GARDEN furniture was stolen in a daylight raid in the Lanehouse Rocks area of Weymouth. A large, green-painted wooden table and two benches were snatched from the front garden of a property in Benville Road on Saturday afternoon. The 68-year-old victim
On January 6 Weymouth and Portland Borough Council’s planning committee approved W4B's revised application for a power station on Portland using internal combustion engines. Everyone is expecting that the plant, if built, will run on virgin
Ten years ago my wife and I set up a charity to help 16 to 40-year-olds living with serious illness after our daughter tragically died of cancer aged just 31. During her illness our daughter Anna stayed positive and happy by keeping busy and
Abbotsbury and Langton Herring Abbotsbury Not even the Six Nations rugby could keep me indoors last weekend. The sunshine beckoned and I took the opportunity to walk down to the beautiful Abbotsbury Subtropical Gardens perhaps my most favourite place
Weymouth is facing so many problems at present. These include traffic flow (which a six-year-old child with a pencil and paper could solve), a crumbling Pavilion, anti-social behaviour and lack of affordable housing, It defies belief, therefore
Dorset residents can now go online to download eBooks and audio books free. The innovative new digital media library has been introduced by Dorset County Council’s library service to meet the evolving needs of customers in the 21st century. Dorset is
May I give some balance to the impressions given in Joni Costard's letter‘Ban the Cyclists’ (Your Say, February 1) addressing the situation on the prom from the Greenhill to Overcombe. I very much agree with the sentiment that during weekend
Angler Matt Sparks was stunned when he spotted a seal while fishing – 10 miles inland from the sea. Matt, 36, was fishing for grayling on the River Frome near Wool when the seal suddenly popped its head up. He clicked his fingers at the mammal, which
CYCLISTS in Dorchester will be able to rack up the miles – and their bicycles – thanks to a new scheme. The Dorchester Business Improvement District (BID) scheme has secured about £12,000 with the help of Dorset County Council for up to 40 new cycle
A NEW play park for Chickerell is edging closer to reality. Fundraisers have been organising events over the last few months in an effort to collect money which will pay for the new equipment. Now the Chickerell @ Play group members are near to their
THE forum are holding a series of Family Indoor Games Evenings on Friday, February 26, March 5, 12 and 19. We are hoping that children will bring mum and dad and enjoy board games, table tennis, bagatelle and forget all about the TV and computer games
LEADERS of the Scout post in Dorchester have delivered proceeds from their festive fundraiser. They handed over cheques worth £2,275 to 13 community groups at the Scout and Guide hut in Sawmills Lane in Dorchester. The money was raised from the annual
ARTS lovers will raise the curtain on a fringe festival for Dorchester after they scooped Lottery cash. Dorchester Arts was today awarded £9,400 from the Big Lottery Fund for the Moving On extravaganza. It was one of several community groups to win
I have been reading with interest the comments about Weymouth Pavilion. I live in Jersey and we have been fighting for years for the preservation of our premier family complex, Fort Regent. If the Jersey States had their way it would
I AM a regular walker between Greenhill and Overcombe, to get my Dorset Echo. I am very worried about cyclists being allowed to use the prom (dictionary entry says ‘a place to walk’). Has the council actually done a head count in the
THERE will be steam-filled fun all the way on a Dorset heritage railway. Volunteers at the Swanage Railway are running a Family Fun Week for children and adults this half term. There will be regular steam and diesel train services, brake van rides at
RUNNERS and spectators turned out in force for the annual Dorset Echo Pancake Day Races on Portland. Despite the gloomy weather, everyone involved had a flipping great time, including the cat and the pigeons who devoured the few pancakes which
LITTLE Archie Richards and his family are overjoyed after being reunited with their beloved lurcher puppy – eight weeks after she was stolen. Thieves trespassed into the Richards’s home near Dorchester and snatched Bradie from her outdoor kennel just
A TEENAGER was viciously attacked by a burglar who broke into his home in Dorchester. The 16-year-old boy disturbed the thief as he rifled through family possessions in the house on Bridport Road, near to the junction with Gloucester Road. The burglar
