A DISTRACTION burglar has struck at a West Dorset post office and stolen £360 from staff. Police have released an e-fit of the man responsible for the raid at Bradpole Post Office in Bridport and are appealing for witnesses or anyone with information
A PORTLAND couple won a top prize of meeting celebrity dance stars after entering an Echo competition. It was a double celebration for Dawn Nicholson when she won a Strictly Come Dancing holiday break thanks to the Dorset Echo. Not only was the grandmother
A NEW state-of-the-art swimming pool facility for Dorchester has been delayed by six months. Steve Rooks, vice chairman of West Dorset Warriors Swimming Club, says news of the delay until the revamped Thomas Hardye Leisure Centre is completed is ‘frustrating
A PUBLIC exhibition beginning today will unveil plans for a multi-million pound redevelopment of Brewers Quay. Developers wish to transform the Weymouth harbourside leisure and shopping complex into a 90-room hotel, restaurant, apartment and shop complex
GLAM rocker Alvin Stardust has been unveiled as an unexpected surprise guest at Weymouth Carnival. The singer, who had a string of hits in the 1970s and 1980s including My Coo-Ca-Choo, will strut his stuff on a stage near the King’s Statue as part of
THIEVES fled with alcohol after smashing their way into a Weymouth shop in the early hours. The duo broke through a window at Broadwey Village Stores in Dorchester Road. Shopkeepers Peter and Janet Blakey were woken by the sound of breaking
TUCKED away behind one of Weymouth’s busiest roads, the Bridge Inn can be found in a surprisingly idyllic setting. The traditional pub is set in large gardens with a children’s play area, a stream running through the grounds with a bridge over it. When
I feel I must respond to George Self’s letter ‘Pension Pots’ (Echo, July 30). The statement that a third of all council tax goes into council workers’ pensions is incorrect. The cost to the council tax payer in Dorset is around six per cent of the
Thanks are due to the Echo for highlighting the appalling cost of employing a temporary chief executive and ‘business consultants’ at Dorset County Hospital following the massive budget deficit for the Foundation Trust earlier this year. I also agree
MORE than 10,000 offences have been committed on Dorset’s roads in the first six months of a major driver safety crackdown. Figures from the first half of the county-wide No Excuse campaign show that speeding, not wearing seatbelts and using
A MOTHER spoke of her family’s miracle escape after a horror crash near Dorchester. Jen Mitchell, 29, today praised the emergency services and others who ran to help after her husband and two daughters were involved in a pile-up following a high-speed
WILDCAT Adam McKinna has revealed he would be more than happy to see out the season on the south coast. The 23-year-old was drafted into the Weymouth side 12 days ago as a temporary replacement for the stricken Terry Day, who remains sidelined with severe
LEAM Guest House claimed victory for the third year in a row against Team New Look as they took the Battens Charity Beach Volleyball Tournament honours. The sun was shining on Weymouth Beach as 30 teams from the local business community took
DORSET manager Sean Walbridge is backing his side to lift the MCCA Western Division crown and insists it would be “no less than they deserve”. The Dean Park outfit allowed Berkshire – who beat Shropshire – to reclaim pole position ahead of the final
NEW legislation adopted by councillors will give residents more say on striptease and lapdancing clubs in Weymouth and Portland. The new government plans, which were adopted by borough councillors at a management committee meeting, will see the council
WIMBORNE & COLEHILL SECONDS 211-9 (20pts) beat Dorchester SECONDS 183 (9pts) by 28 runs DORCHESTER Seconds have been drawn into a relegation battle after losing at fellow strugglers Wimborne & Colehill Seconds. The county town side have
DORCHESTER Town players swapped football for medicine ball as they underwent a gruelling session at Weymouth Amateur Boxing Club. Like their Weymouth FC counterparts, the Magpies were put through their paces by trainers Afsheen Panjalizadeh and Nick
TORNADOES of South Dorset’s outgoing chairman, Kelvin Dawe, set a gruelling challenge to celebrate the 21st anniversary of the annual end of season club event and gala. The Chairman’s Challenge, set up with the help of Weyline Taxis and other local businesses
A MILITARY helicopter flew in as work started to restore one of Wey-mouth’s most prominent landmarks to its former glory. Teenage Army cadets and a Royal Naval helicopter joined locals to breathe new life into Osmington’s White Horse, a silhouette carved
