TWO men have been arrested as part of an ongoing investigation into telephone money scams in Dorset, police have said. Police were called at 3.47pm today following reports of an alleged scam in the Christchurch area. Two men, aged 21 and 22
A PIZZA box left on top of a grill sparked a kitchen fire in Dorchester. Crews were alerted to Cromwell Road at 7pm this evening after an alarm was activated. On arrival crews discovered a pizza box had been left on top of a grill and was beginning
THE first British Slalom Association event of the season proved to be a great success for many Weymouth windsurfers as it took place at the Official Test Centre. Although the wind was light on the first day, the forecast was for good wind on the
BRITISH Army private Nichole Brookman is set to turn her attention to coaching after being part of a winning team at an inter-squadron boxing finals night in Gutersloh, Germany. The 22-year-old from Weymouth lost her welterweight bout to Tara Marston
Dickinson Bowden are pleased to offer this three bedroom first floor apartment with beautiful views across Ringstead Bay, positioned just metres from the beach with private access right onto the pebbles. The location is perfect for those who enjoy
Elder & Froy, Poundbury are delighted to announce that they will be hosting a spring art exhibition, commencing 1st May, for a week. There will be a launch party on Friday 1st May from 4pm until 6.30 pm in the Middlemarsh Street office. Drinks
Firefighters will stay at the site of the Trigon landfill blaze near Wareham for three days to ensure any hotspots won’t reignite. Crews were alerted to the fire on Tuesday evening (April 21) and battled the blaze into the night. Customers
Police are appealing for information after an attempted break-in at commercial premises near Worth Matravers and a burglary at commercial premises in Bere Regis when a red Honda EU20I generator was stolen. Traders are advised to review their own
Police were alerted to Poole High School yesterday afternoon (April 22) after reports that a student was seen with a weapon. No threats were made and there were no arrests. Police continue to make enquiries.
Dorset County Museum is hosting a rug weaving adult craft workshop on Wednesday, May 20, from 1pm to 3.30pm. Pre-booking is essential so contact 01305 756827 or email shop@dorsetcountymuseum.org
Keebles Auction House are looking for donations for their charity auction for Autism Wessex. The auction is on Saturday, May 30 and they welcome donations of both items and vouchers. for more information go to www.keeblesauction.com
Island Community Action is running a shopping service on Thursday and Friday mornings to Tesco in Easton for over 55s. The cost is £2 return. Call the ICA office on 01305 823789 to book.
Help keep the beaches at West Bay free from litter in a beach clean this Sunday, April 26. Anyone interested is invited to join the volunteers who will spend a free hour removing material that gets washed up on the tide. The event will run
Marvel at a range of spring flowers at an event held at Durlston Castle in Swanage this Sunday, April 26. Anyone interested in the event can join botanist Ted Pratt to enjoy some of Durlston’s rare spring flowers and is asked to meet at the castle
Help raise money for Macmillan in a breakfast brunch event in Bridport this Sunday, April 26. The event has been organised in aid of Macmillan Cancer Support and will be held from 10am until 1pm at Bridport Rugby Club. Prices are £5 per person
People can take part in a beginner’s four part water colour course which runs from Monday, April 27. The course is offered by TV artist Marilyn Allis at The Studio on East Farm in Winterborne Whitechurch. Classes run from 10am until noon Monday
A spring bird watching guided walk is taking place in West Bexington nature reserve from 8am-10.30am this Saturday. Members of the public can discover birdlife of the coastal nature reserves at West Bexington whilst on a guided walk. Places cost £3
A charity coffee morning is being held at Bridport United Church hall from 9.30am-12.30pm this Saturday. There will also be stalls and a raffle at the event. Entrance is free, or to book a stall for £5 call 01308 485207.
Do you want to learn about the medicinal benefits of the wild herbs that grow in our hedgerows, gardens and green spaces? A one day spring herb workshop is being held this Saturday from 10am-4.30pm near Bridport. Places cost £35 and will include
Explore Victorian Durlston Castle in a guided tour on Tuesday, April 28. Anyone interested in finding out more should meet at the castle at 10.30am on the day. Tours last half an hour and donations are welcome. Call 01929 424443.
This Saturday a quiz is being held at Blackdown village hall, DT8 3LE, in aid of the hall’s kitchen refurbishment. Starting at 7.30pm, there will be teams of four competing in the quiz event, which will include a fish, pie or sausage and chip supper
Scutt Hall in Sutton Road, Weymouth, is holding a plant sale on May 2 from 10am until 12pm. Donations are encouraged for Julia’s House but entry is free.
