The winter garden need not be a barren landscape, Pat Holt looks at how different grasses can create a subtle combination of colour and texture... GRASSES, sedges and rushes come into their own at this time of year, as our garden flowers have faded and
POLICE on Portland are leaving their island home after 100 years of fighting crime from their station. The move marks the end of a century of police tradition. They have kept a watchful eye on the island from their Castle Road station since 1904. An older
ORGANISERS of a grand showcase to mark the Queen's Golden Jubilee have been flooded with calls of support. Charities, businesses and entertainers have thrown their weight behind the event at the Dorchester Agricultural Society's Cokers Frome showground
CRUSADING shopkeeper Paul Barwick claims he has been flooded with support for his stand against rates in Dorchester. Mr Barwick warned of a rates revolution with businesses and householders refusing to pay unless they received value for money. Now he
full-time scores from the top clubs in the South... Bradford 3 - Portsmouth 1 Blackpool 4 - Bournemouth 3
Swanage is the focus of new book which makes fascinating reading... A NEW book has arrived on local book store shelves to give a near-definitive insight on one of Dorset's most popular seaside towns. The Book of Swanage finds stalwart local author Rodney
POLISH star Grzegorz Walasek is unlikely to be in Pirates' seven-man starting line-up this year - but co-promoter Matt Ford admitted he might use the Grand Prix rider as cover later in the season. Ford stressed it would be a "catastrophe" for Walasek
WHEN 10-year-old Jamie Dixon saved the Earth from being blasted by Martians it seemed only fair that he win a holiday for his efforts. But the Weymouth boy, who is a pupil at Southill Primary School in Weymouth, has had to wait for his fabulous family
A WEYMOUTH man with a history of psychiatric problems was given a two-year rehabilitation order after making a napalm concoction and threatening to ignite it at a hospital. Dorchester Crown Court was told that Thomas Anthony Tetlow, 49, of Thornhill Crescent
BRAVE Pam Caswell from Crossways has vowed to scale Mount Everest for her 50th birthday in memory of her husband who was killed in a climbing accident. Widow Mrs Caswell, 48, has timed her ambitious attempt for 2003 to coincide with the 50th anniversary
Half-time scores from the top clubs in the South... Bradford 1 - Portsmouth 1 Blackpool 2 - Bournemouth 2
X-RAYS have confirmed injured Karl Broadhurst has not broken his foot and he could make a surprise return to Cherries' line-up at Blackpool today. The 21-year-old defender has not trained for two weeks because of a sore foot and missed their last game
