Martin Shapcott (Going to town, but which one?' Echo Letters, February 5) suggests that the residents of Chickerell are not represented at West Dorset District Council. In fact the residents of Chickerell elect three representatives to serve on WDDC.
HOLD on to your hats - a runaway musical success is coming to Weymouth next week. Students at Wey Valley School are staging Rogers and Hammerstein's Oklahoma! at the Pavilion theatre and rehearsals and tickets are both going extremely well. Based on
I am not sure if I am entitled to comment on the redevelopment of the Pavilion site as I do not live in Weymouth any more. However, I often visit, and I was brought up in Weymouth and have many happy childhood memories of going to the beach with my cousins
PORTLAND'S Royal Manor Theatre Company kicks off it's 60th anniversary season and breaks new ground with the Ben Elton play Popcorn. The play contains strong language, scenes of violence and of a sexual nature and the question arises, is it just a gimmick
HEAR the recorder as you've never heard it before! People whose only experience of the recorder was in their early years at school will not recognise the instrument when recorder virtuoso Jill Kemp, plays it on Sunday at Weymouth College. Jill was a
I am a student at Weymouth College and currently studying for a Video Production Degree. One of my projects is to create a short documentary. I am hoping that I can get in touch with anyone who was present at 1945 to witness the American and British
I am writing with a measure of desperation at what I see around me as regards global warming. To my simple way of thinking we have a basic choice - we either believe that which the world of science is telling us or we disbelieve in which case we get
SOUTH Dorset's most striking landmark could soon be offering MP3 trails, archaeological digs and a festival of folklore. The Ridgeway, dividing Weymouth and Dorchester, is an 'unsung asset', say historians and nature experts who want to tempt locals
FIND us some more parking spaces and we will join the free-for-all to bag one, Fordington residents told a traffic management officer. Their call for more parking followed the abandonment last year of a proposal for a residents' parking scheme because
AN ADVICE centre for youngsters in Dorchester is now opening its doors on Saturdays thanks to a £2,250 grant. Routes, a drop-in service for young people aged 13 to 25, previously only opened on weekdays. But now the centre has been able to extend its
LIFEGUARD services on Dorset's beaches are set to receive a funding boost from West Dorset District Council. The council's executive committee has recommended £20,000 go towards providing life-savers at West Bay, Lyme Regis and Charmouth during busy
A WAR of words and figures raged between borough councillors before they agreed on a new, provisional council tax increase. Members of Weymouth and Portland Borough Council's management committee agreed to recommend a 4.45 per cent rise to a meeting
COUNCILLORS have called for a public inquiry into the way the MSC Napoli disaster was dealt with. Some Dorset County Council members feel they were 'informed' of proceedings rather than 'consulted' during the incident. Now Colonel Geoffrey Brierley
PLEAS to save Weymouth and Portland Borough Council's pest control officer and funding for twinning societies have been heeded by councillors. Concerned resident Barbara Howe told members of the council's management committee that the pest control officer
A CEREMONY marked the end of an era for Dorset Territorial Army soldiers and army cadets - and the beginning of a new chapter in the county's rich military history. The colours of the Devon and Dorset Light Infantry were laid up for a final time in Exeter
FAMILY treasures preserved for 60 years in a room sealed like a time capsule have been uncovered in Dorset. Auctioneers have found a wartime RAF uniform, antique pocket watches, cigarette lighters and newspapers from the 1920s lining drawers at the
The 2007 Hall and Woodhouse Tenanted Awards for Excellence, De Vere Grand Harbour Hotel, Southampton. I attended the Black Tie Dinner with my parents Maurice and Sandra, and my partner Stephanie, as we had been nominated for two awards this year, one
Tuesday: In the absence of the official sponsorship forms I have set up an online donation account (web address for anyone wanting to donate is here). Have raised nearly £200 already without really trying - happy days. On this website they list the
BOAT tours of Portland harbour and a gala dinner have been added to the itinerary of a major cruise forum to be held in Dorset. Delegates will see facilities at Portland Port as part of the conference on April 25 and 26. A gala dinner at Minterne House
SOUTH Dorset MP Jim Knight said today that he was delighted at residents' response to a public appeal for them to support Weymouth's much-needed relief road. Mr Knight said he had written to constituents asking them to make their views known on the newly-submitted
Weymouth will field a couple of trialists in tonight's Pontin's Holidays Combination Wales & West Division match against Yeovil Town at the Wessex Stadium (7pm). The reserve-team clash will also be a chance for Ashley Vickers to get some playing time
Stalwart Matt Groves believes Dorchester Town's inconsistency is not a perennial problem and is sure the Magpies are capable of pushing for promotion to the Nationwide Conference. Mick Jenkins' side won four points out of a possible 20 in January and
