RESIDENTS and traders in Weymouth, Portland and West Dorset affected by flooding last winter can still claim financial help from council-run support schemes. The schemes were introduced with Government backing to help businesses and homeowners
MEET the Air Ambulance heroes who have been nominated for awards in excellence. Crew members of the Dorset and Somerset Air Ambulance have been shortlisted in a total of three categories in this year’s Air Ambulance Awards of Excellence. The
WEYMOUTH Sailing Club (WSC) is gearing up for Bart’s Bash this weekend, an event which is planned to be the largest sailing race in the world. Tomorrow evening, the club will welcome Olympic gold medal winners Ian Percy and Paul Goodison from 6pm
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Portland Carers Support Group is urging more people to come along to a meeting. The group meets on the last Monday of the month at Tophill Surgery Easton from 10.30am until about midday. A spokesman said: “If you are caring for a friend or
CHESIL Sailability welcomed Hansa sailors to the Weymouth & Portland National Sailing Aca-demy for the first Hansa event ever to be held on the sea in the UK. It was also the first time Chesil Sailability have hosted a Hansa event. All three
Organisations and charities that are helping to protect and sustain farming and rural communities can apply for up to £50,000 funding from The Prince’s Countryside Fund. To apply complete the online application form at princescountrysidefund.org
The first in a series of community lunches for charities and voluntary groups is on Saturday, at Weymouth Community Safety Centre on Radipole Lane – followed by another on October 21 at St John’s Hall, Fortuneswell. The Dorset Community Action
The Fairwater Head Hotel between Axminster and Lyme Regis is holding a ‘Pamper and Shopping’ day on September 27 between 11.30am and 4pm. Organiser Samantha Ricketts said: “The last one proved so popular with loads of great feedback on social media
BRIDPORT Town Council wants to look at getting maps being used for satellite navigation licensed. It also wants to be able to provide local help on energy use for small and medium sized businesses with less than 200 employees. These ideas were
An exhibition with a difference is now on show at Beaminster Museum to commemorate 100 years since the outbreak of the First World War. Previous commemorations in West Dorset this year have included services of remembrance at Shipton Gorge and
The Lions Club of Bridport will be holding their ‘swimarathon’ event on October 5 at Bridport Leisure Centre. For details call Peter on 01308 424536.
A WEA day course led by David Westhead will look at Picasso’s contribution to Modernism in painting, sculpture and drawing as well as other aspects of his work. For more information call 01305 269510 or see wea.org.uk
TWO Weymouth care assistants have completed their fundraising skydive for the Alzheimer’s Society. Nicola Turner, 27, of Bryn Road, Weymouth, and Jennifer Ayles, 24, of Kitchener Road, Weymouth, both work at Queen Charlotte Care Home and teamed
THE director of a Dorchester-based estate agents is celebrating 15 years at the company. Rachel Press first joined Direct Moves Estate Agents on South Street in 1999 shortly after the office opened. She started off working as a sales representative
WEYMOUTH and Portland Marina is supporting two charities in memory of two youngsters who lost their lives. Berth holders Gillian and Rob Swinson accepted a cheque on behalf of Cardiac Risk in the Young (CRY) after tragically losing their son to
BRYANSTON School has opened a new state-of-the-art £8.5m music school building and staked its claim to being the best school of its kind in the UK for music. The Tom Wheare Music School has been designed by Hopkins Architects, who came up with
GARDENER Trevor Toogood, inset, has unearthed a couple of carrots with a difference. He was digging in his vegetable patch when he came across a pair of unusually shaped carrots that appeared to have distinctly male and female characteristics.
