GANGS of teenagers are terrorising a Weymouth shopping precinct. Groups of children, aged 12-16 years, are hanging around shops in Southill abusing owners and frightening customers, according to one shop manager who says his staff have to cope with the
CHURCHGOERS are holding a bring and buy sale with a difference - in a pub car park with used motors. Fundraisers from the Purbeck Vineyard Church in Wool are staging the 'car bar' outside the Red Lion in Winfrith to collect cash for a £25,000 appeal.
FAMILY and friends of missing Bournemouth schoolgirl Asata Budd were last night walking the streets of Essex in a desperate bid to find her. The distraught family of the missing 13-year-old are worried for her safety and yesterday a search party went
EDUCATION chiefs in Poole have written to government schools bosses for a third time trying to get more cash for the borough's under-funded schoolchildren. The letter to schools standards minister David Miliband MP follows the revelation that schools
ORGANISERS were hoping for a record crowd at the Dorchester show despite a damp and cloudy start to the day. Dozens of people began to flock through the gates of Dorchester's Cokers Frome Showground from first light to get an early taste of the area's
TO LET: Toilet. Accommodation comprises reception room with en suite (men and women). Great location, with poss. sea views. Good business opportunity. Needs some work. That's how one Weymouth and Portland councillor would like to tempt local entrepreneurs
A £750,000 town centre development could soon be helping young families across Weymouth and Portland. Surestart, a government-funded initiative established to improve opportunities for young children and their parents, has submitted plans for an extension
LIFEBOATS in Dorset have had their busiest ever summer, figures released by the RNLI show. Call outs from the Weymouth and Lyme Regis stations in June, July and August were more than ten per cent up on last year. Preliminary figures show Weymouth had
CIVIC chiefs today called on the historic former Eldridge Pope site in Dorchester to be developed sympathetically. Dorchester Civic Society is urging people to have their say on early plans for the 11-acre site off Weymouth Avenue which could feature
WOMEN'S champion Molly Rennie today praised social housing groups for their support of females fleeing violence in the home. The mayor of Dorchester, who is also chairman of the West Dorset Women's Refuge, spoke out after mum-of-three Samantha McCartney
CHERRIES starred on Sky TV on Saturday afternoon (Sept 6) but they will not want to see a repeat episode after City spoilt the show at Dean Court. Sean O'Driscoll's side just couldn't find the net and recorded their third consecutive home draw of the
