WEYMOUTH are close to tying down four more players for next season. Barry McConnell, Sam Poole, Ashley Wells and Mark Ford have all verbally agreed new deals with the Terras, following in the footsteps of Kyle Critchell, Scott Walker, Danny Clay
SOME thrilling local derbies are on the horizon in this year’s Dorset Funeral Plan Saturday League. The first games scheduled to take place on May 4 will see Weymouth host Poole Town and Dorchester entertain reigning champions Wimborne & Colehill
STOURPAINE 2 PORTLAND UNITED RESERVES 0 LADY Luck deserted the Blues yet again as they suffered a disappointing defeat at Stourpaine in the Dorset Senior League. The visitors were arguably the better side for much of the contest but they
MOONFLEET 93 WESTLECOT 56 MOONFLEET eased through to the quarter-finals of the Wessex League even after a tough start to their first knockout round clash with Westlecot (Swindon). The Weymouth side headed into the fixture on a high after winning
COLIN Tizzard has not given up on another shot at the King George VI Chase with last week's Ryanair Chase winner Cue Card. The Melling Chase at Aintree is likely to be the next port of call for the seven-year-old, who also won the Haldon Gold Cup
Around half of the workforce at a Weymouth engineering firm has been slashed after the company went into administration. Park Precision Engineering Limited will continue to operate on a reduced scale while all options are considered, but administrators
POLICE are investigating after a sexual assault upon a man outside Dorchester South railway station. The incident took place between 11pm on Saturday night and 1am on Sunday morning. Police were called to the scene at Station Approach at around
GINGERLY feeding sprats into the mouth of a Humboldt penguin, I could see why senior aquarist Sarah Everett loves her job. I was delighted to have the chance to feed these funny little creatures, who came waddling over to us the moment we stepped
A COUNCIL is helping residents to understand a disease affecting trees. Purbeck District Council has published an advice leaflet about Ash Die Back. The disease has not been found in the area but there are a number of ash trees and the council
IT’S almost that time of the year when egg-citing things are happening if you go down to the woods in Weymouth. The Easter Egg Hunt organised by the Society for the Protection of Markham and Little Francis is on this weekend. The event, which
FLUFFY bunnies and giant chocolate eggs are some of the prizes on offer at a Giant Easter Egg Hunt at Abbotsbury Subtropical Gardens. Families are being invited to join the annual choc fest and rummage in the Jurassic undergrowth, which is being
THE charity Save the Children has paid tribute to the support given by West Dorset youngsters. Chairman Christopher Dobbs said at the annual meeting of the Bridport and Beaminster branch how pleased he was to highlight contributions from young
THE Surviving Winter Appeal ran by the Dorset Community Foundation has received a boost. Magna Housing donated £1,000 from its community initiative fund towards the appeal that helps elderly and vulnerable people during the winter months. Typically
THE countdown is on for a tourism and leisure showcase promoting all that’s good about Dorset. Attractions, events, businesses and interest groups will be represented at the Best of Dorset Show at Weymouth Pavilion this Sunday. It’s an opportunity
PORTLAND Port is preparing to undertake an emergency planning exercise to run through how officials would cope in the case of a radiation leak. The exercise, known as Shortbill, is part of statutory requirements to carry out procedures put in place
TONIGHT'S clash between Swanage Town & Herston and Portland United at Days Park has been called off due to a waterlogged pitch. The postponement is another blow to an already hectic fixture schedule in the Magna Dorset Premier League, and with
Firefighters were called after a washing machine caught fire at a home in West Bay. Crews were alerted to the blaze at the flats based in the Old Shipyard Centre at around 2pm yesterday.
Motorists faced delays after a vehicle fire on the A356 near Beaminster. Police and fire crews attended Chedington Lane at around 1.30pm yesterday where a Renault Laguna, registered to a man from Portland was on fire.
Police closed the A354 between Salisbury and Blandford Forum after a car and a trailer overturned. Dorset Police said the crash happened at around 7.50am yesterday morning. Motorists faced delays in both directions and the road was reopened
A COUNCIL looks set to keep hold of the hotels it owns but will review leases to help operators. Weymouth and Portland Borough Council has been looking at its property portfolio in light of its dire financial situation and a need to make savings
A TROUBLED man called the police on himself for carrying a knife in fear he was a danger to the public. Steven Greenwood, of no fixed abode, has been sentenced to eight months in prison for possession of a bladed article. Dorchester Crown Court
POLICE are warning motorists on Portland not to take an illegal short-cut that could risk lives. The Portland Safer Neighbourhood Team is urging drivers to stop travelling the wrong way down a one-way street in Fortuneswell. They claim motorists
STEVE Knightly, one half of award-winning Roots group Show of Hands with instrumentalist Phil Beer, brings his solo show to Shaftesbury Arts Centre on March 27 at 7.30pm. The gig will be the final date of his Songs from the Heart, the Land and
A DOORMAN told a jury he felt like his head would be ‘crushed’ when three men attacked him in Weymouth town centre. Stephen James Palmer, his son Jacob Charlton, both of Greenhill, and Robin Michael Brown are standing trial accused of one count
A BUILDER was so fed up with a council not fixing a traffic hazard he decided to do the job himself. Pete Smith fears a trench at the side of Nottington Lane in Weymouth will cause an accident. After seeing no action taken, he has made a temporary
