Stories for 17 October 2003
Bournemouth Cherries
Knee agony for Holmes
LUCKLESS Cherries star Derek Holmes today admitted he was "gutted" to discover he will be sidelined for at least six weeks due to a knee injury. more...
Knight Watch!
WARREN Cummings has warned his Cherries team-mates to prepare themselves for the arrival of Leon Knight - the man they used to call Pele at Chelsea. more...
Bournemouth Columnist
Haven't got a clue - so?
REMEMBER the great performance Tom Selleck gave as Indiana Jones in Raiders of the Lost Ark? more...
Bournemouth Leisure
Shell's Belles
STEPHANIE Cole stars in a new stage adaptation of Rosamund Pilcher's bestselling book The Shell Seekers. more...
Concise Biographical Dictionary, Chambers £14.99
You know how frustrating it is when you hear someone mention Mary Pickford, for example, and you know you know the name but can't think for the life of you who she was? more...
Jams, Conserves and Preserving, Hachette, £12.99
Bang on cue for the season of mellow fruitfulness comes this guide to an aspect of the culinary arts which probably conjures up images of your gran in a pinny. But this is a thoroughly-modern take on the art of stocking up on reminders of summer and autumn for the winter. more...
Hot Property by Sarah O'Brien Coronet £6.99 pb
Estate agent/auctioneer Ellen Grace was having a bad morning. Her car blew up on the way to work, her ex has become her new boss and during their first valuation of the day they find a dead body in the sitting room! more...
Fahrenheit 451 (12A)
SHOWING as part of Purbeck Film festival, this sterling film adaptation of Ray Bradbury's novel is a fascinatingly arcane vision of a dystopian future. more...
Intolerable Cruelty (12A)
THE Coen brothers' latest offering is reckoned to be their most commercial to date. more...
Summer Things (15)
THE delightfully-complicated ways of love come under the microscope in writer-director Michael Blanc's accomplished romantic comedy about a acquaintances who go on holiday together to confront their relationships with each other. more...
Kill Bill Vol One
AFTER all the hype, the interviews, the promotional giveaway DVDs, can Quentin Tarantino's fourth film really be that good? more...
Mystic River (15)
THIS is the tale of three childhood friends who drift apart after one of them is abducted by paedophiles while playing in the street and kept in a basement until he manages to escape four days later. more...
Purbeck Film Festival
FRIDAY 17 Oct 6pm, Brief Encounter (PG), Rex. Classic picture of English middle class life produced in 1946. Celia Johnson and Trevor Howard fall into a hopeless affair. more...
Bournemouth News
New era as distributor's role widens
AWARD-WINNING newspaper and leaflet distributor NDS has rebranded to Newsquest Southern ahead of predicted growth in its database analysis and market research operations. more...
PR boss takes over carrier bag firm for new reality show
WE'VE had house swap shows, even wife swap programmes. more...
My wife's on payroll too, says MP Chris
PUTTING his wife on the public payroll has caused a political storm for Tory leader Iain Duncan Smith but it has been a way of life for Christchurch Conser-vative MP Chris Chope and his wife Christo since before they were married. more...
Patrol officers spotted big cat
FURTHER credence has been given to tales of big cats roaming the Dorset countryside after two policemen on night patrol spotted one. more...
Trial results prompt new `ban GM' calls
DORSET opponents of GM crops say results of a study into their environmental impact have come as little surprise. more...
Call to poppy sellers to help boost funds
POPPY Appeal organisers have issued an urgent call for volunteers to boost their funds this year. more...
Borough chiefs pledge to defend historic hotel
ANY attempts to redevelop a historic hotel put up for sale in Christchurch will be fiercely resisted by council planners. more...
Old romantics
He may be 87 but old romantic Frederick Stacey was determined to get married again. more...
Fast food blaze was `malicious'
A HUGE blaze which broke out at Burger King in Tower Park Poole, is thought to have been started maliciously. more...
Crews rescue two from blaze
TWO firefighters described how they risked their lives to pull two people from a burning house late last night. more...
Bournemouth Pirates
Pirates boss hits back at Aces' cup criticism
PIRATES co-promoter Matt Ford has hit back at claims from Belle Vue that "some sides" have flaunted the rules of the British League Cup this season. more...
Bridport Bridport
Students join the growing debate
FOUR students from Bridport's Sir John Colfox School took part in an historic meeting of the county council's education committee this week. more...
Phew, cyclists complete 550-mile charity lunbuster in three days
CHAMPAGNE corks were popping after two Bridport-based teams finished a gruelling charity cycle ride through France. more...
Alarm fitter, 31, may face prison
ALARM fitter Jason Davies was warned that he may face jail after being found guilty of lying to customers in West Dorset. more...
Novelist feared death in horror car smash
AUTHOR Nicola Thorne told how her writing career was wrecked in a horrific car crash as a man appeared in court for dangerous driving. more...
Food accolade praised by PM
BRIDPORT-based community group the West Dorset Food and Land Trust has been nominated by the Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs to attend a Downing Street reception next week. more...
Culture is question on lips of the forum
WHAT is culture? That's the question being posed at Bridport's first culture forum next week. People from Bridport - including artists, sportsmen and women, historians, writers and musicians - are being invited to the event at the town's arts centre on Thursday. more...
