ANYONE looking towards the Osmington White Horse recently will have seen loads of people on the hillside, hovering helicopters and a significant change in the appearance of King George III and his charger. All this activity has been part of the restoration
WEST Dorset MP Oliver Letwin heard how people’s banks are fighting the loan sharks. He was told of some of the worse excesses of unscrupulous lenders when he visited the First Dorset Credit Union in Dorchester. The union offers affordable
In total contrast to the downpour which marred last year’s event, the 2010 Abbeyfield Summer Fete was blessed with lovely weather. Enjoying the warm sunshine, those attending were able to mix and chat at leisure, amply refreshed at intervals by tea
A COMMUNITY came together to spruce up the front and back garden of its Methodist church in Weymouth. Church members and local people helped tidy up the two gardens at Westham Methodist Church on Newstead Road. Around 18 volunteers spent two days clearing
Abbotsbury and Langton Herring Abbotsbury ONE of Abbotsbury and Portesham’s long serving volunteers, Phyllis Saunders, aged 82, was laid to rest at St Nicholas Church, Abbotsbury on Tuesday, August 3 her coffin adorned by a floral
POLICE in Dorchester will be joined by staff from other agencies as they step up patrols this summer. Dorset Police are planning an enhanced level of policing in evenings over the summer holidays. Officers will be joined on the beat
THE VOLUNTEER GROUP were out around the village on Monday morning at the beginning of August to tidy up the already cleared areas that they had previously worked on by the Surgery, along the footpath beyond the village hall and an overgrown area of the
ANTI-PAEDOPHILE campaigners have welcomed the news that Sarah’s Law will be introduced in Dorset later this year. The new legislation allows concerned parents and guardians to make background checks on people who have close contact with their children
DRIVERS are continuing to face disruption in the peak holiday season due to work connected with the Weymouth Relief Road. It follows a weekend when Littlemoor Road was closed to allow construction company Skanska to carry out drainage work.
. Affpuddle THE great village sale attracted stalls throughout the length of Briantspuddle, stretching from Bladen Valley to the west to the Dairy Ring in the east. A comprehensive map led customers around from stall to
INTERNATIONAL founder of refuges for battered women and children, Erin Pizzey warned councillors – bring back Weymouth’s refuge or ‘people will die.’ The 71-year-old, who founded the women’s refuge movement in 1971, arrived in Weymouth yesterday afternoon
A MOTHER is today celebrating the first birthday of her daughter who spent her first few weeks of life in Dorset County Hospital’s special care baby unit (SCBU). Anthea Dugdale, 34, from Dorchester, said she would like to thank everyone at SCBU for everything
MICHELLE and Steve Allmond are celebrating the birth of their first child Charlie Oliver. Little Charlie was born at Dorset County Hospital, Dorchester last month, weighing 6lbs 14oz. He is now settling well into his new home in Faversham, Southill.
Duncan James Dart of Weymouth wedded Faye Lorraine Gardiner, also of Weymouth, at Fleet Church, Chickerell, in June. The newlyweds had their reception at Weymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy. The bride, a learning support assistant at Kingston
EX-WOMEN’S Institute president Dorothy Lush has passed away aged 90. Mrs Lush, the widow of former Dorset Echo editor Peter Lush, was born Dorothy Brown in Sherborne in May 1920. She was the only daughter of master baker Frederick John Brown and confectioner
Paul Millard of the CLA writes . . . I HAVE just returned from the CLA Game Fair – that three-day celebration of everything about the British countryside. It’s the biggest event of its kind anywhere and it touches everything to do with rural
Some 70 per cent of the earth’s surface is covered by water and as more than 50 per cent of the world’s wildlife lives there it becomes increasingly important to provide a degree of protection for marine species. Little has been done to date
A LORRY driver was warned that he could be jailed after admitting causing the death of an elderly couple. Peter James Girton changed his plea to guilty to causing the death of Alastair Flattely, 86, and his wife Sheila, 85, in an A37 horror
PEOPLE with learning disabilities will be given a unique insight into life down on the farm in a new venture. Pip Langdown, tenant of Redlands Farm in Weymouth, wants to set up a charitable trust so she can run an educational project at the site off
MEMBERS of a West Dorset family recently enjoyed a long-awaited reunion in the Crown Inn in Uploders near Bridport – their former family home. Janet Gillham contacted Looking Back to let us know that several of her relatives were visiting from New Zealand
Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry: He put on a super show, remarkably since he began with the keyboard player on drums and a roadie on keyboards. Madness saxophonist Lee Thompson filled out the sound until the guitarist and drummer turned up. Our hero arrived on
RESIDENTS will get a say on whether they want lap dancing clubs in Weymouth and Portland under new government plans. The council will meet today to discuss its new Sexual Entertainment Policy, and after this is created, residents and business owners
AARON Williams cracked a superb century for Dorset as they ran up 314 against Cornwall on the second day of their Minor Counties Championship clash at St Austell yesterday. After the first day of the three-day encounter was washed out on Sunday, Cornwall
MORE tributes have been paid to a 76-year-old cyclist from Weymouth after his death at the weekend. Peter Tindley, from Cycle Club Weymouth, suffered fatal injuries when he rode into the back of a broken down car. He was taking part
IAN Hutchinson has pulled off a transfer coup by enticing defender Ben Gerring to the Bob Lucas Stadium. The Terras’ boss initially thought he had lost out on the ex-Plymouth Argyle man after Forest Green Rovers had invited to him a trial just over a
Dorchester defender Gary Bowles has expressed his frustration at being sidelined for the start of the new season. The 21-year-old left last week’s 4-2 win at Sholing in an ambulance but initial fears that he had broken an ankle were extinguished
BRITISH number ones, Zara Dampney and Shauna Mullin, captured the women’s crown in sensational style at the 28th annual Weymouth RAF Beach Volleyball Classic. The 24th ranked team in the world came up against the Volleyball England beach tour leaders
RYAN Thomas completed an impressive return to boxing by landing Portland ABC’s best senior award at the club’s annual presentation evening. The celebration was held at Portland United Football Club headquarters as the islanders brought the curtain down
PLANS to charge for public toilets were being considered by Weymouth and Portland Borough Council today. The council’s management committee was to discuss discuss the pilot ‘pay-on-entry scheme’ that would be implemented at the Swannery car park public
SPENDING a penny in Weymouth could soon cost 20 times that as plans are being considered to charge for using public toilets. Fears are growing within the town’s tourism industry that a pilot scheme for a 20p fee could deter tourists and inconvenience
