• The AGM of the Mission Hall Management Trust ran very smoothly, under the stewardship of the Chair, Anthea Heathershaw. She reported that the Hall continued to be used regularly by local organisations and individuals. During the last year it had been
DORCHESTER Town Council will celebrate national Love Parks Week at the Borough Gardens with a free family event on Wednesday, July 25. People are invited to bring a picnic and enjoy the fun-filled event, which runs from 10.30am to 4pm. There will be
RESIDENTS in Weymouth and Portland should ensure all bins are ready for collection from 6am over the Olympic Torch Relay period. This is to ensure waste collection services run as smoothly as possible. The Olympic torch will pass through
PEOPLE who missed out getting tickets for tomorrow night's party on the beach can watch the action on a large screen. The 25 square metre screen will be placed behind the main stage, outside the ticketed area, and facing northwards up the beach and will
THE closure of a main route in Dorset could affect the route of the Olympic Torch Relay on Thursday. Flooding has forced the closure of the A35 between Dorchester and Bridport, and there's still no indication of when it will reopen again.
A HAIRDRESSER whose illness sparked a year-long fundraising drive has vowed to take on new challenges. Anne-Marie Male and friends, the Baldies, raised £33,000 for the Dorset County Hospital appeal to buy and install a digital mammography scanner. Having
Littlemoor’s Councillor, Rachel Rogers has asked the council to have the local development plans on view for the public at St Francis church on Thursday 18th July from 7pm. Previous public viewings were held in the Pavilion and Redlands and Councillor
COST-saving measures will see one coroner covering the whole of Dorset. Dorset County Council is making changes to the service as the coroner for the west of the county prepares to step down. West Dorset Coroner Michael Johnston, a Blandford-based solicitor
WEST DORSET District Council could be set for a shake-up in the way it is run after members agreed to look at the authority’s governance structure. The council currently has a cabinet or executive-style system with an executive committee of seven councillors
DORSET’S proud sporting traditions are being celebrated at a new exhibition in Dorchester. Our Sporting Life is the latest major exhibition to come to Dorset County Museum and will celebrate the county’s thriving sports communities, local heroes and
IT’S BEEN a whistle-stop 18 months for Weymouth’s Saskia Clark who has gone from being partner-less at a crucial time to an Olympic medal favourite. Clark initially teamed up with two-time Olympic champion Sarah Ayton to campaign for home Games
T HERE will be handbags at dusk when Cornwall’s Miracle Theatre returns to Dorset for its traditional summer of al fresco performances. This year’s seasonal delight is an adaptation of Oscar Wilde’s never-failing comedy The Importance of Being Earnest
RESIDENTS in a Dorset village are outraged after being left without a mobile phone signal for a week. O2 customers who live in Frampton, near Dorchester, and the surrounding area have blasted the company after they were without a service from Wednesday
WEYMOUTH fairy lights campaigner Dave Burchill is encouraging people to come out and demonstrate tonight as he asks councillors to rethink the issue. Mr Burchill has collected almost 1,700 names on a petition calling on Weymouth and Portland Borough
SAILING hero Rodney Pattisson will be carrying the Olympic flame through the borough’s 2012 venue tomorrow. The double Olympic gold and silver medallist sailor is set to share an Olympic torch kiss with Portland’s up-and-coming sailor Katrina Hughes,
A DORCHESTER teacher has proved himself top of the class after winning a major award. Gary Spracklen, acting assistant headteacher of the Prince of Wales First School, was hailed as ‘one of the country’s leading ICT co-ordinators’ as he was named South
07:05 - Portland Bill Torchbearers Annamaria Fleck, aged 27, of Budapest (parents were homeless and sent Annamaria to an orphanage. Her biggest goal was to support her sister and live together with her. She won the Hungarian Hip-Hop
I WENT to Wimbledon last week and I found watching Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic really enjoyable and insightful. After finishing sixth at the World Championship event in Sweden, we arrived back home for our last week off before the Games
A DAD has told of his desperate struggle to stay above water as he and his daughter were plucked to safety from rising floodwater. Alan McNamee, 49, and his daughter Gaby, 13, were trapped in their Land Rover just outside of Litton Cheney when
SCENES of chaos unfolded when lorries got stuck in a rural village after being diverted due to flooded roads. The closure of the A35 at Winterbourne Abbas caused disruption in Abbotsbury with articulated lorries and HGVs driving along the B3157
Portland Coastguard helicopter had its busiest day ever as the flight crew battled to help those affected by the flooding. The team of Captain Simon Hoare, co-pilot Glen Strascey, winch operator Steve Larsen and winchman and paramedic Pat Holder
FROM penguins to pastries – a cafe in Dorchester has recruited a chef from Antarctica. Chris Walton has come to The Loft cafe, in Antelope Walk, from the icy depths of the South Pole, where he worked as a chef at a British Antarctic Survey research base
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SUSAN HELEN COLESHILL, aged 39, of Coronation Road, Portland. Proved in absence of driving a vehicle on Portland Road, Weymouth, at a speed exceeding 30mph. Fined £350 and ordered to pay £85 costs. Licence endorsed with four penalty points. Also proved
