A SPECIAL meeting regarding one specific and very special subject has been arranged by the Portland Community Partnership. The meeting will be held in the Shaftesbury Hall at the Masonic buildings in Victoria Square on Tuesday, December 9, at 7pm and
FOLLOWING its annual meeting, Portland Court Leet distributed £8,000 to locally-based organisations with the top amounts of £1,000 each going to Island Volunteers for You and Friends of Victoria Gardens. The meeting was held at the Heights Hotel and
WEYMOUTH 1 (McPhee 20) MANSFIELD TOWN 1 (Sinclair 42) WEYMOUTH threw away the three points with a dour second-half display against a ten-man Mansfield side at the Wessex Stadium on Saturday. Coach Marcus Browning took charge of the Terras in the
STAFF at a Dorchester company have boosted Sue Ryder Care by donating 170 bags of goods to sell in the charity’s Dorchester shop. Ric Smith, charity challenge co-ordinator with BAE Systems Integrated System Technologies at the Marabout Industrial Estate
A GRADE II listed period hotel is on the market in Bridport for £775,000 freehold. The Bridge House Hotel in East Street on the edge of the town centre began life more than two centuries ago. The former town house was built in about 1760 to accommodate
X-FACTOR finalist Rhydian Roberts will perform at the BIC next May as part of his 2009 UK tour. The classical singer, who came second after Leon Jackson, will be touring on the back of his debut album Rhydian, released this week. Rhydian was always
A PALESTINIAN Christian will speak about working with disabled youngsters in Bethlehem at Weymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy next Sunday, December 7. Nader Abu Amsha, who worships at the Church of the Nativity, has been the director of East
I'm delighted that Roger Loiselle supports restoring democratic legitmacy to Dorset politics, by having an elected mayor directly accountable to local electors (I’m fed up with this ‘squeaky wheel’ (You Say, October 24). Perhaps you'll help Citizen collect
PEOPLE’S homes could be affected by vibrations and noise if a proposed mine extension on Portland goes ahead, councillors are being warned. Dorset County Council is considering expanding the Bowers mine on the island as it hunts for new local sites for
By Tony Boyden, United Church, Dorchester TOMORROW is the first Sunday of Advent and for some Christians it heralds a time of anticipation and reflection as they await the arrival of the Light of the World. Others, however, find themselves sucked into
HI-tech older students celebrated their success in getting to grips with computers after being awarded certificates in an ancient setting. The parishioners of St George’s Church in Fordington asked for computer classes in the church to make more community
RELIEF road preparation has begun at Littlemoor in Weymouth and residential access roads will be changing. Barriers at the Littlemoor Road end of Nightingale Drive and The Finches were removed yesterday, giving residents access to their properties from
THOUSANDS of lights will shine outside the Joseph Weld Hospice in Dorchester this Christmas thanks to a business. Shaun Hearn, managing director of construction company Hearn Group, handed over 3,500 lights to help the charity’s Light Up A Life campaign
BACK in Dorset by popular demand following his excellent performance of A Christmas Carol last December, Robert MacCall returns with a celebration of one of Charles Dickens’ most popular characters. Mr Pickwick’s Christmas is a gorgeously traditional
PATIENTS are playing their way to recovery with the launch of a new computer game facility at Dorset County Hospital. Jan Negus, a physiotherapy assistant at the Dorchester hospital’s stroke unit, said the Wii games console would help stroke patients
A PORTLAND man is starting a six months’ jail sentence today for possessing indecent images of children. Geoffrey Barfield’s wife found pictures and video clips of children being sexually assaulted by adults when she checked his mobile phone, a judge
THE concert celebrating Dorchester Music Festival takes place today in the United Church, South Street, Dorchester, at 7pm. There will be performances by young people selected by the festival adjudicators and by groups from local schools. There will
DIARY DATES A TALK about a new secondary school being built in Sudan’s Nuba mountains will begin at Broadmayne’s St Martin’s community hall at 7.30pm on Wednesday. Dorchester-based graphic designer and photographer Richard Budd has just returned from
COUNCILLORS have voted down a proposal to hold by-elections in Weymouth and Portland following the political defections of three members. Labour Group leader Coun Paul Kimber called for local Conservative members to ‘address their democratic deficit
WEYMOUTH Wildcats promoter Phil Bartlett claims he harbours no fears over neighbours Poole joining them in the National League. The Pirates are keen to participate in British speedway’s third tier but are still waiting for the move to be rubber-stamped
THE North Quay offices of Weymouth and Portland Borough Council are becoming a ‘financial danger’, councillors were warned. Coun Ian Roebuck told the council the building could cost another £1.5million to maintain and still not be fit for purpose in
WEYMOUTH duo Anton Robinson and Stuart Beavon are still “100 per cent committed to the cause” despite coming close to capturing moves away from the Wessex Stadium. The two stars were given the opportunity to talk to other clubs earlier this week but
THE record number of deaths in fires in Dorset this year has forced agencies to work together to tackle the problem. That was the outcome of a Living Safely Summit at Kingston Maurward near Dorchester where organisations – including police, councils,
IT appears the latest saga surrounding Weymouth Football Club is finally nearing a conclusion but which way it will go is still unclear. Dorchester Town chairman Eddie Mitchell is extremely keen to get his hands on the Terras while a consortium of local
GALAXY Windows’ title credentials will be put firmly to the test when they meet current Championship leaders the Rock at the Marsh tomorrow (10.30pm). The Portlanders trail the table-toppers by just five points but with a game in hand a Galaxy
DORCHESTER Crown Court officially opened with a grand ceremony of judges in robes, a choir and Dorchester officials. Three high court judges attended a service at St. Peter’s Church along with the High Sheriff of Dorset and other officials. Crowds
A CLEANER found a man’s body surrounded by drug paraphernalia in a Bridport toilet, police said. A force spokesman said the man was believed to be 27 and from the Bridport area. The body was found in disabled toilets in West Street yesterday
MONEY has run dry for a multi-million pound project for disabled children in Dorchester. Now organisers are pinning their hopes on finding more cash fast so that the new children’s centre can be built for Dorchester Opportunity Group.
