THE Dorset Police helicopter has been helping in a search around Weymouth for a suspect after a possible break-in. Police were called at 9.50pm this evening by a member of the public who reported 'suspicious activity' in the Wyke Regis area.
I cant believe I am actually saying the word (whispers) Christmas, but it seems it gathers momentum every year, and this year has arrived ealrier than ever. The Local , ever Successful Lets Make It Workshops, fresh from the success of Weymouth
GILLINGHAM-BASED rider Sam Griffiths admitted he was not getting carried away with himself despite topping the dressage scores after day one of this year’s Land Rover Burghley Horse Trials. In winning the Badminton Horse Trials back on Paulank
The September lunch will be on Monday 29th September, and the October Lunch will be Monday October 22th, times are 12.15 for 12.30 at Osmington Village Hall. Cost £6.00. Everybody is welcome so do come along. To book, contact Tess or Martin on (01305
NORTH Dorset MP Bob Walter has heard about the experiences of the young people taking part in this year’s National Citizen Service (NCS) programme in a visit to Blandford. Each year the voluntary NCS programme offers thousands of 16-17- year-olds
A GROUP of local activists is campaigning for more facilities for mental health service users in West Dorset. The group, led by town and county councillor Ros Kayes and service user Ros Copson, has received funding and premises in Downes Street, Bridport
the sky’s not even the limit THE SISTER of a Dorset youngster who survived a life-threatening brain injury is taking to the skies to raise funds for the charity that supports him. Max Brimble, from Batcombe, suffered a serious brain injury in 2001
On Friday 26 September, people in your area will be getting together with friends for a cuppa and a delicious piece of cake – all in the name of Macmillan Cancer Support. So gather your favourite people together for the World’s Biggest Coffee
THE annual Burton Bradstock Church Fete saw crowds flocking to the Rectory, opened by the Rev Jean Thorn. Music was the theme of this year’s fete and for the first time the fete included a fun dog show. Some 60 entries were out to demonstrate their
THE Coneygar Lodge Care Home raised £600 for the Alzheimer's Society at its summer fete, pictured. As well as having a raffle, tombola and several other stalls, visitors were also treated to a chance to see two birds of prey and live music by Suzy
The appeal for fundraising to restore the bells at St Mary’s Church, Litton Cheney, was boosted by £250 this week. A donation from Hussey & Briggs Ltd, Bridport, was handed over to tower captain Wendy Firrell and bells fund co-ordinator John
SOME might call it beginner’s luck but there’s no disputing Fiona Graham-Flynn’s success at her first Bridport and District Gardening Club Summer Show. She has been a member for almost five years, but this was the first time she entered her vegetables
IT was all aboard for Dorset’s Women’s Institute as they took a trip to the Royal Military Tattoo. Forty-eight members of the Dorset Federation of WI and their husbands journeyed to Edinburgh for the event. Whilst in Scotland, they went on the
A WEST DORSET author famed for his Sherlock Holmes novels has released a sequel to popular book ‘A Twist of Lyme’. David Ruffle, who works at Quality Corner in Broad Street, is well known both locally and nationally for his series of five Sherlock
MEMBERS of the Camden Voluntary Police Cadet unit joined the Tall Ship Pelican in the ship’s home port of Weymouth. Following a night on board the ship, they set sail early on Sunday morning and were treated to a day’s sailing around Weymouth Bay
TWO crewmen were airlifted to Dorset County Hospital with facial injuries after an air pipe exploded on a ship 35 miles south of Portland. The two men, from the Philippines, were on board the Netherland-based cargo ship the Happy Dragon when the
A JURY heard how a man accused of committing sex offences against children had allegedly previously been threatened by one of his alleged victims. David Gardner, 79, of Newberry Road, Weymouth, is standing trial at Dorchester Crown Court where
PARENTS of children attending IPACA have voiced their concerns about the shock resignation of the academy’s principal. The Isle of Portland Aldridge Community Academy announced on Monday that principal Alison Appleyard had resigned, just two days
A ‘TODDLE Waddle’ Family Fun Day proved a great success, raising thousands for charity. The event was organised by Dorchester mum Naomi Hillier, 31, who wanted to raise awareness of and money for Meningitis Now, the charity that supported her family
A DORSET community group needs your help to get a cash boost. People First Dorset has been shortlisted for the Lloyds Bank Community Fund 2014. The group’s Friendship Club could receive up to £3,000. The public decide by voting as to who receives
WEYMOUTH & Portland National Sailing Academy (WPNSA), Castle Cove Sailing Club (CCSC) and Weymouth Sailing Club (WSC) are in their final preparation stages for the bid to hold the largest sailing race in the world. Bart’s Bash is taking place
SAM Pascoe and Glen Truswell, who are members of Castle Cove Sailing Club (CCSC), dominated the National Championship for the International 14 fleet, which took place in Weymouth last week. Earlier in the year, the duo took the European Championship
