CERNE ABBAS DIAMOND Jubilee Party: On Monday, June 4 a wonderful street party takes place in the village, starting at noon. Long Street will be closed from 11 am to allow for tables and chairs to be put up as well as setting up all the entertainment
• Preston PreSchool has been busy this month. They collected gifts to make up boxes to send to soldiers in Afghanistan and the children and parents provided lots of lovely things. As a result they were lucky enough to have a visit from a soldier who
A FORMER Weymouth councillor is hailing the launch of a new secret photography system. Roger Allen says the Stalker application for iPhones brings sleuth-like spy photography to the streets. Mr Allen runs the Poole-based Zeta Digital Agency which has
VOLUNTEERS helped in a spruce-up of Chesil Beach as part of a campaign to keep the Jurassic coastline clean and tidy. Representatives from the Environment Agency joined Dorset County Council coastal ranger Jenny Penney to spruce up the beach at West
THE Electric Palace in Brid-port is one of three finalists in the Rock the House competition after being nominated by Deep Purple lead singer Ian Gillan. Electric Palace director Gabby Rabbitts and acting manager Jess Grimshaw will be going to the awards
A DIVER reported missing from a vessel off Portland has been found safe and well. Portland Coastguard was alerted this afternoon after the diver could not be located by the boat they were with. RNLI Weymouth was tasked to launch a search
IT WAS hats off to the latest milliner in town at the launch of a new Dorset business. Helen Heath showed of her Confection Collection as over 100 people attended her launch party. Having trained with top names in the industry such as
THE full line-up of the British Olympic sailing team gathered at Portland Marina to rally home support ahead of their last major event before the Games. This Bank Holiday Monday, the world’s best sailors will begin racing at Skandia Sail for Gold regatta
A HISTORIC vessel taking part in this Sunday’s celebratory boat parade is offering Merchant Navy members a discount fare. My Girl, which served in the Second World War, will be dressed in Jubilee flags and colours to take part in Weymouth’s Diamond Jubilee
A BOVINGTON war veteran of three tours of Iraq and three to Bosnia will also carry his country’s flame through Dorset in the Olympic relay this summer. Father-of-two Adrian Rhodes, who was nominated by his son Adam, will be one of 8,000 people to carry
VILLAGERS in West Dorset have put up a memorial to the fallen Red Arrows pilot Jon Egging who died in a crash last year. It was thanks to Drimpton village hall chairman Mike Saunders, who spent 42 years in the RAF and trained Red Arrows pilots, that
THE council has been accused of ‘glossing over its significant shortcomings’ in the latest controversy over new offices in Dorchester. West Dorset District Council agreed to take on the recommendations made by independent auditors KPMG in a
HORRIFIED members of the public rushed to save an elderly paraglider who smashed into cliffs. Despite the 180 feet drop they ran to the cliff edge to sit on the canopy of his parachute to stop the 77-year-old from plunging to the beach below
A MECHANIC found in possession of goods worth over £14,000 from 12 different burglaries has been jailed for 14 months. John George Bull, Of Pageant Close, Bridport, appeared at Dorchester Crown Court to be sentenced after admitting 12 charges of handling
POLICE have launched an appeal for information after a driver allegedly failed to stop in Weymouth. A 28-year-old Weymouth man was arrested and bailed as a result of the incident which took place on Monday, May 21 between midday and 12.30pm. A silver
A FAMILY touched by the generosity and support of the community will today lay their loved one to rest. The funeral of Purbeck Isle skipper David McFarlane will take place this morning at 11.30am at Holy Trinity Church by Weymouth Town Bridge, followed
Discover the wonderful wildlife in our area. Turn up up behind the skate park in Louviers Road any time between 11am and 1pm on Thursday June 7th and explore the Lorton Valley. Follow the family wildlife trail, there will be prizes for all who go along
IF you can sing, act and aren’t scared of heights, you may be just what Weymouth Operatic Society is looking for. Four months from now, the award-winning group will be performing their adaptation of the popular musical Fiddler on the Roof in the town
AN UNPREPOSSESSING wall in Lyme Regis has become the focus of the international art world after a painting of a bird has been “claimed” by notorious street artist Banksy. Speculation in the town had been rife for weeks that the stencilled origami-style
The laser lights on Weymouth Esplanade will finally be launched tomorrow night. The scheme, which involves seven 16-metre high columns with lighting projected from the promenade over the beach and into the sea, will be officially switched on at 9.30pm
A WOMAN has been handed a life sentence for murdering a ‘kind and gentle’ man. Carol Kemp shook in the dock as she was found guilty of murdering her partner Martin Rusling, 44, who she met on a dating website. Sentencing, Mrs Justice
