GOSPORT BOROUGH 3 MAGPIES 0 DORCHESTER Town's run in the FA Trophy this season was over almost as soon as it began with Tom Dunford's brace helping Gosport to a deserved 3-0 win at Privett Park. The defeat means the Magpies have now fallen
CORBY TOWN 3 WEYMOUTH 1 THE Terras were again left frustrated as they slumped to a 3-1 defeat for the second Saturday in succession. The visitors deservedly took the lead on 14 minutes through an own goal but just like against Hungerford Town
THEY might be only school kids but WOW members certainly know how to put on a grown-up show as this superb compilation production ably demonstrates. With song and dance numbers ranging from jazz and swing to classics and handwringing pathos, this
MORE than 30 firefighters have been tackling a property fire near Sherborne this afternoon. Fire crews from Sherborne, Yeovil, Sturminster Newton and Dorchester were joined by a support unit from Hamworthy as they fought the blaze in the roof of
CHILDREN in Puddletown are enjoying life at a brand new school. Puddletown First School’s new building was officially opened by Bishop of Salisbury Nicholas Holtam as the children settle into the state-of-the-art facility. It will be opening
SHOPPERS are being asked to give children a special Christmas by donating to the 14th annual Echo toy appeal. Customers at WHSmith in Weymouth are being urged to contribute to the store’s collection bin and back the appeal. Last year thousands
3:49pm TERRAS: Corby 1 Terras 1 3:46pm MAGPIES: Gosport 1 Magpies 0 3:43pm TERRAS: Corby 1 Terras 1 Spoke too soon.
A THIEF broke into a Dorchester home and stole a set of car keys before making off with the vehicle. The incident occurred in Poundbury Crescent on the night of November 8. Deputy Inspector Steve Foot, of Dorchester Police, said the keys were
A TRADESMAN who made false claims when he carried out work has been given a conditional discharge. Nicholas Dominic Joseph Jerrard, 40, appeared at Weymouth Magistrates’ Court after admitting six offences of engaging in a commercial practice, which
A FIRE in a Maiden Newton bedroom was caused by a child playing with a lighter. Dorset Fire and Rescue Service have put out a warning after the incident, which only caused minor damage. Firefighters from Maiden Newton and Dorchester raced to
St Edmunds church is pleased to present its first Christmas concert. Heading the much anticipated concert are ENCORE! a Dorchester based choral group, led by musical director Julia Mcfarlane. The group has performed concerts all over Dorset
KATHY Lette, ukuleles and more are on offer today and tomorrow as this year’s hugely successful Bridport Literary Festival draws to a close. In The Boy who Fell to Earth, popular author Kathy Lette will talk about how her family’s life has been
WEYMOUTH-BASED AsOne Theatre Company are coming home next week and bringing their latest show, 100, to the town’s Pavilion theatre. AsCend, the physical drama branch of the troupe, will be making their stage debut at the venue, which is a thought-provoking
HARDBACKS 1 Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Hard Luck, Jeff Kinney 2 Alex Ferguson: My Autobiography, Alex Ferguson 3 Raising Steam, Terry Pratchett 4 Saints of the Shadow Bible, Ian Rankin 5 Demon Dentist, David Walliams 6 Guinness World
The WOW Show Weymouth Pavilion THEY might be only school kids but WOW members certainly know how to put on a grown-up show as this superb compilation production ably demonstrates. With song and dance numbers ranging from jazz and swing
Shaftesbury Orchestra’s winter concert features two works by classical composers at the peak of their powers: Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto and Brahms Symphony No 4. The soloist for the Violin Concerto is Piotr Kopec, well known for his sparkling
Richard Hosford Trio Dorset County Museum WHEN you have a trio made up of two world-class woodwind principals from the BBC Symphony Orchestra and a pianist who has accompanied the BBC Young Musician of the Year competition, you know that the
AS 2013 draws to an end, singer-songwriter Ruarri Joseph can look back and congratulate himself on a pretty good 12 months. His third CD, Brother, is proving to be the gift that keeps on giving, getting him airplay on Radio 2, an Avalon headlining
Back To Back by Julia Franck Harvill Secker, £16.99, ebook £10.40 Following the success of Julia Franck’s highly-acclaimed The Blind Side Of The Heart, this latest novel is on a similar theme, telling the story of a family living through The
A WEYMOUTH-BORN writer has won the 2013 British Fantasy Writer award with his short story Shark! Shark! Ray Cluley won the accolade after the piece was published in Black Static magazine. He says the award was a real shock as he was fully expecting
Spider Sandwiches by Claire Freedman and Sue Hendra Bloomsbury, £6.99, ebook £3.66 Who needs boring old cheese and pickle when you can have a spider sandwich? Not Max the cheery monster, that’s for sure. In Spider Sandwiches, which is aimed
