RURAL Dorset was the perfect setting for one happy couple’s big day. Catherine Hill, 28, a nurse and Adam Hunt, 29, an accountant tied the knot at Wimborne Minster Church before celebrating with friends and family at a reception at Athelhampton House
FAMILY and friends gathered to celebrate the 102nd birthday of Phyllis Brampton. Phyllis was born in St Ives in Cornwall in 1910 and moved to Weymouth when she was 10, and has lived in the resort ever since. She worked for the civil and military store
LOVE, care and appreciation for the other’s talents is the secret behind a Dorchester couple celebrating 50 years together. Eve and Hugh ‘Bing’ Crosby, of Rothesay Road, were married on April 21, 1962. The pair, originally from Surrey, had been friends
Sticker travels WEYMOUTH couple Ann and Clive Campbell went the extra mile to show their support for the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic sailing events. They travelled 3,300 miles to Colorado to visit their daughter Lisa Stephenson and family and
WEST DORSET’s Sally Dewhurst has become the youngest PhD student at the London Research Institute funded by Cancer Research UK. The former Colfox student, pictured below, said she was indebted to her home town of Bridport for raising so much money to
DORSET Women’s Day 2012 will be celebrated with a visit from a ’70s disco diva. Women’s Action Network Dorset (WAND) is hosting the annual event with a guest visit from Dee Dee Wilde, from the 1970s dance troupe Pans People. Dee Dee
PATIENTS can join a ‘conversation’ with health chiefs. NHS Dorset’s Weymouth and Portland Health Network is holding a special meeting, which will link up service users and health professionals. Chaired by Michel Hooper-Immins, a patient-governor at
CERNE ABBAS CRUSADERS have just started their Summer Term. Crusaders are a Christian Club and part of a national organisation called Urban Saints. Their aim is to teach children and young people the good news of Jesus Christ thus developing a life
COMMUNITIES are being urged to turn out and greet the Olympic torch as it travels through West Dorset. Full details of the torch’s route have now been released and West Dorset District Council has pledged nearly £5,000 to help fund local celebration
THREE children were injured in a crash on Portland today. Initial reports suggested one girl was involved in a collision with a car as she crossed Weston Road. It has now emerged that a six-year-old girl, a three-year-old boy and another young girl
• Recently a service of celebration for the life of Richard Meech took place at St Andrew’s Church. Richard moved to Sutton Poyntz with wife Shirley – Community Correspondent for this area for many years - in 1971 on promotion within the Probation
THE MEMORY of a well-known Portland businessman will live on as a charity foundation kicks off in his honour. A football match to raise money for The Butch Nash Charity Fund will take place on April 29 in honour of John Nash, who passed away in December
A GOLDEN girl met her historic counterparts after completing a royal award. Youth worker Anna Maycock, from Dorchester, who has recently completed her Duke of Edinburgh (DofE) gold award, met Jean Coulter and Mary Shaw, who were the first women in Dorset
FIVE children claim they were turned away from one of their favourite restaurants because they were told they only served families. Quadruplets Bradley, Scott, Dean and Danielle Lyones, 10, and their friend Bailey Roper, 10, had walked more
A new mobile library service is being launched on Portland. The island’s Underhill Library closes at the end of April and the mobile library service will visit the area every Monday, starting April 30. The new service will be available at the Hambro
THE number of unemployed people in Dorset could finally be on the decrease, according to new figures. The data, collected by the Office for National Statistics (ONS), shows the number of people claiming Jobseekers’ Allowance in the county fell from 4,729
IF there is a pong in the air around Dorchester today and tomorrow it is because keen students from Kingston Maurward Agricultural College are working hard to raise more then £1,000 for Dorset and Somerset Air Ambulance. The Level Three Extended Diploma
THE early bird may get the worm, but the early naturalist gets to hear one of the most beautiful sounds at this time of year. Starting at 4.30am on May 5, wardens at Radipole Lake in Weymouth will be leading a walk to allow people to listen to ‘the rhythm
BUSINESSES in Dorchester are being invited to share their views on A-boards in the town. Local councils have organised a drop-in session at the Corn Exchange from 2.30pm to 7.30pm tomorrow in response to concerns about the growing number of advertising
ARCHAEOLOGIST Chris Tripp is looking for people to help set up an archaeology group unlike any other in the county. He sees the group as being active in excavation, research and surveying, working to help local communities all over Dorset to unearth
