BUCKLAND NEWTON CHALK Legends: This is a large scale music, dance and multi-media event, finding ways of making 2012 a particularly special year since it is the Olympic year! Based in Dorset, they have also inspired the Dorchester Choral Society who
CONCERNS are growing for a 73-year-old man who went missing from Portland yesterday afternoon. Kingsley Morgan was last seen at around 4.30pm. He is described as being five feet six inches tall, of medium build with grey untidy hair.
POLICE are appealing for information after designer items were taken from a house in Rodwell. A red Louis Vuitton handbag, coin purse and wallet, a black leather Chanel handbag and a gold Cartier watch with a black strap were taken in the burglary
CHISWELL Community Trust is hosting a one-day event to help promote the Chiswell Earthworks and Portland and to forge a link between Portland and Nowhereisland. The event, Tiedislands, will take place on Saturday, June 16, when it will be
A HOTEL owner claims caravans that look ‘like public toilets’ are ruining his guests’ view of the seafront. David Knight, owner of the Leam Hotel, said his guests cannot see Weymouth Bay from the lounge area of his property after the caravans appeared
DORSET was battered in high winds that caused damage across he county. Dorset Police said they had been alerted to more than 50 incidents of fallen trees and damaged prpoerty across the county between 7pm on Thursday and 9am on Friday. A fallen tree
SELF-PORTRAITS created by youngsters at a Dorchester school are on show at Dorset County Hospital. The creative efforts of pupils from Damers First School have been on show at the hospital and were made as part of the national Face Britain project.
AN ELDERLY man who went missing all night in the countryside sparking a major search is recovering at home. Police searched through the night scanning woods and fields near Dorchester for the man who is in his 80s and has health problems.
CHILDREN will be urged to think about fire safety this summer in a new campaign to be launched in Dorset. Dorset Fire and Rescue Service is launching its Go for Gold Olympic home fire safety initiative aimed at families as Weymouth and Portland gears
BUSINESSES across Dorset have raised a ‘considerable’ amount of money in the wake of a fishing tragedy. Businesses, shops and restaurants across Dorset and beyond have rallied round to raise money for the families and children of the crew of the Purbeck
THREE defendants have admitted perverting the course of justice after giving false information about a driver involved in a road traffic collision. Damien Michael Bourne, 24, Lisa Anne Newey, 28, and Julie Helen Sheppard, 35, all appeared at Dorchester
A WEST Dorset charity has welcomed its selection as the new mayor of Dorchester’s chosen charity. First citizen Andy Canning has chosen Home-Start West Dorset, as his charity for his year in office. Charity chairman Janet Kennewell said she was delighted
A MAN was rescued from the sea off Chesil Beach after going for a swim in dangerous waters. The 22-year-old was airlifted to hospital after the speedy arrival of the Portland Coastguard rescue helicopter. Friends of the swimmer alerted coastguards after
CALLS are being made to people across Dorset to protect the lives of birds of prey. It follows a welcome decision by Defra minister Richard Benyon to rethink proposals for research into the control of buzzards. The RSPB is now calling for people to
AN EAGLE took flight 53 metres off the ground to help safety test a part of the new Weymouth Sea Life Tower. But no birds of prey were harmed – the task was gladly undertaken by Eddie ‘The Eagle’ Edwards, former Olympic ski jumper, who dangled
I don’t get it. Someone gets appointed mayor, says they will have prayers at council meetings, and everyone agrees because this represents their religious beliefs. Another person gets appointed mayor, and says he won’t attend certain ceremonies because
THE Oscar-winning film director Danny Boyle made waves last year when he returned to the stage with an electrifying production of Frankenstein. Actors Benedict Cumberbatch and Jonny Lee Miller starred in the award-winning production, sharing the roles
A close up view DON’T miss your chance to experience the thrill of Olympic-class racing and to get up close to the world’s best sailors at a Spectator Day on Portland this Saturday. This week’s Skandia Sail for Gold regatta is the
As the chairperson of Island Voices Community Choir, I would like to thank our lovely appreciative audience at the Wessex Festival last Sunday. We really enjoyed ourselves singing by the harbourside and I would like to remind anyone who enjoys singing
Whilst watching the debate about the coming summer season, as an interested but impartial observer, I wondered how much it would cost a visitor to come to visit this lovely town during the Olympics. Because it was so highly rated I hopped onto one guest
Our hoteliers face a bleak time with the prospect of the worst season ever. I know hoteliers and camp site owners and confirm the reports. My grandparents were hoteliers and I remember the relentless long hours put in without a break through the summer
BUDDING film makers and art-loving pupils at a Weymouth school are gearing up for the Games. Children and staff at St John’s CE Primary School have been taking part in a host of Olympic-inspired activity. Year five children worked with a team of artists
A teenager was killed in a collision with a bus in Weymouth. The 19-year-old cyclist, Lewis Monks, was hit by the First bus on Newstead Road near the Boot Hill junction just before 3pm yesterday afternoon. Emergency services raced to
WORLD number one Aaron Cook’s failure to secure nomination for this summer’s Olympics has provoked a scathing response from his management company. After a two-day review of the selection process the British Olympic Association decided to ratify
PORTLAND’S Paralympians took centre stage on the penultimate day of the Skandia Sail for Gold regatta as they brought home two golds and a silver for Britain. Extreme winds of up to 40 knots saw racing blown off the water for the 10 Olympic
BRITISH Olympic Association chief executive Andy Hunt has expressed his sympathy for taekwondo athletes Aaron Cook and Lutalo Muhammad caught up in a drawn-out selection row. Dorchester’s world number one Cook has been overlooked three times
TREVOR Senior has been left stunned by the news that Joe Charles will be out for up to a year due to an anterior cruciate ligament injury. The 19-year-old was arguably Bridport’s brightest star last season and the fact his brother Sam is also out with
Balcomb Trophy DORSET 41 beat DEVON 40 after extra end BARRY Patterson showed all his experience as Dorset pulled off a major shock in the Balcomb Trophy at Greenhill. Devon were many people’s favourites to win the double-rink competition ahead
