WEYMOUTH RESERVES 3 SWANAGE TOWN & HERSTON 0 WEYMOUTH Reserves made it back-to-back wins in the Dorset Premier League after a convincing victory over Swanage Town & Herston at the Bob Lucas Stadium. The hosts, fielding a handful of
A TEAM of 86 athletes from Great Britain of which 18 were from Dorset Pentathletes showed the rest of Europe what a force the Brits are in biathle. The Parque Urbano de Albarque, in Setubal, Portugal, hosted the European Champion-ships for the
YOUNGSTER Scott Chudley has been demonstrating his dedication to sailing by giving up his spare time to volunteer at the Weymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy (WPNSA). Chudley started sailing through the Sail for a Fiver scheme, sponsored
WEYMOUTH tall ship Pelican needs crew to sail her to one of the world’s top sailing events – the prestigious Falmouth Regatta, which starts on August 28. The regatta will attract around 50 tall ships and hundreds of other sailing vessels from around
A CYCLIST was knocked off their bike and injured when they collided with a car in Poundbury. The collision occurred on the roundabout on Middle Farm Way in Poundbury this morning. South Western Ambulance Service said they were called to attend
Well done Littlemoor! This year’s carnival entry won two silver and one bronze certificate for their ‘Littlemoor Rocks’ float. Congratulations to all the volunteers who made this possible, I know a great deal of time and effort went into your entry
A WEST Dorset beach with poor water quality is now on track to pass tough new Environment Agency standards. It comes after the EA issued a warning in May that water at Church Cliff beach in Lyme Regis was deemed ‘severely at risk’ of failing the
A FAMILY fun day is all set for another year of success this month as it aims to raise cash for seriously ill children. Lorraine Brown, leader of Dreamflights’ South Dorset group and mum to disabled son Jack, 10, is organising Dreamflights’ charity
ACCIDENTS caused travel chaos on roads around Dorchester yesterday. The A35 and A37 were both closed as officers worked to recover the vehicles involved. Neither accident was thought to be serious and those involved did not require any medical
BRIDPORT & District Model Railway Club held a successful exhibition in the town’s United Church Hall. The exhibition was well supported by locals as well as visitors who came from Weymouth and further afield. The club’s major layout depicting
RESIDENTS and staff at a Weymouth care home celebrated its new look. Friends and relatives of the residents at Care South’s Mount Pleasant were invited into the home last week to have a look at the refurbishment. One of the home’s lounges recently
THE grandparents of a Chickerell youngster with leukaemia are the latest people to become barbecue heroes for charity. As reported in the Echo, five-year-old Elliot Barton was diagnosed with juvenile myelomonocytic leukaemia, a rare form of the
DISCOVER Portland’s rare Blue butterflies. Living on the limestone of old quarries and finding seclusion in the derelict High Angle gun battery, a sub-species of the Silver-studded Blue can be spotted. The males are bright blue, have narrow
EVENTS TODAY Corfe Castle Medieval Village with Knight & Damsel Academy, National Trust, Corfe Castle, The Square, Wareham: An action packed family day out with interactive activities for budding knights and damsels, including a medieval
THE Wild West is in town all this week and the whole circus gang are putting on a show that deservedly received a standing ovation from a delighted first night audience. Irving Berlin certainly knew how to write hit songs as this classic musical
THEFTS from vehicles and criminal damage continue to affect the West Dorset area as police urge motorists against leaving valuables in their cars. There have been 14 offences in Bridport and the surrounding villages since the beginning of August
DRAMA, music and dance students are showcasing their theatrical skills tomorrow and Saturday. The youngsters from Dorchester Youth Theatre (DYT) have put together a show during their Combined Arts Week. The annual summer week of drama, music
DORSET’S Police and Crime Commissioner has criticised the Prime Minister for refusing a rise in the cost of gun licences. Martyn Underhill claims that Dorset Police has to subsidise gun holders by £250,000 a year- “effectively removing 10 police
Richard Drax and Simon Bowkett are both right in suggesting the solutions to the ‘Borough’s Toll of Repossessions’ (Echo, August 19) are more highly paid jobs and affordable housing. These needs are highlighted in the West Dorset and Weymouth and
Why is it that seaside venues abroad have their streets and shop fronts scrubbed clean every day at 5am? Weymouth is a beautiful place, ideal to be the leading holiday centre in England. Yet our streets from the station to the front are stained, chewing
THOUSANDS of people descended on Weymouth for the happiest day of the year. There were fireworks, dancing, sandcastles and the famous Red Arrows display at Weymouth Carnival 2014. And there was lots of glamour, as Emma Whitbread was crowned Carnival
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
A MAN was rushed to hospital during Weymouth Carnival. South West Ambulance Service said they were called to the Esplanade opposite Marks and Spencer at 6.50pm yesterday. A spokesman for the service said a man had suffered a cardiac arrest.
Arsonists set fire to a post box. One Weymouth fire crew was called to St Thomas Street in Weymouth at 7.21am this morning to a report of a post box on fire. The crew extinguished the blaze, which is believed to have been started deliberately
ANOTHER large rock fall has taken place on a West Dorset beach. Yesterday afternoon Portland Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre in Weymouth was called by the beach attendant at Charmouth, who reported a further recent large rock fall between Evans
A DRIVER is challenging a speeding ticket as he claims the restriction on Weymouth Relief Road is not clearly advertised. David Hansford is taking his fight to court, arguing authorities could do better to promote the 30mph zone at the entrance
CONDOR Ferries has confirmed it will leave Weymouth next spring. Its new larger high-speed ferry, the Austal 102, will sail from Poole instead after Weymouth’s Port was deemed unsuitable and required £10 million worth of investment to make it viable