THE Red Arrows’ spectacular return to Weymouth Carnival may be blocked if organisers can’t afford them. The world-famous RAF aerobatic team look set to return to the charity carnival in August after shunning it last year. But the new-look independent
A FAMILY-run business shared the secrets of its success at a meeting of like-minded companies. Douch Family Funeral Directors hosted the latest Family Business Club meeting at its Ives and Shand base in Parkstone, Poole. The club meets five
PHIL Simkin was left with mixed feelings following last night’s defeat at Weston-super-Mare. The Blue Square Bet South encounter was the proverbial game of two halves with the Seagulls going two up in the opening 45 minutes and the visitors failing
The Owermoigne Flower Club and its friends deserve to be highly congratulated for the presentation of their 20th flower festival at Athelhampton House this week. Termed The Roaring Twenties, the festival included a wide range of specific topics
Given the apparent reluctance of West Dorset District Council (WDDC) to issue a press release on the subject, I write to draw your readers’ attention to the discussions, currently under way among councillors, on the future system of governance for
AFTER weeks of legislative battles, members of Weymouth’s youth musical theatre group WOW are counting down the days until their next massive production. This year, the award-winning group is staging the School Edition of Miss Saigon, a modern
A FORMER nightclub building is set to become a new cookery headquarters that will bring new jobs and the best in local food to West Bay. The Hive Beach HQ is set to be the hub for classes and demonstrations, the home of a new artisan micro-bakery
Thanks First Buses for putting the No 4B back on route to Sutton Poyntz, subject to work being carried out. It’s a pity you couldn’t run the bus into Oakbury Drive it would only take three or four minutes. Is it because people from Preston
A FISHING boat needed assistance when a rope was caught around the propeller. Portland Coastguards were alerted and a member of the public, who was observing, rowed his dinghy to the boat and helped it shore. It happened just after 4.30pm yesterday
COASTGUARDS were alerted after a woman from Bridport threatened to jump off a cliff at West Bay. The West Bay Coastguard Rescue Team was tasked to assemble in the area for a search, but Dorset Police reported that the woman had been found safe
A TERMINALLY ill woman is selling her home to pay for a cancer drug that offers her weeks of extra life. Svetlana Savrasova, of Weymouth, was diagnosed with stage three ovarian cancer three years ago. She was told she had just a few weeks to
FIREFIGHTERS from Charmouth tackled a car fire in the early hours of this morning. The crew was alerted at just after midnight and used one hose reel jet to extinguish the fire on Axminster Road. A spokeswoman for Dorset Fire and Rescue Service
FIRE crews are to return to a West Dorset barn today after a fire in the early hours of this morning that they believe to be deliberate. The fire happened at around 12.45am at a barn on Verriott's Lane, Morcombelake, and was extinguished by crews
FIREFIGHTERS were called to reports of a van on fire in West Dorset this morning. Three crews from Lyme Regis, Axminster and Beaminster attended the blaze near Lower Park Farm in Marshwood at around 1.10 this morning. Firefighters used two
A CAR was completely destroyed in a blaze in Abbotsbury this morning that is thought to be deliberate. Firefighters from Weymouth were called to Rodden Row at 5.50 this morning and one hose reel jet was used to extinguish the fire. A spokeswoman
JORDAN LUKE HARBORNE, aged 18, of Siddeley Avenue, Coventry. Admitted assault by beating in Downes Street, Bridport. Made subject to a curfew for 84 days and to be electronically monitored, and ordered to pay compensation of £200. SEAN ROBERT GEORGE
ANDREW JOHN TARRANT, aged 45, of Bloxworth. Admitted using threatening, abusive or insulting words or behaviour with intent to cause someone to believe that immediate unlawful violence would be used. Discharged conditionally for three years. Ordered
Harry Fry would like Rock On Ruby to have another crack at Hurricane Fly in the Punchestown Champion Hurdle. The young Seaborough trainer made no excuses for his stable star’s loss of his Champion Hurdle at Cheltenham last Tuesday to the previous
FIFTEEN games in just 60 days is the challenge that lies ahead of Portland United as they continue their quest for a league and cup double. A place in the final of the Dorset Premier League Cup has already been booked but in the league the Blues
WILLIAM GEORGE VASEY, aged 51, of Tarrant Rushton. Admitted possessing a quantity of diamorphine, a Class A drug. Discharged conditionally for 18 months. Drugs to be forfeited and destroyed. Also admitted possessing a quantity of herbal cannabis, a
JAMES MORRISON CASSIDY, aged 18, of Fortuneswell, Portland. Admitted damaging a door to the value of £100. Discharged conditionally for 12 months. Ordered to pay £100 compensation.
MARK RAYMOND RAMSAY, aged 28, of no fixed abode. Admitted being drunk and disorderly in a public place, namely Blagdon Road, Dorchester. Fined £100 and ordered to pay costs of £85.
VLADISLAV NORAJEV, aged 34, of Ranelagh Road, Weymouth. Admitted at Debenhams in Weymouth having an article for use in the course of, or in connection with, theft, namely a de-tagger. Committed to prison for three weeks suspended for 12 months. Requirement
PORTLAND United’s Dave Camp has been honoured at the Dorset FA’s annual volunteer awards evening. The Blues’ stalwart received the special achievement award for his services to the local game and hometown club. Camp has give more than 50 years’
DAVE Kiteley has promised to do all he can to protect his young Magpies from the rigours of five games in just 10 days. Tonight’s Wyvern Challenge Cup semi-final at the Avenue Stadium (7.45pm) is the start of that arduous schedule and the Dorchester
