THE selection process to chose jurors who will try three men accused of murdering a millionaire and four members of his family began at the Old Bailey on Wednesday. A panel of 12 will be chosen from 100 who filed into number two court to be told the trial
A YOUNG recruit from Bournemouth training to be a Royal Marine has died while at the commando training centre in Lympstone, near Exeter. Richard Campbell-Smith, 18, was two-thirds of his way through the gruelling 32-week training course when he reported
FORMER diplomat Peggy Graham had a lifetime of adventures to look back on as she marked her 106th birthday. She and her late husband Andrew spent three decades globetrotting when they both worked for the foreign office, working in such exotic locations
A SWANAGE baker has drawn up plans which could transform a quiet backwater in the heart of the town. Peter Hayman is the third generation of his family to run Hayman's Bakery, which employs a staff of 20 in Commercial Road. He has drawn up plans to redevelop
PART of an old rowing boat and an anchor were washed up on Poole's beaches during the storms that battered the coast last week. The clean-up in Poole and Bournemouth is still continuing this week to restore the resorts' golden sands to their former glory
BOURNEMOUTH ABC's Amiz Mahmoudi produced a devastating performance to defeat Tom Brown in a schoolboy contest at the TA Drill Hall in Dorchester. Mahmoudi is improving with every bout and he showed both excellent movement and crisp punching in defeating
A SCHOOL in Verwood looks set to become a lot less cramped as council chiefs consider whether to give the go-ahead for a million pound extension. Emmanuel Middle School needs to expand to meet the demand for places brought about by the new Trinity CE
THURSDAY NOVEMBER 4 Nine Below Zero + Funhouse - Mr Kyps; Hot Rod Jesus - The Ship Inn, Shaftesbury; Quadrophonia - The Gander; Lost Aura + Dutch Husband + Maine Street + Nikki Hann - The Central, Ashley Cross; 4ft Fingers + Sidekick + support - Mister
FINE dodgers got a rude awakening early today as police and court officials launched a crackdown. Persistent offenders who avoid paying fines and compensation were targeted in a series of dawn raids on homes in west Dorset as part of Operation Payback
FINE dodgers got a rude awakening early today as police and court officials launched a crackdown. Persistent offenders who avoid paying fines and compensation were targeted in a series of dawn raids on homes in west Dorset as part of Operation Payback
A HOST of golden daffodils will light up Poundbury in the spring. Green fingered residents were out in force to dig holes and plant more than 2,700 daffodil bulbs in and around the prestigious development. One of the volunteers, Sheila Cook, said bulbs
TESCO workers across Dorset put their best foot forward to collect just over £4,300 for Cancer Research UK. The cash was raised by 121 staff from Tesco stores in Dorchester, Weymouth, Blandford and Poole who ran and walked this year's Race for Life event
A DORCHESTER-based credit union is going up north as part of its latest expansion. FiDo - the First Dorset Credit Union has gone from strength to strength since it was launched and now has 750 members and assets of £250,000. Loans to members have topped
CHARITY events hosted at a Weymouth pub raised more than £700 for the Joseph Weld and Trimar Hospice Trust. Staff at the New Vic on The Esplanade organised a quiz night, auction and buffet which resulted in a cheque for £751.07 being handed to delighted
IT'S that time of year again. Time to mess with our minds over the strange ritual of changing the clocks. It has never made much sense to me: you go to bed, and while you are asleep, someone slips in an extra hour, so when you wake up your body clock
A POPULAR student who died in tragic circumstances last summer was being posthumously honoured at a poignant awards ceremony in Bournemouth today. Single mum Samantha Vines' life was cruelly cut short on August 7, 2003 before she could complete her four-year
COUNCILLORS considering options for the Winter Gardens site have highlighted the need for improved leisure facilities and a more varied choice of evening entertainment in the town centre. Addressing a developing communities and tackling crime scrutiny
SANTA may be lonely this Christmas as many stores abandon traditional shop grottoes in favour of more retail space. The Ministry of Fun, which supplies Santa's helpers to shops around the UK, says it has taken only 75 bookings this year - compared with
FOREIGN holidays, a slow down in consumer spending and poor weather have been blamed for a mixed summer season for the South West region's tourism industry - but overall the picture has been one of growth. Survey results among outlets in the main summer
PORTLAND'S prison ship should be closed unless millions are spent on improvements, a damning report said today. Her Majesty's chief inspector of prisons, Anne Owers, claims HMP Weare at Castletown is entirely unsuitable for its current use and needs substantial
A DOG walker discovered a body washed up on a Weymouth beach yesterday. Patrick Donnelly, of Preston, found a hand sticking out of the sand at Redcliff Point while he was walking his two dogs. He said: "A jacket caught my eye. I gave it a pull and saw
A NEW sports pitch has been put on hold so that a land survey can be carried out on the site of ancient remains on Portland. Dorset County Council has stopped work to create an all-weather playing surface on its grounds opposite Royal Manor Arts College
CAMPAIGNERS are urging arts lovers in Dorchester to back a town centre theatre development. Developers announced earlier this year that they want a 500-seat auditorium and 80-bed hotel to form the cornerstone of the former Eldridge Pope site in Weymouth
SMOKING could soon disappear in a puff of smoke from New Forest District Council's offices in a bid to encourage workers hooked on the habit to give it up. Yesterday the district council's cabinet agreed to stamp out smoking, but there will be no ban
CIVIL servants at Blandford Camp are joining nationwide strike action to protest against government plans to axe 100,000 jobs. A one-day strike is planned for Friday by the Public and Commercial Services Union (PCS) and union members wil be picketing
CATHOLICS in Christchurch are battling for the right to demolish an old church and presbytery to open the way for a bright new church centre. Christchurch Borough Council refused two planning applications for the centre at St Joseph's Church in Purewell
JOHN Spicer will be staying at Cherries for a third month after Arsenal agreed a further extension on his loan deal. The skilful midfielder, whose current deal expires after Saturday's visit to Peterborough, should sign the extension in the next few days
