IT HAD been a long time since triplets Mark, Gavin and Stephanie last got up and danced together - but on Saturday night the three were out clubbing to celebrate their 21st birthday. And if their steps were a little more sophisticated than the time mum
A notorious accident blackspot was closed off at the weekend after the third road death in the area in just over a month. Ralph George Crockett, 81, suffered fatal injuries when his red Ford Fiesta collided with another vehicle along the Alderholt Road
ALTHOUGH the road to Cardiff was always likely to be a Severn Bridge too far for Cherries, their route to the fourth round took a rather lengthy detour following this stalemate. According to the AA, the 226.9-mile trip to Crewe, via the A338, A31, M27
AUSTRALIAN TV beauty Madeleine West has helped to make Weymouth's pantomime the most successful ever. The 22-year-old star of the hit soap Neighbours, who left the resort following the final performance of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs on Saturday night
CAMPAIGNERS are still anxiously awaiting the result of a £990,000 lottery bid to revamp Dorchester's historic Borough Gardens - months after news was expected. Lottery fund chiefs were to decide the fate of a £1.6 million plan to revamp Dorchester Borough
A WEYMOUTH actor has come home to direct the musical he starred in more than a decade ago. Jamie Pearce, 27, assumed the lead role in WOW Youth Musical Theatre's production of Half A Sixpence in 1989. Now a professional actor with a clutch of accolades
CHERRIES boss Sean O'Driscoll is concerned his wafer-thin squad is close to breaking point. O'Driscoll's problems mounted when defender Neil Young became the latest victim of the lengthening Cherries casualty list Young hobbled away from Dean Court on
A DORSET community is in danger of losing a medical centre - comprising six doctors, nurses and other specialists - because of dangerous young vandals. Children as young as eight have been targeting the Adam Practice in Blandford Road, Hamworthy, terrorising
DORCHESTER TOWN 0, ROTHWELL TOWN 2 MARK Morris warned in his programme notes that his side could not afford too many more slip-ups against teams they should expect to beat - then they went out and did it again! Despite enjoying massive territorial advantage
ASTONISHING increases in house prices across Dorset were revealed today in a survey which found that some have soared by more than 50 per cent in just a year. A study by the Dorset Echo indicates how quickly property prices in the county are rising in
SOUTH Dorset marine firms were looking forward to a bright future as visitors rolled in at the Schroders London Boat Show. New figures released by the British Marine Federation at the show, which runs until Sunday, showed the South West's marine industry
THE number of serious injury road collisions in Dorset over the Christmas period has been cut by almost half. From December 20, 2002, to January 2, 2003, there were eight serious injury incidents throughout the county compared to 15 for the same period
WEYMOUTH'S skatepark is raising funds for a new £58,000 canopy to combat the incessant wet weather. The skatepark, known as The Front, hailed as one of the best facilities of its kind by the Government, becomes unusable after it has rained as the wooden
LYME Regis' biggest town centre blackspot - the derelict Three Cups Hotel - would make an ideal visitor centre for the new World Heritage Coast. Bernard Spencer, chairman of the influential Lyme Regis Society, has told his members as much. In his year-end
