CERNE ABBAS LENT course: This year’s course follows the Archbishop’s Lent book: “Love Unknown” by Ruth Burrows OCD. The course will be held weekly over a course of five weeks, starting on Wednesday, February 29 in St. Mary’s Church. The cost of the
THE final day of World Cup racing for the Paralympic classes in Miami saw two silver medals for Britain’s sailors. Just two weeks after reaching the podium at their World Championships in Port Charlotte, Florida, Skandia Team GBR’s world title-winning
A DORSET couple have scooped £2,050 in the Dorset Echo’s Find the Ball competition. Delighted grandparents Erica and Michael Samways from Wool picked up the runners-up prize. Erica, 68, said she always plays the game and the cash boost has come as
THE dates have been finalised for the 2012 Bridport Food Festival – from June 11 to 17. The week-long extravaganza will promote and celebrate the variety of local produce. The dates were revealed at the festival committee’s recent meeting at the Salt
A FAMILY of potters are celebrating their 50th year of working from the same workshop in West Dorset. The Eeles Family Pottery business in the village of Mosterton includes David and Patricia and their sons Benjamin and Simon. Benjamin said: “We are
SHOPPERS’ permits for motorists in West Dorset are set for a shake up. A proposal going before members of the district council’s executive committee on February 7 recommends the parking permits, which cost £16 for six months and allow shoppers to stay
Fundraisers from Dorset succeeded in raising more than £40,000 for a children’s cancer charity last year. Figures from CLIC Sargent show that £40,317.57 was raised in various events. And the cash will directly benefit families in Dorset whose children
A FORMER soldier is celebrating a victory in his four-year campaign to have street names in Poundbury commemorating the history of the Dorset Regiment. Derek Julian was delighted by news that one of the names he has put forward will feature
