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  • MAGPIES: Jermyn heads home last-gasp winner

    TONBRIDGE ANGELS 1 (Bakare 15) DORCHESTER TOWN 2 (Crittenden 35, Jermyn 90) THE Magpies struck late for the second game in succession to take all three points at Tonbridge Angels. Michael Bakare lifted the ball over Alan Walker-Harris to

  • TERRAS: Weymouth in Bedford stroll

    BEDFORD TOWN 0 WEYMOUTH 3 (Poole 6, Hutchings 30, Kelly 43) JAKE Hutchings and Adam Kelly both netted their first goals for the Terras as they cruised to a 3-0 win at struggling Bedford Town. Weymouth did all the damage in the first half

  • Ideas sought on town action plans

    DEVELOPMENT ideas for four ‘priority areas’ in Weymouth and Portland are being sought at an event in partnership with the borough council’s Working With You project. Council chiefs are working with the community on action plans to tackle issues

  • VOICES: Extra funds for digital skills centre

    Following a successful year in 2013 as a Microsoft IT Youth Hub, Dorset Youth Association is thrilled to receive additional funding from UK Youth and Microsoft in recognition of their dedication to improving access of IT facilities in the community

  • VOICES: The disturbing effects of living online

    Teenagers today live their lives online as much as offline. Without question, the internet can be a toxic place for us as young people. But the solution for issues faced online isn’t just a matter of withdrawing access to them. Without doubt

  • Marine life makes blooming good comeback

    MARINE life off the Dorset coast is beginning to bloom again after the area was closed off to ‘destructive’ fishing, experts say. Since July 2008, dredging for shellfish and seabed trawling has been prohibited in a designated 60 square mile area

  • Dorset a 'region of the future' for investment

    DORSET has been recognised as one of the top 10 regions for inward investment across Europe. The county has been marked as a ‘region of the future’ by fDi Intelligence Magazine, produced by the Financial Times and distributed globally to international

  • Poignant memento of First World War soldier under the hammer

    POIGNANT reminders of the First World War rescued from a skip are coming up for sale next month. An autograph album filled with flowers collected by a soldier during his time on the frontline is to go under the hammer in Dorchester. The small

  • FOOTBALL: Magpies and Terras match updates

    12:24pm PREVIEW STATS: TONBRIDGE v DORCHESTER League position:  Dorchester 21st (21pts from 26 games), Tonbridge 19th (25pts from 22 games) League form: Dorchester LLWLW, Tonbridge WLDLW Last meeting: Dorchester

  • Carnival time at the Electric Palace

    All the colour and vibrancy of a Brazilian Carnival is coming to Bridport’s Electric Palace on February 28. The Palace is being taken over for a night of fun with festival street food, live music, dancing and DJs who promise to get you moving to

  • Stompin' Dave back with the wizard called Oz

    STOMPIN’ Dave reunites with his old partner Oz for their first public appearance in their home county of Dorset for eight years. They will be at The Sunray Folk Club in Broadmayne on February 27. From 1997 until 2006 Dave and Oz developed a cult

  • Oliver Letwin MP: Website will show social enterprises

    In the next few days, I will be launching a new website. Before you say to yourself, gentle reader, that you really can’t bear another piece of political communication, I should reassure you that this particular website has nothing whatsoever to do

  • Thanks for your support

    Can I through your letters page say a huge big thank you to everyone who supported the Charity Country Music night held in the Trinity Club for the Somerset and Dorset Air Ambulance. A brilliant night with 120 raffle prizes all donated four big prizes

  • Economic madness

    Windmills might be fine for pumping out polders, drying fens or levels when the wind is appropriate. As a source of industrial and domestic power, they are grossly uneconomic and inappropriate. Who has assessed the amount of carbon dioxide produced

  • Container a traffic hazard

    Can someone from the police or highways explain to a layman why it is illegal to leave a skip on a road at night without any lights on it to warn drivers yet it’s all right to leave a steel container in the path of traffic going to Portland without

  • Police probe A35 arson

    ARSONISTS torched a car which was parked off the A35. A crew from Dorchester was called to the A35 at Monkey's Jump roundabout just before 3am today. The car was destroyed in the fire, which is believed to have been started deliberately.

  • Winter Olympics fever gives boost to Dorset Snowsports Centre

    WINTER sports fans inspired the Olympics are descending on a Dorset ski slope. The snow covered mountains Sochi may seem like a world away from the countryside of West Dorset but Winter Olympics fever is making its presence felt at the Dorset Snowsports

  • TERRAS: Joyce plays through the pain barrier

    WEYMOUTH forward Ben Joyce has been playing through the pain barrier for the majority of the season. The 24-year-old has been forced to rest in recent weeks due to a nasty case of shin splints – a painful injury that has had him in agony, both

  • TRIATHLON: BustinSkin up for Challenge

    EXCITING times are ahead for BustinSkin in the build up to Challenge Weymouth in September. Over the past eight years, the popular Dorset club has developed a series of events in Weymouth and Portland, and this year promises to be the biggest yet

  • HOCKEY: Weymouth hold off students

    WEYMOUTH 2 SOUTHAMPTON UNIVERSITY 1 CHRIS Fry and Ben Skidmore were both on target as Weymouth limped to a 2-1 victory over strugglers Southampton University. The students went into this Hampshire Two game having claimed just a single point