BRIDPORT 0 STREET 3 GOOD Friday turned sour for Trevor Senior’s Bridport, as they were convincingly beaten by Street at St Mary’s Field. The Bees fell behind in the first half when Matt Condliffe’s clearing header was rifled back by a Street
WHAT: A Tree Walk WHERE: Lodmoor Country Park, Weymouth WHEN: Saturday, April 26 at 10.30am COST: Free DETAILS: Carl Dallison, parks manager for Weymouth and Portland Borough Council, is leading a Tree Walk around Lodmoor Country Park. Everyone
THE National Theatre production of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time is back in Bridport by popular demand. It is being shown at the Electric Palace on Thursday, May 22 at 7pm. The production is based on the acclaimed novel
PIRATE Day at the Nothe Fort is making a swashbuckling return on Easter Sunday. The popular day, to be held on Sunday, takes place from 10.30am to 4.30pm. The Fort Artillery will be firing their cannons and leading the battle against the Poole
RHYDIAN Roberts, double platinum selling and Classical Brit nominee, is performing at Bournemouth Pavilion on Saturday, November 2. The former X Factor favourite will call in at the resort as part of his One Day Like This tour. Rhydian’s new
THE Great Easter Dinosaur Egg Hunt continues at the Dinosaur Museum in Dorchester until Monday. Children are asked to hunt through the museum to spot the dinosaur eggs on display and solve the Dinosaur Mystery. They can explore the museum with
TAKE a scenic walk around Portland Bill and the coast path this Easter. A view from the lighthouse can offer an alternative view of the stunning surroundings. Tours of the lighthouse are subject to weather conditions but last around 45 minutes
GOLFERS will be getting in the swing for a Jurassic Coast charity tournament. Those keen to tee off will be raising much-needed funds for the RNLI. The tournament will take place on three different golf courses along Dorset’s Jurassic Coast
A COMPANY with two Dorchester care homes has gone in to administration. Buyers are being sought for Avenue House Nursing Home in Weymouth Avenue, a 33-bed residential home with 36 members of staff. Also up for sale is Greenbushes Nursing Home
The clock is ticking down to the start of Help for Heroes’ Colossal Cake Sale at The Thrift Shop, next to Bovington Camp, on May 1. Fundraiser Maria House said: “The Colossal Cake Sale is a great way to get the community and our local army personnel
Island Community Action’s Community Crooners rehearse every Tuesday on Portland from 10am to 11.30am at the YMCA, Reforne, Easton. The session costs £3 per person. Call ICA on 01305 823789 for more information.
Explore Chideock Manor and its orchards on Easter Sunday from 2pm to 5pm for charity For more information call 0788 555 1795.
Island Community Action will be running a minibus to The Lobster Pot at Portland Bill on April 27. It costs £3 per person. Call ICA on 01305 823789 to book.
A WEYMOUTH teenager has expressed her gratitude to those helping her raise funds to learn about midwifery in Tanzania. Paige Sewell recently hosted a fun day at Littlemoor Community Centre in a bid to add to the fund. The day’s events included
A mystery object that sparked an alert for Portland Coastguard has been identified as a fire extinguisher bottle. Portland Coastguard had been alerted to the object at Weston Mouth, Devon, and with help from the fire service identified the object
A BROKEN-down fishing boat nearly sparked a major search operation after its engine broke down in Lyme Bay. The Coastguard helicopter and the Weymouth RNLI lifeboat were both launched to find the boat, called Sole Trader, which was found approximately
Get a hand with the weekly shop. Island Community Action run a minibus to Tesco in Easton every Thursday and Friday morning for £2 return. For details call 01305 823789.
Explore a streamside garden for charity. The Old Smithy in Ibberton will open its doors as part of the National Garden Scheme on Saturday from 2pm to 5pm. For more information call 01258 817361.
DON’T be late for an Alice in Wonderland themed-event in Weymouth which launches tomorrow. Weymouth Business Improvement District (BID) will pay tribute to Lewis Carroll’s magical story starting this weekend by hosting a series of themed activities
DORSET’S wildlife will benefit from the setting up of an online shop. Dorset Wildlife Trust says 100 per cent of the profits made from the online venture will go back into conservation work, to help wildlife and wild places in Dorset. The shop
Take a look at a new art exhibition in Weymouth. Future Past, the work of PBJ Treglown will be at the Mulberry Room in Weymouth library from April 28 to May 10. It will include a mixture of paintings, photography, sculpture and prose.
