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  • All that glisters is not stardom

    IN SEARCH OF STARDOM Dorford Centre, Dorchester By MARION COX SHOW business is all glamour, celebrity parties and riches, right? Wrong, says actress Sue Wylie in her one-woman show that lifts the lid on a career that seems to offer so much with its

  • Earthy retelling of Hardy favourite

    THE new Thomas Hardy players' abridged performance of Under The Greenwood Tree captured all the charm and candour of the original work. Script writer Jennifer Bailey did an admirable job of condensing the play into an hour and a half, largely thanks

  • Enchanting tale will come to life

    A GLITTERING tale of love and beauty sweeps into Bournemouth this week. The ballet of Sleeping Beauty, widely regarded as one of the most gorgeous pieces of dance ever written, is being brought to the county by well-known and flamboyant impressario Ellen

  • Magpies face Cinderford

    MICK Jenkins' first FA Cup tie in charge of Dorchester will be at home to Gloucestershire side Cinderford Town. And the Magpies boss is planning a cautious approach even though his side will be clear favourites to win their Second Qualifying Round clash

  • CATS GIVEN GREEN LIGHT AT WESSEX

    SPEEDWAY is on track to return to the Wessex Stadium next season. Weymouth Wildcats have been granted permission by their landlords Weymouth Football Club to continue racing at the Radipole Lane circuit in 2007. Delighted boss Phil Bartlett will now

  • Hill's men aim to close gap on leaders Oxford

    TERRAS travel to surprise early strugglers Stevenage Borough tonight aiming to close the gap on Conference National leaders Oxford United. Jim Smith's United extended their lead at the top of the table to six points last night following a last-gasp 1

  • Olympic chief to open sports centre

    OLYMPICS supremo Sebastian Coe is to open Weymouth College's new sports centre on a visit to Dorset. He will perform the honours on a trip on October 3 as the borough gears up to host the sailing events in the 2012 Olympic Games. Lord Coe will open

  • Olympic chief to open sports centre

    OLYMPICS supremo Sebastian Coe is to open Weymouth College's new sports centre on a visit to Dorset. He will perform the honours on a trip on October 3 as the borough gears up to host the sailing events in the 2012 Olympic Games. Lord Coe will open

  • Keep out - exclusion zone after gas cylinders explode

    PART of Portland remained sealed off today as firefighters continued dousing down a blaze involving gas cylinders. A spokesman for Dorset Fire and Rescue Service said workers from businesses in the edge of the zone - around the car breakers at Wide Street

  • Migrating birds to have bird flu tests

    NEW checks for bird flu are to be held in Dorset as the Government steps up its defences against the disease. The county is to be included in a new surveillance programme on migrating birds arriving for winter after spending the summer in the Arctic

  • Developer’s £100 million masterplan is prepared

    A DRAFT masterplan for a £100 million redevelopment of Weymouth Pavilion and ferry terminal is poised to go before councillors. Proposals include a new theatre, world heritage and tourist information centres, a 250-berth marina, a new pier, a 150-bed

  • Port: We won’t tolerate crime

    PORTLAND Port security chiefs have vowed to adopt a zero-tolerance approach to crime after a series of thefts and threats to security. In the latest incident Dorset Police arrested a Portland man after he was caught stealing copper cable from below the

  • Concerns over growing rough sleeper numbers

    WEYMOUTH and Portland's problem with homeless people is escalating, campaigners warned today. Members of Weymouth and Portland Initiative for Rough Sleepers (WIRS) say the number of people sleeping on the streets in the area is rising rapidly. Now

  • Pupils forced to walk after yobs damage bus

    YOBS vandalised a minibus belonging to an after-school club in Weymouth. Children that attend Scallywags day nursery and after-school club on Dorchester Road are having to walk today after their bus was vandalised. Scallywags manager Kim Bailey said

  • Smart decision leads to sponsorship for awards

    SMART Group Recruitment Solutions was today named as the headline sponsor for the Open4Business Excellence Awards. The innovative company has backed the first awards to be held as part of the annual Open4Business series of events and conferences at the