The Kite Festival is taking place on the beach from Saturday, May 2 to Monday, May 4. It will also feature a charity bungee jump from the clock tower. Visit: weymouthkitefestival.co.uk/
People can learn how to willow weave in a workshop this weekend, April 24-26. Held at the Kingcombe Centre in Toller Porcorum near Dorchester, they can discover the ancient craft of willow weaving with Norah Kennedy, making traditional baskets
Living Tree cancer self-help group hosts an event with Tracy Street, Macmillan co-ordinator South West England, and Brian Burke of Dorset Cancer Patients Group from 2pm-4.30 tomorrow (Friday April 24) at Friends Meeting House, 95 South Street. Call
A badminton session will be held in Piddlehinton on Monday evening. It will be held from 8pm at the Piddlehinton Gym, on the Enterprise Park, and is open to anyone of any ability. For more information contact Alan or Chris Wiseman on 01258
The Mother’s Union will host a coffee morning on Wednesday, May 6. The group meets on the first Wednesday of every month and the next meeting will take place from 10am and will be held at 8 Rectory Way.
The next meeting of the Weymouth Seniors Forum will take place on Tuesday, April 28. The group meets on the fourth Tuesday of every month at the Angling Club on Commercial Road. At this month’s event, Andy Hutchings will deliver a presentation
Indoor bowls will return to Piddlehinton on Monday morning. It will take place at Piddlehinton Gym on the Enterprise Park and the session is for anyone of any ability. For more information contact Gordon Fermer on 01300 345459.
A group for blind and partially sighted people meets every Wednesday. Meetings are held at the Community Safety Centre, Radipole Lane, from 1.30pm to 4pm. Trips and bingo events are organised for members. For more information, call Jenny Clift
Island Community Action is running exercise classes specifically designed for over 50s. The classes will be run by experienced and qualified instructors who will help to improve overall fitness. Suitable for all levels of fitness from beginners to
Can you spare some time to help the elderly? Age UK Dorchester needs volunteers to join its advocacy team, providing advice and information to older people. For more information or to volunteer Call 01305 269444 or email peter@ageukdorchester.org.uk
Enjoy flowers, fruit and vegetables at a country market. The event will be held every Friday at the Corn Exchange on High East Street in Dorchester from 8.30am-11am.
Quakers meet at the Community Safety Centre on Radipole Lane on the first and third Sunday of each month from 10.30am. Admission is at the side door between 10.15am and 10.40am and all are welcome to join.
Get your gloves and rubbish bags ready it’s time for the Great Dorset Beach Clean. On Sunday April 26 volunteers will be cleaning Chesil Beach from 11am-1pm. Meet at the Chesil Beach Centre.
Enjoy lunch and make new friends. There will be a Luncheon club at the Acorns, Grosvenor Road, Lodmoor, every Saturday from 10am-3.30pm. For more information call Pat Chant 01305 774226.
Explore a mixed media exhibition by the Island Artist Group at the Ocean Room in Weymouth Pavilion on April 25-26, from 10am-4pm.
AFTER an impressive set of performances around the world throughout 2014 including the lauded Glastonbury and Coachella debuts, British musical icon Bryan Ferry will stop in Dorset as part of his 20 date UK tour.He is at Lighthouse, Poole, on Sunday June
A CONCERT of contrasts is on the cards for West Dorset on June 6.The New Elizabethan Singers will take to the stage at the United Church in East Street, Bridport, from 7.30pm.They will perform three contrasting works - Antonín Dvo?ák, probably best known
A MAN was killed after being struck by a Weymouth-Waterloo train as it passed through a New Forest railway station earlier this afternoon. Emergency services were on the scene at Ashurst New Forest railway station after the incident took place
TELEVISION presenter Dame Esther Rantzen was the guest of honour at the official opening of a retirement development in Dorchester. Dame Esther and county town mayor Peter Mann joined other guests for the opening of Barnes Lodge in WessexRoad,
PEOPLE are invited to celebrate St George's Day with some patriotic dancing in Dorchester tonight.Members of the North Square Historical Dancers and Anonymous Morris will perform morris dancing and a mumming play in the Town Hall above the Corn Exchange
THE WAR to stop fleas and worms from invading homes is being asserted by Pets at Home in Dorchester.A free flea and worm workshop is being held by the animal experts to help pet owners protect themselves against unwanted visitors on Saturday April 25
A NEW professional consultancy service is being launched by one of the owners of Dorset's only Michelin starred restaurant, which is due to serve its final meal at the end of the month.Dorchester-based Sienna Restaurant, owned by Russell and Eléna Brown
A SHAKE-UP of a rural bus route from Dorchester which will see extra journeys added has been welcomed.Damory has taken over Service 212 to Yeovil, a route now fully subsidised by Dorset County Council.Some journeys on the route were previously run by
IT'S all cracking off at Abbotsbury Swannery as it prepares for an abundance of Bank Holiday babies.The first of this year’s cygnets are set to hatch during the May Day bank holiday weekend.Swanherds have counted 88 nests so far and the first cygnets
A 'BALOONATIC' will be creating something special for St George’s Day in the window of a popular pub in Weymouth.The Duke of Cornwall pub on St Edmund Street usually pulls out all the stops for the patron saint holiday, and this year will be no exception.Local
RESIDENTS are being advised to remain vigilant after reports of a telephone scam. The South Dorset Revenues and Benefits Partnership is advising residents after a series of reports of a council tax scam. Residents have been asked for their bank details
A NEW online web portal is set to benefit residents and businesses of the Cerne Valley.The website will provide fast access to existing websites and local business that support the communities in the area including Cerne Abbas, Godmanstone and Minterne.The
UP TO 800 jobs could be at risk as a result of proposed changes at supermarket giant Sainsbury’s. The firm, which has stores on the Weymouth Gateway site and in Dorchester, has announced a review into the way its stores are managed and staffed.
