WINCHESTER 0 WEYMOUTH 4 WEYMOUTH secured a fine victory at Winchester to go into the Christmas break in a season-best league position of fourth. The hosts began the day in fourth spot with Weymouth just below in fifth. As well as having
A ROAD in Dorchester was partially blocked after an accident involving three vehicles. The incident is believed to have happened just before 6pm in Maumbury road. The road remained partially blocked whilst one of the vehicles was recovered.
THE Will Mackaness Trust, a registered charity which funds young people’s participation in watersports, has had a very good year for donations. Pam Govier, Will’s mother and trustee, said: “Donations to the trust have continued to be at a high
WEYMOUTH schoolgirl Orla Adams won a bronze medal at the recent World Age Group Competition. The competition attracts the best age group juniors from around the world to compete in Trampoline, Double-Mini Trampoline and Tumbling. Adams, who
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STRICTLY Come Dancing star Pasha Kovalev will be showing off his moves in Yeovil with his latest show, Life Through Dance. The Octagon Theatre, is delighted to welcome back Strictly favourite Pasha for a third successive year on Sunday, May 17
Bridport’s Electric Palace is putting on free events this Christmas as a thank you to all the venue’s loyal supporters. Tonight, the Electric Palace will be screening the Christmas classic, It's A Wonderful Life. Doors open at 6.30pm and the
THE Ultimate Beatles Tribute Show is coming to Weymouth Pavilion on Saturday, January 17. The band was formed in 2001 and since then has been thrilling audiences all over the world with their accurate recreation of a live Beatles concert. Since
GYM users at Dorchester Sports Centre have been working out with some of the best state-of-the-art equipment following a £223,000 investment. The chief executive of West Dorset District Council Matt Prosser and the chairman of WDDC Cllr Gillian
A GLOBAL sailing race organised by a Weymouth and Portland based charity has raised more than £366,000. Bart’s Bash was held in waters around the world earlier this year in memory of Andrew ‘Bart’ Simpson, the Olympic gold medal sailor who died
DORSET Police deal with an incident of domestic violence every hour of the day. Officers receive on average 700 reports of domestic abuse per month across the county and have dealt with more than 36,000 incidents of domestic violence in the last
AN ORGANISATION hailed as the ‘People’s Champion’ is looking for some festive support so it can help all those who turn to its experts for advice. The Dorchester, Sherborne and Districts Citizens Advice Bureau (CAB) has launched its Christmas appeal
WEST DORSET has been ranked as one of the top ten loneliest places in the UK, figures have revealed. The research was conducted by national charity Friends of the Elderly (FotE) and figures are ranked by the highest proportion of households that
MORE donations have been flooding in to the Dorset Echo Christmas Toy Appeal. Businesses, groups and individuals have continued to send in donations to make sure that underprivileged children living in Dorset have a present to open on Christmas
A MAN with a history of violence who punched and kicked a man inflicting serious injuries has been spared jail. Jordan Maggs, 29, was given a two-year suspended sentence at Dorchester Crown Court after admitting to inflicting grievous bodily harm
A MAN from Weymouth said a woman gave her consent “one hundred percent” before they performed a sexual act in an alleyway, a court heard. Stephen Laing, 36, is on trial at Dorchester Crown Court charged with sexually assaulting a woman in April
AN ELECTRICAL fault is believed to have caused a bus fire. Crews from Bridport and Charmouth were called to the fire in the engine of a bus on the junction of West Street and Tannery Road in Bridport yesterday at around 2.15pm. A spokesperson
TENANTS in sheltered housing on Portland are up in arms after being told their Christmas decorations had to be removed. Aster Living, which runs Ladymead Hall, in Easton, told tenants to take down some of the decorations as a safety precaution.
CHRIS McPhee firmly believes that the Terras’ FA Trophy exit at Havant & Water-looville won’t have an effect on their league form when they return to action this weekend. A 5-0 reverse in Hampshire on Tuesday night ended Weymouth’s dreams of
DORSET County Council must find savings of £1.7m in order to balance the books ahead of the next financial year. A Cabinet meeting at County Hall in Dorchester heard yesterday that the authority is facing a massive overspend in some departments
PLAYERS pushing for first-team football at Dorchester Town will have a better chance of making the breakthrough if they go out to other clubs on loan first. That is the opinion of Neil Mackie, joint-manager of the Magpies’ reserves, who feels members
BROADCHURCH stars have told how much they loved filming the second series of the smash hit ITV drama in Dorset. With the show gearing up for its return on Monday, January 5, its stars David Tennant and Olivia Colman have told of the welcoming reception
A WOMAN and her young son were subjected to a terrifying knife ordeal after three men burst into their Portland home and demanded cash. Police said the trio entered an insecure property in East Weare Road and kicked open the living room door where
