A 77-year-old man was rescued after his hang-glider crashed into a cliff. He was left hanging precariously on the cliff-face in the dramatic incident at Eype, near Bridport. Coastguard and Dorset Fire and Rescue teams raced to the scene
A MAN who admitted assaulting a tourist who was night fishing in Weymouth has been given a conditional discharge – more than a year after the offence. John Paul Thomas Johnson, 20, admitted punching Masaru Shimizu twice at the town’s Pleasure Pier on
FISHERMEN Peter Newton and Gary Copp will be talking about their catches off West Bay at a seafood festival on Sunday, June 10. The event, hosted by the Riverside Restaurant, is part of the Bridport Food Festival in mid-June. The festival will celebrate
RESIDENTS, council members and staff turned out for the AGM of Magna Housing Association’s residents’ group Community Connections. The group celebrated two years of successful partnership working at the event at Dorchester’s Corn Exchange. Community
DORSET’S bathing waters will soon be tested to make sure they’re up to standard. Environment Agency teams will be taking samples every week until September. They will be used to assess the water quality at the beaches and the results will be shared
A TRADITIONAL gypsy caravan will take centre stage at an event in Dorchester for people to learn more about the travelling community. The Borough Gardens is hosting the event, on Friday, June 8, as part of Gypsy Roma Traveller History Month. Entry is
A DORSET woman who forced the fight for park home owners’ rights on to the political agenda has welcomed ministerial support for tough new laws. Sonia McColl, founder of the Park Home Owners Justice Campaign, spoke after taking part in a meeting attended
A DORCHESTER schoolboy has proven himself to be a maths marvel after pitting himself against other youngsters from across the globe. Sunninghill Preparatory School pupil Alex Shutt achieved his major success when he came 10th in the United
A NURSE and a creative therapist will undertake a sponsored silence to raise money for the hospice where they treat terminally-ill patients. Collete Parker and Susie White will go into the hospice, in Herringston Road, Dorch-ester, on their day off to
PEOPLE suffering from memory loss across Portland are invited to attend Memory Cafe and Singing for the Brain sessions. Island Community Action (ICA) and the Alzheimer’s Society are working in partnership to deliver a weekly provision for people
A MAN who secretly filmed a teenage girl in the shower has received a community order. Nigel Anthony Hamilton Smith, aged 54, appeared at Dorchester Crown Court to be sentenced after admitting to two charges of voyeurism and three offences
AN OLYMPIC contender who recently celebrated Team GB selection has been raising a smile with her novel mode of transport. Portland’s Ali Young has mastered the art of unicycling and uses the one-wheeled contraption to boost her core strength as she travels
SONGS and stories of the Bride Valley will be heard in Burton Bradstock this summer in a fundraising concert in aid of Home-Start West Dorset. The Valebride Band will present The Killick Stone at Burton Bradstock School on Sunday July 8. The performance
MORE and more businesses from across Dorset are helping to raise money for the families of the crew of the Purbeck Isle. Requests for collection tins have come pouring into the Echo as businesses from Portland, Lulworth, Weymouth, Wool and Bovington
A ROW over Weymouth fishermen’s access to local waters during the Olympic sailing events has been resolved following a meeting. The Weymouth & Portland Licensed Fishermen’s & Boatmen’s Association demanded a rethink from security bosses after finding
FOOD-loving pupils at Chickerell Primary School enjoyed a visit from a top local chef. Mat Follas, winner of MasterChef in 2009, spent time with Year 6 children talking about his career before and after his TV fame. It came as a series of talks given
A BOSS at Portland Marina has been inspired to become an organ donor after a visit from a sailor who had recovered from leukaemia. Manager Russ Levett, of the Dean & Reddyhoff marina at Osprey Quay, is calling for more people to sign up to become bone
DAREDEVILS took a leap for the Breakthrough breast cancer charity at West Bay... in pink bras. John Eames, Stuart Rook and Andy Whitbread donned the underwear for their freerunning and parkour display at the Mound. John, 17, of Beaminster
