STUDENTS at a Portland secondary school are taking learning into their own hands with an electronic system that looks set to raise standards and aspirations. Royal Manor Arts College has been awarded Centre of Excellence status for Vocational and Applied
CHANCELLOR George Osborne has targeted £7billion of welfare benefits cuts in the biggest spending cuts since 1945. He has raised the pension age to 66 by 2020, while savings will be made in incapacity benefit, tax credits and housing benefit
VANDALS have torn up memorial flowers left by a grieving widower. Les Sewell was married to his beloved wife for 61 years before she died two years ago. Now every year on her birthday on October 16 and the anniversary of her death in
A CAT owner has taken to walking her pet on a lead after it was repeatedly mauled by a dog. Ann Axenskold has spent more than £600 on vets bills due to injuries inflicted on her cat Cinderella by a dog getting into her garden in Goldcroft Road
A COLLECTIVE £25,000 cash boost was given to community groups and organisations in Bridport. Representatives from the groups received their cheques from Bridport mayor Geoff Ackerman at a grant awards ceremony. All the grants were distributed by Bridport
THE Mayor of Weymouth and Portland, Councillor Paul Kimber, will be taking part in a ceremony to mark United Nations Day on Sunday. The ceremony will take place at the Memorial Tree in Radipole Park Gardens at 10.30 am and will include the UN flag raising
VICE-CHAIRMAN David Martin has confirmed that the winding-up petition issued against Dorchester last June, by HM Revenue & Customs, has today been dismissed in the Royal Courts of Justice. The club is now awaiting the necessary paperwork to get its HSBC
A HOMELESS man who attempted to rob a Weymouth sandwich shop has been jailed. Kevin Leonard Wood, 37, was sentenced to 14 months in prison after admitting an attempted late night raid on the Subway shop in St Thomas Street. Teenage victim Tom Robson
A BURST water main cut off supplies to a major supermarket and residents and caused traffic mayhem in Weymouth. Wessex Water closed Newstead Road yesterday morning after part of a water main burst shortly after midnight and cut off the supply to Asda
THERE are fears of further job losses today following the government’s strategic defence review. The Prime Minister announced yesterday that 25,000 civilian MoD jobs would be cut by 2015, the Ark Royal and Harrier jets are to be scrapped and all armed
DELEGATES are set to attend the closing event of the Open4Business extravaganza on Friday on Portland. They will hear speakers and review the success of this year’s series of activities and events, including the annual awards earlier in October. Open4Business
AFTER reading Councillor Howard Legg’s letter (Your Say, October 5) I would like to respond, now he has told us a lot more of what’s going on. Our job as a seaside resort is to bring a little magic to the holidaymakers. This is our job, this is what
South Dorset MP Richard Drax said he hopes the region would be spared the worst of the cuts. He said: “I am afraid I have no idea, however, what the effect may be on local defence-related businesses.” He said he felt the Prime Minister
TWO young miracle horses are ready to go home after beating the odds. When twin foals Travis and Jacob were born three weeks prematurely on Portland, owner Charlotte Birch feared the worst because their chances of survival were very slim. Charlotte,
WEYMOUTH chairman George Rolls has clarified the financial state of the club in a bid to calm fears surrounding the notes he submitted in last Saturday’s match-day programme. The controversial article, which has caused a stir amongst the Terras’ faithful
RINCON Latino (Latin Corner) is the name of a new community group for Spanish and South American people living in Weymouth who may sometimes feel a bit isolated and homesick, especially at traditional festive seasons such as Christmas or Easter. The
WEYMOUTH King Tiger’s Mark Holbrook was crowned IKF southern area amateur cruiserweight champion on an action-packed night at Dorchester Town FC’s Prince’s Marquee. The seasider was up against Weston-super-Mare’s Chike Knapp, hoping to maintain his unbeaten
ONE of Weymouth’s long-est-running and most popular road races will once again be under starter’s orders this Saturday. More than 200 fighting-fit athletes from numerous clubs throughout the region have signed up to compete in the Weymouth 10, which
UPWEY & Broadwey boss Steve Reynolds believes the “loophole” that enabled Portland United Reserves to call off their Dorset Senior League meeting at Grove Corner last Saturday needs to be shut. The Blues asked permission to postpone their home game against
JAMES Coutts has expressed his frustration at being forced to play the waiting game in his bid to overcome a nagging ankle injury. The Dorchester Town midfielder has been sidelined for more than six weeks after limping out of a 2-0 defeat at Chelmsford
RISING star Craig Zimmerman is celebrating after he scooped four gold medals and a silver at the World Martial Arts Games in Las Vegas. The 17-year-old Yeovil College student struck gold in three divisions – grappling, sport ju-jitsu as well as grapple
WEYMOUTH Tropics star Francis Anyanjo has been selected for the elite South West Area Performance Centre group. The group includes between 20 and 25 of the most promising players in the under-16 age category, and among the talented crop is Nigerian-born
WOODROFFE netted a double in the Year Seven and Eight South West Dorset Junior Netball League. Participating schools were divided into areas with a round-robin played in the different locations. Woodroffe hosted matches involving Beaminster Technology
WEYMOUTH Rugby Club hosted their annual Primary Schools Tag Rugby Festival at their Monmouth Avenue ground. More than 150 players attended from 13 schools in Weymouth, Portland, Dorchester and Puddletown. Thirty matches were played over the afternoon
Under-11 Division Three Dorchester MAGPIES 5 WEYMOUTH WARRIORS 3 ATUL Ramesh scored all five goals as Dorchester Magpies returned to winning ways while Weymouth Warriors tasted defeat for the first time this season. The Magpies started
TRAFFIC came to a standstill on the A35 after a two-car collision in Chideock. The smash, at around 2.15pm yesterday, blocked both sides of the road and caused tailbacks. No-one was seriously injured in the collision, which involved a silver Vauxhall
