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THE first of two major international angling competitions to be staged in Weymouth this year proved to be a resounding success, according to one of the event’s key figures. Neil Bryant, chairman of EFSA (European Federation of Sea Angling) England

A NEW structure for Dorset County Council’s delivery of adult care services could save the authority nearly £7million. The council is proposing to transfer its adult provider services to a Local Authority Trading Company (LATC). Director for

WYKE Regis couple Brian and Yvonne Collins celebrated their Golden Wedding Anniversary on September 12. The pair married in Portsmouth and celebrated their 50th anniversary with an afternoon reception at the Portland Heights Hotel with family and

AN APPRENTICE from Bridport is celebrating after scooping a top award at the South West National Apprenticeship Awards 2014. The National Apprenticeship Awards are run by the National Apprenticeship Service and recognise excellence in businesses

CHELSI House and Matthew Membury celebrated their wedding in front of 70 guests. The pair from Dorchester, aged 23 and 25, have been together for five years. Their wedding ceremony was held at Kingston Maurward and was followed by a wedding

A YOUNG people's intervention scheme in Dorset is experiencing a wave of success after securing another three years’ funding from the NHS and the Big Lottery Fund. The Dorset branch of award-winning intervention scheme the Wave Project was set

THE RSPB centre at Radipole Lake Nature Reserve has received a double boost ahead of the winter season. Following a relatively dry summer the charity has been able to re-thatch the roof of the Wild Weymouth Discovery Centre on Swannery Car Park

ASPIRING conservationists will get valuable training thanks to a huge grant. A programme to help those recruited by Dorset Wildlife Trust to gain ‘Wildlife Skills’ has received £892,000 for the Heritage Lottery Fund. Dorset is one of four wildlife

WEST DORSET: Clapton and Wayford village hall is hosting a MacMillian Big Coffee morning on Friday from 10.30am to 12.30pm. There will be a cake stall, raffle and tombola.

DORCHESTER: Pick up home-grown vegetables, fresh flowers, plants and fruit at a county town market. The Corn Exchange on High East Street, Dorchester, will be hosting the country market on Friday from 8.30am-11am.

DORCHESTER: St Michael’s Church at Stinsford near Dorchester is holding a Michaelmas Fayre and Flower Festival from 11am on Saturday. Jamie Jones from Yalbury Cottage will open the event at 11am and there will be music, classic cars, stalls and

BIDEFORD 1 WEYMOUTH 2 WEYMOUTH put all of the weekend’s off-field drama behind them to seal three vital points at Bideford, and get back to winning ways in the Southern Premier League. Having fallen behind midway through the first half, Chris

DORCHESTER’S Luke Barton beat Charlie Bruce-White, the UK Super One number two, to win the Senior TKM final at Clay Pigeon Raceway. In a race contested by 14 drivers in total, Barton, who made a brave overtaking move on the penultimate lap, moved

WEST Dorset water polo members represented Dorset in three age groups at the Inter Regional Championships, held at Millfield School and organised by England talent coach James Baker. The under-13s, featuring Luke Wheeler (Dorchester Middle School

SWANAGE Hospital Day Surgery and Endoscopy Unit has achieved national recognition. The Dorset HealthCare service is one of seven community hospitals across the country to receive a prestigious award from the Joint Advisory Group on Gastrointestinal

HUNDREDS of people packed out venues at this year’s Purbeck Chamber Music Festival. Organisers have hailed it one of the music highlights of the year, with performances of chamber music written by Elgar, Bach, Brahms, Mozart, Schoenberg and Beamish

A WEYMOUTH man is warning people to beware of a possible scam. Dickie Borthwick, 79, who was famously the UK’s oldest footballer, is urging people to be aware after he got what he believes is a scam phone call. He called Action Fraud to report

THOSE for and against the controversial wind farm planned for the Dorset coast will get the chance to make their case in front of a planning inquiry next month. The formal process for determining whether the plans, which would see as many as 194

A DORSET hotel has been named the best in Britain in the Sunday Times’ Ultimate 100 British Hotels 2014. The Pig on the Beach, a boutique hotel near Swanage, was picked from hundreds of hotels reviewed for the second year of the prize list, which

