CHIPPENHAM TOWN 3 Griffin 58, 63, Gilroy 68 WEYMOUTH 0 THREE goals in 10 second-half minutes sentenced Weymouth to defeat at Hardenhuish Park tonight. Chippenham Town entered the clash on the back of a disappointing run of six league
TALENTED Stephen Banks has shot a moving tribute to his new hometown in a Bridport by night-style video. The 22-year-old, pictured, used long exposure to shoot spectacular shots of Bridport and West Bay – including many shots with stars and blazes of
A DINOSAUR-INSPIRED fun day is returning to Portland Museum this half term. Tomorrow sees the return of the popular ‘Dino Day – the Jurassic Years!’ Activities for children of all ages to enjoy will include a dinosaur egg hunt, dinosaur mask making,
YOUNG people are preparing to fight their corner after being chosen to represent Dorset in the UK Youth Parliament. The votes are in and the results are known for this year’s elections, and organisers have revealed there was a record turnout at the ballot
UNION leaders are calling on Dorset County Hospital to reverse a decision to not allow staff an extra day off to celebrate the Queen’s jubilee. Worker’s union GMB are calling on Dorset County Hospital Foundation Trust to change its decision and allow
LOCALS have been left feeling ‘gutted’ by the sudden closure of a village pub. Visitors to The Coach and Horses in Winterbourne Abbas are now confronted with a locked door and a sign from those running the pub explaining the reasons behind the closure
A COMPANY hoping to build a wind farm off the Dorset coast has put in a planning application for a meteorological mast. The 100metre high structure will collect data about the weather and wind for the Navitus Bay Wind Park, which in planned for the Jurassic
DORSET County Hospital is leading the charge as more patients than ever are staying in same sex wards. New statistics released by the Department for Health has revealed a dramatic reduction in the number of patients staying in mixed sex accommodation
CRIES for help turned out to be noises from daring bathers as they attempted to go for a dip off the Purbeck coast. Walkers called coastguards on 999 when they heard what they thought were distress calls from below the cliff near St Aldhelm’s Head around
The Fire Authority has accepted a government grant to freeze council tax for one year. The grant is equivalent to a three per cent rise in council tax, but the government has said it is a one-off payment. Several options were put before the
CAMPAIGNERS looking to save eight Libraries faced with the withdrawal of council funding have received the backing of their local MPs. Members of the Ad Lib (Association of the Friends of Dorset Libraries) are trying to keep eight libraries
Attention all adventure seeking residents of Littlemoor between 16 and 21 years! Do you dare to face the challenge of a lifetime? Well this is your chance to show yourself and others what you can do. Could you survive alone in the woods for a night
A MAN has been sentenced to three years in prison for stealing a refuse lorry and smashing into police cars in a 70-mile chase across Dorset. Lee Ivan James Hogben was sentenced to 12 months for aggravated vehicle taking, 21 months for dangerous driving
TONIGHT'S clash between Weymouth and Chippenham has been given the green light. A 2pm pitch inspection at Hardenhuish Park has been scrapped following the improved weather conditions. See Wednesday's Echo for report and reaction.
POWER has been restored for 150 Weymouth homes left without electricity this morning. Southern Electric engineers have repaired a fault in a transformer which occurred at around 7.30am. Homes in Hanover Road, Carlton Road North and South, Alexandra
A JUDGE has paid tribute to Dorchester Crown Court’s dedicated loggers after their last day on the job. Peter Scaife, Merv Harris and Margaret Tapper have more than 20 years of experience between them of recording events at the court. The court has
SEEING the excitement of the newest Team GB members has reminded double gold medallist Iain Percy how ‘privileged’ he is. The Star sailor is the ‘daddy’ of the British Sailing team as he will be 36 and its oldest member when he competes in
Sticker campaign CRAIG Butler from Giltbrook in Nottingham is showing off his love for Weymouth with a Bring on the Games sticker. He has claimed one of 15,000 free window stickers, produced by the Dorset Echo in partnership with NHS Dorset’s Team
DORCHESTER’S Citizens Advice Bureau has been given a cash boost from West Dorset District Council. The district’s three CABs have been given a total of £209,601 to help with their running costs until 2015, with the bureaux at Bridport and Sherborne also
A HAPPY and healthy baby son has arrived to join a Chickerell family. Henry James Rodd was born on January 31 at Dorset County Hospital weighing 7lbs 10oz and is the perfect baby brother for Grace Rodd, 17 months, and proud parents Jenny and Jamie Rodd