Two arrested after violent disturbance
POLICE reinforcements were called when violence flared in the centre of Bridport in the early hours of Sunday morning following the football match between England and Turkey. more...
Warning issued over a £500 con
BUSINESSES across West Dorset have been put on alert over a scam demanding money to register under the Data Protection Act. more...
Anti-GM protest harvests support
HARVEST sheaves from Bridport's Leakers Bakery took pride of place on Monday's Friends of the Earth demonstration against genetically modified food more...
Christchurch News
Borough chiefs pledge to defend historic hotel
ANY attempts to redevelop a historic hotel put up for sale in Christchurch will be fiercely resisted by council planners. more...
East Dorset News
Cash bid in crisis over lampposts
DORSET County Council is preparing a Private Finance Initiative bid for cash to help tackle its huge backlog of street lights in serious need of replacement. more...
Lyme Regis Lyme
County opposes lorry diversion
PLANS to ban lorries from Lyme's narrow streets and re-route them through Uplyme are being opposed by Devon highways chiefs. more...
Voice of Lyme is best in land
LYME'S Phil Street is the best town crier in the country and his wife Dawn is the most stylish - and that's official! more...
Customers vote branch UK's best
STAFF the Lyme Regis branch of the NatWest bank are celebrating their success in a national competition, which has recognised their outstanding customer service. more...
Here is the Victorian News.....
VICTORIANS in Lyme Regis sent a message from the past this week when a time capsule was discovered at the Marder Almshouses in Coombe Street. more...
Critic gagged at council meeting
LYME Regis Town Council silenced its critics on Wednesday night - by banning them from speaking. more...
New Forest News
Expansion proposals for quarry expansion
PLANS to step up operations at a New Forest quarry could run into stiff opposition from residents. more...
North Dorset News
Cremation of pets bid up before planners
PLANS have been submitted for a pet crematorium in North Dorset. more...
Poole News
Poole land will cost the earth...
MULTI-million-pound regeneration proposals and plans to introduce a second lifting bridge could have mammoth effects on the price of land within an area of Poole. more...
Purbeck News
Memories in print 50 years on
A MYSTICAL writer who drew inspiration from the Isle of Purbeck is back in print for the first time in half a century. more...
Weymouth News
Choir is singing out for new members
A HISTORIC choir is tuning up for new members in a bid to stave off a crisis. more...
Victorians send a message from the past
VICTORIANS in Lyme Regis sent a message from the past this week when a time capsule was discovered at the Marder Almshouses in Coombe Street. more...
Dancer steps forward for debut on TV
A TALENTED young dance student from Weymouth has won her first appearance on national television. more...
Romance blossoms in wake of tragedies
WAR veteran Cecil Woodcock invited his late wife's sister to meet his family in Weymouth - and ended up marrying her. more...
Bird charity joins call for ban on GM crops
WILDLIFE campaigners today called for a ban on GM crops because of their `disastrous' effects. more...
We like it here
PRINCE Charles' Poundbury dream village is `artificial', `pretentious', `lifeless' and `fake', according to some architects and planners. more...
Readers' letters
TURBINE PICTURES NOT SO ACCURATE more...
Sprint star quick to impress pupils
OLYMPIC sprinter Darren Campbell quickened pulses when he turned up at a junior school in Weymouth. more...
Ram-raider fails to win his appeal
A MAN whose trial was thrown into confusion after firebombers torched the courthouse has failed to convince Appeal Court judges that jurors could have been influenced by what happened. more...
News in Brief
CRASH PAIR IN INTENSIVE CARE more...
Police in spiked drinks warning
POLICE today issued a warning for people to guard their drinks against being spiked with date rape drugs. more...
Church plan anger grows
MORE than 300 people have signed a petition in just four days against a proposal to build a new church, which they say will be an eyesore. more...
Weymouth Sport
O'HAGAN TO PLAY WAITING GAME
DANNY O'Hagan re-signed for Dorchester after training at the Avenue Stadium last night and should be in their squad for tomorrow's home game against Havant and Waterlooville. more...
CITY TRIP START OF SEVEN CRUCIAL DAYS FOR TERRAS
STEVE Claridge admits Weymouth start a crucial seven days in their Dr Martens Premier Division season tomorrow. more...
BEES URGED TO FORGET COUNTIES HAMMERING
BRIDPORT hope to put Tuesday night's heavy defeat at Weymouth behind them when they take on Devizes Town in the Screwfix Direct Premier Division at St Mary's Field tomorrow (kick-off 3pm). more...
UNITED RE-UNITE WITH BOROUGH
TWO clubs who had some titanic battles in their bid to take the step up from the Dorset League into the Dorset Premier renew acquaintances at Poole Borough's Turlin Moor tomorrow. more...
SIMKIN STANDS BY AS INJURIES BITE
DORCHESTER Reserves boss Phil Simkin reckons he may have to dust off his boots and name himself in his squad for tomorrow's trip to Dorset Premier League more...
GEORGE STANDS IN WAY OF CASH-RICH LEADERS
PORTLAND United's goalkeeping crisis has been solved by veteran Pat George ahead of tomorrow's Sydenhams Wessex League clash with more...
ABSOLOM RETURNS FOR KNOCK-OURT SHOWDOWN
IT'S pupil versus master at Coburg Road tomorrow where Dorchester entertain Oakmeadians in the second round of the Powergen Intermediate Knockout Cup. more...
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