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  • AFLOAT: Elma’s donation to boost windsurfers

    THE Chesil Trust, which oversees the Rod Shipley Sail for a Fiver Scheme is very pleased to announce a further donation from Elma Shipley. In memory of her husband Rod who died in 2012, the donation has helped provide the opportunity for the new

  • AFLOAT: Mason's joy after first solo effort

    HAVING enjoyed every second of it, I am happy and relieved to have finished my first solo offshore race in one piece. Being my first attempt, I was really unsure as to how it was going to go. The amount of things you have to manage is truly

  • Iron Duke's Portland visit

    A ROYAL Navy warship is coming to Portland tomorrow. Type 23 frigate HMS Iron Duke is making a three-day visit. Sailing into port on Friday at 11am, the ship will host invited guests for a capability demonstration in the evening. This is

  • Teachers' strike- the schools affected

    Here is a list of schools and whether they will be affected by the teachers’ strike next Wednesday. The National Union of Teachers has announced a proposed one-day strike on March 26. To see the full story, click here  Many primary schools

  • Weymouth Choral Society on song for Easter concert

    IN THE run-up to Easter, Weymouth Choral Society will present a performance of Stainer’s renowned work The Crucifixion: a Meditation on the Sacred Passion of the Holy Redeemer on April 5 at Holy Trinity Church. The Crucifixion was never intended

  • Young stars of Portland set to stage new play

    PLAYMAKERS, the young stars of Portland’s Royal Manor Theatre, are back on stage tomorrow and Saturday with a brace of one-act plays. In The name of My Mother, by young playwright Lily Staff is directed by Graham Masters, and is a sensitive melodrama

  • Neighbours meet on Amazon adventure

    IT took a 6,000-mile journey to Peru for west Dorset ‘neighbours’ Georgie Mostyn and Pam Middlemast to get acquainted. Pam, who runs a Bridport bed and breakfast, found herself sharing a room with 18-year-old Georgie and asking the usual ‘where

  • Surgery helps Weymouth author realise novel dream

    A WEYMOUTH author who overcame the challenges of rheumatoid arthritis to publish her second book has described medical staff who treated her as ‘miracle workers’. Mother of two Laura James was diagnosed with the condition when she was 18 and it

  • Local people and shops help out widow

    A recent raffle at the community centre during the Friday night Bingo session raised £100 for the widow of Colin Harmer who sadly passed away a few weeks ago. Colin, a well-known singer and club entertainer had been suffering poor health for some

  • Have your say on new council ward boundaries

    PEOPLE across West Dorset still have time to comment on draft proposals for new council ward boundaries. An eleven-week public consultation on the recommendations will end on April 28. The consultation is open to anyone who wants to have their

  • Search is on to find heroes in the community in West Dorset

    THE search is on to find ‘unsung heroes’ in a west Dorset community. Each year individuals and groups do good work in the village of Crossways but their actions are not properly recognised. So Crossways Parish Council has agreed to introduce

  • Children in plea for new base

    CHIILDREN are desperately appealing for support to help secure a new building for their village. Maiden Newton’s pre-school and after school clubs are currently run from the Youth and Community Centre, which was built in 1947 as a temporary structure

  • All aboard for the Best of Dorset

    IT’S all aboard for the Best of Dorset. Supporters of a leisure and tourism showcase climbed aboard the Tall Ship Pelican in Weymouth Harbour to launch the event. Organised by Weymouth and Portland Borough Council’s events team, the Dorset Echo-backed

  • Concerns over sports hall at Portland academy hub

    CONCERNS have been raised over construction of a new sports hall at a proposed academy hub on Portland. Plans proposed by Isle of Portland Aldridge Community Academy (IPACA) to site its main campus at Southwell Business Park were further scrutinised

  • Youngsters' business idea going down a storm

    HOME-MADE postcards are going down a storm for two young entrepreneurs. Sharla Helms and Charlotte Pascoe are both 10-years-old and attend IPACA school. They are taking part in a national project run by Young Enterprise called Grow your Tenner.

  • Motorist cut out of car after smash

    A DRIVER had a lucky escape after a car flipped over. Emergency services rushed to the scene on the A35 between Dorchester and Winterbourne Abbas yesterday afternoon. The driver, who was not seriously hurt, had to be cut free from the vehicle

  • Thank you to kind family for your help

    I WOULD like to thank the kind man who helped me and my son after I fell at WH Smith in St Thomas Street, Weymouth. He took his coat off to cover me and also helped to get a chair for me to sit on. The man had his wife and two children with

  • Mary Quant sketchbook for sale in Dorchester

    A sketchbook of fashion designs that a young Mary Quant threw at her tutor in a rage for dismissing her ideas has emerged for sale. Quant, famed for inventing the mini skirt in the 1960s, was a young college student when she went to Alfred Page

  • MAGPIES: Kiteley hails fledgling star Pidgely

    DAVE Kiteley has spoken of his delight at the way fledgling Magpie Luke Pidgely took his chance to make an impression on first-team boss Phil Simkin earlier this week. The young midfielder made his senior debut for Dorchester as a late substitute

  • Jail for man who got 14-year-old schoolgirl pregnant

    A MAN who ‘took advantage’ of a schoolgirl and got her pregnant has been jailed. Christopher Dawe, aged 27, of Trusthams, Broadwindsor, admitted two counts of sexual activity with a child and was ordered to be on the Sex Offenders’ Register for