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DORCHESTER Town's trip to St Albans City this weekend (Saturday, January 16, 3pm) has been postponed. City's pitch was considered to be unfit for use after recent snow and rain.

VW’s Touran is a roomy, seven-seat MPV that has a solid feel and is well-finished. Although perhaps not as stylish to look at as some rivals, both inside and out, the ride is more compliant and comfortable than most, (assisted by well-upholstered seats

FORMER managing director Andrew Jones who swapped office life for the open sea is on route to China via Singapore. The 37-year-old who quit his top role at Flamingo UK Limited to embark on the voyage of a lifetime, is experiencing ‘the most

RAIL passengers travelling to and from Weymouth face a much smoother ride. Engineers have almost completed repair work following a landslip on the line at Upwey. Damage was discovered on the embankment near Chapel Lane in early December, prompting the

RECORDED crime in Dorset fell in December by 3.7 per cent to 3,557 incidents compared with the same month a year ago, police said. Violent crime fell by six per cent to 824 offences, and assaults with less serious injury fell by 6.7 per cent to 332 offences

ANTIQUES expert Paul Martin is heading to Dorchester for an episode of the BBC’s Flog It! show. He will be running his eye over collectables when a valuation day is held at the Dorford Centre in Bridport Road on Wednesday, February 3, from 9.30am to

PARTY-GOERS are preparing to have a fabulous night out at a Dirty Dancing themed fundraiser tomorrow. A handful of tickets are remaining for the fancy dress fundraiser at the Riviera Hotel at Bowleaze from 7.30pm to midnight. Proceeds from the event

YOUNGSTERS have been given the new playpark they have been waiting for. A new £150,000 adventure pen has been built to include activities after 1,800 people voted for the type of equipment they wanted in Westham, Weymouth. Youngsters have made appeals

POLISH delicacies such as plum chocolate and smoked spicy sausage are travelling hundreds of miles to fill the shelves of a new business. So great is the need for goods locally that Norbert Kaminski and his wife Marieta have opened the Polish Delicatessen

HEAR YE, hear ye – a town crier is wanted to sing the praises of Portland. A Portland Town Council working group has paved the way for a shouting match for the prestigious post. The best candidate must have, showmanship, charisma, reliability, an interest

Writing from bonnie Scotland, I am in some desperate need of some local knowledge of Dorset. I need someone’s help in a genealogical matter. I am searching for a Catherine McNair (nee Buntin) born in Glasgow in 1914. I received a divorce record last

I’m writing this at eight in the morning in my apartment for the stay. I got into Miami last night, and met up with Brenda my Canadian friend who I’m living with. Brenda is a World medallist in the Skud class. We went out to dinner which is a bit strange

STILL feeling the chill? Then there is some cracking entertainment on offer to warm you up this weekend. The ever-popular Budapest Café Orchestra plays two West Dorset dates this weekend, casting an intoxicating spell on all who hear them. The band

THE weather has temporarily knocked back Weymouth’s hopes of signing striker Danny Mills on loan from Championship club Peterbor-ough United. Terras’ manager Ian Hutchinson and assistant Andy Mason were set to travel to United’s London Road

ASHLEY Vickers hopes to celebrate with three points at St Albans City tomorrow (3pm) after learning that he will continue as the Magpies’ caretaker-manager until the end of the season. Ongoing legal issues between the club and former majority

Dorchester head coach Mike Sprules is wary of a Sherborne backlash ahead of tomorrow’s derby date in Southern Counties South (2.30pm). The fourth-placed county town outfit enjoyed a 27-14 victory when the two rivals last met in October, and

PIDDLE Inn has had plenty to celebrate after another successful year. The club has more than 30 members with four teams playing in the South and West Dorset Leagues – Piddle Inn A, GW Electrical, PJ Aitken and Piddle Inn B. At the league’s presentation

DAVE Kiteley has warned his players not to “overcompensate” if tomorrow’s fixture away to Blandford United (2pm) is given the go-ahead. Recent poor weather has restricted Weymouth Reserves to a single league game since their 6-0 hammering of

WEYMOUTH Sports could begin to turn around a season of frustration when they welcome Okeford United to Weymouth College in the Dorset Senior League tomorrow (2pm). The seasiders have played just eight times in the division this season but

STUART Heath hailed the return of Sam Clarke before revealing that he will go straight into the line-up for tomorrow’s match with Parley Sports. Clarke this week departed local rivals Chickerell and rejoined Portland United, for whom he was

CHICKERELL United boss Brendon King must reshuffle his defence following the exit of Sam Clarke to former employers Portland United. The Chickens visit Holt United in the Dorset Premier League tomorrow (2pm) for their first fixture without

BOSS Trevor Senior has instructed his misfiring strike force to be selfish and concentrate purely on scoring goals. Senior, a deadly marksman in his heyday, has highlighted his forwards’ off-colour perform-ances as a serious problem that needs

IT’S good to talk – and villagers in West Dorset have by voicing their objection to proposals by BT to scrap public phoneboxes. West Dorset District Council has vowed to stand by parish councils after the vast majority pleaded for their phones to stay

MUSICIANS and friends are rallying round a desperately ill Dorchester singer who plans to buy himself enough time to be best man at his son’s wedding. Members of the local music scene are holding a series of gigs and going on a sponsored diet

A DECADES-OLD organisation that raises money for charities has been unceremoniously evicted from its meeting place at Weymouth and Portland Borough Council after 36 years. Weymouth’s honorary Court Highclere of the Ancient Order of Foresters has been

SCREAMS of children left homeless and injured by the devastating Haitian earthquake have kick-started a Dorset effort to help victims. Schools and organisations in the county town have joined forces to rally residents to give as much cash as possible

A JUDGE has praised the ‘exceptional’ bravery of an off-duty police officer who disarmed a knife-wielding attacker in a busy Weymouth town centre. Judge Christopher Harvey Clark praised Sergeant Dave Stroud after sentencing the attacker, Paul