EGDON Heath Harriers once again put on a superb event as they organised the 53rd annual Weymouth 10 road race. Around 200 runners competed in the 10-mile race which took them along Weymouth seafront and over the hills at Bowleaze. The amateur
CHARLTON Down celebrated their end-of-season youth presentation at the club’s pavilion. The youth section marked the completion of their second season with a buffet and speeches before chairman Alex Campbell congratulated the players, managers
NORTH DORSET III 11 WEYMOUTH & PORTLAND 43 JAKE Guildford crossed for two of Weymouth & Portland’s seven tries as the visitors coasted to victory at North Dorset Thirds. Ryan Lewendon, Sean Murphy, Jack Morrison, James Chittick and
PORTLAND-BASED Giles Scott and Megan Pascoe claimed top honours at the British Sailing Team’s annual awards. Scott won the Athlete of the Year prize after his unbeaten run in the Finn class this season, while Pascoe was named the Paralympic Classes
DORSET youngsters are being invited to try out life as part of the choir at Salisbury Cathedral. The event is open to boys and girls in school years 2, 3 and 4 and will be held on Saturday, November 15. The day includes rehearsing and singing
ONE Bridport restaurant is now open seven days a week in the town centre due to the high level of demand from the public. Lula in East Street has been successfully serving its brand of cooked to order, fresh, simple but inventive food to diners
A RACE night will be held at St Joseph’s Church Hall on Stavordale Road. It takes place on Saturday October 25 at 7.30pm. Entrance costs £5 and people are invited to bring their own alcohol. Proceeds will be donated to the One World group
A WEYMOUTH bakery is celebrating after being named Best Sweet Bakery at the Taste of the West Awards. Rolly’s Brownies scooped the top award at the ceremony in Bristol after winning two gold and a silver award for their toffee flapjack, gluten
SWANAGE & WAREHAM 90 SUPERMARINE 3 CHARLIES Rowberry and Parish scored two-thirds of the Swans’ 90 points between them in their side’s 14-try demolition of Supermarine in Southern Counties South. The Swindon team’s first visit to the Memorial
BRIDPORT 3 SWANAGE & WAREHAM 11 50 A BRIDPORT side without captain Dave Cutting were soundly beaten by the Swans in a one-sided Dorset & Wilts Two South encounter. Cutting, missing due to nose surgery after numerous breaks suffered
CORSHAM 8 DORCHESTER 9 RUGBY matches can be won and lost by very fine margins and they didn’t come much finer than at Corsham on Saturday where Dorchester edged home by a single point. Playing into a stiff breeze in the first half, Dorchester
CHICKERELL UNITED 4 STURMINSTER NEWTON 0 CHICKENS’ chief Steve Coward hailed his side’s scoring exploits of late, as they breezed past Sturminster Newton United at the Stalls. Although the home side missed a first-half penalty, Josh Why bagged
DORCHESTER II 20 PUDDLETOWN 21 PUDDLETOWN breathed a huge sigh of relief as Dorchester missed a last-gasp conversion to snatch victory at Coburg Road. The Dorset & Wilts Two South contest proved to be a very tight affair from the start,
CHILDREN at Knighton House have celebrated the Harvest by cooking a huge feast. Boys and girls at The Orchard, Knighton House’s pre-prep for children aged three to seven, had fun creating a special feast for their Harvest lunch. The three course
PRIMARY school children in Weymouth are enjoying hot school meals with students at Wey Valley school. More than 100 pupils at St Nicholas and St Laurence primary school are enjoying the hot school meals served daily at the Wey Valley School and
A WEYMOUTH independent school is celebrating following a glowing inspection report. Thornlow Prepatory School has received a glowing report from the Independent School Inspectorate (ISI), who had four inspectors visit the school over a one week
BLOOR HOMES BRINGS ATTRACTIVE FAMILY LIVING TO WAREHAM Househunters searching for the perfect place in Wareham are being invited to view plans of award winning housebuilder, Bloor Homes’ latest development, Westgate, where the first properties are
A NEW exhibition has been launched at Bovington Tank Museum tying in with Brad Pitt’s new film ‘Fury’. Nearly 150 people gathered at the opening of the ‘Fury’ exhibition on Monday, which was attended by special guest Murray Walker. Watch the
A 16-year-old girl was assaulted by a drunken man in Weymouth. Dorset Police are now appealing for witnesses and anyone with information regarding the assault, which happened at the bus stop next to Weymouth Hospital on Dorchester Road last Wednesday
THE letter B has been the theme of the year for a group of runners who have completed four marathon runs between them. The Bridport Runners finished the ‘B series’ – an unofficial series of running events over the course of the year which all start
A NEW face has joined a successful dance group for children under five. The Fizzy Boppers was formed by a group of mums from the Maiden Newton area at the beginning of last year and now runs sessions around Dorchester that attract dozens of children
A GROUP of Sixth Form students and three members of staff from Beaminster School departed for a three week long trip to India last week. Part of the bi-annual expedition will be spent with two charities that Beaminster School has been supporting
