THE finishing touches have been applied to a Dorset entry for this year’s Chelsea Flower Show. Top scenic artist Jonathan Holbrook worked his magic on the entry by Piddlehinton hutmakers Plankbridge. The firm has built a shepherd’s hut, which will act
FUNDRAISERS are being sought to put on their walking shoes in aid of good causes. Weymouth and Portland Lions Club will hold a fundraising walk along the Weymouth Relief Road to celebrate the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee. The route will leave from the park
A WATERSPORTS festival at a school for youngsters with special needs is in full swing this week. Splash 2012 at the Wyvern School in Weymouth is aiming to give pupils the opportunity to experience the sights, sounds and smells of the ocean. Festival
FRESH fish and spring vegetables will be some of the produce on offer at a festival celebrating the best that West Dorset has to offer. The annual Spring Tide event will take place at Hive beach, West Dorset, on Saturday, May 19 and Sunday, 20. Food
FRESH fish and spring vegetables will be some of the produce on offer at a festival celebrating the best that West Dorset has to offer. The annual Spring Tide event will take place at Hive beach, West Dorset, on Saturday, May 19 and Sunday, 20. Food
A DISABLED woman will take to the skies across Weymouth Bay to raise money for Weldmar Hospicecare Trust. Sheree Tebbutt is undertaking the challenge as part of the charity’s Go for Gold campaign, which is backed by the Dorset Echo and encourages
A DISABLED woman will take to the skies across Weymouth Bay to raise money for Weldmar Hospicecare Trust. Sheree Tebbutt is undertaking the challenge as part of the charity’s Go for Gold campaign, which is backed by the Dorset Echo and encourages people
WEYMOUTH will soon welcome a pop-up shop in time for the Olympic Games. Julia’s House children’s hospice is opening up a pop-up shop on St Mary’s Street in June to tide it over until its permanent shop opens on the same street two months later. Marta
LIVE music, special guests and activities united visitors at an Olympic-themed picnic in Dorchester’s Borough Gardens. Sunny weather was enjoyed by scores of families who attended the ‘Olympicnic’ community event. The gardens were a
MEMBERS of Bridport Gig Rowing Club welcomed guests from France when members of the twinning association visited West Bay. Franklin Ward showed them the gig Bucky Doo and gave a talk to the visitors on the history of gig rowing and racing.
A LONG-serving councillor is set to take over as Weymouth of Portland mayor for the first time in the Olympic year. Coun Margaret Leicester will succeed Coun Graham Winter as Weymouth and Portland’s first citizen at the borough council’s annual
OFFICERS at Portland Coastguard station have warned of the dangers of blocking the emergency radio channel. The comments come after the international radio distress channel was noisily blocked when a person sat on a handset. A Coastguard spokesman said
TOP choreographer Matthew Bourne visits Lighthouse in Poole tomorrow and Wednesday with a triple bill of his early works. He will also be hosting a post-show talk tomorrow night. The trio of dances making up the performance are Early Adventures – Spitfire
• THE Echo counted the number of users who disembarked the park and ride service at the Pavilion. 10.15am: One passenger 10.30am: No passengers 10.45am: No passengers 11am: Six passengers 11.15am: Five passengers 11.30am: No passengers 11.45am
MORE than half the buses serving Weymouth’s new park and ride scheme are running with no passengers aboard. Many more have only a handful aboard the ambitious project designed to get more people to leave their cars out of town. But it
WEYMOUTH Carnival organisers are revving up for a spectacular summer show. More details have been announced about the August extravaganza which will be held just a few days after the Olympic Games’ closing ceremony. Organisers from the town’s rotary
A TRADITIONAL gypsy caravan came to a school to teach youngsters about life on the road. Pupils at Cheselbourne Village School took part in a series of activities with Karen Hunt of Dorset County Council as part of the school’s Traveller Week project
SINGERS are being recruited to take part in an atmospheric performance of music and dance on top of one of West Dorset’s most striking natural features. Landance, which will involve a choir of 100 plus professional musicians and 50 dancers,
I would like to thank the staff at Dorset County Hospital as my son had a operation recently. He was in Kingfisher ward. They get so much bad publicity. It would be nice to give them some good publicity. They put a very nervous son and mother and
A Portland cliff top was a hub of activity when a cycling pianist paid a visit. Anthony Hewitt stopped peddaling to perform at Tout Quarry Sculpture Park on his 1,200-mile journey from Land’s End to John O’ Groats. He was accompanied
Well done to Weymouth Operatic Society and its production of HMS Pinafore. A most entertaining evening with numerous witty insertions from Geoff King, the director. Musical gags with the Titanic film tune inserted into the overture and more local
THE Tory-LibDem government’s national planning policy framework has been described by some people as favouring public opinion and retaining green belt land. I fear this is an over-optimistic reaction to the fact that the framework is not quite as bad
I refer to letters from Sylvia Jarvis (Echo, April 30) lamenting the condition of planting in the town and why cannot we do as well as Yeovil. They then give a clue as to why they have not seen the same in Weymouth by saying they have only lived in the
A SEX offender died within three months of arriving at Dorchester prison, an inquest was told. Pensioner Thomas Edwin Brian Holloway was sentenced to 18 months at Dorchester Crown Court last June for four offences of taking indecent images
Police are investigating a fire which broke out in a locked compound in East Stoke last night. Fire crews were called after the blaze was spotted by the police helicopter at around 10.30pm. Appliances from Wareham, Bere Regis and Poole
TOM Manley is having second thoughts about hanging up his gloves and could remain at the Terras next term. The 26-year-old decided to retire at the end of last season due to work commitments but he is now having doubts and has already notified Weymouth
WEYMOUTH 136 (4pts) lost to BROADSTONE 140-4 (20pts) by six wickets DROPPED catches cost Weymouth dear as they went down to a six-wicket defeat in their first outing of the season in the Dorset Premier League. Following the previous week’s wash out
BLANDFORD 165-8 (6pts) lost to DORCHESTER 166-6 (19pts) by four wickets JAMES Lewis and Sam Goodhew were the stars of the show for Dorchester on Saturday as they finally opened their campaign with a four-wicket success at Blandford. The talented
DAVE Lane landed a new club record at Weymouth Angling Society’s annual open shore competition. Thirty-four anglers took part in the Abbotsbury event and fished a calm sea with an easterly breeze. The overall winner was Lane, whose two plaice and a
THE Doctors finally got the better of the Porters in the annual Giles Molyneux Memorial match. The former ran out 4-2 winners at the Avenue Stadium to secure their first-ever victory over their Dorset County Hospital colleagues. The
OLYMPIC champions Iain Percy and Sherborne’s Andrew Simpson insist their eyes are on a bigger prize after narrowly missing out on the Star World Championship title in Hyeres, France. The British duo missed out on their second world title together to
DORSET hosted the inaugural Open Short Mat Bowls competition at the Dorset Bowls Resort at Bere Regis. Thirty-two teams from across the country battled out for the prize money on offer. Although a very serious competition with reputations at stake,
