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National League WEYMOUTH WILDCATS 43 RYE HOUSE COBRAS 52 WEYMOUTH Weyline Wildcats slumped to a second successive home defeat as they went down to a Marc Owen-inspired Rye House. The 15-year-old reserve stole the show with

VISITORS to Portland Castle will be able to step back in time this weekend as the attraction hosts a 1940s Day. Military vehicles will make their way from Weymouth Pavilion to the castle tomorrow in an event to mark the launch of Veterans’ Aware-ness

TWO Portland men fear they will not be able to take on a gruelling fundraising challenge unless they find a safety boat to support them. Tim Ellis and Eddie Ette are all set to take on an epic kayak paddle from Cherbourg in France to Weymouth this month

YOUNG volunteers played their part in the success of the Dorchester Festival. Members of the Dorset v volunteers group worked with artist Peter Sheridan to create an installation for the African themed arts and music festival. They also created costumes

A HERO teenager from West Dorset was treated to a VIP reception at the British Prime Minister’s home before being whisked to a star-studded awards ceremony. Matt Robinson, 18, was among four members of the public who were in the running for a hero award

THIEVES who raided a Poundbury building site for scraps of copper piping have been labelled ‘desperate’. The site manager for KDJ Slade and Sons, Mark Fowler, said the burglars who broke into the site on St John Way made off with ‘a couple of armfuls

PEOPLE are being urged to behave responsibly as World Cup fever spreads. Football fans are expected to pack pubs, clubs and Weymouth Pavilion this weekend to mark the start of the ‘greatest show on earth.’ The first England match takes place tomorrow

HAVING read Councillor Brendan Webster’s convoluted and muddled answers to Arron Hendy’s relevant questions (Echo, June 3) concerning the movement of the TIC to the Pavilion, I think we’re lucky it’s still on Weymouth seafront. According to his use of

THE parents of a man who hanged himself have praised the volunteers who spent two days searching dense woodland to find him. Sue and John Culling said they were full of gratitude to the 25 people from Dorset Search and Rescue (DorSAR) who located their

Address: Larkspur Close, Weymouth. Qualifications and experience: Dennis has worked for the last 30 years as a plasterer. He recently relocated to Weymouth and is looking for work in the area. He holds a Construction Skills Certification

Address: Holbaek Close, Dorchester. Qualifications and experience: Lucas last worked at a café in Dorchester and has previously worked in supermarkets and stores in the town. He has also worked at Dorchester’s Trinity Club and on his uncle’s

Address: Preston Road, Weymouth Qualifications and experience: Liane last worked as a housekeeper in Lodmoor. Prior to this she worked as an accounts assistant for a Portland-based company. She worked for several years before this in childminding roles

Address: Kirkleton Avenue, Weymouth. Qualifications and experience: Hungarian-born Csaba first moved to Britain to work for BMW in Oxford. Since moving to Weymouth he has worked in construction, painting and decorating and tiling at McDonald’s

Looking at the magistrates court reports in the Echo, it appears that many convicted criminals must be laughing all the way to the pub. Having committed theft, damage to property, violent attacks, drunkenness, etc, they often are not punished. In its

The computer system (plus the programmers) that creates the road lay-outs cannot see the big picture – ie: Weymouth is a natural bottleneck (look at a map and stand back for a minute). You could have 10 lanes leading to Weymouth and they would ALL meet

Dear Motorist, We understand with the road works that you are finding short cuts to try to beat the traffic build-up. We are doing the same. Could we ask that when you drive down our residential roads that you drive with care and maybe try not to

A PAIR of rare birds have put a spanner in the works of the Weymouth Relief Road. Two marsh harriers are nesting at Lodmoor a few yards from the route of the multi-million pound carriageway. Experts believe the birds have young and it could be up to

BY POPULAR demand the first adult social club session was held at the borough’s new windsurfing centre. Eight enthusiastic would-be windsurfers gathered at The Official Test Centre, which is based on the left slipway at the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic

AN orderly vegetable patch, a long pergola dripping in roses, wisteria and clematis, an ancient mulberry tree, expanses of lawn and a small patio garden brimming in colour – there is a huge variety of different-sized, shaped and designed gardens hiding

Mr Figg (Letters, June 9) raises a few points. In my time there have been three predecessors to Mr Knight. These were Mr King, Lord Cranborne and Mr Bruce. Perhaps Mr Figg could remind us of the achievements of the above trio who, collectively, presided

John Hampton in his letter (June 7) asks what the council has done to respond to the budget shortfall in the budget that was predicted in December 2009? In short we have made some hard choices to protect the services we provide for the most vulnerable

A PORTLAND woman who befriended an elderly and infirm woman and stole thousands of pounds from her has been jailed. Janis Marais Carter, 62, was sentenced to 12 months in prison after she admitted writing out cheques from the woman’s account and paying

A WEYMOUTH school welcomed a special guest for a cross cultural celebration. Beechcroft St Paul’s School held a service of celebration at St Paul’s Church to welcome visiting headteacher Timothy Mwanga from Kenya. Mr Mwanga was visiting from the Mwimbi

DANNY Stoneman is targeting a return to form as he bids to help the Weymouth Weyline Wildcats record their first National League victory of the season, against the Rye House Cobras at the Wessex Raceway tonight (7.15pm). The 18-year-old reserve became

FORMER Weymouth chairman Malcolm Curtis has refused to comment on the legal action that the Terras are planning to take against him and Wessex Park Ltd. Current chairman George Rolls revealed at a shareholders’ meeting on Wednesday night that the club

DORCHESTER hope to rec-ord back-to-back wins for the first time this season and then embark on an unbeaten run to keep their title dream alive. Stalbridge are the visitors tomorrow (1pm) and although skipper Martyn Richards is targeting successive victories

DORCHESTER Town will be casting their eye over potential stars of the future when the Magpies launch their new academy. The county town club will hold trials for 11 to 16-year-olds at Kingston Maur-ward College on Saturday, June 19, with a view to forming

WEYMOUTH captain Paul Payne admitted it was a tough decision not to call up second team centurion Kieron Womble for tomorrow’s Dor-set Premier League clash with Broadstone at Redlands (12.45pm). Womble hit an impressive 125 during the seconds’ Dorset

TOOLS, equipment and haberdashery donated by south Dorset residents will soon be ‘changing the lives’ of disadvantaged people in Africa. Dozens of unwanted items, collected by parishioners in West Lulworth, are now being sorted, refurbished