TODAY'S RS:X windsurfing medal races brought drama and mixed emotions for Britain’s windsurfers as they rounded off their World Championships in Santander. Both Nick Dempsey, from Weymouth, and Bryony Shaw ended in fifth place, with both taking
CAME Down ladies have a new club champion in Gaye Thompson. Thompson played well to win the two-round medal event, her scratch total of 162 secured the prestigious Dora Hutchings Cup and title of club champion. It was a closely-contested competition
A ‘Battle of Britain’ church service will take place at 3pm tomorrow, Saturday, September 20, at Holy Trinity Church, Weymouth.
THE Weymouth and District League is is set for another big year as the season gets underway. Last season Divisions Two and Three were both won by young teams from Budmouth, however one match in Division Three highlighted one of the many advantages
WEYMOUTH was the setting chosen to host the inaugural Royal Navy Beach Festival as part of the legacy for next year’s Rugby World Cup. Storming the beach on a hot sunny day were teams representing 42 Cdo, HMNB Clyde, HMS Heron, HMNB Portsmouth,
DRIVERS will have to pay and display around the pier bandstand on the Esplanade with councillors approving changes to combat traffic congestion. A meeting of the Weymouth and Portland Borough Council’s planning and traffic committee approved a
THOMAS Hardye School pupil Rob Carrick-Smith insists he is ready for a big winter of training after breaking his personal best to win bronze in the boys’ ambulant shot put at the Sainsbury’s School Games. More than 1,600 talented school children
APPRENTICES from Dorset have been recognised by Olympian Sir Ben Ainslie. The gold medal winning sailor presented awards to 55 graduating apprentices from all areas of the marine industry, including 16 from Dorset-based companies Sunseeker International
DORSET Fire and Rescue Service HQ in Poundbury will see the Dorset launch of a new worldwide road safety initiative, The Honest Truth, on Tuesday. Dorset RoadSafe, local councilors and driving instructors have been invited to DFRS Service HQ to
DORSET bus operator First Wessex is driving up support for charity partner Macmillan Cancer Support by donating more than £17,000 worth of advertising space on its fleet of 78 buses. The donation will raise awareness of Macmillan’s World’s Biggest
Sixteen-year-old student Elle Goodall will head to Borneo for a month next summer to help local communities and wildlife conservation efforts. She will join other in participating with the Camps International expedition, where they will work with
A POLICEMAN has been charged with making threats to kill and disclosing police information. Allen Christopher Smith has been ordered not to enter Dorset until his next court appearance on October 10. Appearing at Weymouth Magistrates Court
Wellworthy claimed the SD Baker Cup with an emphatic win across all three rinks against Melcombe Regis. The Wellworthy rink of Alan Goodwin, Brian Mills, Colin Slade and skip Maurice Haylock won 26-19 after a dramatic turnaround. The quartet
A MAN from Sturminster Marshall has been sent to prison for 12 months after stealing from three homes in North Dorset. Dale Miles, 18, of Gillingham, was given the sentence after pleading guilty to three charges of burglary from residential dwellings
A MAN who has spent much of his life researching the history of a Dorset industry has written a book. Fayle’s Tramways – Clay Mining in Purbeck is a labour of love for author Chris Legg. It is the result of his lifelong interest in the industry
AFTER three years of fund-raising to pay for the Bridport team’s tour of Seattle, the under-15s finally got to travel to the USA to meet up with the friends they had made back in 2012, when Pip Thompson brought over the Seattle Asteroids to West Dorset
THE NEW WINDOWMAN 11 AFC BLANDFORD RESERVES 1 NEWLY-REFORMED WindowMan kicked off their Dorset League Division Five campaign in style at Redlands. Lewis Ironside broke the deadlock on 10 minutes and then the floodgates opened. Some brilliant
A WEST Dorset woman who was the victim of abuse is urging other sufferers to speak out. The said she was compelled to speak after the 10th Earl of Sandwich’s son Robert Montagu revealed he had been abused by his father. The woman, in her 50s
YOUNG statue hunters in Dorchester have been rewarded for their monumental efforts. The Dorchester BID (Business Improvement District) ran a summer competition for under 12s that challenged youngsters to track down four statues in the county town
Past, present and future volunteers of the Bridport division of St John Ambulance gathered to thank their outgoing leader for his 31 years of service. Retiring from the Bridport division earlier this year, Tony Nott led the division for 21 years
JOANNA Davis speaks to Antiques Roadshow stalwart Eric Knowles, who is bringing his What’s It Worth show to Weymouth Pavilion tomorrow THOSE with treasures in the attic will be flocking to Weymouth Pavilion tomorrow night. Eric Knowles, taking
Dorchester Magpies Under-15s have received £350 from Elixair International Limited in Broadmayne to go towards their running costs for the 2014/15 season. The team and manager Craig Fournier would like to thank Elixair’s CEO Len McLaughlin, Stephen
IT’S hard not to feel intimidated by the prospect of interviewing a member of a band that its fans were – and are – still fanatical about. When The Jam separated in 1982 I was the kind of age where I was more interested in eating jam sandwiches
THE Dorset Industrial Archaelogy Society is hosting a lecture on Twyford Waterworks Restoration on September 23 at the Dorset Room in Colliton House, Dorchester. It begins at 7.30pm. Non-members are welcome but a small donation is suggested
A TALK on Stonehenge will be held on September 23 at the Weymouth Community Safety Centre in Radipole Lane. Published author Paul D Burley will be talking on his extensive research concerning Stonehenge and its environs from 7.30pm to 9pm.
