AUTHORITIES will seek specialist legal advice on how fishermen and marine businesses can claim compensation for loss of earnings during the Olympics. Experts will be consulted to investigate financial compensation for commercial and charter
This weekend was defiantly long. I left Portland with my boat at 5am on Friday morning to go to Reading for a team meeting and awards dinner which was a really good day and evening. I left Reading at 11:30pm o Friday night to drive to
A PREGNANT woman who was caught without a seatbelt by police in Dorchester complained she did not want to put her unborn baby at risk... while she smoked a cigarette. This was one of a raft of excuses heard by officers in Dorset Road Safe’s ongoing No
VOLUNTEERS have been working hard to get a Portland primary school ship-shape before its reopening after the half-term holiday. The community is rallying around to paint, decorate and improve Grove Infant School, which was forced to close last
PUPILS at Buckland Newton Primary School took time to quiz West Dorset MP Oliver Letwin on politics and his life. Year 6 children enjoyed a morning with Mr Letwin after he responded to their written requests for a visit. Acting deputy headteacher
A WOMAN was airlifted to hospital after injuring her ankle at a Jurassic Coast beauty spot. The drama occurred at Durdle Door in Lulworth when the woman was walking along the beach on Sunday. Portland Coastguard was alerted to the incident
GREEN-fingered Rotarians hope to transform Bowling Alley Walks into a sea of purple. A 10-strong team from the Rotary Club of Dorchester planted 1,000 crocus bulbs alongside the footpath. The aim was to add a touch of colour to the town but also raise
THE Martinstown Cricket Club would like to thank all who came along to support their fundraising jumble sale. Naturally their sensible provision of refreshments ensured that it became much more of a social occasion and a chance to catch up on news of
Cerne Abbas A GREAT honour will be bestowed onto the village on Friday, October 29. The Royal British Legion is launching their annual Poppy Appeal at 12:30pm. Come along whether you are a member or not since there will be much to see! A parade starting
THREE neighbours have told how they blocked a suspected gang of thieves from escaping in a car in Weymouth. Andrew and Dawn Gill and animal care worker Darren Hunt used their own vehicles to pen in a car after spotting three men acting suspiciously at
As part of the Weymouth Relief Road project it is intended to make improvements to Dorchester Road north of Manor Roundabout, which will no longer be the main road into Weymouth. The county council’s proposals tend to focus on ‘landscape enhancements
RUSH-HOUR traffic came to a halt in Weymouth as firefighters tackled a blaze which broke out in a flat above a pub. The Rock Hotel, which stands on the busy junction of Newstead Road and Abbotsbury Road, was at the centre of the fire drama yesterday
ARMY wife Charlotte Auckland from Weymouth is on the march for the hit parade with a charity single. She is among nine wives, girlfriends and partners in Singing for Soldiers who have just released a track called The Promise. The song
This year’s flu jabs for patients of the Preston Road Surgery were organised like a military campaign! Those eligible were invited to attend at Westfield School on Littlemoor Road. On arrival, car parking was controlled by two Police Community Support
TWO paramedics celebrated their marriage in an intimate ceremony surrounded by their family and friends. Emma, 31, and Adam Collinge, 41, from Weymouth, tied the knot at Weymouth Register Office on Saturday, October 9, before having their reception
A STREET performer who shunned the limelight has died at the age of 69. One-man-band street performer Don Partridge had a string of top 10 hits in the 1960s and 1970s, including Rosie and Blue Eyes and was signed to UK record label EMI for a time– but
FOR two centuries the statue of George III has presided over Weymouth seafront. As a tribute to a much-loved monarch, a meeting point, traffic island, bus terminal and victim of many a high-spirited prank, the effigy has stood the test of time and is
WORKING with and involving the whole village in his farm at Sydling St Nicholas gave Chris Legg the winning edge in the farming and Wildlife Advisory Group Otter Trophy competition this year. Chris and Suzanne Legg from Dollens Farm in the Sydling valley
THE convoluted personal life of Thomas Hardy and the female characters it might have inspired are brought dramatically to life in a new play from one of Dorset’s brightest theatre companies. She Opened The Door – The Wife, The Mother, The Other Woman
IAN Hutchinson’s hopes of retaining the services of Salisbury City loanee Matthew Wright beyond November 2 look to be in the balance. The burly forward has helped Weymouth claim back-to-back victories in their last two games but with ex-Terra Jake Reid
WEYMOUTH Amateur Boxing Club’s Steve Alker-Hall has been selected for England’s forthcoming international against Wales at Redlands. A partisan home crowd will no doubt be cheering on their local favourite when 23-year-old Alker-Hall takes to the canvas
MANAGER Stuart Heath held his hands up and accepted responsibility after Portland United tasted their first defeat of the campaign. The table-toppers suffered an unexpected 2-0 reversal at Merley Cobham Sports on Saturday thanks to a goal in each half
BRENDON King was forced to field a threadbare side at struggling Blandford on Saturday after he was refused permission to postpone the clash. Not only were the Terras missing Mark Robinson, Callum Ross-Jennins and Mike Rousell through injury
A SHANE Sheridan double helped Chickerell United overcome Poole Borough 3-1 at Weymouth College. The Chickens were made to do it the hard way though, as Jamie Holland handed the visitors a half-time advantage. The hosts were a different proposition
SUTTON BENGER 10 WEYMOUTH 46 WEYMOUTH set up a quarter-final clash with rivals Puddletown after hammering Sutton Benger in the Dorset & Wilts Senior Vase. The Seasiders travelled to North Wiltshire without a number of first-team regulars but their
DEVIZES 13 DORCHESTER 7 DORCHESTER paid the price for not taking their chances and crashed out of the Dorset & Wilts Senior Vase at fellow Southern Counties South outfit Devizes. In a fairly uneventful first period, the county town side appeared
A week of family fun starts at RSPB Weymouth Wetlands nature reserve this Sunday with the annual Feed the Birds Day. It aims to highlight what people can do for birds and other garden wildlife to help them survive the winter. It’s also a chance for
TWO Dorset marines who are taking part in a Forrest Gump-inspired coast-to-coast run across America have reached the half-way point. The Royal Marines, Corporal Lloyd Fenner, 29, and Jamie Jobson, aged 24, are part of a six-man team, consisting
A PROUD first-time father has described being a dad as the ‘best feeling in the world’. Adam Potts, 25, an electrician and his wife Vicki, 24, a microbiology laboratory assistant at Dorset County Hospital, welcomed their daughter, Imogen
