I went with my father to my daughter's play Romeo and Juliet at Budmouth Technology College. We enjoyed the evening very much. The students were very professional during the whole evening. It was the first play I have been to at the college and I must
Last week I attended the Wey Valley Schools production of Oliver at the Pavilion. This was another wonderful production, enthusiastically well performed and a credit to everyone involved. At the end of the show I was approached by a friend who knows
FORMER Budmouth student Kieron Newsham passed out of his RAF basic training at RAF Halton in Buckinghamshire. Aircraftsman Newsham starts his apprentice technician training at the Defence College of Aeronautical Engineering at RAF Cosford in
SCOUTS donated £50 to the Dorset County Hospital's Kingfisher children's ward in Dorchester. The 1st Charminster scout group presented the proceeds from their Scout Christmas Post. The group delivered 4,700 cards to residents of Charminster
THAT'S 450 not out - Albert Chutter celebrated his 90th birthday with his brothers and sisters. They threw a family party at Albert's residential home in East Holme, near Wool. Albert was joined by his sister Ada, 92, and brothers Bill, 94, Ted,
GUESTS celebrated the Weymouth and Portland Lions Club's 38th charter anniversary. The party was held at the Prince Regent hotel on the Esplanade. Lions members from Bridport, Sherborne, Dorchester and the Blackmore Vale also joined in the fun, along
CUSTOMERS at Spar shops in Dorset helped raised £6,335 for the NSPCC. John Hewitt, who is manager of the Wool store, presented proceeds over to Donna Statham (left), who is NSPCC community fundraising manager. The money was raised through fun
BIRTHDAY girl Julia Sparrow enjoyed a night out with pals in Weymouth after a limousine ride. She is pictured third right with her friends. They are, from left, Claire, Nadine, Maxine, Julia, Kerry and Nicki. Kelly and Claire are at front
PUPILS from the Bopstars Dance school presented £135 to the Jelly Babies Day Nursery at Weymouth College. Natalie Spalding, who is principal of the school, took six of her pupils to Jelly Babies to present the cheque to nursery supervisor Nicky
THERE was a musical tribute at the 10th anniversary party of the Portland YMCA. A group of pals dressed up to perform the Village People's YMCA at the party. They surprised guests by singing and performing the dance routine to the smash hit. Adrian Wilson
JOHN Charman from the Paviers Society presented £1,000 to Caroline Nickinson, from the Weldmar Hospicecare Trust.
THE HARDY Crafters have been raising money for worthy causes. The craft group has presented cheques to the British Heart Foundation, Friends of Digby Court and Karen Croad, who is running the London Marathon for Dogs for the Disabled. The funds
POET Bill Hall composed an ode to the Red Arrows and a sparrow for charity. He presented the proceeds to Caroline Nickinson, from the Weldmar Hospicecare Trust, at the Joseph Weld Hospice in Dorchester. Mr Hall raised £235 by selling copies of
A GLITTERING evening was enjoyed by the 80 guests attending the Black Tie and Bling party held to celebrate Alf Hill's 80th birthday. The party was held at the Pennsylvania Castle home of Mr and Mrs Hill's daughter, Sarah Curtis and four generations
AS PART of Action Aid's 24- hour tea and coffee break, St Mary's Church will be holding a coffee morning at the Rectory on Friday, February 29 in support of the charity through which their Junior Church sponsors a young girl in Zimbabwe. Entrance will
MANY of you who regularly walk for recreation or to exercise the dog(s) on Markham and Little Francis Fields have been concerned at the recent piece in the Echo reporting on the progress of legal proceedings to challenge the Town Green status of this
A BLOODY battle in Weymouth in which hundreds of men died in one night will be remembered this weekend. The Friends of Chapelhay Gardens are inviting people to the event on Sunday to commemorate a night of intense fighting during the English Civil War
