RICHARD E Grant's semi autobiographical film witnesses the decline of the British Empire reflected in the fraying relationships between the members of a colonial family in 1960s Swaziland. Teenager Ralph Compton (Nicholas Hoult) watches dumbfounded as
THIS is not just a Californian high school flick. Yes, it's has got some of the vital ingredients: cliques, outcasts, beauties and jocks. But Rian Johnson's brooding thriller Brick wraps them in the moody, adult aura of a 1930s noir movie, banishing
ONE of Dorset's most persistent offenders could face up to five years behind bars for breaching his latest anti-social behaviour order (asbo). Mark Bown, described as Christchurch's most anti-social resident, has amassed a string of convictions over
DRUNKEN louts face being barred for a year from every pub in Swanage if they do not keep themselves under control. Fed-up landlords have introduced the new Pubwatch scheme to tackle the growing problem of violence and abuse among young drinkers. Every
HAVING obtained tickets to the Bournemouth Art Institute's yearly showcase of students' fashions designs, I was delighted to go along and pretend I was part of the "glamorous" world surrounding fashion shows. Disappointingly we didn't get seats on the
EFFORTS to improve life for the Rwandans were fuelled when North Dorset fundraisers visited the scene of the 1994 genocide. Chris Brickell, chairman of governors at Shaftesbury School and Billy Kelly from the aid organisation Msaada, visited the church
A PILOT scheme to tackle childhood obesity in the New Forest has been hailed a success by primary care chiefs, who now say they plan to extend the programme across in the area during the next few months. Some 30 children from Milford Primary School took
EXCITING plans for the replacement Queen Elizabeth's School, Wimborne, look set to clear the first hurdle next week. East Dorset councillors are on Tuesday being recommended to support outline proposals for the £25 million project, which will accommodate
HOLIDAYS are not without their hazards accident, illness, crime, travel firms going bust but buying travel insurance should not be one of them. And yet tourists who buy insurance from travel agents are paying over the odds and could be left with inadequate
CHERRIES are running the rule over Luke Webb, the teenage son of former England star Neil Webb. The 19-year-old midfield playmaker has been training with Sean O'Driscoll's squad this week and could feature in their opening pre-season friendly at Havant
PIRATES captain Bjarne Pedersen believes they put one wheel into the Knockout Cup semi-final with their impressive 58-34 home win over Reading on Wednesday. The Dane also paid tribute to team-mates Grzegorz Walasek, who scorched to a 16 paid 18 point
PIRATES 58 READING 34 GRZEGORZ Walasek showed his Speedway World Cup winning form for Pirates as he rattled up his second paid maximum for the club in his 83rd appearance. The modest, quietly spoken 29-year-old was one of Poland's stars as they lifted
WIMBORNE batsman Ben Ratcliffe etched himself a small place in English cricketing history on Saturday. But the unassuming 27-year-old is already more worried about his next innings. Ratcliffe was the star on an historic day's play at Colehill's picturesque
BRITISH Swimming have welcomed proposals which could lead to the merger of Bournemouth Dolphins and Ferndown Otters. Tim Jones, the Great Britain national age group coach, said the issue was one that British Swimming had been looking at "for some time
HAYLING Island Sailing Club's grip on the Prince of Wales Cup was released when Archie Massey of Itchenor Sailing Club took the honours in the International 14s UK Class Championship sailed in Poole Bay. The trophy, originally donated by then Prince
IT SEEMS the sky's the limit for Bournemouth Airport. Boosted in recent years by the advent of budget airlines, annual passenger figures are already orbiting the one million mark and are set to rocket to three times that number within the next decade
FOUR million passengers a year could be flying in and out of Bournemouth Airport within the next 25 years. That's the forecast for the future of Britain's fastest growing regional airport where, by 2030, passenger numbers are expected to soar to four
THE biggest brood in Bournemouth is about to get even bigger. After producing 12 girls and one boy, Tracy Lewis had pledged to call a halt on her personal baby boom. But there's more sleepless nights and nappies in store for the 42-year-old, who has
TWO men suspected of subjecting a Jewish woman to racist comments in the Boscombe area of Bournemouth have been captured on camera. Police have released a photograph of the men they want to trace after their alleged victim heard shouts from outside her
BOURNEMOUTH swimmers can feel proud of their contribution to Little Britain star David Walliams' successful Channel swim. Members of the Bournemouth Dolphins, based at the Littledown Centre, gave up one of their swimming lanes to allow the comedian to
THE daughter of a pensioner attacked by her estranged husband expressed her "utter disbelief" as he was cleared of attempted murder. Church-goer Edward Moreton, aged 68, attacked wife Angela, 73, at their home in Leeson Drive, Ferndown, after she found
WHAT a difference a day makes! After a few days sweltering in the sun, holidaymakers were left sheltering from the showers as they struggled to make sense of Britain's hit-and-miss weather. Bournemouth and Poole's beaches, which had attracted more than
FROM historic cutlasses and deadly daggers to steak knives and pizza cutters Dorset Police's month-long knife amnesty netted a whole host of blades from across the county. Military bayonets, antique Samurai swords, ornamental spears, flick knives and
THE bosses of Yellow Buses and Wilts & Dorset were branded "arrogant" last night after they declined an invitation to publicly defend their route cuts. Dozens of people, nearly all of them pensioners, packed out Bournemouth council chamber to express
THE heads of two care inspectorates have voiced serious concerns about the treatment of people with learning disabilities across England. Their report comes just over a year after an investigation was launched by Dorset police and Poole social services
