The Olympic test event was certainly that, a testing event for Sailors and Coaches alike. The conditions ranged from terrible Tuesday (a very light and shifty Northerly) to big Wednesday (when the waves meant even going upwind in a RIB was less
ACTOR and charity fundraiser Martin Clunes is aiming for his best Buckham Fair so far when the event takes place on Sunday. He hopes proceeds from the fifth annual extravaganza will top the £20,000 raised for the Weldmar Hospice last year. This year
AN INDEPENDENT regulator has described Dorset County Hospital’s plan for its financial recovery as ‘robust’ and ‘achievable’. The regulator, Monitor, has published improved risk ratings for the Dorchester hospital following a review of its annual plan
STAFF who care for children with special needs in south Dorset are celebrating a £208,689 lottery boost that has secured their service’s future. Dorchester Opportunity Group is among five organisations across the south west region to have been awarded
A CAMPAIGNER is urging people to join our Walk of Support for Portland Coast-guard. Maureen Norman, of Preston, Weymouth, is distributing posters around the area to spread the word about the Save Our Lifesavers campaign. Mrs Norman said as many people
THE funeral service of Royal Marine James Wright will take place at St John’s Church, Weymouth, at 1.45pm next Tuesday (August 23), it has been announced. Marine Wright, from Weymouth, was killed in action in Afghanistan on August 5.
BUS operator First Hampshire and Dorset has donated £7,671 worth of advertising space on its vehicles to the charity Save the Children. Around half of the company’s 359-strong bus fleet, including vehicles in Weymouth, will feature a new advertising
AN OLYMPIC legacy for the over-50s is one of the aims of a new scheme launched in Dorset. The Mind Your Head Dorset Mind Challenge, which kicked off with a special launch event at Kingston Maurward College near Dorchester, hopes to stimulate
FRIENDS and family paid a poignant tribute to Bridport teenager Tash Samways at the site of her death. They gathered on the side of the B3157 coast road near Langton Herring to place a plaque in her memory. Former Beaminster School pupil Tash, 17, was
TRADERS are fuming about traffic being directed down Weymouth’s historic harbourside. A new sign has gone up telling drivers who have disembarked from Condor Ferries to use the quay as an alternative route to the “long delays” on the seafront being blamed
RESIDENTS and businesses in Dorset are one step closer to having superfast internet after a £9.5million Government broadband boost. The news announced yesterday by the Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt is part of a £530million national rollout. It will
For some years, the people of Portland have complained that Dorset Police have failed to provide sufficient resources to prevent criminality on the island. Last evening, I watched as a group of travellers raced onto the playing field of Royal Manor
A CREATIVE Dorset company has been cast in a leading role by BAFTA, The British Academy of Film and Television Arts. Crafty Arty Parties and its theming arm Prop Dead Gorgeous have been appointed preferred supplier for BAFTA’s home in London
DORSET’S top cop says he will do everything in his power to ensure frontline and neighbourhood policing will not be hit by cuts in government funding. Chief Constable of Dorset Police Martin Baker, spoke following the riots which have blighted cities
THE big day is finally here. Organisers say audiences should be prepared to be amazed as the 2011 Weymouth Carnival and Air Show lifts off. There’ll be spectacular air displays all day, live music on the beach featuring X-Factor stars and a grand procession
WHAT do a 90-year-old retired police constable, a double Olympic gold medallist and a Portland schoolboy have in common? They have all made it through to the next stage of Olympic torchbearer selection. If successful, they will be among the 8,000 torchbearers
AFTER watching 10-man Dorchester blitz Maidenhead United last night, manager Ashley Vickers hailed the display as the best he has ever witnessed. The Dorset Magpies were one goal to the good at the Avenue Stadium, courtesy of Chris Flood’s early spot-kick
THEY say 10 men are invariably harder to beat than 11 – a cliché Maidenhead United would not argue against after Dorchester Town recorded their first win of the new season in emphatic fashion. Boss Ashley Vickers tipped his men to bounce back immediately
FRAN Gurracci received the most prestigious prize of the evening at Wellworthy Sports and Social Club, as part of the WeySports netball awards ceremony. The defender, chosen by coach Juliette Frampton, earned the player of the season award for her efforts
BASHLEY 3 Allen pen 21, Gamble 23, Stokoe 63 WEYMOUTH 3 Marshallsay 10, Wolleaston 30, Byerley 74 BRENDON King was full of admiration for his players despite being left with mixed emotions following last night’s six-goal thriller at Bashley
CAME Down Golf Club has hosted its annual junior open where 41 competitors from Dorset and beyond entered this order of merit event. The girls’ event saw six entrants take part and Serena Bosch (Came Down) shot a very fine 80 to win the competition.
TALENTED Dorset driver Luke Wright continued his Air Asia Renault Clio Cup UK campaign at the Snetterton race circuit. The Shaftesbury ace replicated the fine form he showed at Croft last time out by scoring his second successive podium courtesy of
MILTON ABBAS’ Xavier Vrigneau insists he is peaking just at the right time as he looks towards the National Modern Pentathlon Champion-ships in Solihull at the end of the month. The 17-year-old served notice of his form with an impressive display at
BEN Westhenry marked his return from the European Youth Olympics in Turkey by breaking a 31-year-old record in the 800m. In his first race back on home soil, the Weymouth teenager clocked 1:56.1mins to take first place at the British Open and bag a new