NINETEEN people are demanding a parish poll on whether there should be a referendum on the EU constitutional treaty - the first West Dorset parish to do so. The vote was taken at an independent meeting in Bothenhampton organised by retired chartered
DOG owners are being advised to put their pets on a lead after five attacks in as many days. Weymouth and Portland dog warden Ian Lewis said they all happened in quarries on Portland and involved dogs being exercised off the lead attacking other dogs
A FORMER commander of the Special Air Service Regiment has died in a Dorset nursing home at the age of 85. Lieutenant-Colonel John 'Jock' Woodhouse was also a former director and a chairman of Blandford brewers Hall & Woodhouse until 1998. He was born
THE quest to decide which crest Weymouth Football Club will carry forward for the future has reached a critical stage. After the count online and in the Dorset Echo, logo three, pictured right, has been selected as the most popular from the original
A trip to the gym saved pensioner Eric Newboult's life. Mr Newboult underwent a routine check-up with fitness instructor Aron Bruton who spotted a metabolic abnormality on a machine printout. This led Mr Newboult, 66, to visit his GP who diagnosed the
THE former home of Weymouth Labour Club could be put up for sale, its owner has admitted. South Dorset Labour Party is considering selling its property in Southview Road after the shock closure of the social club tenant earlier this month. A Labour
ECHO reporter Adam Summers, his father John and brother Jonathon are running this year's London Marathon in aid of the Weldmar Hospicecare Trust and as part of their fundraising they are holding a silent auction. The items being auctioned are signed
DORSET County Hospital's endoscopy unit has been highly praised in an independent review. Areas recognised in an assessment by the Joint Advisory Group on Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (JAG) include the exceptional standards set by staff and high levels
Will anyone who knows the current whereabouts of Stuart Jackson (formerly of Oldham) who is or was a firefighter, last known address in Westlake Close, Weymouth please contact me? His cousin Carol Barnard (nee Cox) of Melbourne, Australia is deperatetly
THE quest to decide which crest Weymouth Football Club will carry forward for the future has reached a critical stage. After the count online and in the Dorset Echo from round one of the competition, logo three has been selected as the most popular from
THE five-year campaign to build a £500,000 sea angling jetty at West Bay has hit the rocks - sunk by red tape and lack of cash. The steering group, set up to oversee the project, announced that subject to any 'unforeseen developments' in the next two
A BAR worker in a Dorchester pub described the drunken behaviour of two brothers as the worst he had seen in more than 30 years in the trade. Magistrates heard the pair had brandished and hurled bar stools and had brawled with other customers. Christopher
Affpuddle THE concert given by the Denner Ensemble in St Laurence's church, Affpuddle was a huge success. The ensemble played to a packed audience who were appreciative not only of the baroque music but also of the period instruments, particularly
WORK on 50 beech trees which line the road from Blandford to Wimborne at Kingston Lacy will continue through next week. Tree surgeons started the fortnight of work on Beech Avenue - the B3082 - on Monday. One of the trees along one of Dorset's most
Having someone pass away in front of your eyes is enough to blow away the confidence of any person. With so much cancelled last year there was little part of me that was starting to wonder whether anything would go right. The came the Southern Indoor
AT THE last parish council meeting, West Dorset District Council had notified that the recent application in respect of 5 Main Street had been withdrawn. With regard to the erection of 1 dwelling on land adjacent to Cowley House, the council will be
BURGLARS scaled icy rooftops before smashing their way into two shops and a restaurant in Bridport town centre. They took a 'large amount' of cash and around 700 cigarettes but fled before they could complete their haul when a cleaner disturbed them.