Milton Abbey School is once again hosting the Real Christmas Craft Fair on Sunday, November 24 from 10am to 4pm. Visitors can enjoy browsing a wide range of genuine crafts in the Abbot’s Hall and other rooms within the historic building. The
Empires Of The Dead: How One Man’s Vision Led To The Creation Of WW1’s War Graves by David Crane Williams Collins, £16.99, ebook £8.49 This is the truly remarkable story of the man behind the planning and establishment of war cemeteries right
TICKETS are now sold out for performance ‘punk’ poet John Cooper Clarke at Bridport Arts Centre on Monday, November 25. Having secured a unique place in pop culture, he is studied on school syllabuses, and is cited by contemporary artists such
The Pure Gold Baby by Margaret Drabble Orion Fiction, £16.99, ebook £8.61 Jess is an anthropologist who has to suppress her adventurous spirit after falling unexpectedly pregnant. The resulting child, Anna, is a ‘pure gold baby’, an intensely
AN exhibition at a leading London gallery and an audience with the Queen have made 2013 pretty special for one Dorset artist. Charles Church, who lives and works in the village of Ibberton near Bulbarrow Hill, has been painting landscapes, hunting
A LATE Victorian railway carriage hidden in the garden will be amongst the interesting items on offer when the contents of Birkin House go up for sale later this month. Dukes of Dorchester is auctioning off the contents of the house at Stinsford
I wish I had a penny for every time that somebody has asked me why we are spending so much money each year on overseas aid. I can quite understand why people who are pretty hard pressed themselves (in some cases, very hard pressed) are puzzled
WEYMOUTH is targeting the pink pound with the opening of the town’s first official gay bar. Jamie Crage and Ryan Entwistle, who are opening The Closet in Maiden Street, say there is a high demand for a gay-friendly venue in Weymouth. Bar 314
CHILDREN in Puddletown are enjoying life at a brand new school. Puddletown First School’s new building was officially opened by Bishop of Salisbury Nicholas Holtam as the children settle into the state-of-the-art facility. It will be opening
A MAN was treated for smoke inhalation after a fire in a house in Dorchester. It happened just before midnight at a property in Holbaek Close. A spokeswoman for Dorset Fire and Rescue Service said the man living at the house suffered slight
I do not know who agrees to the alterations of the bus timetables – I will not call it a service because it is not anymore. Some of the bus drivers seem to take delight in pulling away as you are running to catch a bus. There are a handful of drivers
When are we going to have a bus shelter to wait for the No 1 bus to Portland at the law courts stop? It was placed there in April in the most exposed site in Weymouth. After walking nearly a quarter of a mile from the town centre I have got
WHAT DO YOU THINK? HAVE YOUR SAY ONLINE OR ON FACEBOOK Commenting on Simon Bowkett’s electioneering letter of November 6, I suggest that everyone who uses the sea or lives near the coast appreciates that the potential loss of the coastguard helicopter
DORSET Echo readers have raised more than £1,000 in the first few days of our appeal to help the victims of the Philippines typhoon disaster. We joined forces with the Disasters Emergency Committee (DEC), which encompasses all of the UK major aid
THE directors at Weymouth FC are taking steps to mend the divisions that have plagued the boardroom in recent times. The hierarchy at the Bob Lucas Stadium held a “very productive” board meeting last weekend and is currently discussing ways in
STEWART Yetton is adamant the buck has to stop with the players when reflecting on the Terras’ indifferent form of late. Weymouth’s leading scorer has netted 13 goals in all competitions already this season but he is far from satisfied with his
THOUSANDS of pounds worth of equipment and furniture is being destroyed at Dorchester Prison ahead of its closure next month. The Echo has learnt that some items, from laptops in offices to furniture in cells, have already been ‘smashed up’.
WEYMOUTH 8 BASINGSTOKE 0 WEYMOUTH went top of the league for the first time this season with an emphatic home defeat of previously unbeaten Basingstoke. The visitors were missing several key players but the Seasiders were also without top scorer
LONG-TIME motorsport stalwart Dudley Sterry, returns to Dorset this weekend with the target of completing a hat-trick of wins on the Woolbridge Motor Club-organised Southern Counties Hardy Classic Trial. Sterry’s MG J2 is among 70 entries, which
Fundraising fever hit Dorset as thousands of people raised cash for Children in Need. Workers and schoolchildren turned schools and workplaces across the country into giant bedrooms as they donned pyjamas to raise cash for Children in Need.