A CHARITY football match commemorating the life of a former Weymouth mayor and keen soccer fan takes place on April 27. The Doug Hollings Memorial Trophy match will take place at The Grove on Portland on Friday at 6.30pm. The match will be between Portland
MEMORIES of the Whitehead torpedo factory at Ferrybridge near Weymouth will be rekindled by this collection of photographs. They have been provided by Jenny Farwell whose father, Alec Palmer, was employed there for most of his working life before being
A MAN accused of causing the death of a Bridport teenager by dangerous driving had been drinking in the hours before the fatal crash, a court was told. James Stephen Marshall Griffiths, 22, denies causing the death of 17-year-old Tash Samways by dangerous
A SIX-YEAR-OLD girl was distraught after the school bus left her alone in the lay-by of a busy road. Parents Kris and Helen Dutson have spoken of their shock after daughter Katie was found crying next to the A35, one of Dorset’s busiest roads
A NEW war memorial dedicated to service personnel killed in modern warfare could be built on Weymouth seafront. Councillors have expressed a wish to provide a memorial for personnel who have lost their lives in conflicts since the Second World War and
POLICE are investigating a burglary at a Weymouth seafront hotel. An offender broke in to the Hotel Prince Regent on The Esplanade, in the early hours of Sunday. They also gained entry to the adjoining Russell Hotel, which is run by the same company
I am hoping that there are some honest people in this town. My grandson left his brand new mobile phone on the No.1 bus back seat on Thursday evening. It would mean a lot if someone who has suddenly come into possession of one without explanation might
Just curious as to whether residents were aware as to how dire the housing situation is in the area. My partner and I moved into the area last August. We were both homeless and jobless when we came. After a lot of hard work and determination we
I strongly agree with Frank Faulkner’s letter regarding the plight of athletics facilities on The Marsh in Weymouth and in the rest of West Dorset. Weymouth St Paul’s Harriers AC has for many years tried without success to persuade Weymouth & Portland
A WEYMOUTH pensioner with a passion for painting spent three weeks creating a masterpiece fit for an Olympic sailing hero. John Lee used oil paint on canvas to capture an action shot of triple gold medallist Ben Ainslie in Weymouth Bay, which he spotted
THE first acts have been announced for this August’s free youth festival, Anonymous. Local indie band The Indices will be joined by young rappers Dreads and Lyrical Agent along with the alt skiffle sounds of The Little Victory. But there is a lot more
As a shop owner overlooking the Town Bridge, alhough not affected by the closures, one aspect is apparent to me. At 9.30am, and the same most mornings, and throughout the day all day, there were nine vans and assorted private cars parked within the
A girl suffered a broken leg after a collision with a car on Portland. The collision happened this morning on Weston Road and also involved a silver Toyota estate car. The girl was taken to Dorset County Hospital and her injury is described
BRENDON King and Matt Groves should be given the opportunity to take the Terras into next season, according to Nigel Biddlecombe. The Weymouth chairman, who signed the ownership of the club over to a community trust earlier this month, believes retaining
WEYMOUTH chief Paul Harding is already plotting Southern Counties South survival, insisting “the hard work starts now”. The Monmouth Avenue outfit have only just brought the curtain down on a remarkable season that has seen them win both the Dorset &
CHELTENHAM TN LADIES 1 WEYMOUTH LADIES 8 WEYMOUTH Ladies avenged last week’s disappointing 2-2 draw at home to Cheltenham Town in style by thumping the Robins 8-1 in the return fixture. Manager Tim Davis described the win in the South West League
BRIDPORT RESERVES 1 CHICKERELL UNITED 3 NICK Etherington grabbed a second-half double as Chickerell United ended a run of three straight defeats at St Mary’s Field. Tom Peck also got on the scoresheet for the visitors but only after Jamie Morgan
PORTLAND United will be out to bounce back tonight when they take on Weymouth Reserves at the Bob Lucas Stadium (7pm). The Magna Dorset Premier League leaders saw their title hopes suffer a major setback last Saturday in the form of a 5-1 thrashing
WEYMOUTH 12 WOODFORD 26 WEYMOUTH were beaten by Essex touring side Woodford in a friendly at Monmouth Avenue. The Dorset & Wilts Divis-ion One South champions started the game well but fell behind to an early try. The hosts then fought
Portland’s Alison Young held on to her lead in the Laser Radial class on the second day of the French World Cup regatta. And on a good day for Dorset sailors, Poole’s women’s match racing trio of Lucy Macgregor, Annie Lush and Kate Macgregor