AN INTERESTING connection between Weymouth and the US has been brought to our attention. Edward McBride of Stonehill Court has written in to take us back to 1944 when Weymouth was full of American troops in preparation for D-Day. At the same

ALAN Burt got in touch with Looking Back to thank us for carrying the story of his grandfather Ted Burt’s battle to survive as a prisoner of the Turks during the First World War. In the same Looking Back edition we also told the story of William

The RNLI would like to thank all those who donated at the recent, very successful Son et Lumiere at Nothe Fort, to raise £660. That is amazing and much appreciated. The donations were raised over four nights of wonderful entertainment and a big

On visiting Dorchester on Wednesday September 17 I was taken ill outside the market and would like to say a big thank you to the two young ladies who showed concern and gave my wife and I directions to the nearest chemist (The Market Pharmacy) where

We have the new bins delivered. If you haven’t got yours, don’t worry, they are coming. Why can’t we follow Europe and have the large skips placed in a suitable place for all residents? Surely all these bins are a retrograde step. The amount

IN recent weeks we’ve looked back at the history of the Sidney Hall in Weymouth, once in Newstead Road, where the Asda supermarket now stands. It was used as a hospital for treating injured soldiers and was also used for dances, discos, bingo and

KINGSTON Lacy will be hosting an Autumn Fair next weekend. The National Trust estate will welcome a vast array of stalls covering everything from Dorset food and drink to a wide selection of artisan arts and crafts. Visitors will be able to

DORSET dogs of all shapes and sizes turned out with their owners to take part in a fun charity event. The annual Weldmar Hospicecare Trust family dog show took place on Saturday and organisers say the event has raised at least £1,000 for the charity

We would like to thank the manager and staff of Morrisons for allowing us the use of their premises twice this year to collect for The British Heart Foundation. The first collection on August 1 raised a wonderful total of £497.62, the second collection

DORSET County Hospital is backing a campaign to raise awareness of hypoglycaemia, a potentially dangerous complication of diabetes. The Talk Hypos initiative is being launched as part of Hypo Awareness Week from Monday, September 29. The aim is

DOZENS of people gathered for a peaceful march and sit-in on Portland as part of a global call for action on climate change. Today will see leaders from across the world gather in New York for a climate change summit called by UN Secretary-General

FOUR special concerts are lined up for Bach lovers in rural Dorset next month. The Christian Garrick Quartet is performing Beginning with Bach in Cerne Abbas, Sturminster Newton, Hinton Martel and Chetnole. The quartet is returning to tour

DORCHESTER 5 WALCOT 20 A NEW season, but for Dorchester it was the same old story. Already short of half a dozen first-choice players, the county town side then lost Carl Mitchell to a knee injury within the first five minutes of this Southern

HAVE your say on a new speed restriction proposed for Westham. Residents are being asked to share their ideas and thoughts on 20mph proposals for the area. Dorset County Council is holding two community events to find out from residents where

WEYMOUTH & PORTLAND 38 DORCHESTER SECONDS 18 WEYMOUTH & Portland enjoyed a dream start to their opening home fixture at Monmouth Avenue, overcoming local rivals Dorchester in the first Ridgeway derby of the season. Joe Gibson touched

A LORRY that caught fire caused traffic delays in Bridport this morning. The A35 was partially blocked between the Texaco garage and Walditch after a Lorry caught alight around 8.30am this morning. Two fire crews from Bridport and Beaminster

THE tallest family in Britain has moved to America after two of the sons were headhunted by a school to play basketball. The Van Nes family, whose children attended Thomas Hardye School, are now selling their home, Whitcombe Barn Farm near Dorchester

DORSET COUNTY Hospital’s new chief executive says local people will help to shape the new-look way health services are delivered in the community in the future. Giving her first interview after being appointed to the role, Patricia Miller told

BOSS Jason Matthews has assured Terras’ fans that developments in the boardroom over the weekend did not influence his team’s performance, as they look to bounce back at Bideford this evening (7.45pm). Nigel Biddlecombe stood down from the role

A FATHER and son from Weymouth have been found guilty of affray following a violent confrontation where a man was hit on the head with a baseball bat in Dorchester. Matthew Coltart, 45, and Damien Coltart, 20, of Carlton Road North in Weymouth,