THE FIRE Brigades Union has said long term strategic investment is needed as a consultation into the future of the service closes. The unions in Dorset and in Wiltshire have responded to a public consultation considering a merger of the two fire
A heritage railway has made an important step in its move to run regular trains to the main line. The removal of two track points and signalling equipment at Motala near Furzebrook marks the start of the Swanage Railway’s year-long upgrading of
Articles and interviews have been appearing this week on the ‘continued fight for the Albert Inn’. Unfortunately they are all in vain as the council had already decided the fate of the Albert before Wednesday’s planning meeting. What is the
THE BEST of Dorset’s tourism has been recognised in a glittering ceremony. There were plenty of west Dorset winners in the Dorset Tourism Awards 2014, which took place at Bovington Tank Museum. Amongst them were the Lyme Bay RIB Charter in
DORCHESTER Army Reservists will be holding an open evening to encourage others to join them. 6 Rifles C Company, based on Poundbury Road in the county town, will be holding an open evening tomorrow night at 8pm for anyone interested in the Army
Residents are being warned to expect high winds as the remnants of Hurricane Gonzalo sweep in tonight and tomorrow. Dorset will see showers and gales overnight, with wind speeds of more than 30 mph. Tomorrow is forecast to be largely sunny
PLANS to resume charging parish and town councils in West Dorset for elections have been labelled ‘controversial and contentious’. West Dorset District Council’s executive committee agreed in principle to start recharging parish and town councils
A GROUP of ambitious adventurers are hoping to raise over £50,000 by trekking through Iceland for Weldmar Hospice. Fifteen people will take to the glaciers, lava craters, lagoons and forests of the Nordic country in freezing weather to raise cash
The recent local attacks on Polish cab drivers represent an unacceptable attack on the local Polish community as a whole. Anyone who is found guilty of such acts of ignorant thuggery should be sent down for a very long time by the courts. These
DEFENDER Steve Walker has left Dorchester Town to join Evo-Stik Premier Division rivals Frome. Walker’s chances of game time at the Avenue had been limited since the arrival of Chris Dillon and Matt Oldring. Frome made an approach for the centre-half
RESIDENTS in Dorchester have been left switched off after having intermittent phone coverage for almost a month. Customers of O2 in the county town have been unable to receive calls or texts in the day. A spokesman for the company has apologised
DORSET police is urging people to think about preventing cyber crime this Get Safe Online week. Now in its ninth year, the week which runs from today until Sunday, aims to keep people safe from the growing threat of online crime as more and more
ODEON Dorchester is offering fun for the whole family from £1 a ticket, with the relaunch of Odeon Kids. The season of films changes every eight weeks. This season there’s a great range of films for all ages to choose from, including the smash
THE world’s biggest youth film festival is coming to cinemas in Dorset between November 4 and 21. The Into Film Festival aims to use the power of film to captivate young minds and bring learning to life. Organisers wish to see 300,000 young
A SPINE-TINGLING concert of moving music is coming to Dorchester. The Dorchester Choral Society will be singing Michael Tippett’s A Child of Our Time at St Mary’s Church in Edward Road on Saturday, November 1 from 7.30pm. This work will be
A FORMER mayor of Portland received a ‘wonderful surprise’ when he was presented with a book of photos charting his 40-year contribution to local politics. Les Ames retired earlier this year after serving for 35 years as a town councillor.
A MAN who admitted threatening to bomb a Portland school has been banned from the island for three years. Lee Adrian Pattle, 30, was also jailed for a total of 18 weeks after admitting a number of charges at Bournemouth Magistrates Court. Pattle
THOUSANDS of people in Weymouth and Portland are struggling with the cost of fuel, according to a report to be put before councillors tomorrow. Around 3,900 households – 13 per cent – in the borough have been recognised as living in fuel poverty
ORGANISERS of the Victorian Shownight in Weymouth have secured almost £10,000-worth of funding to help extend the event. Weymouth Business Improvement District (BID), Roger Dalton Associates and Emerald Ant, the three organisations behind the event
WEYMOUTH Supporters Association chief Ade MacDonald has insisted any new stadium built for the Terras must benefit the community as well as the club. Association chairman MacDonald was speaking after plans to build up to 170 houses on the Bob Lucas
JASON Matthews insists he would not swap Stewart Yetton for any other striker in the Evo-Stik Premier Division. The Terras’ skipper scored twice in his side’s 3-1 win at Dunstable on Saturday, taking his league tally to 11 for the season. But
NATHAN Walker, Sam Lanahan and Ryan Murray did on Saturday exactly what their manager wants his substitutes to do – take the opportunity to be a game-changer when they get the chance. All three made an impact after coming off the bench during the
