THE remains of a slain aristocrat have finally been laid to rest in the family vault of a quiet country church. The funeral of Anthony Ashley Cooper, 10th Earl of Shaftesbury, took place on Friday in Wimborne St Giles, just four months after the interment
FEWER than a third of Bournemouth youngsters are having at least two hours of physical education a week in school at a time when childhood obesity rates are soaring, a report has revealed. A new government target says that by 2006, three-quarters of all
A FATHER who abducted his son and took him on a tour of Amsterdam's notorious coffee shops and red light districts was jailed for six months. The Christchurch man, who cannot be named for legal reasons, took the 14-year-old on holidays to Amsterdam despite
A POOLE school which caused a furore among parents after threatening to ban skirts has set up a working party to decide what school uniform will be appropriate for the next school year. Governors at Broadstone Middle School decided this week to revise
A CANCER sufferer is urging patients to always consider seeking a second opinion after mistakes in her diagnosis. Lynn Miller, 52, was diagnosed with breast cancer and underwent two operations to remove part of one breast at the Dorset County Hospital
ANGRY mother Wendy Parker claims her 12-year-old son has been kept away from school for a year after pulling the legs from spiders. She admits her son Christopher was excluded from Beaminster School for tormenting the creatures and not listening in class
POLICE are appealing for witnesses after bogus callers tricked their way into the home of an 86-year-old woman and stole nearly £400 from her purse. The pensioner answered her door to a woman who called at the cottage at Blissford, near Fordingbridge,
FIRST on the scene of an accident? Quick - reach for your iPod. St John Ambulance is offering potentially life-saving advice which can be stored on your MP3 player or burned onto a CD. It hopes people will download the safety tips from the internet and
THREE cannabis factories have been raided and thousands of pounds worth of plants found during police swoops in Southbourne and Boscombe. Police have warned that they will not be going easy on people who produce the drug, despite it having been downgraded
RESIDENTS have objected to applications for longer drinking hours at pubs in Weymouth's Hope Square and town centre. The Weymouth and Portland Borough Council licensing committee will meet to consider the applications of five Weymouth pubs aiming to extend
CONTROVERSIAL bar Walkabout will be forced to shut its doors in November after Dorset Police secured a landmark victory. Councillors decided not to grant the Australian-themed pub a new licence after hearing about the crime and disorder problems that
SANDCASTLES were the subject of science as a study revealed what makes the perfect beach structure. A sturdy mix of eight parts sand and one part water was found to be the winning recipe for longer lasting castles after stability experiments in the United
