WEYMOUTH RESERVES 2 MERLEY COBHAM SPORTS 2 THE hosts recovered from a two-goal deficit to earn a draw at the Bob Lucas Stadium with boss Jake Richmond far from happy with their first-half performance. Richmond read the riot act to his players
BRIDPORT RESERVES 4 HAMWORTHY RECREATION 3 ROBIN Townsend was mightily proud of his Bridport players after they fought back from 3-2 down to edge a seven-goal thriller at St Mary’s Field. The Bees’ boss was disappointed that the visitors didn
GREENHILL Bowling Club’s ladies’ president Pam Montgomerie can be justifiably proud of the great success her players have had in reaching the Women’s National Championships in Leamington Spa. Kathy Desmond, Margaret Crawford, Bridget Hodder and
FIREFIGHTERS have been working to get water to the scene of a barn blaze they are tacklign at Chickerell. Four tons of hay went up in smoke in the fire, which is under investigation. Dorset Fire and Rescue Service was alerted at just after
DORCHESTER’S Skimmers clinched their place in the British Blackthorn Championships play-offs round after claiming four wins from four in the group stages. After completing a stylish double over Yeovil side Nightcraw-lers, they finished their group
TRAFFIC is being held up after a three vehicle collision north of Dorchester. It happened on the Old Sherborne Road at Charminster and was reported at 4.50pm. A roof from one of the vehicles is being removed by firefighters as a precautionary
PORTLAND’S Osprey Leisure Centre hosted the South West Children/Youth/Junior Aquathlon Championships organised by Dorset Pentathletes. Part of the South West Children/Youth/Junior Triathlon Series, it was the fifth year a race of this sort was
THREE pupils from Leweston School have been selected for the British team following impressive performances at the National Biathle Championships at Salford Quays in Manchester. In the Youth E Girls’ Under-10 section, Anya Evans came fifth individually
STUDLAND beach has re-opened after it was evacuated following reports an unexploded device was found. Dorset Police received a call from the National Trust at around 8.50am this morning, reporting a suspicious metal object, believed to be an unexploded
CHRIS Perham earned a fantastic first place in the penultimate round of the British Triathlon Youth and Junior Super Series. The event in Birmingham – the British Elite Youth and Junior Aquathlon Championships – comprised a 750m lake swim and 5km
MIXED weather did nothing to spoil the enjoyment at a host of events on another fun packed weekend in Dorset. Thousands of people enjoyed themselves at Buckham Fair. Actor Martin Clunes and his wife Philippa opened the gates to their land for
DESPITE the wind and drizzle thousands turned out for Bridport carnival. Amid blustery and wet conditions on Saturday evening, 41 floats delighted the crowds who had lined the streets. There were floats dreaming of warmer climates with beach parties
ELIJAH Wolf and River Cottage Canteen Axminster have come together to put on a spectacular night of emerging new music emerging from the south west. On Monday, August 26 some of the hottest acts from the area who are making waves in the music industry
THE king of musicals rolls into Bournemouth this week led by a former chart-topping pop star and fresh from a sell-out week in the Welsh capital. Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat comes to Bournemouth’s Pavilion theatre today and runs
ORGANISERS have finally set a date for the Big Grove Summer Festival after last year’s wash out. The extravaganza was cancelled in 2012 because of floods and organisers had trouble finding a site for this year's event. Now they have secured
WEYMOUTH siblings Ryan and Edith Dedman claimed a brace of bronze medals at the World Taekwondo Championships. Ryan, 13, a Thomas Hardye School pupil, clinched third place for his traditional patterns and sister Edith, 10, of Holy Trinity Primary
MOTORISTS are facing delays on the A35 at Dorchester due to a crash between a car and a tractor. The collision happened on the roundabout near Dorchester Town Football Club at around 1.40pm today. No one was injured in the accident and the
A boat was towed to harbour after having engine problems. The Bayliner 285 True Blue called Portland coastguard on Saturday afternoon to say they were in trouble near Durlston Head, Swanage. Coastguards broadcast a request for assistance call
Five vehicles were involved in a collision in north Dorset. The motorists collided on the A354 Thornicombe eastbound at the A350 junction on Friday evening. However, it is believed that only one person, a woman, was slightly injured in the
ONE lucky IPACA student got some advice from Lord Seb Coe. Isle of Portland Aldridge Community Academy student Ethan Priddle attended a special event in London with Lord Coe. He was chosen to represent the academy at a private lunch with Lord
Six little piggies went to Chickerell Academy. Rotary Club of Weymouth, president Mike Parker, made a special pig racing track using a saw and nails, capable of hosting six battery operated piggies. On the last day of term ‘Parker’s Pig Prototype
MAGIC and science joined forces as a primary school celebrated receiving an award with a Harry Potter themed day. Pupils of all ages got involved with the science day at Chickerell Primary Academy. The event is held annually but science co-ordinator
We get our mackerel, indeed most of our fish, from the local day boats but more usually straight off the beach from local fishermen. The mackerel were really ‘jumping’ a couple of evenings ago and so there were any amount to be had, which meant
THIS summer sales of fresh mackerel have been higher than both the fishermen or suppliers had ever dreamt of. Perhaps it has been this hot weather or perhaps mackerel is retaining its place as one of the nation’s favourite fishes. Either way
RESIDENTS are resisting a new housing development on the edge of the Jurassic Coast they claim will be a blot on the landscape. Betterment Properties wants to build 32 homes in a field off Reap Lane near the south western edge of Portland.