CENTENARIAN Ron Driver has celebrated his 100th birthday surrounded by fam-ily members. The former Lyme Regis Society stalwart reached the landmark at a retirement home near Farnham in Surrey where he lives with his wife Norah. The couple lived in Lyme
A LIVELY pantomime based on a gory French folk tale comes to life this week in Preston near Weymouth. Bluebeard, which was written in the 17th century, is dedicated to the memory of former Preston panto director and star Roxane Moss, who died last October
DORSET residents are being urged to show their support for our troops on the frontline. Gloria Ashwell, from Charminster, is spearheading the Dorset effort of an appeal by the Support Our Soldiers charity for gift parcels to send to armed forces personnel
FOLLOWING a spate of vandalism, a line of lime trees along the B3147 at The Weirs near Dorchester have been replanted. Trees for Dorset carried out the work with help and advice from Dorchester Civic Society and the tree deportment at Dorset County Council
A RECENT Dorset Echo article about the death of Ernest Pettiford, the last survivor of the Foylebank disaster, has prompted reader Jack White from Portland to get in touch. He writes that the article reminded him of what he was doing at that time – July
Tale of Johnny Lane from Ray in New Zealand THE life of legendary Weymouth chef Johnny Lane is one Looking Back story that refuses to go away. We ran several stories about him last year and now Johnny’s son Ray, who lives in New Zealand, has been
The Liberals at Dorchester Town Council have never had a good word for the management of West Dorset District Council and now we hear that the council wants to go cap in hand to WDDC for a half million pound loan to improve its financial position. Dorchester
As an independent shopkeeper currently running two shops in Weymouth town centre and having traded here for a month under 25 years, I feel adequately qualified to comment on the current trading situation. Yes, times are difficult, but no more so than
The directors of Transition Town Bridport would like to thank the people of West Dorset for the generous gifts of hand tools in support of the Skills for Self Reliance training course. The gifts came from Dorchester, Weymouth, Crewkerne and Axminster
A Home Watch group in West Dorset has been recognised by Dorset Police for its dedication to the community. In May 2011, Dorset Police received a petition signed by residents of Rivervale, Bridport, in relation to the high level of anti-social behaviour
OFFENDERS will 'repay their debt to society' by scrubbing graffiti from the streets of Weymouth. A team supervised by Dorset Probation will start work as part of the Wipe Out Project this month. Under the project, people ordered to carry out unpaid
DORCHESTER Town physio Damion Maston is swapping his sponge for running shoes as he gears up for this year’s London Marathon. The 26-mile, 385-yard event takes place on Sunday, April 22 and Maston is already hard at work in his bid to raise as much money
WEYMOUTH RESERVES 3 POOLE BOROUGH 2 DANNY Moore’s double helped Weymouth Reserves secure back-to-back wins for the first time this season. The Terras’ hero produced two fine finishes as the hosts twice came from behind to extend their unbeaten
Portland UNITED RES 2 GILLINGHAM TOWN RES 1 GOALS from Simon Crouch and Tom Bell fired Portland United Reserves to the top of the Dorset Senior League following a hard-fought victory over Gillingham Town Reserves at Grove Corner.
BRIDPORT RESERVES 5 HAMWORTHY UNITED RESERVES 0 BRIDPORT Reserves returned to winning ways with a five-star show against their Hamworthy United counterparts. Carl Bulman, Adam Steele, Tristan Gale, Jack Scovell and Ashley Clarke all found the
BOGNOR REGIS AMAZONS 84 WEYMOUTH HUSKIES 14 DEPLETED Weymouth Huskies were brushed aside by the amazing Amazons. The Huskies made the trip to Bognor Regis with just six players at their disposal, while their higher-ranked hosts boasted
BRENDON King believes wounded Chippenham Town will be gunning for revenge at Hardenhuish Park tonight (7.45pm). The two teams are well acquainted having already met twice this season. But with the Terras tasting victory on both occasions – 2-0 in the
ARSONISTS torched a caravan in Weymouth in the early hours of this morning. Firefighters were called to the incident near Marsh Dairy on Littlemoor Road, Bincombe at 2.30am. A spokeswoman for Dorset Fire and Rescue Service said one caravan
HEFTY parking prices and a rundown town centre are killing Weymouth, according to a TV business expert. And traders have backed Geoff Burch, who said that the town must improve before the Olympics or it will never win back visitors.. Mr Burch, who visited
