LANGUAGE schools in Dorset are leading the way in measures to combat illegal immigration, it has been revealed. Schools across Bournemouth and Poole have joined forces to ensure establishments are used for their published purpose - teaching English. More
THE principal of a long distance learning college has been convicted of awarding a fake doctorate to a Bournemouth MBE recipient who had studied seven years for the qualification. Philip August, who runs the European College Collective in Middlesex, pleaded
A NEW professional producing theatre company which aims to promote and showcase the work of up-and-coming young talent in the area launches its first production at Lighthouse in Poole tonight (September 15). Called Ironic Comment, the company is the brainchild
A HEADTEACHER received top marks when inspectors paid a visit to her 'very good school' in Weymouth. Holy Trinity Infant School head- teacher Lyn Darley was overwhelmed by the positive response from the Ofsted team following their intensive inspection
IT'S amazing isn't it? You move into a new place; a mortgage moves into your bank account, endless bills taking up whatever room is left. Any short change left over and there is furniture to buy, paint to splash out on, never-before-thought-about insurance
COUNCILLORS have voted to axe two Bournemouth care centres despite objections that this would make life difficult for elderly users. Bournemouth council accepted a Cabinet recommendation to close Broadwaters day centre in Tuckton and the Seabourne centre
THERE'S no chance of falling asleep during Roly Bain's sermons, as one congregation at a North Dorset church found out. A self-styled Holy Fool, Roly travels across the country spreading the word of God with his own unique blend of circus clowning and
THE same people who make legs for Heather Mills have constructed a cosmetic limb for Swanage fireman's wife Mari Watson. Mother-of-two Mari, 34, can now step out in strappy sandals and dresses, such is the incredibly realistic detail of her new right
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SWANAGE and Wareham chalked up their first competitive success of the new season with a convincing 22-0 triumph against Somerset-based Ivel Barbarians in Powergen South West Two East. From the start, Swans had Ivel on the back foot and a massive drive
DORCHESTER TOWN 1 NEWPORT COUNTY 0 MAGPIES super-sub Justin Keeler left the bench in the 77th minute and just two minutes later fired the only goal of an untidy encounter at the Avenue Stadium last night. Keeler turned in Juan Ugarte's shot at the near
DORSET'S Cobham is helping to design countermeasures to protect airliners from attack by terrorists armed with shoulder-launch missiles. The Wimborne-based world-class aerospace group is designing anti-missile pods that could eventually be fitted to every
MOSES Willis and his family live on the side of the road. Their home is a clean and well-decorated caravan and while their pets have the run of the outside, they use the roadside to sell their carpentry goods to passing traffic. Positioned in a small
WEYMOUTH'S retail and leisure complex Brewers Quay is up for sale again - less than a year after it last changed hands. Owner Spirit Group, which owns more than 2,400 pubs in the UK, has put the Hope Square attraction on the market claiming it is outside
AN ENVIRONMENTAL protection group is preparing to fend off plans for another gravel pit on the mineral-rich seams in the south of the New Forest. New Milton Sand and Ballast is currently digging gravel at Lower Pennington. Now the company has submitted
DRIVERS visiting Purbeck could be stung with a £1.50 congestion charge each way. The tourist hotspot could be the first area in Dorset to follow London's lead in introducing the levy. Dorset county council has outlined a series of proposals aimed at taking
THOUSANDS of people could be let loose in Bournemouth's pubs and clubs without supervision if chaos surrounding new rules for door supervisors continues, it has been warned. Just seven of 200 door staff employed by three major Bournemouth security companies
DRIVERS visiting Purbeck could be stung with a £1.50 congestion charge each way. The tourist hotspot could be the first area in Dorset to follow London's lead in introducing the levy. Dorset county council has outlined a series of proposals aimed at taking
HOWEVER hot it is, however tempting the sparkling water - don't do it. The Environment Agency is warning people not to bathe in inland waterways after children were taken sick at a Dorset beauty spot. Patricia Gardiner from West Morden contacted the Daily
A DORCHESTER councillor is urging West Dorset colleagues to back plans to bring CCTV to the county town. Up to 12 closed circuit television cameras are on the cards for Dorchester thanks to a partnership between Dorset County Council, Dorchester Town
A HOME designed by a first-time architect is being sold for £1.2 million. Jeremy Taylor spent many of his childhood holidays in Dorset and loved the county so much that together with wife Annabel decided to swap London life for a rural idyll. Although
DISGRACED former councillor Mike Oram has been advised by the Charity Commission to resign as trustee of a Blandford-based charity. But he is involved in a second charity, Shaftesbury Online, to the concern of the Charity Commission. Mr Oram quit North
ALL-PARTY support has been given by Christchurch councillors for a call to the government for a change in the law to prevent a repeat of the town's "summer of hell" invasion by travellers. Members voted unanimously last night (September 14) to back council
AN ATTACKER who robbed, assaulted and sexually abused a pensioner in her own home used her cashpoint card shortly after the incident. The woman in her 60s was said to be "shocked and traumatised" after the attack which happened in the early hours of Friday
A NIGHTCLUB boss fears he will have to close his doors this weekend because new rules on door staff have left him with too few to keep troublemakers away, writes Scott Neil. And it will leave Poole without a nightclub as the town's sole dance spot upstairs
GLEN Dawson has been banned for the whole of next season and Weymouth sensationally docked 35 points for a dressing room joke that got out of control. The Weymouth fast bowler caused a storm after writing the caption 'kill the ****' under a picture of
FORMER Belle Vue rider Matej Ferjan returns to his old stamping ground tonight (September 15) buoyed by his fastest winning ride at Wimborne Road for Pirates. The Poole RIAS rider joined the Dorset club from the Aces for an undisclosed fee earlier this
ALMOST 65 years after being billeted in the French town of Warloy Baillon, Percy Guscott has returned to commemorate a wartime escapade. As the town gathered to remember two pilots, one British and one Canadian, shot down during the Nazi occupation, Percy
DORSET Police have claimed victory in their fight against anti-social behaviour and violent crime. Extra officers were drafted in and made 574 arrests for violence-related crime and public disorder during the eight weeks of Operation Protect. The latest
SOME of you may remember a little announcement which used to be made at cinemas before films started. Over a picture of a burning cigarette, a voice-over ran: "For the convenience of patrons who prefer not to smoke, a non-smoking area has been provided
ASSISTANT manager Richard O'Kelly played down Cherries reserves' defeat at Swindon insisting "the result was not important." (match: September 11) Cherries fielded almost a full-strength first-team side for the reserve clash at the County Ground and looked
