A TEAM of firefighters was kept waiting for four hours for BT to arrive at the scene of an accident after a car knocked down a telephone pole. The delay meant five firefighters were unable to attend emergency calls for a large part of Thursday night.
A WARNING has gone out about cheap jewellery which can cause a permanent allergic reaction. Dorset trading standards offered the advice about anklets, wristwatches, spectacle frames and earrings containing excess amounts of nickel, which could give purchasers
IT'S the morning after the night before at Poole police station. The cells are busy with Friday night revellers sleeping off their hangovers, who will wake, bleary-eyed to the extra headache of a police interview about their drunken misdemeanours. A musty
IT might have been a slightly smaller affair this year, but the Studland Country Fair was all the better for it. That was the view of Martin Churchill, one of the organisers, as he watched hundreds of people stream in to the fair throughout the weekend
STEVEN Selwood was Dorset's batting star as they ended the first day of their Western Division clash at Dean Park 46 runs ahead of Oxfordshire on Sunday (Aug 21). The former Derbyshire batsman was in fluent form at the picturesque Bournemouth town centre
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GROWING calls for a nation-wide ban on smoking in all confined public places have been welcomed by the man who first raised the idea of outlawing smoking in such places in Poole. It is more than two years since Cllr Peter Adams got the ball rolling in
AS LYMINGTON Town have come along way in such a short space of time, another 40 miles was hardly going to bother them. Re-formed in the late 1990s, Town have enjoyed a meteoric rise through the pyramid, their journey continuing with promotion to Wessex
REZA Sotoudeh returned to haunt his former club as Christchurch came from behind to get off the mark at Western Way. Priory's new signing, who enjoyed two spells with the Harlequins, grabbed a second-half double to earn Andy Leader's side their first
NEW boss Dave Wakefield said he was "delighted" to see Bashley open their Ryman League points account at the first attempt. Wakefield looked on from the dugout as Steve Riley's stunning equaliser handed the New Forest outfit a share of the spoils at Church
GOAL hero Steve Legg may have thought it was just like watching Brazil but manager Alex Pike was not convinced. Legg's second-half effort helped the Hammers see off the Devon-based Western League Premier Division outfit to set up a home tie against Backwell
FIRMS confronting workers' alcohol or drugs problems need to determine early on whether they are dealing with health or misconduct issues, warn lawyers. "Getting things wrong could result in the employer facing an unfair dismissal, and in some cases a
TWO off-duty police officers arrested a man after a skimming device was found at a cashpoint outside Dorchester's Tesco store on Friday. Police said a man pushed a woman out of the way and started to remove the device after her cash card got stuck while
BOSSES at Weymouth's Royal British Legion Club have warned members they should either 'use it or lose it'. They say the King Street club - which opened shortly after the end of Second World War - cannot continue to run unless trade picks up. And now they
A CANCER victim has raised hundreds of pounds for Dorset County Hospital in Dorchester after throwing a special party. Graduate Kerry Osmond underwent treatment for six months at the hospital after being diagnosed with Hodgkin's disease. Two years on
FAMILIES are being warned to keep a close check on their elderly relatives' financial affairs after a court heard how a cruel care worker fleeced a frail pensioner out of more than £16,000. Hard-hearted Jacqueline Falvey of Upper Gordon Road, Highcliffe
A RAPTOR and reptile centre tourist attraction which rose from the wreckage of a troubled New Forest owl sanctuary is still working behind the scenes to help injured birds of prey return to the wild. Despite its change of name and ethos the Liberty's
A SPECTACULAR carnival day brought crowds of visitors 20 deep on to the streets of Sturminster Newton on Saturday (August 20) as a host of events marked the end of a week's festivities. Kicking off with an early-morning market and craft fair, along with
THE number of youngsters prosecuted for being drunk and disorderly in Dorset has more than doubled in six years, shocking new statistics have shown. In total 520 under-age tipplers were arrested across the county during 2003 - more than double the 1997
A MOTHER watched in horror as a Coke can exploded inches from her teenage daughter's face. Donna Dyer, 36, believes her 15-year-old daughter Stephanie could have been scarred for life after the can exploded for no reason. The unopened tin had fallen over
A FATHER from Poole is demanding tougher sentencing after a judge jailed his son's killer for just 20 months. Ben Astell's son, Benjamin Astell - a 43-year-old father of two - was killed when Jose De Souza crashed head-on into his Honda Civic. De Souza
A MOTHER-of-two is calling for action after narrowly avoiding being speared by a large fish hook while swimming in Poole. Nichola Saunders is currently visiting her mother in Branksome with her husband Chris and their daughters Ayesha, 13, and Tamara,
LYMINGTON and New Milton took just 90 painful minutes to discover that the mistakes they got away with in Wessex League football will be brutally punished in the Ryman Division One. Anyone under the impression that there was no real gulf between the levels
BOSS Tom Killick pulled no punches after Poole Town had received a rude awakening at the hands of the Yachtsmen in front of an expectant Tatnam Ground crowd. An early goal from Adam Barsdell and Darren Powell's late double condemned the Dolphins to their
BOSS Paul Arnold saw his side successfully negotiate a tricky tie in Gloucestershire and then lavished praise on his Magpies defence. Sammy Percival bagged the only goal of the game against the Hellenic League Premier Division outfit to boost the Cuthbury
A WELL-loved minister - described as "a gentle servant of Christ" - has died of cancer aged only 51. The Rev Pamela Pettitt had been serving at Wimborne Methodist Church since 1999 and became superintendent of the Wimborne circuit. Britain's most senior
THE future of the Kachepa family was being considered today by a Government minister. Campaigners hope immigration minister Tony McNulty will use his discretion and block this Thursday's planned deportation on compassionate grounds. Written submissions
VIETNAMESE government officials visited Weymouth's Fleet Nature Reserve to find out the right way to manage marine environments. The men and women from Vietnam's Ministries of Finance, Planning and Development, Agriculture and Fisheries spent the afternoon
