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  • Dorchester's County Hall flowerbeds to tell story

    THE flower beds at County Hall in Dorchester are to be revamped with plants to tell the story of Dorset’s green evolution. A selection of low-maintenance, sustainable plants will be planted outside the Dorset County Council headquarters. The new gardens

  • Team praised for kayak challenge

    THE daughter of a Second World War hero has praised kayakers who retraced her heroic father’s footsteps for charity. Gill Clark, from Weymouth, hailed the efforts of the Munro’s Mariners team for raising £15,000. The 21-strong team of Dorset Police

  • Thanks for helping our tree of hope

    A BIG thank you from Dorchester and District Amnesty Group to everyone who stopped at our Tree of Hope stall in Dorchester on December 12 to sign a card for a prisoner of conscience, victim of injustice, or human rights defender under threat. Your 208

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    Back pain always seems to surface more often in the winter; the cold, damp weather doesn’t help, and you’re less likely to be active, so muscles and joints will feel more stiff. But there’s really no need to suffer in silence. Self-heating

  • Weymouth drummer on the beat for charity

    A DRUMMER from Weymouth is organising a fundraising gig for a motor neurone disease charity after learning he has the illness. Spencer Bates, who plays with the band Balance of Power, was diagnosed with the incurable disease last year and has been getting

  • Teenage team to check Dorset services

    TEENAGERS are being trained as inspectors to check that services are young person-friendly in Dorset. Thirty youngsters aged 13 to 19 are being chosen for the pilot scheme as part of a national programme called Youth 4 U. The aim is that they will inspect

  • New life from old in Weymouth reef sanctuary plan

    NEW life will be created from old if plans for an artificial reef sanctuary near Weymouth get the go-ahead. Reef balls would be filled with cremated remains to create a unique memorial, designed in a way so that sea life can attach itself and grow in

  • Nissan's colourful town car is a cubic cinch

    Cute, perky and nicely-formed, Nissan’s Cube has arrived on these shores at last. A cult car in the Far East, the diminutive eye-catcher has sold more than a million since its first incarnation appeared in 1998. The first time the Cube has been sold

  • Jim Knight MP to attend public meeting

    WE are holding another of our popular Quiz nights on Saturday, January 23 at 7pm. The winners of the last two are setting the questions this time. It is always a good night, so come a long make new friends, we can make teams up on the night if you

  • Dorchester Youth Theatre present The Stolen Heart

    A TALE of toys and adventure is being brought to life this week by members of Dorchester Youth Theatre. The Stolen Heart is a strikingly visual comedy devised and brought to the stage by the county town youngsters, who initially planned to perform on

  • Cold weather IT fix from Poundbury Systems

    POUNDBURY Systems helped customers’ employees work from home during the cold snap. The Dorchester IT specialists has had flexible working solutions in place and the foresight showed its value when the snow and ice hit. Director Clare Jenkins said: “

  • Athletes to run Weymouth's athletics track

    CAMPAGNERS are celebrating after securing the future of Weymouth’s only athletics track. Members of St Paul’s Harriers and Athletic Club feared the facilities at The Marsh would be lost after the council said it could no longer maintain them. But club

  • Dorset's students top GCSE league tables

    STUDENTS have ‘stepped up to the mark’ and topped the county’s GCSE league tables once again at the Thomas Hardye School. A total of 89 per cent of students at the Dorchester school achieved at least five A* to C grades in last year’s exams

  • Dorset's health service in crisis

    UNPRECEDENTED numbers of patients with serious conditions have put a ‘severe strain’ on health services across the area. Today the situation is so serious at Dorset County Hospital that they are considering whether to declare an internal ‘Major Incident

  • Ryan's keeping strong

    A CHANGE in attitude by everyone in the team has helped Weymouth begin to turn their season around, goalkeeper Ryan Harrison believes. The 24-year-old shot stopper has kept four clean sheets in his last five Blue Square South games and was

  • Coutts puts pen to paper

    JAMES Coutts is officially a Dorchester Town player. The former Weymouth man signed non-contract terms at training last night having agreed to join the Magpies last week. The midfielder hopes to make his debut for the county town side this Saturday,

  • Ship returns home

    AFTER a four-year absence from their spiritual home, Upwey’s Weymouth Carpets Direct Sunday League Championship side have returned from their travels to The Old Ship Inn in Upwey. At a party to celebrate the unveiling of their new kit, kindly sponsored

  • World singles agony for Tidby

    ADAM TIDBY 1 STEVE GLASSON 2 DORCHESTER'S Adam Tidby was within an ace of causing a major upset in the first round of the World Indoor Bowls singles. Tidby, who had to qualify for the event, would have faced ninth seed and former champion

  • Howzat to beat freeze

    ON a weekend that saw every sporting fixture in the area cancelled, one of the few training sessions to survive was surprisingly cricket. Not normally associated with the freezing cold and icy conditions, the summer sport returned as young players began

  • YMCA girls make the grade

    GYMNASTS from Dorchester YMCA had a relaxing end to 2009 after finishing the year in triumphant style. Eight of the club’s young, artistic girls travelled to Plymouth where they competed in their Regional Club Grades. Unlike usual competitions, grades

  • Big kick-off for Angels

    SOUTHSIDE Angels Girls had the warmth and security of indoors as they kicked off their opening session as Weymouth’s first specialist girls’ football club. Eight youngsters braved the freezing conditions to get to All Saints’ School, Weymouth, where

  • Dorset leads way to pastures new

    WILDLIFE lovers have insisted that Dorset is ahead of the game in sustainable food production. The Dorset Wildlife Trust (DWT) said that the county was already focusing on local produce and moves to limit the environmental footprint of food production

  • Honesty pays for Weymouth schoolgirl

    AN HONEST schoolgirl who handed in cash she found in the street has been rewarded by being handed it back – after a six-month wait. Jasmine Johnson, 10, found £15 on the ground outside HSBC in Weymouth town centre and instead of heading to