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DORCHESTER Town Football Club have announced that Shane Murphy has signed a one-year contract with to re-join the Magpies for the 2019/20 season.
A weather warning for heavy rain has been issued, following reports of flash flooding in areas of the A35 and bursts of heavy rainfall across Dorset.
DANNY Aplin kicked off the defence of his Weymouth ADC title with three wins out of three in the Premier Division but it was far from convincing as missed doubles from all his opponents could have easily seen results go the other way.
WEYMOUTH 226-8 (20pts) beat MARNHULL 110ao (5pts) by 116 runs
DORCHESTER 234-5 (18pts) beat SHERBORNE 228-7 (7pts) by five wickets
A road in Dorchester has been closed following a crash involving at least three vehicles.
COME together for a family story in the courtyard of the Bridport LSi.
Members of a local musical theatre group say they are heartbroken by the disappearance of several of their advertising posters.
Firefighters did their best to try and rescue a cat that had been stuck in a tree for days, but the stubborn feline had other ideas.
Voices is the Dorset Echo's weekly youth page - written for young people by young people.
Spring is in bloom - and some stunning pictures have been taken by members of the Echo Camera Club Dorset.
If you were considering getting a summer job this year, you were probably thinking picking up some shifts at a bar, restaurant or shop would be the best you could do.
Through your newspaper may I thank all the people of the Radipole ward who were good enough to vote for me in the recent local elections.
The law needs to be clarified to prevent vulnerable people from being silenced when they blow the whistle on serious abuses at work, it is claimed.
Dorset Council’s Fine Foundation Gallery at Durlston Country Park will host an exhibition by Purbeck artist Heather Gibbons as part of the Purbeck Art Weeks Festival.
Staff engagement needs to be improved at Dorset County Hospital – according to its chief executive.
The first chairman of the new Dorset Council is Blackmore Vale councillor Pauline Batstone.
Last week was ‘Mental Health Awareness Week’.
There are more than 8,600 people living with dementia in Dorset and that number is set to rise in the next few years.
Bridport
One Weymouth town councillor is so keen that he has asked for more meetings.
Weymouth Town Council's first annual town assembly meeting is being held in the coming days and will be open to local residents.
