Cerne Abbas SOCIETY for Horticulture: A plant swap will be taking place on Saturday, May 21 at Abbey Pottery, Kettle Bridge. It will be held from 10am – noon with coffee and cakes being available. Don’t forget to split herbaceous
HUNDREDS of school children put their grey matter to the test in a three-day puzzle challenge extravaganza. A total of 270 youngsters from 16 schools across Weymouth and Portland took part in the experience, including all the borough secondary
THE Dorset Echo is celebrating a record-breaking 1.2million hits on its website in March. It comes after a month where the Echo online coverage of the manhunt for a suspected armed robber and a video of the streaker on the pitch at a Havant and
THE family of Ellie Hills are so grateful to the Portland Coastguard rescue heroes, who transported her to the specialist care she needed, that they are gearing up for an epic cycle ride to follow the life-saving flight path. The seven-year-old was airlifted
IT WAS a poignant moment when young Ellie Hills met a fellow Weymouth meningitis survivor and his mum. Youth football coach Derren Hope and Sandra Hodge have been following the progress of the St Augustine’s schoolgirl in the Dorset Echo with
DORCHESTER residents will be heading to the polls on May 5 to elect the town’s councillors for the next four years. Here is a list of the 31 people nominated for the four boroughs – Dorchester North, East, South and West. A total of 20 councillors
THE Alzheimer’s Society in Bridport is looking to recruit volunteers to form a fundraising group. It will be holding an open evening at Bridport WI Hall, North Street, Bridport, on Wednesday, May 11 at 6.30pm. Community fundraiser Adrian Williams said
PUPILS watched their dream play area take shape with the arrival of new equipment. Excited pupils from Chickerell Primary School visited Willowbed Field to check progress on the £166,000 project. They were invited by Chickerell mayor
WEST Dorset MP Oliver Letwin has urged youngsters and their parents to join in Walk to School Week. Walking organisations Living Streets and Walk England have joined forces to promote walking and help people get out and about on foot. The Walk to School
RESIDENTS are calling for changes to a Weymouth roundabout ‘before somebody gets killed.’ Drivers who live on the Whitehead Estate in Wyke Regis must use the roundabout close to Ferrybridge to get out on to Portland Road but claim they are putting
IT’S hard, frankly, not to feel a tad envious as I talk to James Morgan. It’s a balmy evening in Indonesia and he’s relaxing in a café as reggae tunes pump out of a nearby stereo; I picture sand, cocktails and a postcard sunset. Meanwhile
