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  • Four-midable Magpies down Darts

    DARTFORD 0 Dorchester 4 A SUPERB second-half performance saw Dorchester Town record their biggest Blue Square Bet South win on the road in five years. Ryan Moss opened the scoring five minutes after the hour mark and it was 2-0 just seconds

  • Terras pull off miraculous comeback in six-goal thriller

    WEYMOUTH 3 (Byerley 29, Charles 90, Gerring 90) CHIPPENHAM TOWN 3 (Powell 26, Griffin 46, Williams 72) TWO goals in added-time saw Weymouth produce a miraculous comeback to extend their unbeaten run at home in all competitions to six games

  • Boost for battle to save Markham and Little Francis town green

    THE ongoing fight to save Markham and Little Francis town green in Weymouth from development has been given a £5,000 boost. The money was handed over to committee members of the Society for the Protection of Markham and Little Francis by the Open Spaces

  • Weymouth pensioner's home ordeal

    AN ANGRY pensioner is calling for action to stop a building site and cars that ‘race’ past her home from affecting her health. Lisa Field, 67, said the new fire station being built opposite her bungalow meant she had to clean and dust twice a day and

  • Family's tributes to tragic gardener

    THE family of a gardener who shot himself have said he will never be forgotten. They spoke after an inquest ruled that Clive Ronald Elliott, 39, who was found dead at his home near Bridport, took his own life. Mr Elliott was found lying on the kitchen

  • Weymouth taxi drivers in battle against violence

    TAXI drivers have teamed up with CCTV operators and police for a new scheme to crack down on anti-social and violent behaviour in Weymouth. A pilot Taxi Watch initiative has proved so successful over the past few weeks that it looks set to become a permanent

  • Dorchester attack: Man remanded on murder charge

    A man has appeared at Weymouth Magistrates Court charged with the murder of Andrew Quelch in Dorchester. John Vincent O’Kelly, aged 54, of Chescombe Court, Winterborne Whitechurch, near Blandford is accused of murdering Mr Quelch, aged 48, in the county

  • Sisters' grief for Dorchester attack victim

    ATTACK victim Andrew Quelch had just recently been reunited with his family after 10 years apart. Mr Quelch, 48, died in hospital on Wednesday after being found with serious head injuries at his housing association bedsit in High East Street

  • Dorchester library move approved

    COUNCILLORS have hit out at the decision to spend around £1million of public money on a new library in Dorchester at a time when Dorset County Council faces a ‘financial hurricane’. There was a heated debate at a meeting of the full council as members

  • Hutch is boosted for derby

    IAN Hutchinson has received a double boost ahead of this afternoon’s local derby against Chippenham Town at the Bob Lucas Stadium with Rob Wolleaston and Ben Gerring both pronouncing themselves fit to feature. Wolleaston missed Thursday’s 0-0 draw against

  • Magic from May

    CHICHESTER 2 WEYMOUTH 5 INSPIRED Patrick May bagged a four-goal haul as Weymouth maintained their position at the summit of Hampshire League Division Three. The Seasiders overturned Chich-ester for their sixth straight win to ensure they remained ahead

  • Dorchester parkings scheme not yet on the street

    I felt it important to clarify a point with regard to the recently-launched Dorchester parking initiatives. This gives free car park parking from 6pm until 8am and all day Sundays. There is also the new parking voucher scheme that can get you up to

  • Wolleaston in fitness fight for Terras

    ROB Wolleaston has admitted that he has been “no where near” peak condition since his arrival at the Bob Lucas Stadium. The former Chelsea midfielder has been nursing a swollen knee this past week but he is expecting to return to action this afternoon

  • T-Bar to take on the basement boys

    TUATARA Bar will be out to wrap up a hat-trick of victories when they take on second-bottom New Inn at Redlands tomorrow (10.30am). At the beginning of the campaign T-Bar were touted as one of the favourites to lift the Weymouth Sunday League Premiership

  • Bevan makes a England PGA bid

    TWO-TIME PGA Cup player Jon Bevan will join forces with two of the country’s in-form players as England bid to secure the PGAs of Europe International Team Champ-ionship title in Portugal this month. Bevan (Wessex Golf Centre) will be making his debut

  • Campaigner urges people to remember the fallen in Dorset

    A WEYMOUTH campaigner and ex-soldier is urging people to remember the fallen tomorrow. Derek Julian, 76, is a patient governor for the Dorset County Hospital Foundation Trust, he raised money to clean up the Weymouth American Memorial and he served in