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  • TAEKWONDO: Carney called for Northern Ireland bid

    TAEKWONDO prospect Thomas Carney will put his skills to the test at the International Poomsae Championships in Northern Ireland later this month. The 12-year-old from Wyke Regis will be travelling to Belfast as part of a team of eight from Weymouth

  • GYMNASTICS: Medal haul for 360air youngsters

    THE coaches at 360air Trampoline & Gymnastics Club are bursting with pride following the achievements of their gymnasts in recent weeks. Competing at Blandford Forum Gymnastics Club, the trampoline gymnasts from 360air came away with a clutch

  • FOOTBALL: Charmouth secure second in first tournament

    CHARMOUTH Under-7s exceeded all expectations to finish as runners-up in their age group at Exeter City’s annual six-a-side tournament. The team, playing in their first competition together, was one of more than 170 to take part in all. With

  • CRICKET: Duo star with the bat in Dorchester victory

    BROADSTONE SECONDS 180 (6pts) lost to DORCHESTER 264-6 (20pts) by 84 runs WILL Caldwell and debutant Pete Phillips blasted Dorchester to a convincing 84-run win against Broadstone Seconds at The Delph on Saturday. Opener Caldwell top-scored

  • CRICKET: Missed chances prove costly for Beaminster

    CERNE VALLEY 199 (19pts) beat BEAMINSTER 126 (7pts) by 73 runs BEAMINSTER fell 74 runs short of victory away to Cerne Valley as several dropped catches proved crucial in the final outcome. Batting first having been put in on a damp wicket,

  • CRICKET: Weymouth leave it late to overcome Stalbridge

    STALBRIDGE 143-9 (5pts) lost to WEYMOUTH 144-7 (18pts) by three wickets WEYMOUTH completed their second away win of the Premier One season in a closely-contested encounter against Stalbridge, chasing down the hosts’ total with just four balls to

  • FOOTBALL: Fitting tribute to club legend Lawley

    CROWDS turned out in force at Grove Corner on Saturday to celebrate the life of local hero Barry Lawley and raise more than £1,000 for a worthy cause. Those who attended the charity event at the home of Portland United made it a day to remember

  • GOLF: Robson wins county crown

    TOM Robson became Weymouth Golf Club’s first ever county champion after securing a trophy treble at Broadstone. Robson started his Dorset County Championship campaign by carding the lowest score in the strokeplay event to win the Garrett Salver

  • UPDATED: A35 fully reopened following collision at Chideock

    TRAFFIC on the A35 near Chideock has been experiencing delays due to a road traffic collision. A spokesman for Dorset Police confirmed that there was a collision in the village involving a motorcycle and a car just before 3pm this afternoon.

  • Tooth of giant marine predator found on Chesil Beach

    A FOSSILISED tooth found near Chesil Beach has been recorded as the largest of its kind found in the UK. A team of palaeontologists say that the 5.5cm tooth that was dredged from the sea floor along the Jurassic Coast belongs to a prehistoric relative

  • Firefighters tackle Cheselbourne chimney fire

    Fire crews tackled a chimney fire in Cheselbourne. Just before 9.30pm on Saturday night firefighters were called to a chimney fire in the village. They used a chimney kit and hose reel jets to extinguish the blaze, which was confined to the

  • Man taken to hospital after A35 crash

    A MAN was cut from a car after a crash at Bere Regis. Police, fire crews and ambulance were all called to the incident on the A35 Bere Regis near Woodbury Cross at 1.41am on Sunday morning. They found a car had left the road and collided with

  • Weymouth Football Club at the centre of new homes plan clash

    BATTLE lines are being drawn up over a fight to build up to 170 homes on the site of Weymouth Football Club. The issue whether to build at the Bob Lucas Stadium is set to be thrashed out at a public inquiry when a government planning inspector