PORTLAND UNITED 2 BRIDPORT RESERVES 0 GOALS from Ross Doidge and Carl Mutch preserved Portland United’s unblemished start to the campaign with a 2-0 victory over Bridport Reserves at Grove Corner. The Blues took the lead on 10 minutes when
DAVE Drage was highly commended for his work as a football volunteer and as one of the nominees for the prestigious People’s Award at the 2014 FA and McDonald’s Community Awards national ceremony. Already crowned a regional winner for the South
PORTLAND TOWN A 6 PORTLAND TOWN B 0 PORTLAND Town created their own piece of Dorset history when two teams from the same club battled it out in an official fixture for the first time ever in the county. The A and B teams met in the group stages
ALEX Jolliffe (Team Terminator) saved the best until last at the Youth & Junior Track Championships, winning the under-16 500m time trial to claim his first national title. The talented Weymouth-based rider clocked 34.502secs for his two-lap
THERE is a new name on the Pengilly Cup this year after St Nicholas & St Laurence recorded their first ever win in the Weymouth primary schools’ mini tennis team competition, putting to an end the 10-year domination of Radipole and St Andrews.
SEVEN junior members signed on to fish this year’s Frank and Peggy Daw Memorial Match from East Pier on West Bay. It was not quite the record turnout of the previous year but every competitor managed to land several fish. Conditions were a
JAY Lelliott smashed his lifetime best by more than seven seconds at the European Champions in Berlin, but the Portland teenager missed out on a medal in the final of the 1500m freestyle yesterday. Looking to add to the bronze he won in Monday’
ADRIAN VALLARD, aged 57, of Grove Lane Close, Stalbridge. Admitted making a statement or representation to a local authority, namely Stour Valley Partnership, which was false, namely you failed to declare that you had capital, namely property in excess
VISITORS to a country fete in Purbeck should let the train take the strain. Harman’s Cross Country fete, flower show and gymkhana is at the village hall, next to the railway station. It will take place on Monday, August 25, from noon-4pm. Proceeds
KYLE RICHARD GREGORY, aged 18, of Poets Way, Dorchester. Admitted theft from a shop, stealing a box of Stella Artois lager to the value of £9 belonging to Sainsbury’s. Discharged conditionally for 6 months. Ordered to pay compensation of £9. THOMAS
CLAIRE HENDERSON, aged 26, of Southview Road, Weymouth. Proved in absence of using a colour television receiver without a licence. Fined £300 and ordered to pay costs of £120. LEAH CHARMAINE JAKEMAN, aged 24, of Canterbury Close, Weymouth. Proved
PHILLIP JOHN GIBBONS, aged 64, of Ulwell Road, Swanage. Admitted driving a vehicle on the A351 Sandford Road at Swanage at a speed exceeding 30mph. Fined £55 and ordered to pay £85 costs. Licence endorsed with 3 penalty points. ANDREW WILLIAM JAMES
TINA SHEARING, aged 39, of Castle Square, Bridport. Admitted using a colour television receiver without a licence. Fined £75 and ordered to pay costs of £60. BRIAN MICHAEL FERGUSON, aged 48, of Doctor Roberts Close, Bridport. Admitted failing without
COLIN PAUL JEFFREY, aged 45, of Reforne Portland. Admitted failing to comply with a direction given by a police constable in uniform to leave a locality and not return for a period of 10 hours. Fined £50 and ordered to pay £50 costs. In a separate
COMPANIES that exemplify the family spirit of doing business are set to be acknowledged in the 20th annual Echo-backed Dorset Business Awards. The Princecroft Willis Family Business Award will highlight and celebrate the contribution family businesses
A MEMBER of Bridport’s Pilsdon Community has been awarded a prestigious accolade from the building industry charity Crash at their patron reception in London. Dilys Hunt, from the Pilsdon Community, was awarded the Tony Denison Award 2014 for displaying
A LAW firm based in Dorchester has promoted two of its employees to be partners of the business. Nicholas Clegg and Chris Pemberton, who have both been part of Porter Dodson for over a decade, have both been appointed to partners after it was rubber
A DORCHESTER-based insurance group has appointed a new portfolio holder. Donna Wilson has joined the A-One Insurance group and will take on a portfolio of existing businesses, looking to grow new business for the firm.