TONIGHT the Bourne2Sing Male Voice Choir will perform popular songs at Winfrith Newburgh Village Hall. A bar and refreshments will be available. Tickets, at £5, can be reserved on 01305 852117, or bought at Winfrith Village Stores, or at the door
A FUN dog show is being held at Lodmoor Country Park tomorrow from 12pm. It’s open to all and run under Kennel Club rules. There are nine classes to enter for £1 per dog. Judging is from 1pm. Call 01305 772075 for more details.
THE Purbeck Chamber Music Festival has become one of the highlights of the year for people who love music. The audience was treated to a superb programme of music, curated by the Festival’s artistic director Natalie Clein, that included great masterpieces
CHRISTOPHER McColl is giving a talk on the Dad’s Army Story at Weymouth Library on Friday, September 26. It starts at 10.30am. For more information on the talk call David McCririck on 782326.
THE Casterbridge Male Voice Choir is holding an open evening for people who are interested in singing. The choir is struggling to find new members and welcomes men of any age and of any singing ability. If you are interested, come along to
A MINDFULNESS course has just begun at Stratton Village Hall and will continue until November 11. It is held every Tuesday evening from 7pm to 9pm and is for people looking to find peace amidst their busy daily lives. See livewelllovelife.co.uk
THE latest annual Activate initiative for Dorset got off to a great start with BOO, which had a decidedly ‘vive le difference’ flavour to it as around a dozen French acrobats put on an evening show that combined brilliant artistry with emotionally
BRYAN ADAMS, BARE BONES ACOUSTIC TOUR Windsor Hall, BIC: THE level of adoration for Bryan Adams in Bournemouth was something to behold. I never imagined an acoustic set could yield so much screaming. Before the show we met a woman from Wales
ONE Weymouth man’s charity challenge will be a cut above the rest as he prepares to attach balloons to his dreadlocks and chop them off to raise money for Shelter. Stuart Lloyd, 42, a warehouse operative at Exchange Supplies, said he wanted to
I WOULD like to thank the lady who found my mobile phone off the Esplanade by Marks and Spencers in Weymouth on Wednesday, September 17 around 14.40 and kindly phoned a number on my phone. Can I also thank Brian Page who delivered the phone to
LAST week, like I’m sure everyone else did, I received two new green boxes with lids, a new kitchen bin and kitchen caddy and for me, two rolls of blue bags. I already have an identical green box and a brown kitchen bin as well as a black canvas
FOR those who have received their new wheelie bins, if you have read the pamphlet you will note that the new black bin for rubbish is fitted with an electronic ID tag. I contacted Dorset Waste Partnership to ask why. They said it was to track
THE Allsop Gallery in Bridport Arts Centre is looking for volunteers to take up stewarding roles. Hosting a wide range and variety of exhibitions, such as knitted gardens, sculptures, and everyone in between, the gallery garners huge interest from
A DOG kicked by its brutal owner so hard that he suffered internal bleeding is looking for a new home. Staffordshire Bull Terrier Mace was sent flying through the air after Hannah Bennett, 35, attacked him outside the Spar shop in Dorchester Road
THE winners of the first ever Challenge Weymouth event were recognised at an awards ceremony as organisers and athletes thanked the town for their support. Bustinskin’s Chris Walker won his age category and was the only non-professional athlete
WEST Dorset MP Oliver Letwin has hailed Scotland’s rejection of independence as a ‘momentous day’. Speaking at a meeting of the Dorchester Chamber of Commerce this morning, the politician welcomed the ‘no’ vote in yesterday’s referendum. Mr
A FAMILY had an ‘incredibly lucky’ escape after a lightning strike blew apart the back of their West Dorset home. Lightning struck the first floor of the property in the village of Wootton Fitzpaine at around 6.45am this morning, Friday, September