FREE entry is being offered to all Weymouth fans for Tuesday’s Blue Square South match against Braintree Town by way of an apology for Saturday’s Wessex Stadium massacre at the hands of Basingstoke Town. Terras’ chairman George Rolls spoke of his and
THE board of Dorchester-based Magna Housing Association has elected Anne-Marie Vincent as a new vice chairwoman. The moves comes after the former board chairman Ray Bugler retired. The former vice chairman Ian Bullock has stepped up to chairman. Anne-Marie
MATT Groves has admitted to feeling frustrated by a lack of action in recent weeks but is determined to do everything in his power to regain his spot in the Magpies’ starting XI. Dorchester’s leading scorer, who came off the bench on Saturday
Connells estate agents in Dorchester has been named the company’s regional branch of the year. It beat 23 other offices in Dorset and Hampshire to claim the accolade. Mark Nutting, of Connells in Dorchester, said: “We have a brilliant team who work
GLOBE-TROTTING trader Conor Woodman is on his way to a special event at Kingston Maurward College near Dorchester. The presenter has issued a rallying cry to the Dorset business community before his appearance: the world is your market. Conor, star
DORSET players have the chance to step up to the oche against the world’s brightest stars. The UK Open is the only Professional Darts Corporation tournament where amateur players compete against the top professionals, including 15-time world champion
Under-14 County Cup Semi-final CHICKERELL UNITED 4 POOLE TOWN WESSEX 1 THE league’s top two sides met in the semi-final of the County Cup and produced a scintillating display of football which finally resulted in the Chickens going through to their
WEYMOUTH fans expect to launch a merged group of the Terras Trust and Weymouth FC Supporters’ Club (WSC) in early April. Talks have been going on between the two organisations for a number of weeks and the process of joining the football club’s two main
ADAM Tidby produced a sparkling personal performance when skipping his national fours rink to victory in the area semi-final. Tidby, alongside Dorchester team-mates Nick Voss and Shaun and Darren Nutman, was up against the Moonfleet quartet of Keith
A TEENAGER was viciously attacked by a burglar who broke into his home in Dorchester. The 16-year-old boy disturbed the thief as he rifled through family possessions in the house on Bridport Road, near to the junction with Gloucester Road. The burglar
TWO cricket clubs in the Weymouth and Portland area are joining forces to help find future stars for the England Women’s cricket team. Portland Red Triangle and Weymouth Cricket Clubs are to offer free coaching to all girls between the ages of eight
A MAN who escaped from a burning building has told of his fear that arsonists will come back to finish the job. David Crutchley was alerted to the blaze by the sound of exploding paint cans as ceiling-high flames ripped through the decorator shop below
DORSET Boys Under-15s travelled to Devon in an inter-county squash match against the hosts and Somerset, but lost out against some difficult opponents. Sam McIntyre was first on court and put on a spirited show against Devon’s Jo Pyre and was unlucky
PEOPLE are being warned not to eat shellfish from the Fleet lagoon in a poisoning scare. But an oyster producerhas been left ‘tearing his hair out’ after the port authority slapped a temporary ban on harvesting of shellfish. Weymouth
ELDERLY and disabled residents fear they could be left vulnerable if wardens are axed in a shake-up of sheltered housing services. Tenants at Weymouth and Portland Housing (WPH) properties have been told of plans to remove wardens from sites
WEST Dorset School Sport Partnership has held a First Steps Gymnastics Festival for year one and year two children at Salway Ash Primary School. Sixteen pupils paraded their vaulting skills using apparatus such as a bench and a springboard before performing
Staff at Weymouth and Portland Housing (WPH) are among those threatened by redundancy, job changes and relocation. A member of staff, who wished to remain anonymous as he feared for his job, said there were a lot of ‘unhappy people’ at the
THE next business breakfast of the Dorchester and District Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Tourism is on March 30. The networking session will be at the No 6 Restaurant in North Square, Dorchester. It starts at 7.45am for 8am. The new initiative
Oyez ! Oyez ! It's time for all those self-styled, name-shy wags who have used our postive push for a town crier to sing the praises of the 'Rock', to yet again slag off Portland Town Council to stop showing their ignorance and listen and put up or
