PLANS will be unveiled tonight to use part of Weymouth's new Pavilion as a money-spinning wedding and office party venue. The replacement for the Ocean Room will be known as 'The Place' and cater for Christmas parties, council meetings and community
WEYMOUTH will never get a new athletics track - unless it builds a library, health surgery or Internet caf on the same site. That is the response of Sport England to a request by local teacher Don Whistance for a new purpose-built track in the town.
OIL paintings by a Dorset artist will adorn the walls of the Sultan of Oman's royal yacht. Impressionist painter Mike Bowman, of Dorchester Road, Stratton, will paint at least six images of Italian villas for Qaboos Bin Said's luxury vessel. It will
A WEYMOUTH farmer has reached the finals of the national industry awards tomorrow. Robert Lasseter, of Corton Farm, Weymouth, is shortlisted for the Alternative Enterprise of the Year Award sponsored by Health and Safety Executive (HSE) in the Farmers
PLANS will be unveiled tonight to use part of Weymouth's new Pavilion as a money-spinning wedding and office party venue. The replacement for the Ocean Room will be known as 'The Place' and cater for Christmas parties, council meetings and community
TORRENTIAL rain has caused a mudslide at a school that could leave it closed for two weeks. Teachers arrived at St Mary's Middle School, Puddletown, yesterday to find muddy water up to three feet deep in parts of the school building. It is believed
TURKEY was off the Christmas menu for one group of pensioners who celebrated with fish and chips instead. The residents of Marshallsay Court in Chickerell were treated to a slap-up dinner with pudding and presents courtesy of Alf's Fish and Chips. Staff
THE two teenagers swamped by stormy waters in Portland Harbour were having a prank', the father of one of the boys has revealed. Friends Kyle Moore and Richard Webb, both 14, started a coastguard alert after taking a rowing boat out in the early hours
FAMILIES face another year of sending children to schools outside Dorchester because people from outside the area have scooped school places in the county town. Phil Farmer, education officer at Dorset County Council, warned the town council that one
SPECIAL babies have arrived near Dorchester 30 million years or so since the last lot were born in Jurassic Coast country. The tiny Cuviers dwarf cayman - a type of alligator - hatched with the help of reptile expert Gerry Cole of BJ Herp Supplies.
The results of an online poll in the Dorset Echo revealed an overwhelming opposition to the current plans. Asked 'Is the proposed Weymouth Pavilion scheme the right one for the town?', only 76 of those who responded (19.6 per cent) said yes, while 312
The results of an online poll in the Dorset Echo revealed an overwhelming opposition to the current plans. Only 76 people (19.6 per cent) thought the proposed Pavilion scheme was the right one for the town while 312 (80.4 per cent) thought it was not
Weymouth Wildcats have been accepted into the Conference League for 2007. The move was confirmed at a British Speedway Promoters' Association meeting at ACU House in Rugby, Warwickshire and it caps what has been a marvellous week for the Dorset outfit
WEYMOUTH boss Garry Hill has described December as a "massive month" in regards to his side's ambitions this season. Despite having only claimed one point from their last four Nationwide Conference National games, the Terras still remain in a play-off