RAISE some dough and help beat breast cancer by taking part in the Great Pink Bake Off in October. Breakthrough Breast Cancer is recruiting an army of bakers to fire up their ovens, hit the kitchen and give breast cancer a good beating on Friday
Fancy a baguette, a gorgeous chunk of brie or French pastries? Well all of the above and plenty more besides will be on offer at the French market in South Walks Road this bank holiday weekend. It runs on Friday 23 and Saturday 24 from 9am
The time is here at last.... The Great British Bake Off will be on our screens again tomorrow on BBC1, starting at 8pm. At Taste we can’t wait to see who the 13 new bakers will be. If you fancy getting out your baking goods and having a go send
THE housing market revival continued in August despite the month seeing the first dip in sellers' asking prices this year so far, a property website has reported today. Asking prices edged down by 1.8 per cent month-on-month to £249,199 on average
Spa Road in Weymouth has reopened following a car fire. Firefighters were called to the junction of Spa Road and Ullswater Crescent at around 10.30am this morning and found the vehicle up in flames. Crews extinguished the fire and the road
POLICE in Dorchester are appealing for witnesses after a woman was burgled in her own home. The incident happened last Thursday in Acland Court in Linden Avenue at around 4pm. The occupier had been asleep and awoke to find the front door open
As a proud Scot: albeit with Sussex maternity, I can, nonetheless, fully appreciate Rod Stone’s confusion over the apparent disparity between services that are free, at the point of need, in Scotland but not south of the border (Echo, August 10) I
In the matter of what your correspondent, Rod Stone, perceives as being an unfair system of funding for Scotland, please allow me these final comments: I have no political axe to grind and I will not get bogged down in political point-scoring.
What do you think? Leave your comments online The letter from name and address supplied gives a negative view of Community Speed Watch. (Your Say, Aug 14) As a member of Osmington Community Speed Watch I would like to put a more positive
PLANNING chiefs have given the thumbs up to the ‘Poundbury’ approach of developing Weymouth’s old fire station. The prominent harbourside site is the subject of a fresh planning application for 43 retirement apartments and is being backed by Weymouth
IT’S back and it is bigger and better than before. Following the success of the inaugural Wessex Food Festival the organisers are hosting the event again but have changed the venue to Weymouth College. On the weekend of Saturday, September
A DOG owner has praised the rescuers who came to the aid of his beloved pooch after it fell down a Portland cliff. Munchkin the dog had been out for his evening walk with owner Dave Davey and girlfriend Corrine Goodwin, and their other dogs Zippy
BRENDON King was “chuffed to bits” following his side’s opening day victory at St Neots Town. Weymouth worked their socks off for the 2-0 win with Mark Ford grabbing the opener and Scott Walker adding the second from the spot. It is the first
A COMMUNITY organiser has praised neighbours who sprang into action when her car was torched. Jan Hinton and her husband Pat were helped by residents who put out their burning Honda Accord with garden hoses after it was set alight on the couple
PHIL Simkin was left dumbfounded by his side’s wastefulness in front of goal in their Skrill South defeat to Staines Town on Saturday. The Magpies’ manager was pleased with team’s performance in general and thrilled to see captain Mark Jermyn play
FOUR divers were taken to hospital by the coastguard helicopters. Portland coastguard received a call at 1.13pm yesterday to a diver with decompression sickness at West Bay. The 35-year-old man had returned to shore but had symptoms of decompression
Next week in Taste we will bring you a guide about where to buy seafood in Dorset. This was scheduled for this week but you now have a week longer to send your suggestions to our team.