IT was a high-scoring opening day of ISAF Sailing World Cup racing in Hyeres, with the some of the biggest names in the Olympic classes finding the light winds a tough test on the French Riviera. Consistency was most definitely the key under the
FIREFIGHTERS were alerted to a fire outside a house in North Dorset yesterday evening. Dorset Fire and Rescue Service was called to the fire at a property in Melcombe Bingham, near Sturminster Newton, after reports of a small fire near to a house
In the Tories' desperate attempt to boost their poll ratings , they have been talking up the 'scary' prospect of a Labour Government propped up by a block of SNP MP's. Actually, the really scary scenario is the Conservative Party backed up by UKIP
Your article 'Revisting true horrors of hell', 17th April) has brought back to me one of the defining moments of my life. A few days after the liberation of the Belsen concentration camp I had my eighth birthday. My birthday treat was a trip
A BRIDAL fair backed by the Dorset Echo will feature hand-selected retailers when it comes to Dorchester this Saturday.It has been set up by local business Bridal Reloved, which strives to cut the prices of the once-in-a-lifetime day by supplying dresses
A DECISION on whether prehistoric visitor attraction, Jurassica will receive £16 million from the Heritage Lottery Fund has been pushed back until May.It was previously reported that the decision from the fund would be given at the end of April but it
A TEENAGER is thanking the rescue hero who dived in to save her life after she got dragged out to sea. Asha Ali, 13, got into trouble when a big wave knocked her over when she was paddling off West Bay beach. The Colfox School student told
DORSET’S coastline is the most expensive place to buy a home in the England, it has been revealed. New figures show the true price of living by the sea- and Dorset has come out on top. Across Britain, homes within 100 metres of the sea are
ANYONE that has found a yellow knitted duck around Weymouth is being urged to record it online.As part of the Little Yellow Duck Project’s Yellow Duck Day 2015, Suzy Compton hid 14 of her knitted ducks around the town last week.The project, which raises
A PROPOSAL for a development of 33 homes in Bridport has been criticised as 'sheer folly'.A planning application has been submitted on behalf of developers Chesters Commercial for land adjoining Watton Park, which is currently owned by the Palmer family.The
AHEAD of the general election we are giving our readers the chance to find out more about what their local candidates stand for. We will be asking all the candidates in South and West Dorset about the issues that matter to voters in the county
5:06pm TRAIN passengers still face delays between Weymouth to London Waterloo due to a person being hit by a train. All train lines are now re-open following the incident earlier, but passengers are warned of delays of
FIREFIGHTERS attended a fire at a property in Westham in Weymouth. At 5.56pm last night, Dorset Fire and Rescue Service was called to reports of a dishwasher on fire at a property in the area. Two fire engines from Weymouth were mobilised and
IT'S the only plaice to be this summer- the popular annual Pommery Dorset Seafood Festival is returning with two major additions this year. The festival, which will be during the weekend of July 11 and 12, will see more than 100 stalls pitch up
THE lack of any affordable housing in a major Weymouth redevelopment has been criticised. Borough councillors will be urged to support the transformation of the Brewers Quay tourist attraction into an attractive residential and cultural hub at
MARK Jermyn reckons Danny Ings’ name will go down in Dorchester Town history. Jermyn’s comment came after the Burnley striker told a national newspaper that his time on loan at the Avenue in 2010 was “the best thing that happened to me”. Magpies
MORE than 200 animals have been abused in Dorset in a year, some the subject of violent cruelty, it has been revealed. The RSPCA's annual figures for 2014 show that the charity has dealt with 249 complaints of direct cruelty in the county- and
'DISGUSTING' thieves stole three charity pots during a night of break-ins. Jurassic Rocks Café in Greenhill Gardens, Weymouth, and Quiddles Café at Chesil Cove and Perryfields Ltd in Easton Lane, both on Portland, are all believed to have been
WINGER Alec Fiddes believes the Terras can still pull a rabbit out of the hat this weekend and sneak back into the play-off places. Despite the fact Weymouth need to win at Biggleswade Town on Saturday and hope St Neots slip to defeat against Frome
