MOSES Willis and his family are Romany Gypsies. They don't move around in a large group and they certainly don't leave rubbish lying around when they leave. But the family, described as "good hard-working people" became the victims of systematic racial
MOST people dream of swimming with dolphins - Victoria Moore dreams of swimming with sharks. The 21-year-old Bournemouth University student is preparing to spend her summer getting up close and personal with the stars of Jaws. She can look forward to
IT'S why women have breasts - yet fewer than two-thirds of new mums in some parts of Dorset are even attempting to feed their babies themselves. Those who do try often give up, discouraged by such problems as soreness, anxiety about the baby getting enough
A TRAGIC teenager's 18th birthday was marked by the planting of a rose in her memory. Brave Karina Glynn of Upwey died last June after a 20-month battle with cancer. Friends, family and her teachers gathered at the Wey Valley School Sports College in
MORE THAN 2,000 children will be hoping to jump their way into the record books in an attempt at the world's biggest simultaneous skip next week. The children, aged between five and 16 and from 18 different schools all over Weymouth and Portland, will
TWO brothers who carried out a systematic campaign of racial abuse against gypsies for "entertainment" have been warned they may be sent to jail. Neil Rupert Shepherd, 41, of Hunters Oak, Hemel Hempstead, and Martin Jeremy Shepherd, 36, of Colindale,
A BOURNEMOUTH MP is seeking assurances that the Shelley museum will be restored and reopened as soon as possible. David Atkinson, who represents Bournemouth East, made the new appeal after learning of the council's decision to sell Shelley Manor. The
ONLOOKERS are once again being warned to leave the dolphins off Dorset's coastline alone. Keen to get a closer look, people have been swimming up to the pod of dolphins and taking boats too close, according to officials. The 12 bottlenose dolphins seen
THEY said it would cause traffic chaos. They said it would be a disaster for leisure. And, when the council felled a third of the majestic horse chestnut trees, it was accused of vandalism. But, nearly a year after Meyrick Park closed to through traffic
A TEENAGER who terrified a taxi driver with an ornamental sword and attempted to rob him has been locked up for two-and-a-half years. Michael Bailey, 18, of Keeble Road, Bournemouth, cut two eye holes into a hat and pulled it over his face, and armed
A POLICE investigation is underway after a former Royal Marine from Poole was shot and killed in Iraq. Brian Tilley, 47, died on May 14, when a gunman reportedly walked into the house in Baghdad where he was staying and opened fire. His body has arrived
VETERANS of World War II met up for a D-Day 60th anniversary tea at Highcliffe Castle. Some had been on the beaches of northern France on June 6, 1944, others had been fighting for king and country elsewhere. Wives and sweethearts had been at home but
A BUSINESSMAN who downloaded hundreds of indecent pictures of children claimed he had himself been the victim of a paedophile ring. Trevor David Cutler, 40, of Shillito Road, Parkstone in Poole, admitted 20 counts of making indecent images of children
COUNCILS around the country are now being asked for their views on a smoking ban in Poole's public places as part of a six-month consultation process. The issue, which could see the introduction of a by-law banning or severely restricting smoking in clubs
A REDUNDANT Poole church looks to have been saved from possible demolition by the Romanian Orthodox Church. The church, which is believed to have 21 million followers world wide, is negotiating to buy the listed 2 star St Osmund's Church in Parkstone.
MUSIC is said to be the food of love - now two top opera singers are set to make it a Dorset dinner for two. The pair are preparing to tie the knot in a picturesque village after falling in love with the county. Chinese opera singers Ke-Qing Liu and Chun-Qing
WITNESSES told of the last moments of William Brown Ross before he was stabbed to death in a Weymouth street. They told a jury at Winchester Crown Court that the 6ft 2in Scotsman dished out a savage beating to Michael Alan Croker moments before he was
FIREFIGHTERS and coastguards were put through their paces as a stricken helicopter with an injured child on board made an emergency landing at Portland Bill. A rescue operation was mounted after an engine malfunction caused a fire in the aircraft, injuring
SIX women soldiers were injured, two of them seriously, when an army Land Rover overturned on a main road near Blandford on the evening of May 20. Five of the six soldiers were kept in hospital overnight for treatment, although none are thought to have
ON SUNDAY evening the much-hyped Gordon Ramsay will explode all over our screens, in a reality TV show called Hell's Kitchen, featuring hapless celebs learning to cook properly. Anyone who's watched Ramsay's other small screen outings knows what the celebs
VETERANS of World War II met up for a D-Day 60th anniversary tea at Highcliffe Castle. Some had been on the beaches of northern France on June 6, 1944, others had been fighting for king and country elsewhere. Wives and sweethearts had been at home but