Get ‘on song’ with a singing workshop on Portland. Island Community Action is hosting the Singing for the Brian session on Wednesday April 30 from 10am to 11.30am at the Community 2000 Hall, Straits, Easton. For more information call ICA on 01305
THE wheels are turning for an exciting new activity in Weymouth. Wheel Keep Dancing holds ballroom, Latin and freestyle dance classes for wheelchair users and those with restricted mobility. A free taster event will take place at Redlands Community
Get Together for an exercise club. The fitness club for older people meets every Thursday at YMCA in Reforne from 10.30am to 12.30pm and includes an hour of exercise and an hour of socialising. Call 01305 823789 for details.
The Methodist Church on Portland is inviting the community to celebrate Easter together on Easter Sunday with a community picnic. The picnic will take place in Easton Gardens from 12pm to 3pm. There will be an Easter treasure hunt for children
One of the largest collections of radio controlled off-road trucks will appear at Bowleaze Cove on Sunday. The free event will provide an opportunity for people with Hobby Grade Scale Electric Radio Controlled Trucks to meet like-minded enthusiasts
PORT chaplains and ship visitors are increasing their efforts to support the lives of seafarers at Easter. Reverend Roger Stone, Apostleship of the Sea’s port chaplain for the South Coast, said: “I am aware that for seafarers the Church’s seasons
THIS weekend sees an implosion of Easter fun across Weymouth, Portland and Dorchester. A special ceremony on Saturday will see a bronze dray horse statue arrive in style at Brewery Square in Dorchester. The life-and-a-quarter size statue will
Take a walk to Golden Cap on Sunday with the Ramblers who will be doing a 10-mile walk from West Bay to Golden Cap and back. People should meet at the old railway station car park in West Bay at 10.30am and bring lunch, drinks, suitable footwear
The Purbeck branch of SSAFA Forces Help is holding a fundraising event at Highwood Gardens at the Drax Estate on Monday, May 5. Entrance costs £4 for adults and £2 for children aged between six and 16 with all proceeds going to the charity.
Explore a Victorian walled garden and much more at Edmondsham House. The gardens near Wimborne will be open on Monday from 2pm to 5pm for charity as part of the National Garden Scheme. For more information call 01725 517207.
Churches Together in the Dorchester Area is holding another Time for Peace at noon for 20 minutes on Tuesday, May 6. It is being held by the Amnesty International Tree in the Borough Gardens. A spokesman said: “Take 20 minutes to reflect on
Tickets are on sale for a musical evening with Weymouth Concert Brass in All Saints Church, Easton on Portland. It is taking place on Friday, May 9 at 7pm. This concert is part of the All Saints Centenary Celebrations. Tickets cost £5 and
A DAY care centre is ‘fighting for its life’ in the face of dwindling support from Dorset County Council. Trustees of Chancery House in Bridport are to hold an extraordinary meeting next Tuesday to decide how the facility is to survive. Barbara
THE wheels are turning for an exciting new activity in Weymouth. Wheel Keep Dancing holds ballroom, Latin and freestyle dance classes for wheelchair users and those with restricted mobility. A free taster event will take place at Redlands Community
Discover Spring songsters and migrants with a birdwatching walk this Easter. On Easter Monday from 8am to 11am there will be a birdwatching walk from Corfe Castle towards Nine Barrow Down. For more information and to book call 01202 620049.
A North Dorset landmark will be the venue for a classic car rally. The Heritage Insurance ‘Classics at the Castle’ now in its 11th year will be held on July 20 in the grounds of Sherborne Castle. It is one of the premier classics and supercar
A remembrance service will be held this Sunday. The service will take place at 10.30am at Harbour View Woodland Burial Ground in Lytchett Minster. There will be light refreshments afterwards and everyone will be welcome to join in a walk around
A Portland man will stand trial over an allegation of burglary. David Frederick Cant, of Reforne, Portland, denied a charge of burglary of a garage between March 29 and April 1. The 41-year-old was remanded in custody and will stand trial at Dorchester
A woman was fined for speeding during a day of action by police. The Safer Neighbourhood Team conducted hi-visibility speed checks on Radipole Park Drive.
