THE Rotary Club of Verwood has handed out £8,000 to 40 clubs, organisations and charities in the local area. Among those to benefit was Verwood Football Club - whose members are raising £50,000 to provide floodlights for their ground following their
THE Dorset Police inspector found dead at Sandbanks shoreline had been suffering from chronic depression, the coroner has heard. Insp Neil Munro was found last Thursday and a post mortem examination found that he had drowned. An inquest into the
THE global credit crisis, a slumping housing market, and rises in the cost of living across the board look set to make for a rocky road ahead and few people in the street feel last week's budget will make it easier for the average person. Rising food
"APPALLING" is how the mess and rubbish strewn across the central reservation on the A31 to Cadnam has been described. But New Forest District Council and the Highways Authority, which are due to complete a clean-up shortly, maintain the cost and inconvenience
A DENTAL nurse from Fordingbridge will be leaving drills and mouthwash behind to put on her running gear after her mum's brave battle inspired her to enter her first London Marathon. Angela Maunder, 28, who works at the Fordingbridge Dental Practice
VILLAGE cricketers in the New Forest are set to be bowled a bouncer by National Park Authority officials. The long-established and highly successful Hyde Cricket Club wants to expand its 10-year-old pavilion on the village common with a lean-to extension
SALISBURY'S own supergroup, Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick and Tich received an extra special accolade recently. To mark their outstanding contribution to popular music for more than 40 years, Salisbury Civic Society awarded the band a highly coveted Blue
THOSE who carry fake firearms in public could find themselves staring down the barrel of a real gun, police have warned. Many imitation weapons are so realistic that armed officers could be deployed if they are spotted. Now officers have urged members
A PARTY of Salisbury and district CND supporters will be joining thousands of other anti-nuclear campaigners from across the country in a 50th anniversary demonstration at Aldermaston on Easter Monday. The event will be a reminder of the first protest
A NEW initiative aimed at trying to stop drug-taking among children is to be launched in Salisbury - and will include a programme of six weekly courses for parents. Sponsored by the Elim Christian Centre in Dews Road, Salisbury, the project is called
SPORTY fundraisers have gone the extra mile to raise money for Sport Relief. Even a lamb joined in the fun at Avondale School in Bulford where youngsters donned their wellies and baggy T-shirts and ran a mile around the school field in the rain, collecting
