A COMMUNITY market is on the move on Portland. After 17 years of Friday mornings spent in the Jubilee Hall at Easton, the Country Market, formerly the Portland WI Market, will be moving. As from Friday, October 23 the market will be held each week at
THE second annual report of the Portland Museum Trust was greeted with appreciation and enthusiasm by all members of the public attending the meeting held at Community 2000. The Board of Trustees was re-elected to the various offices – chairman Trevor
ANIMAL rescuers have appealed for new homes for these dogs at their rescue centres in Dorset. The Margaret Green Animal Rescue charity has 20 dogs in its kennels with 16 of those ready to be rehomed. The dogs at the centre’s Lincoln Farm at Winterborne
‘Pop-up’ of Portland, (Views From The Web, September 16) is right about the women’s refuge situation and to play politics with the lives of vulnerable people is unacceptable. Regrettably this is what happens time and again when decisions are made at
A WARTIME mum’s extraordinary account of life on the Home Front in Dorset has been published after her forgotten diary was unearthed. The late Phyllis Walther’s chronicle of the first hand effects of the Second World War is based on her life as a WVS
A YOUNG Dorchester musician is in the running for a top award. Self employed James Findlay is through to the semi-finals of the BBC Young Folk Awards 2010, which is designed to showcase the country’s young talent in traditional and folk music. James
AS ONE of the current literary world’s most prolific writers, Alexander McCall Smith is a busy man. But he has taken time out from his schedule to come to Bridport for the town’s literary festival and take part in one of the event’s George Millar Literary
A PUMPING station in Weymouth is being transformed into an art space in a unique project to promote local talent. Contemporary work on display at the Wessex Water-owned site in Sutton Poyntz, which includes sculpture, photography and video installations
A TEDDY bear handed down through the generations has fetched £2,500 at auction. Private collectors battled it out at the Duke’s Grove Auctions house in Dorchester before it came down to two telephone bidders. The bear, known as Old Ted by the seller
BUSINESSES beat the recession blues at the Open 4 Business awards and dinner at Weymouth College. Aquarium Technology Ltd (ATL) claimed a prestigious double at the annual extravaganza by winning Exporter of the Year and the overall Business
RAMBLERS have accused the Duchy of Cornwall of backtracking on plans for countryside access to Maiden Castle. Angry walkers are now calling on people to object to the Duchy’s proposals and are threatening protest action. The South Dorset Ramblers say
BRING back the floats – that’s the cry from the community as the number of people backing a campaign to see them return to Weymouth Carnival gathers momentum. Fancy dress shop owner Jan O’Brien started the campaign that has snowballed from 100 signatures
CAPTAIN James Cockle has declared himself fit to ride in tomorrow night’s decisive National League play-off semi-final meeting. Weymouth Doonan Wildcats host the Bournemouth Buccaneers for the second leg of their semi-final tie but must overturn a mammoth
WEYMOUTH’S Ian Cardy has been crowned a world champion in only his first season of duathlon. The 37-year-old seasider fulfilled the dream by coming home first in his age group at the World Duathlon Championships in Concord, North Carolina, USA. Cardy
WEYMOUTH RESERVES 1 WINCANTON TOWN 1 AN equaliser from Ryan McKechnie helped preserve Weymouth’s unbeaten record in the Dorset Premier League. The Terras’ second string fell behind early in the second period at the Wessex Stadium last night but
THE Britannia tasted defeat at the Piggery for the first time in more than a year on Sunday. Unbeaten Tuatara pulled off a memorable 2-1 triumph that also brought to an end the only remaining 100 per cent record in the Premiership. In beating the table-toppers
OKEFORD UNITED 1 Upwey & Broadwey 2 DEAN Taylor came off the bench to help Upwey & Broadwey to an impressive victory at Okeford United. And the visitors had to earn their three points the hard way, coming back from a goal behind
WEYMOUTH SPORTS 2 Wool RBL 3 WEYMOUTH Sports manager Steve Alcock was left “perplexed” by his side’s 3-2 loss at home to Dorset Senior League new boys Wool RBL. Alcock has seen his side pick up just one point in their last three outings, suffering
SARAH Skidmore dominated the annual Dorchester Club Tournament, winning three trophies. Skidmore, a coach at the county town club, retained the ladies’ singles crown 6-3, 6-2 against stylish and talented junior Sophie Ramsbottom, who showed great resilience
TALKS are under way to determine the best site for an Olympic Village for international athletes during the 2012 sailing events in Weymouth and Portland. The Ocean Views development in Castletown and the new green housing development scheme at Officers
AN oil spill caused traffic chaos across Weymouth and Portland. Police were forced to close the road through Fortuneswell to the top of the island for almost three hours because of hazardous driving conditions, causing tailbacks about four miles long
