SHERBORNE School and a company director have been prosecuted for failing to protect workers and a student from asbestos. Several workers including a teenage work experience student were exposed to asbestos fibres in a refurbishment project at the large
ORGANISERS are promising to make the 2012 Tolpuddle Martyrs Festival an event to remember. A host of top speakers and musical acts have been lined up for this weekend, while there will also be plenty to keep the children entertained.
THE 2012 Dorset County Show will take on a sporting theme to mark the Olympic year. Old will meet new as extreme sport tops the bill at the traditional county celebration, which has been running since 1841. Organisers are promising a weekend of entertainment
MOTORISTS are being allowed to travel on the A35 between Dorchester and Bridport again after flooding forced a road closure for the second time in a week. The Highways Agency said the A35 westbound reopened earlier today although traffic lights are in
DORCHESTER’S Old Crown Court and cells are opening for people to explore for free this summer. Experienced guides will be on hand to offer visitors an insight into the historic court, which hosted the trial of the Tolpuddle Martyrs in 1834. It will
UNICYCLING Portland sailor Ali Young has enjoyed a ‘whirlwind’ few months since achieving selection for Team GB. The 25-year-old, who grew up Sailing ‘on a puddle in the Midlands’ put in a stellar performance at last month’s Skandia Sail for
THE 2012 Dorset County Show will take on a sporting theme to mark the Olympic year. Old will meet new as extreme sport tops the bill at the traditional county celebration, which has been running since 1841. Organisers are promising a weekend of entertainment
DEVASTATED organisers have had to cancel a steam show for the first time in its 14-year history. The Weymouth & Portland Steam Show was due to be held this weekend at Moor Farm, Knights in the Bottom, Chickerell. But waterlogged fields at the site and
The innovative approach to verges along the side of the Weymouth Relief Road is already having remarkable benefits, according to the county’s leading ecologist. The last of the 125,000 trees, shrubs and marginal plants to be planted along the Weymouth
A BEHIND the scenes look at Dorset County Museum’s archives will form part of a series of events celebrating the Festival of British Archaeology. The Dorchester museum has organised three very different events this month to mark the festival run by the
TOP bands and powerful speakers are just part of the fun lined up for this weekend’s Tolpuddle Martyrs Festival. Organisers have secured a line up of respected academics, journalists and writers under the title of Paths of Protest – the changing nature
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A COMMUNITY is shocked after a man was stabbed in the neck on a housing estate. Police said a 19-year-old man was attacked outside a house in Littlemoor, Weymouth. The victim was treated in hospital for injuries to his neck, ears and arms. He has since
TWO spectacular live performances on the rolling hills of Dorset take place tomorrow and Sunday at 6pm. Landance 2012 is bringing together contemporary dancers, singers and visual art for two displays on Eggardon Hill, near Askerswell, that are free
Abbotsbury: 17:13-17:23 PROUD Abbotsbury villagers who created 62 spectacular painted sails gave a colourful welcome to the Olympic torch relay despite pouring rain. Former Abbotsbury resident Fabian Peterkin, 15, did the first leg,
Winterbourne Abbas: 14.25 - 14.33 RESIDENTS of Winterbourne Abbas lined the A35 to enjoy some Olympic cheer. The road was reopened just hours before the torch procession passed through. Winterbourne Abbas was recently hit by flooding but villagers
HAVE a chuckle this summer as Dorchester Drama returns to the stage, this time with an evergreen Shakespeare comedy. Like many of Shakespeare’s comedies Twelfth Night centres on mistaken identity. The leading character, Viola, is shipwrecked on the shores
A BROTHER and sister torchbearing duo from Dorchester have spoken of their joy at having their moment in the spotlight. St Osmund’s School pupil Ben Macklin, 12, and his sister Annie, 16, who goes to Thomas Hardye School, were cheered on by hundreds
Milborne St Andrew HUNDREDS of people held their umbrellas aloft as they cheered two torchbearers through Milborne St Andrew. Former Lytchett school head boy Ben Hanger, was nominated for his charity work, which included walking
WHILE watching the Wimbledon tennis final last Sunday I was struck by one of those eureka moments. When the rain started to fall and the roof was moved into position, I thought: Why not build a roof over south and west Dorset, and then we could
A WOMAN aged 68 was injured in a collision with a van in Bridport. It happened last Saturday morning in Rope Walks, behind Waitrose. The pedestrian suffered a broken arm and other injuries. PC Brian Puttock of Bridport Police said: “I am keen to speak
I have been advised to email you regarding my growing concern over the Harbour Junction by Asda. I live in Corscombe Close situated on the harbour so am often using the junction myself, whether it be in my car or as a pedestrian. The junction is in
The recent floods in our area have brought home to many of us what it must be like to lose everything in a disaster, but when it happens in a part of the world where there are no helicopters or even paved roads, to those who do lose everything, it must
I would like, through the echo, to put in writing my disgust at certain drivers, who were obviously out and about just to look at all the flooding at the weekend. I had to go out on Saturday and on my return the Winterbourne in Martinstown was
DORCHESTER Town have been forced to postpone their first pre-season friendly due to the ongoing wet spell. The Magpies were set to host Christchurch tomorrow but the playing surface at the Avenue Stadium has been deemed unplayable. Meanwhile, Bridport's
WEYMOUTH’S Fern Grimshaw achieved history when she became the first woman to claim the West Region PGA Assistants Championship – she is also the first woman to win an assistants title anywhere in Britain. “It was by far my best win as a professional
THE Terras are still waiting to hear from Warren Byerley on how he intends to repay the rest of his outstanding loan for a recent private knee operation. According to Kettering Town’s official website, the 27-year-old has now completed his switch to
BEN Ward is celebrating after qualifying for his most prestigious event to date – the Winmau World Masters. The Dorchester arrowsman booked his place at this year’s showpiece courtesy of his impressive displays for Dorset. And the 23-year-old will be
ALAN Cash beat Ed Evans in two close sets amid windy conditions at Greenhill in the Weymouth Town Tournament. The former, who triumphed 6-4, 7-5, now faces a play-off against Dorchester’s Tom Legg to determine who will progress from Pool A. In Pool
WEYMOUTH will be out to make amends tomorrow when they lock horns with Broadstone at Redlands (1.30pm). When the two Dorset Premier League outfits met at the Delph earlier in the season the Seasiders were on the wrong end of a six-wicket defeat, but
DORCHESTER will ensure they are fully prepared for tomorrow’s visit of Blandford (1.30pm) – even though the Dorset Premier League enc-ounter could be in doubt. With more rain forecast on the back of last weekend’s deluge and yesterday’s heavy downpours
OVER the last seven weeks, to coincide with the Olympic Torch Relay, a replica 1948 Torch has made a unique journey in the hands of sailors and boaters of all ages. It has travelled across 80 miles of sea from Torquay all the way to the London 2012 sailing
A RECORD-BREAKING 500 boats and more than 650 competitors from across the country are racing this week on Weymouth and Portland’s Olympic sailing waters. Five days of action-packed days of youth dinghy racing began at the Weymouth and Portland National
PORTLAND’S Giles Scott will be carrying the Olympic flame this morning. The Skandia Team GBR performance squad Finn sailor will be among the inspirational torchbearers taking part in Day 56 of the relay route. He will be carrying the flame at 9.30am