THE Dorset Wedding Supplier Awards is set to return this year and is now accepting nominations. The awards, only in its second year, is organised by wedding magazine Something Borrowed and recognises local businesses within the Dorset wedding community
LET Winnie-the-Pooh guide you through Dorset’s simple pleasures in life. Visit England is encouraging families to experience life’s simple pleasures inspired by the tales of Winnie-the-Pooh and Christopher Robin. The top 25 simple pleasures
A DORSET hotel has struck gold with a top family-friendly UK award. Days Hotel Marsham Court in Bournemouth is the first hotel in the country to receive the highest gold rating from the Approved Family Friendly scheme, which aims to encourage leisure
A DORCHESTER business is sharing the joy as it celebrates its 50th birthday. The Domestic Appliance Centre is marking half a century of serving the community this year and has come up with a great way for the public and a local charity to benefit
LOVE is in the air as Dorchester gears up for a bumper bank holiday weekend. This year’s Love Parade is on Sunday and organisers say it is set to be bigger than ever before. Launched in 2009, the celebration of love and acceptance has increased
DOZENS of mums and babies piled into a Dorchester pub to celebrate breastfeeding. The Royal Oak Wetherspoons in High West Street hosted a tea party to mark World Breastfeeding Week, which runs annually at the start of August. It was organised
DORCHESTER’S Bayeux Society will welcome 54 visitors from Bayeux next month as part of the bi-annual twinning event between the two towns. As part of the event, 29 local families will host the visitors, and a programme of events has been scheduled
A PENSIONER who plotted the location of every bomb which fell in Dorset in the Second World War is celebrating now his work is on display in Dorchester. He successfully charted each explosive dropped by the Luftwaffe between 1939 and 1945.
PAUL Blake admits he’s inspired by his rivalry with Russian Evgenii Shvetcov – even if he can’t speak to him about it. The Dorchester athlete doubled his medal tally at the IPC European Championships yesterday, adding silver in the T36 400m to
IF the Weymouth central beach is getting too crowded you can always head down to the other end of the bay to have a taste of what Bowleaze Cove has to offer. The beach here is a mixture of shingle and sand, and small seashells can be picked up
Community leaders have spoken of their pride after a Weymouth beauty spot was given top marks in an award scheme. Sandsfoot Gardens off Old Castle Road have been awarded the highest possible mark in Keep Britain Tidy’s prestigious Green Flag Awards
NATIONALLY acclaimed teen folk trio Granny’s Attic are performing in Weymouth on Saturday. Fresh from their success as nominees for the Young Folk Award at the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards, Granny’s Attic will be entertaining the crowds at St Edmund
PROFESSOR Green will be performing at the O2 Academy in Bournemouth on December 10. The Hackney-born and raised rapper is returning with Lullaby, the first single to be taken from his third studio album, Growing Up in Public. Firmly established
CELEBRATE the 40th anniversary of Abba’s timeless classic Waterloo with the Abba Reunion on Sunday, August 31 at Bournemouth Pavilion. The Abba Reunion Tribute Show – Live in Concert stars the original ‘Frida’ from London’s West End. Having
Robert Dunster’s comment (August 16) that it is better to educate drivers to take more responsibility on the roads regarding speeding etc, is, in my view, a complete waste of time. After all, over many years, millions of pounds of taxpayers’ cash has
I have got to say a great big thank you to the Pavilion for a great evening watching Only One Direction on stage. My daughter and nieces, who are currently visiting the area, were thrilled with such a fantastic tribute band. I hope to see more
A MAN from London appeared at Dorchester Crown Court on Friday, charged with possessing a controlled class A drug with intent. Carsu Aiken, 25, of St. Paul’s Road in Tottenham, London, pleaded guilty to the charge. Representing Aiken, Mr Charles
Your story about Comer Homes’ attempt to restart the Ocean Views development, this time without an ‘affordable’ component, coincided with the release of annual accounts by Bovis Homes, another company that does business in Dorset. Readers may well
EXCITEMENT is building as communities gear up for a big awards night to celebrate Dorset’s outstanding villages. The winners of the 2014 Dorset Best Village Competition will be revealed at a presentation evening on Thursday, September 18. Now
THE WHOLE Broadwindsor community came together to get ‘Happy.’ The West Dorset village created their own version of the Pharrell Williams’ song. You can watch their wonderful video below. Children from the primary school, staff and volunteers
7:35am 7:14am 9:11pm Reporter Oscar Tollast has finally made his way back to the office after a day of carnival fun.
CONDOR Ferries has confirmed that it will leave Weymouth next spring, sailing its new super-ferry from Poole. Its new larger high-speed ferry, the Austal 102, will sail from Poole instead after Weymouth’s Port was deemed unsuitable and requiring
TWO grass fires on Portland are believed to have been started deliberately by arsonists. Dorset Fire and Rescue Service were called to two fires yesterday afternoon on Clovens Road and Grove Road. Arsonists struck at 2.44pm at Clovens Road,
THE organiser of the first ever Dorchester Military Festival has paid tribute to those who attended. Former soldier Ted Caine spent two years organising the event, which took place in the Borough Gardens on Saturday. The event included a number
PHIL Simkin branded Chippenham Town “a bunch of experienced bullies” and Aaron Moody a referee “totally out of his depth” after the Magpies’ 1-0 defeat to the Bluebirds at the Avenue last night. Luke Ballinger’s first-half header proved to be the
A DORCHESTER credit union has cashed in on its success as it celebrated reaching the milestone of over 2,500 active members and £1m in savings. Mayor of Dorchester Peter Mann visited the head office of First Dorset Credit Union to mark the occasion
WEYMOUTH’S big day of the year is finally here – and it promises to be a cracker. A team of volunteers have been working hard for almost a year to pull everything together for Weymouth Carnival 2014 and they have a spectacular show lined up.
