DORCHESTER TOWN 0 SUTTON UNITED 0 THE Magpies took their fourth point of the season from Sutton United after this goalless draw at the Avenue Stadium. Sutton carved out the majority of goal attempts but found keeper Alan Walker-Harris and
BURNHAM 1 WEYMOUTH 3 WEYMOUTH made it three league victories out of three as they came from behind to claim an away victory at Burnham and move up to ninth position in the Southern Premier League table. Manager Jason Matthews named an unchanged
BEFORE I write an article, I do some research. I look at other newspaper articles around the subject, click on the ‘comment’ sections of university newspapers to see what they say on the matter and formulate my own ideas. When researching for this
IT’S Sport Relief season – the time of year when we see our favourite celebrities on TV doing something silly and we donate or get involved with the activities ourselves in order to raise money for the worthy charity. But the past couple of years
RESIDENTS in Portland are being given the chance to have their lives captured on stage. Artist Tom Marshman will re-enact 10 stories at The Royal Manor Theatre as part of this year’s b-side Festival. The b-side Festival, funded by Arts Council
ARTISTIC creativity will be celebrated as well as local food and drink at the third Dorset Festival at Poundbury’s Queen Mother Square. The event, which has attracted thousands of visitors in recent years, has been renamed the Dorset Food and Arts
A DORSET musical group has snubbed an invitation to play at a prestigious Formula One Grand prix over concerns about human rights violations. The Magic Drum Orchestra, whose members are from the Dorchester area, have turned down the chance to perform
4:57pm Full time at the Avenue DORCHESTER TOWN 0 SUTTON UNITED 0 4:56pm Magpies 0 Sutton United 0 Steve Walker replaces Elliott Chamberlain
SPRING has sprung at Abbotsbury Swannery as the first swan egg of the year is laid in time for the attraction’s re-opening. The popular attraction, which has existed for at least 600 years, throws open its doors for the year today after struggling
A TEENAGE driver has died in a head-on collision with a tree. Emergency services were called to the scene at Hurn Road, Ashley Heath, Ringwood, which runs alongside the A338 southbound, this morning. Traffic Sergeant Joe Pardey said: “We were
LOVERS of a Weymouth beach are being asked to throw their support behind a petition aiming to re-establish access to the popular attraction. Privately-owned Sandsfoot Beach has been a popular visitor spot for decades, but following a landslip and
THE CRUCIBLE, Dorchester Corn Exchange DORCHESTER Youth Theatre’s brilliant production of The Crucible had me on the edge of my seat. From the opening sequence where Bajan slave Tituba (excellently played by Sarah Dodd) ‘summons spirits’ with the
I have been asked to locate a property in the county of Dorset for a family in the US. I know it was rented in the 1920s by the Count and Countess di Frasso, who stayed there for a long time and even carried out some alterations to the house.
WHAT DO YOU THINK? LEAVE YOUR COMMENTS BELOW It is interesting to compare the meteorological and tidal conditions of the recent, most damaging storm in February with those of a similar storm in February 1990, 24 years ago. Three things were
WEST DORSET-based actor Martin Clunes drew a top bid for a charity doodle. The Doc Martin star, who lives near Beaminster, helped raise money for Epilepsy Action’s National Doodle Day. His sketch of a cartoon elephant raised the highest bid
VOLUNTEERS are needed to help clear up the county’s beaches this weekend. Tomorrow, clean-up operations will take place at Chesil beach and Ringstead, near Weymouth. Each clean will involve collecting debris which has been washed up during
INSPECTORS have retired to consider whether a £14m school’s main campus should be built at Southwell Business Park on Portland. The Isle of Portland Aldridge Community Academy is appealing a decision by Weymouth and Portland Borough Council’s planning
DANCING, cycling and climbing mountains - people across the county are getting active to raise funds for Sport Relief. A number of events are taking place in Dorset this weekend to help raise money for those in need including a flash mob at Sainsbury's
MORE THAN £11,000 a day has been spent on agency staff and consultants by Dorset County Council. Figures which were handed to the audit and scrutiny committee show that the authority racked up a bill of more than £1million between October and December
WEYMOUTH 2 MENDIP 1 WEYMOUTH are still in with a chance of a top-three finish in the West Clubs Women’s League East Division after a superb 2-1 victory at home to rivals Mendip. Mendip started at a pace, getting players forward and pushing
THREE of Wellworthy Bowls Club’s top players will team up at the prestigious All England Bowls Championships, having qualified emphatically for the event this April. The trio, led by skip Ryan Stone along with Neil Burroughs and Dave Smith, secured
WEYMOUTH 4 WINCHESTER 2 WEYMOUTH earned another three Hampshire League Division Two points from an energetic Winchester side to stay on track for promotion. The Seasiders now require three points from their last two fixtures to ensure a top-two
