THE mum of an 11-year-old disabled boy who went missing yesterday has given a special message of thanks to his rescuers. George Pugh-Sargent, 11, from Frampton, went missing in Ringstead Bay yesterday afternoon during a walk with his family. He
THERE was plenty of drama at Weymouth College Bay Theatre as Suplex Wrestling staged its summer comeback show. The main event was a championship ladder match between Weymouth’s own Robbie Nitro and The Black Scorpion. And at the culmination
A TOTAL of 142 runners representing 19 different running clubs took part in Weymouth’s annual Parkrun, and celebrated the first anniversary of the run with 37 personal best (PB) times. Out on the course, regular front runner Fergus Johnson led
THE Motley Crew Mixed A team successfully earned their place at the finals of the Butcombe British Championship by finishing top of their qualifying group. They won two and lost one of their last three matches to go through to next month’s championships
9:22pm We will have a full story for you on the website as soon as possible about the rescue mission. Thank you to everyone who shared this live blog via social media and helped police locate George.
BOOT-Led-Zeppelin are bringing their Led Zeppelin tribute act to Dorset. They will be performing at the Tivoli Theatre in Wimborne on September 12. The rock band’s guitar riff on A Whole Lotta Love was recently voted the best of all time by
IPACA has announced its principal is leaving in a shock resignation, just days before the new school year was due to begin. The Isle of Portland Aldridge Community Academy has confirmed that Alison Appleyard has left the academy in order to embark
DORCHESTER ju-jitsu students enjoyed a seminar with Professor Soke Tony Ball during his visit to England. Soke Ball is an 8th Dan in the Fudoshin ju-jitsu system, having studied under its founder Soke Bob Lawrence, a 10th Dan. In 1981, Soke
BRIDPORT RESERVES 2 BLANDFORD UNITED 0 BRIDPORT clinched successive wins for the first time this season with goals either side of the break from Jack Scovell and Sam Day. But it was the visitors, and keeper Alex Dickinson, who came in for the
WEYMOUTH RESERVES 5 POOLE BOROUGH 0 FREE-SCORING Weymouth Reserves added another five goals to their league total, making it 11 strikes in two games while brushing aside Poole Borough at the Bob Lucas Stadium. The Terras virtually scored with
PORTLAND UNITED 4 WAREHAM RANGERS 1 THE Blues made it a magnificent seven wins from their first seven league games on Saturday with a 4-1 defeat of Wareham Rangers at Grove Corner. Portland boss Gary Bailey hailed his side’s performance and
A HUGE search is underway to find a missing 11-year-old boy. George Pugh-Sargent, from Frampton near Dorchester, was last seen near the car park and café at Ringstead Bay at Osmington, at around 1.30pm today. He is described as white, five
A PORTLAND woman has completed a charity walk to raise money for epilepsy research after her nephew died of Dravet Syndrome, a rare and often unmanageable form of epilepsy than begins in infancy and can be fatal. As reported in the Echo, Mandy
FOOD lovers are being invited to eat the county. This year’s Eat Dorset Food Fair will be held on October 18 and 19. More than 60 local food producers will be showcasing their wares and there will also be a ‘pop-up’ cookery school with Lesley
THERE is nothing to brighten up the day like a sweet treat. Whether your poison is parma violets or you have a taste for chocolate – we all have to indulge our sweet tooth every now and again. But what if that sweet treat really is poison?
