JOHN Kerry will be the next President of the United States. The Democratic challenger will turf George Bush out of the Oval Office in today's election - at least he would if the voters of Dorset had their way. For "Dubya" it would be "like father like
JOHN Kerry will be the next President of the United States. The Democratic challenger will turf George Bush out of the Oval Office in today's election - at least he would if the voters of Dorset had their way. For "Dubya" it would be "like father like
IT measures just eight feet by 14 feet, but this humble beach hut has been snapped up for a cool £100,000. Twenty years ago, the one-room brick chalet was worth £7,500, but the limited numbers available and high demand have combined to push the price
IT'S 45 years since the formation of the Oakmead School Band by former music master Courtney Bosanko - and ex-members will be getting together for a reunion later this month. The band in 1959 began when Mr Bosanko asked first year pupils to bring along
AMBITIOUS plans to rebuild Emmanuel Baptist church in Swanage have failed to win the approval of planning chiefs. Members of Purbeck District Council's planning board turned down an application to demolish the existing chapel at Victoria Avenue and build
A SECURITY guard has been hailed a hero after he prevented a suicidal man from jumping off a 50 foot high ledge. David Kerley, 29, didn't give a second's thought to his own safety as he followed the aggressive man up onto the roof of a Poole shopping
A LEAGUE cup repeat of last month's FA Cup local derby between Dorchester and Weymouth at the Avenue Stadium is the prize for both sides when they make their debuts in the new Carthium Cup competition tonight (7.45pm). The Terras take on Newport County
A SPECTACULAR new version of Verdi's Aida arrives in town this week, complete with a life-sized bejewelled elephant and dancing alabaster water fountains. Now producer Ellen Kent and the Opera International company are searching for local people to appear
A COUPLE today told of their 'smiling angel' who died in a tragic Weymouth house fire. Grieving parents Peter and Jacqui Meadows of Southdown Avenue in Preston said their 13-year-old daughter Mary was adored by everyone who met her and the family was
A COMMONS committee has backed South Dorset MP Jim Knight's drive for tougher sentences for serious motoring offences. This summer he put forward proposals in the House of Commons to refocus legislation to ensure proper justice for road traffic victims
A D-DAY veteran is to make an emotional visit to Holland to rekindle a friendship born 60 years ago. Private Ted Kingswell was a Bren gun carrier driver with the Middlesex Regiment and was among the troops that liberated France, Belgium and then Holland
WORRIED councillors have called for an investigation into the provision of lighting on unlit stretches of the Christchurch Bypass after another fatal crash there at the weekend. A 21-year-old man died on the eastbound carriageway on Friday night on a
RESIDENTS of a Christchurch riverside housing development have spoken of the horror of seeing a neighbour die in a river tragedy. Darren Anderson, 38, who lived in a bungalow at the Watermead development off Willow Way with wife Amanda, was in his black
CHERRIES are hoping a visit to the FA's national rehabilitation centre will help fast-track Steve Purches's return to full fitness. Purches, who has been troubled by a persistent ankle injury since pre-season, started the intensive five-day course at
IT should be one of the happiest days of your life. When you tear up the L-plates and take to the open road as a newly-qualified and fully-fledged motorist. Only it's not like that, is it? For a start, when was the last time you saw an open (as in empty
IT measures just eight feet by 14 feet, but this humble beach hut has been snapped up for a cool £100,000. Twenty years ago, the one-room brick chalet was worth £7,500, but the limited numbers available and high demand have combined to push the price
HE was a Bournemouth bobby who helped to arrest the sadistic murderer Neville Heath... but Ted Ruffell once got into hot water himself with the Chief Constable. At the time, Ted was stationed at Bournemouth police headquarters and was operating the switchboard
THE finalists in the County's "Business Oscars" have now been announced ahead of the prestigious Dorset Business Awards ceremony, which takes place in Bournemouth next month Now in their tenth year, the Awards are the premier competition designed to acknowledge
WIMBORNE-based Cobham plc has added to its world-wide portfolio with the acquisition of Spectronic Denmark A/S, a leading manufacturer of audio surveillance and monitoring products for government applications. Purchased for £21.1 million, Spectronic has
WOULD you believe that 87 per cent of Dorset business people have no idea what they are supposed to do with the right button on their computer mouse? Or that 63 per cent of Dorset women sleep on their right side? And that 38 per cent of their menfolk
A YOUNG man who nearly died and was left disabled following a rare illness has finally closed the door on a four-month battle with his landlords over £2,000. East Dorset Housing Association backed down after Ben Haysom's plight was highlighted in the
A HUGE clean-up effort has enabled two schools closed by vandals to reopen on time today after the half-term break. Holy Trinity infant and nursery schools had to send nearly 300 children home on October 22 after vandals showered classrooms with glass
A 10-WEEK-OLD boy who was hit by a car on a Dorchester pavement is in a stable condition today in Dorset County Hospital. He was last night moved from the special care baby unit to the children's ward after being taken off the critical list. The baby
ANGRY mothers are calling for urgent improvements to a school bus service for children with special needs after youngsters were left waiting for up to an hour in the cold and rain. Driver Terry Greenslade was forced to drive from his Blandford depot to
RESIDENTS of a Christchurch riverside housing development have spoken of the horror of seeing a neighbour die in a river tragedy. Darren Anderson, 40, who lived in a bungalow at the Watermead development off Willow Way with wife Amanda, was in his black
A PROJECTED £500,000 shortfall in Christchurch Borough Council's budget means price hikes across the board for council services. Leisure and amenity car parking charges look likely to rise the most while concerns about hitting businesses in the pocket
