ROGER TARRY LAST TIME I WAS THERE (Billydog/Pink Hedgehog) YOU will routinely hear acoustic guitar-toting singer-songwriters referred to as following in the footsteps of Nick Drake or Elliott Smith, but this is usually lazy journalese - a convenient
MIKE SAMMES MUSIC FOR BISCUITS (Trunk) WHEN I was little, the kitchen in our tenement flat was where my cot was, and also where the TV was. My mum was pretty smart - she knew how to keep an eye on the bambino, the pasta and Peyton Place simultaneously
AFTER three months of rehearsals, Portland's annual panto is ready to roll. "All we need now is an audience," said director Janet Botterill, who has been whipping cast members of Snow White into shape since September. "It has been great fun putting
THIS weekend will be a musical affair at West Bay, with various activities taking place at St John's Church. On Saturday, December 2, there will be a Music Praise concert in aid of the Richard Ely Trust for Young Musicians. From 10am the West Dorset
ARGUABLY, the last thing we all need in the run-up to Christmas is a bunch of visiting bands persuading us to shell out on gig tickets instead of prezzies. On the other hand, the first thing we all need in the run-up to Christmas is a form of blessed
BRIDPORT Arts Centre will host the annual Wessex Military Band Christmas Concert on Sunday, December 3. The concert will include classical and popular music as well as a good old sing-along to get everybody in the festive spirit. The show starts at
A FESTIVE concert by Dorchester United Brass Ensemble and Friends will raise funds for the Weymouth Breathe Easy Group. The concert, which takes place on Tuesday, December 5, will help boost the coffers of the group, which is affiliated to the British
Mr Wonderful Dorchester Corn Exchange By Marion Cox aTHE mating game falls under the spotlight, courtesy of Dorchester Drama, in a bitter-sweet comedy by James Robson where Norma, a 40-something single woman trawls a newspaper dating agency in a bid
TONIGHT is the first night of a new hard dance event in Weymouth. Distorted Vision is on at Harry's. The line-up includes a warm up set from CMD. Then Richie T will play UK hard house and MNKY and RYKI will play some hard style. These will be followed
THERE is a varied selection of entertainment on offer thanks to Artsreach over the coming days. The Dorset-based arts charity has laid on a wide range of events to keep everyone in the family happy. Dangerous Curves is Dorset's very own all-female a
THIS weekend will be a musical affair at West Bay, with various activities taking place at St John's Church. On Saturday, December 2, there will be a Music Praise concert in aid of the Richard Ely Trust for Young Musicians. From 10am the West Dorset
WELSH songbird Katherine Jenkins returns to Dorset later this month. The Classical Brit-winning opera star will be appearing at Bournemouth International Centre on Saturday, December 16, and tickets are already selling fast. Last year's album Living
DORCHESTER businessman Peter Noble is among passengers being warned by BA that they travelled on aircraft found to have traces of the poison that killed former KGB officer Alexander Litvinenko. He said: "I flew back from Istanbul to Heathrow on November
COOL heads are needed to find the best way to provide a new swimming pool in Dorchester. That's the message from Nick Thornley, community enabling manager at West Dorset District Council, who is leading the project. He said the council was preparing
WRITER Nick Fisher couldn't find anything for his three boys to watch on television - so he wrote his own series and now it has won him a Bafta. The Giblet Boys won the British Academy Child-ren's Film and Television Award for best drama, and Mr Fisher
FORMER Wey Valley pupil Mark Gerrish was killed on his way to buy an engagement ring when a driver botched an attempt to overtake him, an inquest has been told. Trainee nurse Mark Gerrish, 33, suffered massive brain, spine and lung injuries when he
THE number of HIV victims in South West Dorset has shot up by 50 per cent in the past year. Weymouth's Park Centre for Sexual Health has diagnosed eight new patients in the last three months and seen its figures rise from 38 to 56 in 2006. Instead of
DORCHESTER boss Mick Jenkins has confirmed the club are interested in signing Portland United central defender Scott Henley. Henley, who has made two appearances for the Blues since returning from Greece where he was working as a football coach, will
WEYMOUTH will have to improve defensively if they are to get the better of Grays Athletic at the Wessex Stadium tomorrow according to Terras' boss Garry Hill. Not only has the Dorset outfit struggled at the back in recent weeks but also the Blues possess
DEK supremo John Hartner has been appointed to the steering committee of an industry body. Mr Hartner, who is Weymouth-based DEK's company chief executive officer, has joined the IPC's Surface Mount Equipment Manufacturers Association (SMEMA). The IPC
MEMBERS of North Dorset Branch of the Federation for Small Business (FSB) voted in officials at their annual meeting. They selected Ed Sadd of Poultons Portables as the chairman and Nigel Jones from the Railway Hotel in Blandford was re-elected as treasurer
You can get two sets of golf clubs in the 350Z and to prove it Nissan puts a sticker, with instructions on how to do it, inside the boot lid. Apparently, this has been a bone of contention in some quarters, with potential buyers shying away because of