Two friends caused a stir in Weymouth town centre when they had their hair shaved off for a charity stunt. Fiona James and Heidi Keyworth braved the rain over the bank holiday and had their heads shaved in aid of Cancer Research UK. The pair
AN ENTERPRISING shop owner from Swanage has become the only one in Dorset to accept Bitcoins as a way of payment. Andy James, owner of Swanage News, first heard about the newest way for people to pay for items through a TV programme and decided
THE sky’s the limit for two Weymouth care workers who are doing a 15,000ft tandem skydive for charity. Nicola Turner, 27, of Bryn Road Weymouth and Jennifer Ayles, 24, of Kitchener Road, Weymouth have teamed up to raise money for The Alzheimer’
STAFF at a Portland surgery will don headbands as part of an obstacle race to raise money for an ovarian cancer charity. Royal Manor Health Care employees will take part in this year’s Kamikaze Final Sortie run in Mapperton, Bridport. The race
PEOPLE is Dorset are being ask-ed to nominate their friends, colleagues, relatives or sports and community leaders for honours. The plea comes as the latest statistics show 7.8 per cent of New Year Honours went to people in the South West region
Weymouth Crematorium will host its annual Service of Remembrance on Sunday September 7. The service offers the opportunity for anyone to remember a friend, colleague or loved one irrespective of where or when previous funerals took place. The
CAN I say how much I have enjoyed reading the very poignant First World War memories written in your paper this week. We are on holiday for the week and it has been fascinating reading. The articles are so well written and have given me a fascinating
REFERRING to Jane Burnet’s letter, August 21, ‘Have Your Say’, the Green Party’s Parliamentary Candidate. With respect to the Green Party’s ideas, that education is the answer to the problems of encouraging highly paid jobs to the area, I would
ALL aboard for a journey back in time. Classic 1940s carriages will be in action to transport car and train enthusiasts to a popular rally. More than 300 exhibits are set to be featured at this year’s annual Purbeck Transport Rally. The annual
THE steam tours into Weymouth have been going for several years now, but the snag is having to send the steam all the way to Yeovil for turning, water and coal. I remember your reporter Martin Lea alerting readers about West Country planning a
A YACHT was rescued from the treacherous waters of the Portland race. A volunteer crew of Weymouth RNLI was tasked by Portland Coastguard to assist a yacht with four people on board, at 5.40pm on Sunday, August 31. The yacht, ‘Crackon’, was
THE FIRE service is warning people to keep their windows closed this morning as they continue to fight a blaze at a rubbish tip in Wareham. A plume of smoke from the blaze at the Bere Road landfill is covering Bournemouth and Poole, with residents
SERIOUSLY ill children will get a dream trip, thanks to kind-hearted Weymouth residents. A family fun day at The Marsh yesterday raised thousands of pounds for Dreamflights. It was organised by fundraiser Lorraine Brown, after the charity took
A SENIOR figure at the Dorset Healthcare University NHS Foundation Trust claims the provider is beginning to function well again. Fiona Haughey spoke after her recent appointment as executive director of nursing and quality. The trust has taken
THE man at the helm of the Dorset Police has been getting to grips with the controversial use of Tasers after concerns were raised by residents. Police and Crime Commissioner Martyn Underhill took part in a Taser awareness course. He said his
A MAN has been jailed after he was caught carrying £800 of heroin and crack cocaine to Weymouth. Carsu Aiken, right, 25, of St Paul’s Road in Tottenham, London, admitted two counts of possessing a controlled Class A drug with intent. Dorchester
STUART Heath has ruled himself out of the running to succeed Phil Simkin as Dor-chester Town boss. However, the Magpies’ caretaker-manager would like to stay at the Avenue in a coaching capacity. Heath, Simkin’s assistant before the latter’
A FORMER newsagent owner has denied allegations of committing sexual offences against children. David Gardner, 79, of Newberry Road, Weymouth, is standing trial at Dorchester Crown Court where he denies four counts of indecency with a child and
SCHOOL bosses say this week will be the real test on whether a new free meals policy can work. The new school term, and implementation of the government’s multi-million pound project, begins this week. Dorset schools say they are ready to go
THREE points away from home, as well as his side’s resilience to dig in and restrict Cambridge City on their own patch, thrilled Terras’ player-manager Jason Matthews. Apart from a couple of second half chances, Weymouth managed to limit their
GOOD sports at a Portland school jumped at the chance to design their own PE kit. Research shows that almost half of 16-year-old girls make up excuses to get out of PE lessons. To tackle the problem, girls from the Isle of Portland Aldridge
The 7th season of Osmington Recorded Music Society opens on Monday 15th September 2014 at the Village Hall, Shortlake Lane. when Chairman Peter Foster will give the programme which is entitled Let’s Enjoy Music. Although predominately a society for classical
