A NEW outdoor facility to keep people fit and healthy gets its official launch today. The £43,000 green gym at Lodmoor Country Park in Weymouth has been made possible by a lottery grant. Offering people an outdoor alternative to a conventional gym,
HEADTEACHER Andrew Roberts-Wray was first to test the waters of Sunninghill Preparatory School’s newly renovated outdoor swimming pool. The pool has been closed for a year while funds were raised for a revamp of the facility and it is hoped the local
A MAN who kicked a six-year-old boy and made him ‘scream in pain’ in front of shocked onlookers has been sent on an anger management course. Christopher Heather attacked the boy as he held onto a toy outside Weymouth train station and the 28-year-old
A GIRL Guide from Puddletown will be representing West Dorset on the international stage after being selected to attend the World Scout Jamboree in Sweden. Constance Hambidge, 15, who attends the Thomas Hardye School in Dorchester, said she was ‘excited
A selection of excuses given to the team from drivers * A new driver was stopped holding his phone up to his ear, his immediate excuse was “I wasn’t on the phone, I was listening to the cricket” – it didn’t impress the officers. * An elderly driver
DRIVERS have been warned there is ‘no excuse’ for bad driving as safety chiefs release the latest statistics from their hard-hitting campaign. There were 3,328 offences recorded in the period January 18 to March 31. No Excuse is a campaign
