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Life bright after £30 lottery win
5:49pm Friday 24th May 2013
Artists set for Purbeck Art Weeks
4:51pm Friday 24th May 2013
Bird club seeks help with events
4:54pm Friday 24th May 2013
Dorset Bird Club is urgently appealing for a volunteer to help organise events.
Police plea after vehicle plate theft
11:00am Friday 24th May 2013
DORCHESTER: Thieves stole number plates from a vehicle parked in the Durngate Street car park.
Alert for stranded vessel in harbour
11:00am Friday 24th May 2013
COUNTY: Coastguards were called to help a boat that had broken down.
Going overboard for avast adventure
11:00am Friday 24th May 2013
Emergency services called to crash on roundabout near Weymouth Football Club
11:10am Friday 24th May 2013
Emergency services were called after a crash between a car and a scooter.
Tolpuddle village hosting flower show
11:11am Friday 24th May 2013
The village is hosting a Flower Festival on Saturday, June 1 and Sunday, June 2.
RSPCA send warning to Dorset gardeners
11:17am Friday 24th May 2013
UPDATED: Police and paramedics at crash near Weymouth roundabout
8:03pm Thursday 23rd May 2013
A SCOOTER and a car have been in a collision near Weymouth football club
'Pathetic and laughable' - verdict on TIC plea
12:10am Thursday 23rd May 2013
SHOPKEEPERS in Weymouth have blasted a council request to set up a TIC point.
Funeral details announced for sailing legend Andrew Simpson
12:50am Thursday 23rd May 2013
THE funeral of sailing legend Andrew Simpson will be in Sherborne on May 31.
Beam me up Scotty....to Portland
9:43am Thursday 23rd May 2013
AN ASTRONAUT has picked the Olympic island as the place to go after coming back to earth.
Littlemoor residents grass up mowing bungle
3:00pm Thursday 23rd May 2013
RESIDENTS on a Weymouth estate have been left baffled after a patch of grass was left to grow wild.
Man who attacked pub doormen given community order
12:00pm Thursday 23rd May 2013
A MAN has been handed a community order after he admitted assaulting two doormen.
Range of opportunities and activities at Dorset Echo jobs fair
12:00pm Thursday 23rd May 2013
HUNDREDS of hopefuls came to the Dorset Echo Job Fair in search of new employment opportunities.
Have your say over ‘all out’ borough elections
11:06am Thursday 23rd May 2013
WEYMOUTH and Portland residents are being urged to have their say on ‘all out’ election proposals.
Dorchester police act on sharp rise in shoplifting
10:10am Thursday 23rd May 2013
POLICE in Dorchester are taking action after a rise in shoplifting offences.
Portland man admits to charge of driving without due care and attention
10:06am Thursday 23rd May 2013
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