A FAVOURITE activity amongst those wishing to get away from the Esplanade or just wanting see another part of Weymouth is crabbing. On any given day during the summer, families can be seen dotted along the picturesque old harbour dangling bait over the
YOU can answer all those questions about what makes the world go round in the next fact-packed volume in the Disney Wonderful World of Know- ledge series. The Marvels of Science is the eighth issue in the 24-part collection of colourful and informative
CONCERNS have been raised over the retail scheme of Dorchester’s Charles Street development amid the current economic slump. The first phase, consisting of the controversial council offices and library block, is already underway and it was expected the
A DOCTOR has given a clean bill of health to the Save Our Lifesavers campaign. Weymouth doctor Steve Bick says the borough should stand a fighting chance in the battle to build a coastguard supercentre in this area. Weymouth resident Dr Steve Bick is
A DORCHESTER-based contraception and sexual health service has received national recognition for being ‘young-people friendly’. Dorset HealthCare Univer-sity NHS Foundation Trust has been recognised by the Department of Health for involving its service
DORCHESTER’S Borough Gardens will be filled with the sounds of music as people come together for another fundraiser in memory of a larger than life character. Musicians will be turning out in force for the Help A Friend Fundraiser inspired by Steve Charles
RAIL fares in Dorset will be hit by fare increases of up to eight per cent in January. It comes after an announcement by Transport Secretary Philip Hammond this week who said the hike in prices nationally were necessary in order to fund railway improvements
A HEARTBROKEN teenager woke up to find thieves had taken £400 worth of fishing gear he-had worked over the last two years to buy. A tackle shop owner has put up a £200 reward after James Tyley went outside his house in Nether Cerne near Dorchester to
REDUNDANCIES are to be made at a Weymouth bus company following a shake-up in school transport contracts by the county council. The blow to Barry’s Coaches Limited means that drivers at the long-standing school transport provider, which has had contracts
MORE than 20 organisations have joined forces in Dorset to orchestrate the smooth running of the Sailing competition and associated events for the London 2012 Games. The London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games has been described in organisation
THOUSANDS of volunteers could be called in to cheer from Weymouth's Nothe Gardens to prepare Britain's sailors for the buzz surrounding the 2012 Games. For the first time in Olympic history, a ticketed spectator site is being held for the sport of sailing
THE sound of gunfire will ring out to honour hero Royal Marine James Wright from Weymouth whose funeral will be held in the town next week. It has been confirmed that Marine Wright’s full military funeral will be held at St John’s Church at 1.45pm on
WEYMOUTH celebrated a fun-packed carnival day that brought a major boost to the town’s economy. An estimated 100,000 people turned out for the annual extravaganza that was expanded this year to include a spectacular airshow. Organisers described it
TAKING time out of their festival rounds this summer, Birmingham collective The Old Dance School will make a brief visit to Dorset this month, presenting their own brand of beautiful and uplifting feel-good folk music at just two Artsreach venues. Harnessing
If locaL bus companies genuinely do consider that the new northbound entrance to the relief road at Upwey is dangerous why not either: n divert the present service down Stottingway Street and via Goulds Hill and Martinstown to Monkey’s Jump roundabout
I would like to congratulate the bright spark(s) who designed the flags on the multitude of flag poles that have suddenly sprung up on Portland. I am no weather man but have lived here long enough to know that the majority of winds that hit the island
I’d like to know whether Mr Drax would like to update his constituents on how to contact him please? He has no answerphone on his constituency office phone – at least, the one listed as being such on the House of Commons website. This feeds into
I WOULD like to concur with Robert Kirkpatrick (Echo, July 28) concerning the lack of strategic planning by West Dorset District Council and Weymouth and Portland Borough Council in respect of supermarkets. Asda’s Newstead Road store caused traffic congestion
The Royal Air Force is giving the public the rare opportunity to learn more about life in the forces during carnival week. Warrant Officer Barry Tanswell grew up in Dorset and regularly visited the resort as a child. Despite being in the RAF for 34
RUBBISH, building rubble and a knife were among the items strewn across school playing fields after travellers left Portland. Gulls started picking apart the black bags abandoned on the Royal Manor playing field yesterday and residents found children
SKANDIA Team GBR is the British Sailing Team in the Olympic and Paralympic classes. The team consists of the Performance Squad and Development and Transitional squads, which jointly total around 70 sailors. The sailors train and compete across 10 Olympic
THE Magpies will keep their feet firmly on the ground according to full-back Kyle Critchell, despite recording their biggest Blue Square Bet South win in nine months. Following the despair of Saturday’s opening-day defeat at Dover Athletic, 10-man Dorchester
BRIDPORT RESERVES 2 Portland UNITED 2 A LATE equaliser from Adam Linaker rescued a point for Portland United and denied Bridport Reserves a second successive win. The islanders had taken a half-time lead at St Mary’s Field, with Ashley
WEYMOUTH RESERVES 1 CHICKERELL UNITED 1 NICK Etherington was Chickerell United’s saviour at the Bob Lucas Stadium – popping up in the dying moments to prevent back-to-back defeats. Both sides entered the Magna Dorset Premier League derby on
BRIDPORT 56 (1pt) lost to MARTINSTOWN 57-3 (19pts) by seven wickets THE batting curse that has lingered over struggling Bridport throughout the campaign returned with a vengeance at Brewery Field as second-placed Martins-town hammered the final nail
DEWLISH have broken St George’s’ stranglehold on the Dorchester Evening League Division One trophy – winning the title for the first time in their history. The two sides clashed in back-to-back fixtures with the Saints needing to win both to have any
TWO of my seven grandkids (Scarlett and Gracie) have been staying with me for the holidays and to stop them fighting I usually stick on that timeless classic – the Wizard Of Oz. Not only does it shut them up but I love the moment when Judy Garland (alias
THE Greenhill quartet of Hilda Stokes, June Searle, Bridget Hodder and Anne Chislett represented Dorset in the national fours at Leamington Spa. In the first game against Norfolk, the Dorset foursome pulled off a superb 36-1 victory after 14
BUSTINSKIN duo Karl Alexander and Lizzie Hutson have qualified for the Ironman World Championships, which is scheduled to be held in Kona, Hawaii on October 8. The two triathletes were part of a 17-strong team from the Weymouth-based club that
