A PUBLIC meeting is being held on March 15 about alternative plans for St Michael’s Trading Estate in Bridport. The Enterprise St Michael’s Ltd group is holding the summit at the Electric Palace at 6.30pm. It comes after plans were lodged by owners
A WILDLIFE habitat in Weymouth is having a haircut. Essential reed cutting work is being undertaken at the RSPB’s Weymouth Wetlands reserves at Lodmoor and Radipole to help protect the habitat. Reedbeds are now Britain’s most threatened wildlife habitats
A SPECIALIST nurse is undertaking an epic 12-hour workout this Saturday to raise funds for a cause ‘close to her heart’. From 7am until 7pm, Tracey Murray will be pushing her body to the limit at The Hotel Rembrandt leisure centre, with all proceeds
WORLD Book Day is taking place today and schools and book shops across the county will be celebrating the event. At St Nicholas and St Laurence Primary School in Broadwey, Weymouth, children are dressing up as their favourite book characters and taking
BRIDPORT traders are preparing for the misery of one-way traffic for gasworks coming up to Easter but have been promised work will stop for the holiday season. The South Street month-long road closure will start today and means southbound traffic won
SCHOOLCHILDREN put the kettle on for their parents and brewed up for fair trade. Pupils at Wyke Regis Infant School in Weymouth organised a big brew in their school hall for Fairtrade Fortnight, where they sold cakes and drinks and organised games.
IT’S not too late to help raise money for a charity for ex-servicemen and women. Intrepid volunteers will be wrapping up warm and readying their sleeping bags to spend a night sleeping under the stars at Nothe Fort in Weymouth tomorrow night. The sleep
A SUPPORT group for seafarers in need is to be established on Portland. A meeting will take place at Osprey Leisure Centre tomorrow to establish a team of volunteers who can rally round in times of need. Supporters believe there are enough maritime
THE nightmare could soon be over for drivers who say they have suffered at the hands of extreme wheel clampers in Dorchester. Parking in Somerleigh Road has been a contentious issue for many years with delivery vans, taxi drivers and even a Royal Mail
THE long-term future of Weymouth Museum is secure following an award of £100,000 of funding from the local council. The museum is set to move into a new home at the Mulberry Centre in Commercial Road in April. Weymouth and Portland borough councillors
A SPECTACULAR firework display and celebration event will be taking place in Weymouth and Portland to mark the arrival of the Paralympic Torch. The borough has been announced as one of 34 communities across the country that will host ‘Flame
A NEW seafront development taking shape is expected to boost private investment in Weymouth. And a senior councillor has welcomed the project, which will be the first new building reflecting Georgian style to spring up along the seafront for many years
NIGEL Biddlecombe is the new owner of Weymouth Football Club. The club director and historian thrashed out a deal with former chairman George Rolls yesterday and purchased the majority shareholding for £20,000. The news was heralded by the club’s supporters
A FATHER admitted flooding a police cell with urine and spitting at officers. Scott Brown, of Clivia Close, Weymouth, pleaded guilty at Dorchester Crown Court to causing nearly £300 of criminal damage at a police station. Angela England, prosecuting
Olympic rings GIANT Olympic rings were launched on to the River Thames on Tuesday to mark 150 days until the start of the London Games. The rings, standing at 11 metres (36ft) high and 25 metres (82ft) wide, travelled on a barge and passed landmarks
COMPETITION is hotting up for Portland sailing star Megan Pascoe and her British teammate Helena Lucas who are battling for selection for the 2012 Games. Yesterday marked six months to go until the London 2012 Paralympic Games and the unveiling of the
ACCLAIMED singer-songwriter KT Tunstall is one of the headline acts at this year’s Purbeck Folk Festival. The Scottish Ivor Novello and Brit awards winner will close Saturday night of the three-day event at Langton Matravers near Swanage from Friday
ITALIAN food was on the menu for pupils who took part in a “From Farm to Fork” workshop. Youngsters from Weymouth schools had a hands-on lesson in how to make fresh pasta and muffins, with an introduction to learn how the ingredients get from the farmer
JEN Rendell took a leap of faith and popped the question to her partner. The lovestruck woman, from Dorchester, proposed to her partner Simon Hardy last night over a moonlit Weymouth Bay. February 29 is the day when women traditionally turn
I write with regard to the article about complaints over the noise of a cockerel (Echo, February 17. I do not live in the village of Sutton Poyntz so have not had the opportunity to sign the petition but I do live on the edge of Preston, in the road
I was disappointed to see the Echo’s coverage about the salaries paid to senior staff at Dorset County Council (Council’s £2.5m gravy train), and would like to add some context which was lacking in the article. There is no “gravy train”
CABARET with a kick is coming to Bridport tomorrow in the form of an all-female and somewhat saucy trio of stars. Award-winning performers Fascinating Aida – dubbed ‘Absolutely Fabulous meets Noel Coward, as sung by the Andrew Sisters’ – are bringing
Those writing in complaining that the prices in charity shops are too high are surely missing the point of what these shops are aiming to achieve? This is the maximum income to benefit whichever cause they are raising funds for. If someone donates
NIGEL Biddlecombe is the new owner of Weymouth Football Club. The club director and historian thrashed out a deal with former chairman George Rolls yesterday and purchased the majority shareholding for £20,000. The news was heralded by the club’s supporters
GEORGE Rolls insists he has left Weymouth Football Club in “a great position”. The controversial figure acquired the majority shareholding back in November 2009 before handing control to his wife Amanda. Despite the move, Rolls continued to run affairs
DORCHESTER Town boss Alan Knight is hopeful that injured trio Kyle Critchell, Jake Smeeton and Rico Wilson will all make Saturday’s trip to Weston-super-Mare. All three players limped out of Tuesday night’s extra-time win over Portland United in the
MOONFLEET A 98 EAST DORSET 64 MOONFLEET maintained their 100 per cent record to finish top of the Wessex League and qualify for the knockout stages of the competition with this victory over East Dorset. Fleet’s home rink of Andy Clarke, Mike Pearson
BY common consent Fleet Street’s greatest-ever sports writer is the inimitable Hugh McIlvanney. He has won so many prestigious awards that he once quipped: “Even my mother is getting embarrassed.” He is an old mate and drinking partner (I’ve still got
NOT even an inspired performance from Martin Rut-land could stop Weyline from maintaining their push towards the Weymouth Sunday League Premiership title. With Rodwell not in action, the table-toppers extended their lead at the summit to six points
COLIN Tizzard is excited at the prospect of Royal Guardsman giving him a second win in the Weatherbys Champion Bumper at Cheltenham. The Dorset trainer struck with Cue Card in 2010 and he looks to have unearthed another big find in Royal Guardsman.
SERITA Shone’s recent trip to the Bauhaus FIBT Bob and Skeleton World Championships in the USA was a bittersweet experience. The Weymouth brakewoman, who is currently rehabilitating from a spinal fracture suffered in a training crash in Germany last
