A WHOLE host of Dorset Pent-athletes head off to Cyprus in October for the World Biathle Championships – and they are looking for a helping hand to get them there. After gaining selection for the Great Britain team at the national championships
BRIDPORT’S junior rowers have finished eighth in the Under-16 County Gig Championship. The intrepid Bridport crew consisted of a mixture of Beam-inster and Colfox school pupils – Rex Fisher, Sam Weston, Jake Preston, William Aburrow, Anya Loudon
GOSPORT BOROUGH 1 MAGPIES 1 STEVE Walker's second-half strike gave the Magpies their first Skrill South point of the season. The centre-half cancelled out Dan Wooden's 22nd-minute opener at Privett Park this afternoon. The draw brings to
POOLE TOWN 2 (Gillespie 59, 63) WEYMOUTH 2 (Yetton 45, Burbidge 78) LUKE Burbidge struck against his former club to save Weymouth’s blushes at Tatnam this afternoon. The Terras were below par for much of the contest and almost got
SPEND a night under the stars to help raise vital funds for the homeless. The Bournemouth Churches Housing Association is running a sponsored sleep out on West Bexington beach on Saturday, September 7 from 7pm. The aim of the event is to open
YOUNG people from west Dorset are forging ever-stronger links between the town and Srebrenica in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Bridport mayor Maggie Ray played host to an information evening designed and led by a group of young people determined to build
STAR of The Impressions Show and Dead Ringers, Jon Culshaw will be the special guest Voice of the Book when the touring production of The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy Radio Show – Live! arrives at Lighthouse, Poole’s Centre for the Arts, on November
INTERWOVEN Productions are looking forward to coming to the Bridport Arts Centre on September 10. Antara is a new production combining the extraordinary talents of Ajeesh K Balakrishnan, fresh from the Attakkalari Centre for Movement Arts in Bangalore
CRAZY colours inspired hairdressers and barbers for the first live demonstration of its kind. Paragon Skills invited hairdressing and barbering professionals, including those just starting out in the industry, to a performance presented by Steve
FOUR Dorset schools are celebrating their commitment to excellence in science. Beechcroft St Paul’s Primary School, Chickerell Primary Academy, Holy Trinity Church of England Primary School and Nursery and St George's Primary School have all been
FOLLOW in the literary footsteps of Dorchester’s most famous son and some of his greatest literary characters this summer. Hardy Country in Dorset is home to novelist Thomas Hardy’s birthplace and his later home, Max Gate. Few authors have
YOUNGSTERS have the chance to win the ‘best ever’ day at school by visiting a Tesco store on August 30 or 31. The day would consist of a dance class with JLS member Aston Merrygold and an art class with TV’s much-loved Mister Maker. They will
YOUNGSTERS discovered what they were made of when they visited a secondary school. Year Six pupils from Chickerell Primary Academy visited Budmouth College to learn about DNA and find out what really goes in to fish fingers. Dr David Stone,
THE Dorset Clinical Commissioning Group has awarded one of its first new contracts to a partnership of local organisations. The partnership will provide a service to help people living with a long term health condition and their carers. People
THE B-Fit leisure centre in Beaminster scooped £2,000 from an affordable housing provider to run summer activities for children. Magna Housing gave funding for the summer activities through its community initiative fund after being impressed by
THE entrance at Langton Matravers was particularly unprepossessing; four shrammed women in a draughty tent on a bleak, windswept Purbeck hillside. But once we had been wristbanded and driven over the ridge and down the steep slope we found an oasis
COASTGUARDS launched a search this morning after an abandoned dinghy was found in Weymouth Bay. A vessel returning to the resort from Cowes reported the finding at around 7am this morning. The search was called off several hours later after
3:24pm MAGPIES: 22mins GOSPORT 1 MAGPIES 0 After a decent start from the Magpies, Gosport take the lead through Dan Wooden. Dean Gosney plays the ball through the Dorch defence and Wooden runs clear before dinking the
CYCLISTS can lock-up their bikes safely thanks to a new secure shelter. The secure compound at Westham Bridge, Weymouth, has been installed by Weymouth and Portland Borough Council with funding from Dorset County Council. Borough councillor
I LIVE in Swanage and in July I saw so many hold-ups on Shore Road, which is now a parking area with meters all along. When we had heath fires at Studland and Poole the fire engines found it practically impossible to get along the seafront.
DAREDEVIL women who have a burning desire to drive a fire engine are being urged to get behind the wheel in Bovington. Dorset Fire and Rescue Service is providing one of its trucks for the Marie Curie Ladies’ Driving Challenge at the army camp
Firefighters tackled a blaze in a car in Peartree Lane, Weymouth caused by leaking fuel ignited by a short circuit. The blaze broke out at 2.30pm on Saturday. A man who had been working on the car was given first aid.
A MOTOCROSS rider from Chickerell will have his attempts to break a world record filmed for a TV documentary. Paul Oughton is hoping to set the greatest distance on a motocross bike in 24 hours at the Rogershill Raceway near Bere Regis in September
Motorists faced delays on the A353 near Littlemoor after a two-vehicle crash. Traffic built up on Littlemoor Road in Preston and on Coombe Valley Road due to the collision. No one was injured in the incident.
Vandals smashed the rear window of a car in the Waytown area of Beaminster, police said. The attack happened between Monday August 19 and Tuesday August 20. Witnesses are urged to call the police on 101.
PHIL Simkin has made it clear that he has no intention of quitting as Dorchester Town manager. Speaking after his side’s 6-2 drubbing by Whitehawk on Saturday, the Magpies’ boss vowed not to walk away in light of his side’s poor start to the season
FIVE kayakers were helped to safety when they came up against strong winds. The kayakers had been off Redcliffe Point near Weymouth taking part in a triathlon yesterday morning. Two had been in danger of being blown out into the bay and rescuers
BRENDON King reckons this afternoon’s derby clash at Poole Town (1.30pm) will be his side’s biggest test to date. The Terras moved to the top of the Calor Southern Premier Division on Saturday with a 3-0 home win over Redditch United but today’
A WOMAN is fighting for her life after Land Rover towing a caravan crashed off the A35 between Dorchester and Bridport. She was a passenger in a Land Rover Discovery which overturned on the road near Askerswell at 1.05pm on Saturday. The woman
WHAT DO YOU THINK? Leave your comments below I studied the dorsetforyou.com/traveldorset website, due to my concern that the Down Close area is destined to lose the Saturday service next January. I note with interest that only 4.9 passengers
