A LOTTERY windfall of £350,000 will fund the construction of a new bridge in Weymouth. People around the country voted for £50million from The People's Lottery Giveaway to go to sustainable transport charity Sustrans for its Connect2 project. The project
A WOMAN'S body has been recovered from the River Stour at Blandford. Police believe it is Caroline Peck, 40, of Salisbury, and that she died trying to retrieve her Golden Labrador from the river. Specialist police divers from Avon and Somerset recovered
SWIMMERS could be slipping through the net at a Dorchester leisure centre for a dip without paying. But the loss of income would not merit costly investment in equipment to catch them, councillors decided. Rosie Darkin, finance manager at West Dorset
THE MAYOR of Dorchester is offering young people in the town the chance to have their say on the use of funds collected by his charity appeal. Councillor David Barrett and his wife Lynda have written to businesses in the county town asking them to support
SOUTH Dorset MP Jim Knight wants Dorset County Council to scrap plans to close five county day centres. The sites have been threatened with closure under a county council drive to try and make spending cuts to save £600,000 because of a budget shortfall
A MAN who racially abused a Japanese student, a builder and a barmaid has been fined and ordered to pay compensation. Richard Alexander Hart, 33, admitted being drunk and disorderly and using racially aggravated threats and behaviour in Weymouth in May
ART student Hannah Cumming is celebrating after her pictures were chosen for a children's book out in time for Christmas. Hannah, 24, won the chance to illustrate Victoria Field's book The Gift while studying art at Falmouth College. Several students
MUMS and babies joined midwives in Dorchester to help launch a new breastfeeding policy. Health trusts from across Dorset joined forces to draw up a new policy that promotes the benefits of breastfeeding. Elizabeth Carter, breastfeeding co-ordinator
A CAR overturned after hitting a bank near Hardy's Monument at Portesham, Dorset Police said. A woman who had been driving the red Ford Ka saloon called the emergency services after the incident today but declined an ambulance. A police spokesman said
A 999 OPERATOR helped save a former Weymouth minister's life by talking his wife through emergency procedures over the phone. Sylvia Prior said she was sure her husband Brian would die after he lost consciousness at their home in Weymouth. Mrs Prior
THE eyes of the world will be on Portland as it becomes the first venue in the country to be ready for the 2012 Olympics. Work begins next year to build world-class sailing facilities at Osprey Quay which will deliver an early legacy for the community
MILLIONS of tiny plastic pellets have washed up at Kimmeridge. Dorset Wildlife Trust said they were believed to have come from the stricken container ship Napoli which grounded in Lyme Bay last January and that they could have potentially lethal consequences
A PUBLIC inquiry into the £84 million Weymouth Relief Road has received hundreds of letters of objection to a proposed alternate route. Littlemoor resident William Painting gave evidence for a different route from Manor Roundabout to Littlemoor Road
THERE was Christmas shopping with a difference at a Dorset country house as fine art and lavish furniture went under the hammer. One portrait sold for nearly £70,000 as antiques enthusiasts packed into the grounds of Buckland Newton Place, home of the
PLANNING a legacy is an unusual concept. Most of us think of a legacy, like a slipstream, as something that follows behind us, to which we have devoted little planning. It reveals itself when we are gone. To plan a legacy - a community legacy
WEYMOUTH and Portland Borough Council is getting tough on people who litter or drop cigarette butts in the street. The borough council is launching a new campaign due to the increase on litter on the streets that will mean anyone caught littering will
Your weekly stockmarket update from Brewin Dolphin, Hamilton House, 6 Nantillo St, Poundbury. 0845 213 1280. www.brewindolphin.co.uk. THE run-up to Christmas is invariably a blizzard of reports and statistics as the holidays make December a
WEYMOUTH Doonan Wildcats chairman Phil Bartlett believes "exciting times" lie ahead of the Conference League side. Over the past few years the Wildcats have been on a rollercoaster ride of ups and downs but Bartlett is planning to announce major plans
WEYMOUTH boss Jason Tindall has told Neil Young that the "door will be open if things do not end up working out for him" at Coca-Cola League One strugglers AFC Bournemouth. The Cherries recalled the experienced defender on Monday, just six days after
National League Division One WESSEX TEAMBATH 3 CITY OF WOLVERHAMPTON 2 WESSEX TeamBath pulled out all the stops in this five-set thriller to move to the top of the Division One table for the first time this season. Wolverhampton dominated the early
TEAMWORK has been the recipe for success at Winterborne Valley First School as they celebrate inspection success. Children and staff at the school all play their part in creating 'a caring community where pupils' enjoyment and success in learning flourish
SMALL businesses today urged Christmas shoppers in Dorset to support high street traders. The area's Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) has joined with Friends of The Earth to urge shoppers to shun out-of-town shopping centres. They want people to
DORSET produced another scorcher to move into the quarter-finals of the Atherley Trophy by beating Somerset 120-98 at Poole. They are now away to either Surrey or Hampshire who play this Saturday. Any suggestions that the first-round triumph against
FURNITURE firm boss Ken Hampson is moving his Brunswick Interiors business at Brewers Quay in Weymouth. But he is holding a clearance sale before opening in a new unit at the back of the centre in early February. Mr Hampson, 68, of Preston, Weymouth
FORMER Weymouth resident Tash Hind has been named the top female surf lifesaver at the German Cup. Hind, whose family emigrated to New Zealand in 1986, claimed top spot in the girls' swimming and surf lifesaving categories. The 18-year-old, although
STAFF at the newly-opened Orchid restaurant at Southwell Park on Portland have secured a gold certificate for food hygiene. They attained the top environmental health status ahead of the busy party season. The success comes as progress gathers pace
THE household waste and recycling collections will be slightly altered over Christmas. Up to and including Monday 24th December they remain the same. If your normal collection is Tuesday 25th to Thursday 27th it will then occur two days later than normal
WEYMOUTH ARTS CENTRE ORCHESTRA, St Mary's Church, Weymouth ONE of the loveliest ways of enjoying music is to play or sing it with others. We all felt this in St Mary's Church, Weymouth last Wednesday evening, when the Weymouth Arts Centre Orchestra
ALADDIN, Lighthouse, Poole NO wonder they call their production company Pele. Husband and wife panto team Viv and Jim Wells have played a blinder with their first ever pantomime in Poole. This rompalong version of the Aladdin story successfully mixes
