I have news about a gift for the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee. All children in Abbotsbury parish under the age of 16 will be given a commemorative mug. I have been asked to ask all those in Abbotsbury Parish, this includes Rodden, New barn, Elworth, East Bexington
AN ALERT member of the public rescued an elderly woman following a fire at her home in Dorchester today. The rescuer also put out the fire, which Dorset Fire and Rescue Service said was caused accidentally. It happened in Pound Lane, Fordington, about
FIVE students from Budmouth College are bound for ‘Oxbridge’ after successfully gaining offers from Oxford or Cambridge University. The school is celebrating this ‘fantastic achievement’ for both the students and Budmouth College with 80 per cent of
MENTAL health service users will be encouraged to get creative in a groundbreaking new project. The Dorchester-based Dorset Mental Health Forum has launched the Writing for Recovery project, which will help service users develop their creative writing
WEYMOUTH College has been shortlisted for a prestigious award. It is among 27 institutions and projects selected for an award in the Podium Awards 2012 – a celebration recognising the role colleges have played in delivering the London 2012 Games. The
WOUNDED soldiers have been showcasing their skills at the national sailing academy on Portland. Lance Corporal Steven Palmer, Rifleman Craig Wood and Captain Luke Sinnott took to the water to put their specially adapted racing boats through their paces
A PORTLAND swimming club will be flying the flag for young people after three of its members were chosen to carry the Olympic torch. The Tornadoes of South Dorset club, which meets at the Osprey Leisure Centre in Castletown, has three youngsters taking
SUPPORTERS of Wool Library have taken another major step forward in their bid to take over the facility. Wool is one of nine Dorset libraries threatened with closure if local communities do not step forward to take it on themselves in the face of a withdrawal
Maps to show how coastal erosion could affect West Dorset seaside communities in the future are now just a mouse-click away. A series of online maps has just been published by the Environment Agency, providing information on possible coastal erosion
A COURSE in Poundbury is offering people the chance to pick up potentially life-saving first aid skills. The British Red Cross is running a training course at its centre in Parkway Farm on Friday, April 27 which will cover a range of basic first aid
SHOPPERS were inspired to support the British sailing team after meeting Olympians Iain Percy and Andrew Simpson in Weymouth’s Clarks shoe shop. Retired Mary Elliott, of Chickerell, said: “It’s the first time I’ve ever met an Olympian, I came in to have