A YOUNGSTERS’ football club has had their changing hut destroyed by arsonists. Several Weymouth Cougars teams use the hut at the Marsh playing Field to store equipment and for changing before and after games. Police in Weymouth are appealing
WELL, I woke up this morning, was still feeling snoozy. I said I woke up this morning, last night was kind of boozy. Turned on the radio to catch the newsy but instead heard the wailing blues of Matt Woosey. And there, in a nutshell, is why
A DRIVER had a lucky escape after his car flipped onto the roof in an accident in Corscombe. The road at Court Hill was partially blocked for more than an hour following the incident at around 8am this morning outside the Fox Inn. A Dorset
A CAR was destroyed in a fire in Dorchester last night. A crew from Dorchester fire station was called to the blaze on Lubbecke Way at around 8pm yesterday, Thursday. The fire was extinguished but the vehicle had been destroyed.
CHICKERELL United are bidding for a hat-trick of wins tomorrow (3pm) as they take on bottom club Portland United Reserves at Grove Corner. The Chickens breezed past Okeford United on the opening day and bagged a prized scalp by overcoming Holt
PORTLAND United start their Dorset Premier League Cup campaign in the hope that it will be third time lucky this season. Defeats to Holt and Hamworthy Recreation in the last two finals ended the Blues’ dreams of a league and cup double on both
WEYMOUTH College has made a U-turn on its decision to close its library after students protested against the decision. As the Echo reported yesterday, Weymouth College proposed to close the facility as it launched a 30-day consultation as part
DORCHESTER Town boss Graham Kemp cannot wait for his first home game in charge of the Magpies tomorrow, and he is eager for his men to play to their strengths rather than worry about the opposition. In-form Hungerford Town are the visitors to the
MONMOUTH Avenue hosts the first Ridgeway derby of the new season tomorrow, and Weymouth & Portland skipper Kevin Leath-am is expecting a typically feisty encounter when his side take on Dorchester Seconds (3pm). Other than a slight injury concern
ITALIAN Anthony Giacomini was crowned the EFSA European boat champion in Weymouth yesterday. The former European junior champion totalled 400 points overall, just three ahead of England’s Rob Shattock, who scooped second spot with 397. Colin Searles
WEYMOUTH is set to be the centre of a worldwide record-breaking bid in memory of tragic Olympic sailor Andrew Simpson this weekend. More than 11,700 sailors have signed up from 738 clubs in 65 countries for the first ever Bart’s Bash, which is
NO less than 10 teams from Dorset have qualified for this year’s Butcombe British Championships, which climaxes in the grand finals tomorrow in Torquay. Biggest hopes rest on Dorset’s most successful team in the championships, the Skimmers, who
PORTLAND-based Alison Young consolidated her ninth place finish overall with a seventh place showing in the women’s Laser Radial medal race at the ISAF Sailing World Championships. Young went into the day out of contention for the medal race spots
THE parents of a teenager who died after being found in the water of Weymouth Harbour have appealed for new information surrounding his death. Julia and Nick Vaughan spoke to the Echo after a coroner ruled that the death of their 18-year-old son
JASON Matthews has warned his Terras’ squad against complacency tomorrow (3pm), as they search for three points over struggling Histon. The Stutes are the only team yet to win in the league this season with just three points picked up from their
DORCHESTER is to lose its police enquiry office in swingeing force cuts announced today. The county town’s ‘front counter’ office is among six to close across Dorset to save money. The others are Shaftesbury, Wareham, Ferndown, Christchurch
A 22-YEAR-OLD farm worker was seriously injured after falling from the back of a moving truck. Police said the man suffered serious head injuries in the collision at Holnest, near Sherborne, on Thursday afternoon. He fell from the rear of a
