CHERRIES struck twice in four minutes before half-time to take control at Exeter today. Yet they made the worst possible start slipping a goal behind after only five minutes. Stephen Purches was penalised for handling the ball and Andrew Roscoe drove
DRIVERS are facing a winter of discontent on Weymouth's roads with traffic chaos expected to continue well into the spring. More details have emerged of the nightmare due to be faced by motorists when Wessex Water begins a £2 million project to replace
A HUT on Chesil Beach has gone on sale for £8,000. The 10ft by 8ft wooden fisherman's hut, with a 4ft by 4ft box at the back, was the last hut to be given permission to be built on the beach more than 25 years ago. The hut is a 20-minute walk from Chesil
A PAINTER got a fright when a three-foot long snake crept up on him as he was working in a pavilion. John Adams, 30, who is a self-employed painter and decorator from Weymouth, received a shock when the snake slithered into the foyer of the Crossways
IT was full steam ahead today as the Dorchester Show got under way after months of planning and anticipation. Organisers and exhibitors were out in force at daybreak, setting up and waiting for thousands of visitors to pour into the Cokers Frome Showground
IT'S back - and this weekend's Dorchester Show is predicted to be a record-breaker. Farmers and exhibitors poured into Dorchester Agricultural Society's Cokers Frome Show-ground from 6am today before the first visitors began to arrive. The two-day event
A LOCAL boy came good when RFA Brambleleaf breezed into Portland. Captain Alistair Swatridge, born in Dorchester and a former pupil at Thomas Hardye's School, returned home with the 40,000-tonne tanker yesterday and admitted he was delighted to be back
TRIMAR Hospice held a party to thank all its volunteers for their hard work and to celebrate their merger with the Joseph Weld centre in Dorchester. From October 1 both hospices will operate under joint management, with Trimar in Weymouth becoming a day
AMATUER triathlete Steve Griffiths swam, cycled and ran his way to scoop an Enduroman 2002 title. Portland man Mr Griffiths, 34, who lives in Fortuneswell with his wife Gail, won the half Enduroman Chesil Challenge during the three-day event. The Enduroman
UGLY sisters and a handsome prince are needed for a Dorchester production of Cinderella. The Parish Players, which is a new company made up of members of Dorchester congregations, is putting on the pantomine of the much-loved fairytale next year. Initial
Full-time scores from the top teams in the South GILLINGHAM 1 - PORTSMOUTH 3 EXETER 1 - BOURNEMOUTH 3 SOUTHAMPTON ARE NOT PLAYING TODAY BECAUSE OF INTERNATIONAL FIXTURES.
