Arsonists set fire to two portable toilet cubicles at the Great Dorset Steam Fair. Two crews of firefighters from Blandford were called to tackle the flames at 4.15pm on Sunday. The fire service said the fire was believed to have been started
THE A31 has re-opened after a crash near Sturminster Marshall earlier today. One vehicle was involved in the crash this afternoon. The vehicle appears to have collided with a telegraph pole on the A31. The collision partially blocked the
FARM machinery was destroyed in a barn fire in a west Dorset village. A loader and a vintage tractor went up in flames in the blaze at Elwell at Waytown, between Bridport and Beaminster. Logs and hay were also destroyed in the fire. Crews
FIREFIGHTERS tackled a blaze in a laundry room in Charmouth Road in Lyme Regis. It was sparked by a faulty iron at a residential home but failed to spread because the fire doors were closed. A fire service spokesman praised them for keeping
RAINBOW flags brought traffic to a halt in Dorchester at the Love Parade with hundreds of people turning out to cheer on the procession. People taking part in the town’s annual Gay Pride event marched down South Street and Weymouth Avenue to kickstart
A CHILD was rescued after being blown out to sea on an inflatable this afternoon. Coastguards were alerted to the incident at West Bay at around 1.30pm. A man, believed to be the child's father, brought the inflatable back to shore with help
BITTON 1 BRIDPORT 2 THE Bees picked up their first league victory of the season at the third time of asking at Bitton on Saturday. Bridport fell behind in the Toolstation Western Premier Division clash but fought back and took the points thanks
DORCHESTER TOWN 2 WHITEHAWK 6 IF Magpies’ fans didn’t know much about Whitehawk before Saturday’s Skrill South encounter they certainly do now after a remarkable afternoon at the Avenue. Like Dorchester, the Hawks hadn’t found the net in their
WEYMOUTH 279-8 (20pts) beat BROADSTONE 261 (12pts) by 18 runs TEN-MAN Weymouth defied all the odds to pick up a superb victory at Broadstone on Satur-day in the Dorset Premier League. Already consigned to the drop, the Seasiders could have
PARLEY 316-9 (20pts) beat DORCHESTER 104 (5pts) by 212 runs DORCHESTER’S young guns were given a real baptism of fire on Saturday as Parley showed just why they are the Dorset Premier League champions this season. Having said that, the visitors
ANONYMOUS FESTIVAL is youth-led, supervised and run by us – the members of Dorchester Youth Extra. Young people locally had almost no access to live music, whether just listening or performing, so DYE decided to change that. Since 2009, we’
SIGN up to a new social media campaign and help promote the work of Dorset’s RNLI. The #SaveWave aims to share the rescue stories of the RNLI lifeboat and beach lifeguards through social media like Facebook and Twitter. People can sign up on
OWNERS of eco homes in West Dorset are throwing open their doors for the annual Heritage Week extravaganza in September. Visitors will be able to stop off at 12 properties in Bridport along with six in Dorchester and one in Weymouth. The aim
A FESTIVAL run by and for young people in Dorchester was declared a musical success. The fifth annual Anonymous Festival attracted thousands of music fans to Maumbury Rings on Saturday. Chairman of event organisers Dorchester Youth Extra
COASTGUARDS warned about the dangers of cliff falls after walkers rescued a dog stuck down a cliff at West Bay. Officers were called out at 12.10pm on Saturday after the pointer became stranded at West Cliff. The dog was rescued by members
A CAR has collided with a telegraph pole on the A31 at Stag Gate this morning. The incident happened at 6.01am. The road was closed in both directions for nearly three hours. A spokesperson for Dorset Police said they had been called by ambulance