A SENIOR detective described mum-of-four Carol Kemp as a ‘sad individual’ who carried out a ‘callous act’. Detective Inspector Neil Devoto of Dorset Police said: “We are delighted with the verdict and the sentence. “Martin Rusling was
TWO divers were rescued by coastguard helicopters after becoming ill after a dive. A female diver suffering with the bends after a 60metre dive in the Channel was airlifted early on Tuesday afternoon. She had been diving off Weymouth
THE British Olympic Association have asked British Taekwondo for "further clarification" over their decision to exclude European champion Aaron Cook from the London Olympic squad. The Dorchester ace, 21, has appealed to the governing body after he failed
JASON Matthews has admitted he turned down the chance of an emotional return to Weymouth in order to complete his move to rivals Dorchester Town. The veteran keeper joined the county town outfit earlier this month, becoming Phil Simkin’s first signing
CRANBORNE 205 (13pts) tied with Dorchester SECONDS 205-7 (15pts) MIKE Peak and Colin Edney were the leading lights for Dorchester Seconds in their enthralling tie with high-flying Cranborne at the Rec. The visitors won the toss and chose
KEVIN JAMES PATRICK TAYLOR, aged 43, of The Esplanade, Weymouth. Admitted stealing alcohol worth £3.69 from Londis. Fined £50. To be detained in court house – detention deemed served by time spent in custody. CLARE SALEM, aged 31, of Southview
As the council has spent money repainting the road markings leading to the traffic lights could they invest some money buying some more paint so that a line separating pedestrians from cyclists could be painted along the Esplanade from the Pavilion to
LEE BRYAN TRENT, aged 24, of Panorama Road, Swanage. Admitted using a motor vehicle without a policy of insurance. Fined £175 and ordered to pay costs of £35. Licence endorsed with six points.
JONATHAN PAUL BUTTRESS, aged 37, of Market Place, Sturminster Newton. Admitted driving a motor vehicle on a dual carriageway, namely the A30 Babylon Hill at a speed exceeding 70mph. Fined £175 and ordered to pay costs of £35. Licence endorsed with four
ANTHONY PHILIP CHARLES CARLEY, aged 51, of Queens Road, Bridport. Admitted using a motor vehicle on a road without a policy of insurance. Fined £200 and ordered to pay costs of £35. Disqualified from holding a driving licence for six months. BARRY
GRAHAM SHOREY, aged 45, of Greenways. Found guilty in absence of keeping an unlicensed vehicle on a public road. Fined £200 and ordered to pay costs of £60 and vehicle excise back duty of £17.92 HANNAH LODWICK, aged 23, of Rhodes House, Coronation
GEORGE HARRIS BIDDISS, aged 34, of Hawthorn Road, Charlton Down, Dorchester. Admitted driving a motor vehicle after consuming so much alcohol that proportion was 52 microgrammes in 100 millilitres of breath. The legal limit is 35 microgrammes in 100
I use the Weymouth Bay area for a variety of watersports. I am disgusted by the number of commercial skippers who discharge their foul tanks just outside the entrance to Weymouth Harbour on their return. They seem to have no regard for other water
Rodney Leighton predictably misunderstands my letter about interfering people on the Esplanade (Have Your Say, May 23). Mike Goodman, WPBC’s management committee chairman, has already indicated that Weymouth Council is incompetent with the
Your anonymous cheerleader for West Dorset Dis-trict Council reminds us (Echo, May 18) that West Dor-set residents have an opportunity every four years “to vote in councillors to represent them and to make decisions on the various needs and requirements
CREWKERNE 224-7 (20pts) beat Dorchester THIRDS 158 (7pts) by 64 runs DORCHESTER’S unbeaten start in Dorset League Division Five North & West came to an end with a 64-run defeat against a very strong and experienced Crewkerne first team.
BUDMOUTH College enjoyed double success in the South & West Dorset Schools Area Football Competition. The Weymouth-based school claimed the Year Eight and Year 10 titles while local rivals Wey Valley School & Sports College scooped the Year 11 crown
EVERY Year Three pupil in Dorchester has attended an Athletics Festival designed to enthuse and motivate them ahead of their sports days and the Olympics in the summer term. The youngsters were given the opportunity to run through the principle areas
WEST Dorset Warriors came home with a combined total of 37 personal best times from two fiercely competitive meetings at Millfield and Bournemouth. The Three Towers Level Three Meet in Somerset saw nine-year-old Ollie Fairman win six gold medals (50m
THE Saturday Sports Club at Conifers School is celebrating its 25th anniversary this year and founder Don Whistance is delighted with how things are shaping up. The club is already attracting a great turnout with youngsters learning new skills and having
DORSET Pentathletes retained their ‘Best in Britain’ title for the sixth successive year at the National Biathlon Championships in Sutton Coldfield. The thriving club took a squad of 51 competitors to the event and came home with 13 medals,