I agree wholeheartedly with David Glossop’s views on the translation issue. I used to own an apartment in the Costa Brava, Spain, for about eight years. The system there is similar to that in France. If you don’t speak the language you have
FUNDRAISERS looking to create a new play area in Puddletown are laying on a feast of family entertainment. A group was set up last year to explore a new community play park in the village and it is now holding its first fundraising event. On
THE NUMBER of people claiming jobseeker’s allowance in the county has dropped significantly. Figures show the number of claimants in the Dorset County Council area has decreased by almost a quarter in the space of a year. The latest unemployment
I recently rented a holiday let in Dorset and was surprised to learn that landlords have to pay a considerable fee and purchase special sacks to have all household waste sent to a landfill site in Sherborne. Can’t we (holidaymakers) be trusted
Given that the county council has not brought to justice farmers for cruel treatment of farm animals, I find it interesting that West Dorset District Council have prosecuted the owner of Pirates Cove, near Chesil Beach, for non-planning permission
LYME Regis is putting on its annual Easter bonnet parade on Sunday and this year there is a Beatrix Potter theme. Judging of hats and bonnets is at 2pm in Lyme Regis Baptist Church and the parade will be leaving the Church at 3pm. This traditional
AN OPERATION to protect Dorset’s heathland has been ignited once again. Police are joining forces with partner agencies to reduce anti-social behaviour, theft and fire damage. It is the 15th successive year of the Operation Heathland initiative
BUS operator First says it will be operating its services in Dorset throughout the bank holiday weekend period, with more buses running than ever before on Easter Sunday. Buses will run to a Sunday timetable today, on Sunday and on Monday with
One-day old kittens have been rescued after they were dumped in a car park. A member of the public called the RSPCA after finding the kittens in Throop Mill car park, Bournemouth. One was already dead and the remaining four were ‘extremely
A COMMITTED charity fundraiser from Portland will be avoiding the chocolate and hitting the kayaks over the bank holiday Easter Weekend. Simon Avery is taking part in the 125-mile Devizes to Westminster kayak race as he aims to raise money for
A man was detained by police officers who had been called to King Street, Weymouth, early yesterday evening. A Dorset Police spokesman said they responded to reports of a man acting in a threatening manner.
A COMPANY director has been fined for an assault during a night out in Blandford. Bradley Craig Windeatt, 40, appeared at Dorchester Crown Court to be sentenced for an offence of assault occasioning actual bodily harm. Prosecutor Heather Shimmen
COASTGUARDS helped to rescue walkers, kayakers and investigated a washed up chemical drum. At 2.30pm on Thursday Portland Bill coastguard rescue officers were sent to investigate a report of a chemical drum on the shoreline near Portland Bill.
IT’S not just the little baby lambs that will be frolicking this Easter Weekend. There’ll be a whole lot of frolicking being undertaken by us humans, particularly those of us who enjoy live music. There’s so much of it about this Easter, it
AS you rip open the packaging and take a big chocolately bite of an egg this Easter, you probably won’t give second’s thought to where this strange tradition comes from. But did you know the link between Eggs and Easter stems back thousands of
A COMMITTED charity fundraiser from Portland will be avoiding the chocolate and hitting the kayaks over the bank holiday Easter Weekend. Simon Avery is taking part in the 125-mile Devizes to Westminster kayak race as he aims to raise money for
WEYMOUTH is being held to ‘ransom’ by Condor Ferries which could abandon the town and move operations elsewhere. The Echo has launched a petition calling on Condor to show their support for the town. Click here to sign. The borough is reeling
A COUNCILLOR narrowly avoided an attempt to remove him as the nominee for Portland Town Mayor. A motion was put forward at a Portland Town Council meeting to ‘review the decision’ to nominate Cllr Tim Munro for mayor in 2014/15. It was backed
TABLE-TOPPERS Portland United will be looking to extend their lead at the summit of the Dorset Premier league this weekend as they entertain Wareham Rangers tomorrow (3pm). Striker Lewis Clarke needs a little more time to recover from his hamstring
BRIDPORT will again be without striker Ryan Dovell when they take on Street at St Mary’s Field today (3pm). Dovell’s hamstring problem is also set to rule him out of the Bees’ trip to Gillingham Town on Monday and the penultimate game of the season
PHIL Simkin has hailed the efforts of the “brave” people running Dorchester Town, who he reckons gave the club a future when it didn’t have one. The Magpies’ manager also praised AFC Bournemouth and the other Football League clubs that came to
WEYMOUTH player-manager Jason Matthews has urged his Terras’ squad to show more desire as he targets an unbeaten Easter weekend. The Terras have feebly slid down the Southern Premier Division table following four straight league de-feats, and boss
TRUCKS, egg hunts, live music and pirates will make sure this Easter weekend is packed with something for all the family to enjoy. Starting on Good Friday and going across the weekend there will be an Easter egg hunt everyday at Abbotsbury Subtropical
