Family Centre on Portland. Town Mayor Tim Woodcock and his wife Marlene were the guests of honour at a big party held at the
