PENSIONER Julia Lunn is back down to earth after her parachute jump but still over the moon at the success of her adventure. She raised £3,500 for Julia’s House Children’s Hospice by taking the plunge at Dunkeswell Airfield in East Devon.
A COMMUNITY group behind the hugely successful Olympic countdown festival is celebrating another positive step for young people. Revive Portland supported trials of a youth club on the island over the summer. Now the club is launching
THE self-styled ‘Black Farmer’ will be dropping into Kingston Maurward College near Dorchester to inspire young students with his extraordinary story. Wilfred Emmanuel-Jones, a prospective parliamentary candidate for the Conservative Party, will give
THOUSANDS of people are expected to attend this year’s Wyke Christmas Street Fayre in Weymouth. The festive event, which was launched last December following a ‘chat in a pub’ attracted more than 2,000 people and the organiser hopes this year will be
FIREWORKS displays will burst into life in Weymouth and Dorchester over the coming days. Events are lined up on Weymouth Beach, at Victoria Park in Dorchester, Kingston Maurward and Bovington. There will be a Guy Fawkes competition at
A POPPY seller of 50 years will be out doing what she does best in the run-up to Remembrance Sunday in Weymouth. June Hutchens, 76, of Goldcroft Road, said she remembers when people donated in pennies, tuppences and sixpences when she began selling in
A BREAKAWAY group is driving ahead with plans for a lorry-based carnival parade despite being rebuffed by the current organisers. A wave of support for the return of the lorries has seen former organisers offer their help, and campaigners say
PERCY Fudge would be hard pressed to recognise the business he set up in the 1920s. Back then he baked his wholesome daily bread and sold it from the back of a cart to the local community. These days the company he founded in 1926 has a multi-million
THIS is fresh sole, baked to perfection and topped with a buttery, citrus, sweet and vinegar caper and lemon butter sauce. Mat says: “My recipe is borrowed shamelessly from a classic sole meunière recipe which uses Dover sole and parsley in the lemon
ECHO: Will the Special Care Baby Unit close? DEREK SMITH: The baby unit is safe, but we are going to look in the short term about joining the children’s service with others to make sure that it is safe. We will look at working with another hospital to
TUCKED away in an intimate basement in Lyme Regis is Sotanos Tapas Restaurant and Bar. You could easily believe you are in a rustic Spanish eatery rather than in the middle of the busy high street for all its authentic charm and friendly, laid-back atmosphere
ECHO: What is the future for DCH? Will these cuts work? DEREK SMITH: I think as long as we do this right then the hospital will have a long-term future providing local general hospital services to this part of the county. The key as well is that
ECHO: How many jobs will be lost? DEREK SMITH: We think the overall figure will be 200. In the first consultation we expect it to be something like 30 to 40, and then we will go up to 200 in the course of the next year. We will take it in stages
Echo: Where will the cuts be? Derek Smith: We are having a consultation period with staff today, where we are going to talk about what we are doing and what we have to do to manage the trust finances. The trust has a financial problem which
TWO HUNDRED jobs will be axed at Dorset County Hospital in the next 12 months. The shock announcement will be made to staff today as they turn up for emergency meetings with bosses at the Dorchester hospital. It comes after months of turmoil
TERRAS’ director Paul Cocks is “100 per cent confident” that Weymouth Football Club will not lose the Wessex Stadium to Wessex Delivery Partnership should the club go into administration, as it is expected to next week. Wessex Delivery Partnership
MINEHEAD 1 BRIDPORT 2 SUPER sub Ashley Clarke stole the headlines as Bridport overcame lowly Minehead to confirm back-to-back victories last night. The target man came on midway through the second half with the match delicately poised
WEYMOUTH Wildcats’ captain Jon Armstrong will be welcomed back with open arms to the seasiders’ squad next season, if he can prove his fitness over the winter. The 35-year-old injured his knee in April and has not featured since after discovering
WITCHAMPTON UNITED 3 WEYMOUTH SPORTS 0 STEVE Alcock questioned Weymouth Sports’ desire and commitment after they crashed to a 3-0 loss at Witchampton United in the Dorset Senior League. Last year’s second-placed team lie fourth bottom of the table
DESPITE missing seven regulars, FC WindowMan strengthened their position at the top of the Premiership with an emphatic 7-1 drubbing of the Chapelhay while other games fell foul of the weather. Russell North helped himself to a hat-trick and Adam Parker
DORCHESTER Town Supporters Trust wants to see the local community have its say in how the club is run, thus helping to safeguard the Magpies’ future. Many clubs at non-League level struggle to say afloat, with near rivals Weymouth the latest in a long
FIRST team captain Jim Ryall and second teamer Matt Lawes each walked away with two trophies from Weymouth Cricket Club’s presentation night. Ryall was named first team player of the year and also secured the fastest 50, while Lawes won second team performance
Dorchester & District Amnesty Group would like to thank everyone who gave so generously to their street collection which raised £266.40. It is heartening that in a time of economic uncertainty, Dorchester residents and visitors were so willing to show