A DRUGS and alcohol support worker had racist abuse yelled at him by a man barred from his workplace, a court heard. Staff at the Weymouth Drug and Alcohol Service had to pull Douglas Stewart Horne away from Joseph Olubodun during the verbal onslaught
SIXTEEN pupils from Wey Valley School have enjoyed a cultural and educational experience of a lifetime helping some of the poorest children in India. They spent eight days working at an Ashalayam school in Howrah, Kolkata, during the 17-day life-changing
AWARD-winning amateur dramatic society Frampton Footlights are preparing to present a trio of one-act comedies next week. The wonderful Alan Ayckbourn comedies Between Mouthfuls and Gosforth's Fete make up two-thirds of the programme, with the farcical
WELL-KNOWN historian Geoffrey Poole is holding an exhibition of his work next week. The culmination of decades of study and observation, From the Archives of Geoffrey Poole promises to be an outstanding and fascinating display. Among the exhibits will
MARK Jermyn believes the Magpies would not be in the position they are had they kept hold of their more experienced players back in the summer. Dorchester lie five points adrift of safety in Blue Square South but Jermyn, in his eighth season at the county
JUST HOW GREEN HAVE YOU BEEN By Ken Whatley, chairman of the Waterside Weymouth Community Forum I'VE been recycling for a long time. Before the household collections began I used to put my paper and bottles in the bins at the supermarket. We
WHITCOMBE Stables owner Liz Nelson is keeping tight-lipped over the possible arrival of a new trainer. Last Friday Jamie Poulton departed the yard and returned to Lewes due to financial realities, leaving the gate open for another big name to move into
Football Under-12 Division One CHICKERELL UNITED 2 POOLE BAY 1 CHICKERELL came out on top in a closely contested game that was played at a breathtaking pace throughout. The home side quickly went on the offensive with Jamie West and Luke Voss looking
I CAN go along with trying to ease the landfill sites by not using plastic bags, but can anybody please inform me what happens to the waste/out of date products that the supermarkets send to the landfill sites - do they actually separate the food from
Football Under-9 Section Two WEYMOUTH TERRAS 4 DORCHESTER TOWN SWIFTS 3 DYLAN Jenkins stunned the Swifts by scoring a late winner in this enthralling encounter. The Terras took the lead on five minutes through James Green and it was soon doubled
ASK AGAIN, with Sarah West on board, won a memorable Ladies' Open at the South Dorset Hunt when just getting the better of Red Brook Lad and Rimpton Boy, who led over the last, at Milborne St Andrew. The horse is now unbeaten in six completed point-to-point
WEYMOUTH and Portland Borough Council may try to attract major sponsorship to help Weymouth become plastic bag free. Biodegradable bags with a Weymouth and Portland logo and other company emblems is one of the ideas to be investigated by a working party
WEYMOUTH'S Justin Barter won gold at the Army's UK Divisional Ski Championships in the French Alps. The 25-year-old lieutenant, of 38 Engineer Regiment, competed in the Slalom, Grand Slalom, Super-G and Downhill events during the ten-day competition
TYRE slashers have caused hundreds of pounds of damage to cars on a Weymouth estate. Police say the vandals have targeted about 20 vehicles in Littlemoor in the last few days.
A MAN found dead in a public toilet in Dorchester was Craig Alexander Newbury, from Weymouth. Mr Newbury, 44, was found in the Trinity Street toilet on Monday morning. Mr Newbury was unemployed and living in Lennox Street, Weymouth.
A TRAPPED woman was pulled through the roof of her smouldering car by firefighters while it was leaking fuel. The Gillingham woman was stuck after her car hit a tree on the B3081 near Shaftesbury at Motcombe Turnpike yesterday. She was airlifted to
WARRIORS' Kim Roberts recorded a perfect display at the West Dorset Club Championships, winning 12 out of 12 races. The 14-year-old, who travels from Weymouth to train at the Dorchester-based club, proved unstoppable in her age group. Head coach Janet
DETERMINED Rosemary Locock is tackling the London Marathon in memory of her daughter Karina. She promised Karina that she would run in her memory when the pair were at the marathon five years ago. Rosemary has applied unsuccessfully for the past five
ECHO reporter Adam Summers, his father John and brother Jonathan will be taking to the streets of London on April 13 to raise money for the Weldmar Hospicecare Trust. The Weymouth trio will be running the event in memory of Teresa Summers and Shirley