KEEN gardener Martin Jones has been growing banana plants in his Swanage garden for the past decade – but he never thought the Purbeck climate would prove quite this fruitful. For the first time in ten years, and probably the first time in Swanage
FIREFIGHTERS were called to reports of a boat on fire in Weymouth. A boat on hard standing was reported to be on fire on Portland Road in Weymouth. Two crews from Weymouth attended the incident at around 1.30pm but found the fire was out upon
FIVE staff from Phones 4U in Weymouth look set to keep their jobs after the company went into administration. Dixons Carphone, the owner of retail giant Currys PC World, said 800 employees of Phones 4U who work in concessions in the stores would
Communities Living Sustainably in Dorset and Bridport Town Council organised a workshop to seek views on how Bridport is and could be affected by severe weather and how the community could adapt to become more resilient to future severe weather events
Heartfelt tributes have been paid to a ‘friendly and inspirational’ woman who was also one of West Dorset’s oldest residents. Kathleen Rosher, 103, passed away on Saturday September 6 at the Harbour House care home in West Bay, where she had lived
PARENTS are being reminded to be vigilant after two incidents where young boys were approached. Dorset Police have said two incidents, one where a 10-year-old boy was grabbed by the scruff of the neck in Sherborne and another where a 9-year-old
THE contributions of staff and volunteers were celebrated as Dorset County Hospital hosted its annual award event. The GEM (Going the Extra Mile) Awards recognise those who made an outstanding contribution to the hospital in the last year as well
BUTTERFLIES, ear trumpets and a giant white hare will put the South Dorset Ridgeway in a whole new light this weekend. Ridgeway Responses is a free, family-friendly arts extravaganza centred around the village of Littlebredy, in west Dorset, from
HEAVY rain, thunderstorms and lightning could batter Dorset tomorrow, the Met Office said. A yellow weather warning has been issued for Dorset and the South West, with the Met Office urging residents to be aware. The 'be aware' alert, which
A MODEL from Dorchester took to the streets of London to take part in an unusual protest about the use of animal fur in fashion. Lora Leigh joined forces with animal rights campaigners PETA to protest outside Somerset House in London this week,
The Littlemoor Job Club is open again every Wednesday at the library between 9.15 and noon. If you want to find out the latest job opportunities in the area, need help or advice on job searching, CV advice or a chat about changing career, a warm welcome
Members of Bridport Town Council's environment and social wellbeing committee are concerned at the proposed reduction in the number of waste bins and possible reduction in the frequency of emptying them. They are also questioning the proposal to
CIVIC guests said ‘C’est la vie’ after a broken down coach and a four hour queue at Customs disrupted a trip across the Channel. But it didn’t spoil the annual visit to Weymouth and Portland’s twin town of Louviers. Thirty six members of the
Will we need a bypass to by-pass the bypass? With work now underway on the transfer station and a date given of 2016 for work to commence on the house building at Vearse Farm what will happen to our town? There seems no concern whatsoever from
COUNCIL Tax payers in Purbeck, West Dorset and Weymouth and Portland who receive a 25 per cent reduction on their bill because they are single occupancy residents are being checked to make sure that the reductions are correct. These checks form
While we hear a lot about the state of our filthy town, there is one place that needs mentioning for quite the opposite reason, namely the Household Recycling Depot on Portland. The place is a credit to those friendly, helpful people who work there
It’s a bit rich, Stella Jones moaning about the cost of erecting a flagpole outside the WDDC offices when Dorchester Town Council wastes thousands of pounds of taxpayer’s money every year promoting a free pop concert at Maumbury Rings. Peter Watson
On behalf of Nothe Fort, I would like to give a huge thank you to all those who took part in our recent Son et Lumiere, whether you were acting, dancing, singing, looking after backstage, props, lighting, selling pro-grammes, marshalling, etc.
THIS weekend people can enjoy high quality artwork which unlocks the history of the South Dorset Ridgeway. The art, part of the biennial Inside Out Dorset festival, is based in and around the village of Littlebredy. There will also be a chance
COUNCILLORS have given the green light to plans to build 62 houses on the site of a former Portland quarry. Approval was given for outline planning permission at a meeting of Weymouth and Portland Borough Council’s planning and traffic committee
A WEYMOUTH youngster raised more than £330 for charity in memory of her uncle. Amy Tufnail, nine, from Weymouth, recently held her fourth annual summer garden fete in aid of Motor Neurone Disease Association West Dorset. Her uncle Spencer Bates
TWO new groups for women who have suffered domestic violence are being launched in Weymouth and Dorchester. Domestic Abuse Intervention Training (DAIT) has launched the courses this month to offer help and support to women who are currently in
A LOOK at what might have happened to some of the well-known characters from Shakespeare’s most popular plays is coming to Melbury Osmund. Bard Heads imagine what might have happened next in Finding the Will. In The Dust Behind the Door Hermia
COMEDY actress Meera Syal will star in the second series of Broadchurch, it has been announced. The television actress, who starred in BBC comedy The Kumars at No. 42, was confirmed as a cast member for Broadchurch 2 by ITV this morning. A
PORTLAND coastguards helped coordinate a major search for a missing angler and the rescue of a kitesurfer on the last day of the coastguard operations room in Weymouth. At 8.03am, the coastguards launched a search for a possible missing angler
DORSET'S cabinet member for education should consider resigning her position over the school meals fiasco, a furious MP has said. Annette Brooke, the Liberal Democrat MP for Mid Dorset and North Poole, said cabinet member Toni Coombs had ‘let down
ORGANISERS of Challenge Weymouth have said that lessons will be learned after claims that multiple road closures and diversions resulted in “horrendous” traffic during the triathlon. Poor marshalling, inadequate signage and inappropriate diversions
A VICAR who died on the return leg of a pilgrimage at sea had told his wife he was prepared to ‘die in the attempt’. Burton Bradstock vicar Robert Anthony Thorn, known as Bob, was on his way back from a trip to Cornwall in his rowing boat when
MORE jobs are at risk at Weymouth College after it emerged the library could close as part of further cost-cutting measures. College bosses confirmed a consultation had been launched with staff to discuss ways the service could be provided without
WEYMOUTH-based Charlotte Dobson and team-mate Sophie Ainsworth top the standings in the women’s skiff event after winning the only race for the 49erFX class at the ISAF World Championships in Santander yesterday. Dobson and Ainsworth bounced back