RESIDENTS in Little-moor fear they will not see criminals brought to justice because street lights have been turned off. Two car owners awoke to find their vehicles burnt out after overnight attacks. April Saunders, whose car was completely destroyed
A COMMUNITY has vow-ed to get its street lights switched back on after ‘heartbreaking’ compl- aints from residents. Littlemoor has been plunged into darkness with residents concerned for their safety. Many fear that with no lighting
MORE than 1,000 people turned out in the sunshine to celebrate ‘the best of what Portland has to offer’. Olympic mascots and prisoners were just some of the people on hand to help out at the Revive Portland Show. Organisers were thrilled that the sun
A FREE day of art events and workshops for all ages at Powerstock Common this coming weekend includes three temporary art works by artists Adam Chodzko, Judith Dean and Anna Lucas. The day’s programme includes walks, videos, performances and a pedal-powered
THERE is nothing a hungry walker needs more than a pie and a pint. So after a seven-mile trek around the wilds of Cerne Abbas, the Royal Oak appeared wonderfully welcoming. Unfortunately for our stomachs, appearances were deceptive. “We don’t serve
THIS aerial view of Weymouth and Portland was captured from 38,000 feet on a Virgin Atlantic flight by Chickerell’s Matt Denton. The 35-year-old was amazed to see his hometown so clearly from such a height and snapped the picture using his iPad through
Who on earth is responsible for our lovely Weymouth Beach? The beach looked a disgrace at the last bank holiday weekend – albeit after a storm – with the smell of seaweed all over the place. This attracts flies and seagulls and is very unpleasant.
Many years ago I was booked for stopping my car on the zig-zags painted on the road by a pedestrian crossing in Dorchester. I only stopped to let someone out of my car but a passing policeman explained to me very carefully and politely that no vehicle
I write regarding the letter (Echo, May 24) from the cyclist who experienced a near life-changing collision. I write ‘near life-changing’ as a fellow cyclist who has had a motorist drive so close behind and sound their horn as they passed causing at
A SERIAL burglar who targeted the Nothe Fort and Redlands Sports Centre in Weymouth has been jailed for more than two years. Dorchester Crown Court was told that Michael Mortimer, also known as Rossiter, ransacked the Nothe Fort on the night
FORMER fans’ favourite Ben Smith has turned down the opportunity to return to Weymouth as a player-coach. The 33-year-old, who made 44 appearances for the Terras from 2006-07, was released by Crawley Town earlier this month and is currently looking
DORCHESTER’S title hopes suffered a setback at the weekend as they fell to a 60-run defeat at the hands of early pacesetters Wimborne & Colehill. The county town side were left needing 247 to win after Mike Kit-son smashed a superb 102 as the hosts posted
WEYMOUTH COWBOYS 63 SOUTHAMPTON UNIVERSITY B 70 DESPITE falling to Southampton, the Cowboys avoided relegation on the final day of the season. After hosting the students only a week previous, the Weymouth Cowboys saddled up for
WEYMOUTH 194 (8pts) lost to FERNDOWN WAYFARERS 195-8 (20pts) by two wickets IT was a case of the good, the bad and the ugly at Dolmans Farm as Weymouth suffered a frustrating two-wicket defeat at the hands of Ferndown Wayfarers in the Dorset Premier
WIMBORNE & COLEHILL 246-5 (20pts) beat Dorchester 186 (6pts) by 60 runs A FINE century from Mike Kitson helped send Dorchester crashing to their first defeat of the Dorset Premier League season. The Wimborne & Colehill batsman plundered
RYAN Stout and Mike Powell took the A Series honours in the latest round of matches in the ‘Go Spike’ Beach Volleyball League in Weymouth. Many of the teams chose to change partners from previous weeks but the combination of Rob Semmence and Dom Cosserat
WEYMOUTH Ladies’ manager Tim Davis has been busy building a new squad for next season’s South West League Premier Division. Joining the first signing, ex- Southampton and Yeovil star Amy Wild at the club, are seven more players. First of the seven to
FOUR senior members from West Dorset Swimming Club took on the British ASA National T30 Challenge and collected gold in their team category. Jordan Trewartha also won gold in the individual aged 18-24 year category. The T30 Challenge is an annual countrywide