ROBERT DAVID BELL, aged 31, of Norfolk Road, Weymouth. Admitted damaging a front window at the Lazy Lizard without lawful excuse to a value unknown. Fined £80, ordered to pay £300 compensation and £50 costs. Also admitted committing a further offence
POLICE are appealing for witnesses after a bike worth £800 was stolen in Weymouth. Dorset Police released details of the alleged theft today and are urging anyone with any information to get in contact. The incident took place in the Westham area of
ANDREW ALISTAIR BURT, aged 48, of Marnhull Close, Sturminster Newton. Admitted sending a message by means of public electronic communications network that was grossly offensive or of an indecent, obscene or menacing character. Fined £75 and ordered to
TINA MARIE GAYLARD, also known as TINA-MARIE GAYLARD, aged 27, of East Road, Bridport. Admitted damaging a Ford Transit van without lawful excuse of a value unknown. Discharged conditionally for six months. Ordered to pay £500 compensation. JAMIE DAVID
JAMES WILLIAM STUART, aged 40, of Purlpit Road, Melksham, Wiltshire. Admitted at Dorchester assault by beating. Community order with supervision requirement for 12 months, to attend appointments with probation officer. Ordered to pay £65 costs. Also admitted
As well as causing great deal of damage, suffering and hardship to the people of Weymouth and Dorset during last weekend’s floods, I witnessed a magnificent gesture by men of the RSPB. Saturday’s heavy rain had flooded the islands of the tern breeding
I read with interest ‘Have Your Say’, dated June 29 2012. A letter commented how much Bill Bryson liked Weymouth. As a local I likewise found this pleasing. Having just read this book for the second time, of interest is Chapter 22, whereby Bill visits
What does Weymouth get from the Olympic Legacy? As part of Portland’s reward it was promised a fibre-optic internet service, this is now complete and available as an upgrade for a few extra pennies. Earlier this year BT announced, in the Echo, that
To all those people, both residents and volunteers, who helped the people in Hardwick Street, Chelmsford Street, Walpole and Brownlow Street in their hour of need a great big vote of thanks. Several houses did have water ingress, but, it would
HEARTLESS thieves targeted a wedding hit by floods and stole wedding cards, guest book, cash and gifts worth £2,000. The families of Nicky Patrick and Kerry Simmance, both 27, are appealing to the people of Weymouth and Portland to help them get back
THE Olympic torch is almost here and we'll bringing you rolling coverage when it arrives in Dorset. Our reporters will be following the flame on Thursday and Friday, so join us online for our live blog of the historic moment. You'll
BRENDON King’s quest to inject some much-needed experience into the Terras’ ranks this summer has moved up another notch with the acquisition of wing wizard Scott Walker. The 32-year-old was set to put to paper on a one-year deal last night and the
PAUL Blake has been named in ParalympicsGB’s 49-strong athletics squad and will compete in the T36 400m and 800m. It is the first time the Dorchester AC member has been selected for the Paralympics and he will be eager to make his mark, particularly
AFTER learning who his Bees will face in next month’s curtain-raiser, Trevor Senior believes the Tool-station Western Premier Division will be even stronger in 2012/13. Bridport travel to Barnstaple on the opening day (August 4) of the new campaign before
MORE than 50 players in three age groups demonstrated the strength of junior table tennis in South Dorset as they contested the inaugural Weymouth & District League’s schools’ tournament. Dorset development coach James Lewis attended and was very impressed
PORTLAND’S Takemusu Shinzen – Tanren Dojo - saw its students enjoy grading success. All students performed exceptionally, especially as the standard and expectations were high of Sensei Jason Bird. The Dojo teaches traditional Takemusu Aikido and IaiJutsu
AN extraordinary three holes-in-one were recorded on the same day in the same competition, the Kingsley Cup. This competition, which was held at the Dorset Golf & Country Club, is in memory of Kingsley Whiffen who was a very good golfer who encouraged
DAN Belt’s four-wicket haul helped Dewlish secure a second successive appearance in the Knockout Cup final. The talented all-rounder snared 4-17 as semi-final opponents St George’s were restricted to 71-8. And Dewlish successfully chased down their
ST Mary’s Middle School, Puddletown, is celebrating after capturing a silver medal in a show jumping competition at Bryanston School. The success means the team have now qualified for the National Schools Equestrian Association Nationals, which are to
THREE youngsters who train at the Bridport centre of the Dorset County Golf Academy are celebrating team glory. Bradley Searle, Callum Ward and Mark Rankin won the keenly contested team prize at the academy’s Finals Day at Canford Magna Golf Club.
SIX swimmers from Tornadoes of South Dorset competed at the Regional Age Group Championships. Freya Stanger, Hannah Marklew, Joshua Rowe, Samantha Dunning, Jenny Scott and Jay Lelliott all flew the flag and they would have been joined by club-mate Francesca
WITHOUT realising, Harrison Yarnold has taken on a part-time job at the tender age of 13. But the teenager’s 20-hours-a-week training schedule is a necessity if he is to realise his ultimate dream of one day competing in the Olympic Games. Each week
ST AUGUSTINE’S Primary School have qualified to take part in the School Olympic Games this Friday. The Weymouth school bagged their place at Colfox School where more than 220 schoolchildren took part in the inaugural West Big Swing Tri Golf Festival.