THE RYA Youth National Match Racing Championship title saw Annabel Vose and her crew of Tim Gratton and Matt Wallis come out on top at the Weymouth & Portland National Sailing Academy (WPNSA). Competing in the RYA’s fleet of former Olympic
BADGER groups are offering farmers a lifeline in their fight against TB - by offering to vaccinate badgers. Dorset farmers have said they feel ‘hopeless’ after the government announced its controversial badger cull would remain only in Gloucester
STAFF from one of Dorchester’s fastest growing companies have covered 25,000 miles in just 150 days, the equivalent of travelling around the world, and they won’t be stopping there. The plan is to go around the world at least twice more. It’s all
TRIBUTES have poured in for a Catholic clergyman whose body was found on a Portland beach. Reverend Wilfred Westlake, a deacon at St Joseph's Church in Weymouth, was described as 'genuine, kind and caring'. Dorset Police said they were called
DORCHESTER Choral Society (DCS) is holding a concert at St Mary’s Church on Saturday November 1 at 7.30pm. The concert will be a time for remembrance and starts with Bach's First Unaccompanied Cello Suite performed by the international cellist
THE birth of Bangladesh will be charted at Bridport’s Lyric Theatre on Friday September 12. In The Tiger and The Moustache, Saikat Ahamed will talk about his home country and the story of his mother, from Barisal to Birmingham and beyond. Born
DORSET’S Police and Crime Commissioner has hit out at a new report which criticises the force. Martyn Underhill says officers can not be expected to attend ‘one hundred percent of crimes’ after Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary (HMIC)
A LULLABY delivered by bike, art at the bus stop, a seaside puppet show with a twist, stories engraved on cutlery and a debate with a rabbit on Portland are all part of this year’s b-side festival, which begins tomorrow. Running from September
On behalf of Charlton Down Cricket Club, can I thank the Dorset Echo and its team again for the coverage of our good and bad cricketing exploits during the season. I know there are numerous readers who look out for the cricket reports from around
About two months ago, if memory serves me correctly, you published a letter in which the correspondent, quite rightly, raised considerable disquiet about what he felt was a flagrant breach of health and safety rules apropos a small section of the new
THE Dorset Regiment will meet for what is likely to be the last formal event in its 300-year history. Until now, the Regiment’s story has stopped abruptly at 1939. But now a new book completes its story and will be launched in Dorchester on September
DORSET Blind Association is inviting people with visual impairments to have a go at goalball. The sport, which featured in the Paralympics, sees players throwing a ball containing bells towards the opposite team’s goal to score. Every player
Work is about to commence on the construction of the path which will lead people up from Coneygar Lane onto the top of Coneygar Hill. The path will link into the existing paths on the hill and will enable walkers to go into Bridport town centre
A DORSET pub has been named as the best in the country. The New Inn in Cerne Abbas has been named Inn of the Year in the Good Pub Guide 2015. It was also awarded the county’s Dining Pub of the Year for the third time. Landlord Jeremy Lee said
I am aware that many people have complaints about the NHS. However, after a short stay at Dorset County Hospital, I could not fault the way I was cared for and treated. I was recently admitted as an emergency to DCH and spent a short time there
TRIBUTES have been paid to an elderly woman who died in a house fire in Weymouth. The body of a woman in her eighties was discovered in a house after emergency services were called to a fire at a property on Rutland Road at 9.50am on Wednesday,
COASTGUARD ROUNDUP: Ambulance crews asked for help rescuing a man with a head injury near Weymouth. On Wednesday afternoon South Western Ambulance contacted Portland Coastguard asking for assistance with a man suffering a head injury at Ringstead
SCORING goals is something that Terras’ talisman Stewart Yetton clearly thrives on, but he insists he does not mind who finds the net for the side this term, as long as they achieve his personal aim of the play-offs. The striker has enjoyed a blistering
MILK thieves who have been on a six week stealing spree have been blasted for targeting the elderly and vulnerable. Over the past month-and-a-half Dorset Police say there has been a significant number of milk thefts on Portland including the Tophill
ROBERT Montagu first tackled the subject of his father’s abuse in a work of fiction published in 1988 called Coming to Terms. But the daily abuse by his father Victor Montagu, then a respected Member of Parliament, from the age of seven to 11 was
PLANS to overhaul traffic in Dorchester have come under fire after it emerged that almost £1million has been spent with ‘nothing at all to show for it’. Town and county councillor Trevor Jones quoted the figure and made the comment at a Dorset
SOPHIE Weguelin has vented her frustration over having to withdraw from the upcoming ISAF Sailing World Championships in Santander next week. The Portland-based sailor, ranked number five in the world, was due to compete in the 470 women’s event
TRIBUTES have been paid to a rowing club stalwart and former special needs teacher who has died. Wendy Pearce, 66, died peacefully at her Weymouth home after a long illness with her husband Duff and family by her side. Cornish-born Mrs Pearce
