A DECISION on the Pavilion’s future had to be reached as part of the budget-setting process for the coming year in which more than £2.265 million worth of savings had to be found. Services are being slashed as part of this process and investigations
THE show will go on at Weymouth Pavilion after councillors unanimously agreed to hand it over to the community to run. The decision came following passionate speeches and a long debate at the full meeting of Weymouth and Portland Borough Council
PAUL Harding has challenged Weymouth to all but guarantee their survival by winning at basement boys Swindon Supermarine on Saturday (2.30pm). The Monmouth Avenue outfit have suffered a major slump since the turn of year, losing four of their last
SAM Charles has been given the green light to return to action before the end of the season. A cruciate-ligament injury has kept the Bridport striker sidelined for over a year but he is now back in light training and looks set to feature in the
WEYMOUTH SECONDS 0 DORCHESTER SECONDS 34 WITH an aggregate score of 77-0 in their favour across the two league games between the sides this season, there is no disputing that Dorchester Seconds rule the Ridgeway rivalry for now. After winning
8:38pm 8:23pm 8:22pm 11 amendments to Pavilion proposal now being debated. Cllr Ray Banham calls for Pavilion to stay open
Despite freezing conditions a gang of intrepid litter pickers met outside the community hall last Wednesday and set forth to try and clear our streets of unsightly rubbish. The litter pick had been organised by the Synergy Zone3 committee and
UPWEY & Broadwey may have found the net 22 times in four Dorset Senior League games but it was the clean sheet in their last outing that pleased midfielder Pete Jarvis the most. Charlie Kenderdine and Charlie May both netted braces and Ethan
WEYMOUTH RESERVES 2 SWANAGE T&H RESERVES 3 JAKE Richmond has called on the Terras to learn from their mistakes following their home defeat against Swanage Town & Herston. After falling victim to a couple of debatable decisions in the
DORCHESTER 14 BOURNEMOUTH ROYALS 2 DORCHESTER enjoyed a comprehensive Wessex League victory over their Bournemouth counterparts. The county town home rink of Frank Follis, Clive Matthews, Alan Curtis and Jamie Lockwood had a slow start against
MAGNA DORSET PREMIER LEAGUE AFTER suffering defeat to Merley Cobham Sports at home way back in September, even the most optimistic Portland United fan would have thought twice about predicting it would be their only league reverse heading towards
THE hardy all-year racers at Castle Cove Sailing Club have reached the half-way point of their ‘Aussie Summer’ Series. Racing for this series began in January and takes place every Saturday until the end of March. This year the three months
A BOOTCAMP in Spain has been getting Portland’s Paralympic sailors shipshape for the fast-approaching racing season. The British Sonar Team of John Robertson, Hannah Stodel and Steve Thomas, together with their British Sailing teammate Megan Pascoe
FAMILIES with disabled children are getting a helping hand with a new holiday scheme. A holiday and short-break service has been launched in Weymouth thanks to a partnership between care providers Regard Group and the Wyvern Academy in Dorchester
YOUNGSTERS at a west Dorset school have scooped an award to help them explore the great outdoors. The Thorners School’s Discovery Area won the Wessex Watermark to help build its pond dipping platform for the school’s new Wetland Area. Wessex Water
People in Dorset and the south west say difficulty making an appointment would be the main reason they might delay going to their GP. The new research has come from Cancer Research UK. The charity claims that 33 per cent of those questioned in
DORSET Fire and Rescue Service has taken a ‘one off opportunity’ to significantly increase its share of the council tax. Members of the Dorset Fire Authority agreed to increase the service’s precept by £4.95 for a Band D mid range property at a
PARTS of the A35 will be a ‘no-go’ area in May when it is shut in both directions for half a million pounds-worth of road repairs. The road closures between Bridport and Honiton will be over ten days in May. The road is being treated with a
DOCTORS in Dorset have been given the green light to take control of the NHS budget in the county. The NHS Commissioning Board has authorised the NHS Dorset Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) to take over the statutory responsibility from the Primary
AROUND 400 jobs are at risk after Axminster Carpets called in the administrators. The company confirmed its intention to appoint administrators while company bosses explore a rescue package. The company is continuing to trade while it looks
NEARLY 2,000 people in Dorset signed up to a new campaign to recruit more blood donors. The 1,711 new donors were among those who answered the 100,000 New Donors in 100 Days appeal by NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT). It was launched following
DORCHESTER residents will be able to have their say on a proposal to build 1,000 new homes on the edge of the town. West Dorset District Council is holding a drop-in session at its South Walks House offices on Wednesday, February 27 as part of
TALENTED musicians will take the stage in the 26th annual Weymouth Music Festival. The festival gives amateur musicians the chance to enjoy performing music in public, while getting hints on how to improve from a panel of judges. Despite lower
CONCERNS over an empty Dorchester premises will be eclipsed when a new bar opens on Friday. The Eclipse bar will open in Trinity Street in the spot formally occupied by The Apple Tree, which was repossessed by the landlord after a dispute over
BUS passengers have created a petition opposing a timetable change that stops them getting to work on time. Brian Donnelly, 57, of Littlemoor, Weymouth, relies on First’s X53 Jurassic Coast bus to travel from Weymouth to the Dorset Green Technology
The Dorchester Friends of Julia’s House would like to extend our heartfelt thanks to all the wonderfully generous people in the Dorchester and surrounding area who have supported the charity in the past year. Funds raised by the Dorchester Friends
Having just lost my mother I would like to sing the praises of all the staff at Westhaven Hospital in Weymouth. Throughout mum’s stay there (she was admitted late September after suffering a broken hip and dementia) through to her recent sad death
Today Weymouth Concert Brass Band The Compass, 307a Chickerell Road, Weymouth £35 per quarter 7.30pm secretary@weymouthconcertbrass.org Scottish Country dancing Southill community centre, Radipole Lane Southill, Weymouth Classes
Right wing claim is just ridiculous In response to James Young (Letters, February 19), it is ridiculous to suggest that the guarantee of a job interview to a disabled person is linked to the growth of the far right. A disability can be physical or
SUN seekers have voted Weymouth Beach as one of the best in the country. The town’s golden sands came seventh nationally in the 2013 Travellers’ Choice Beaches Awards. Millions of tourists using the TripAdvisor website over a period of 12 months
BRENDON King was all smiles after Weymouth hit the Poppies for six at Steel Park last night. The long midweek trip had all the hallmarks of a potential banana skin but the Terras are made of a lot sterner stuff nowadays and fought back from conceding
THE Future of the Pavilion and other borough services will be decided tonight. Important financial decisions will be made in the venue threatened with closure when councillors come together for the full council meeting at 7pm . Campaigners
KETTERING TOWN 1 Wilson 2 WEYMOUTH 6 Ford 7, 22, Palmer 34, Reed 62, Groves 85, Joyce 86 THE Terras survived an early scare before running out comfortable winners against basement boys Kettering Town last night. The 416-mile round trip
THE three parties involved in the proposed handover of Dorchester Town FC to the club’s community trust are set to meet to discuss the next major stage in the process. The financial procedure of due diligence is still to be completed by the trust
HIP hop meets Sword, BBoy meets Morris in Welcome to The Lock In, the UK’s number one folk and hip hop dance extravaganza, which comes to Dorset on Sunday. With stunning five star national reviews, The Lock In promises to do for English folk dance
POLICE are appealing for witnesses after a taxi driver was allegedly assaulted in Weymouth town centre. The driver, a 30-year-old man from Weymouth, said he was sat in his taxi when another male got in the car, became abusive and punched him.
