ALL Saints School pupils put on a performance with the Light Cavalry Band from Bovington. The band held workshops with 40 pupils at the Wyke Regis school before taking to the stage in front of 180 Year 7 pupils in a combined performance. The school's
YOUNG musicians will be raising the roof and helping to raise plenty of cash at an annual concert. Almost 50 groups and individuals applied to the Dorchester Casterbridge Rotary Club to take part in the Dorchester Music Festival, which is now in its
COUCH potato or a career in the great outdoors? That is choice for students offered a new course at Kingston Maurward College, near Dorchester. January and February may not be a time to be outside in the wind and the rain but it is a good time to be
DORCHESTER Town Under-18s manager Trevor Senior will be holding a football course for children aged six and over at Manor Park First School in Dorchester between February 19 and 23. The course will be run between 9.30am and 1pm each day. For more information
COUNCILLORS have thrown out a scheme which would have benefited thousands of Weymouth and Portland people by providing scooter and beach buggies for those with disabilities. The Wheels for Freedom charity already provides such a service but only on a
Under-12 County Cup semi-final WEYMOUTH 3 BRANKSOME UTD 2 WEYMOUTH progressed to the Dorset Cup final after substitute Sam Bosworth, making only his second appearance following a broken leg, scored a powerful header to settle the semi-final with Branksome
BORED teenagers in the Dorchester area are doing it for themselves by organising their own half-term holiday activities. Following up on their research and DVD - Nowhere to Go and Nothing to Do - which revealed a lack of facilities and public transport
AN ADVICE centre for youngsters in Dorchester is now opening its doors on Saturdays thanks to a £2,250 grant. Routes, a drop-in service for young people aged 13 to 25, previously only opened on weekdays. But now the centre has been able to extend its
DORSET County Council will soon be submitting a long-awaited outline planning application for the new Mountjoy School in Bridport. Campaigners have been fighting for a new school since it was threatened with closure in 1999. Such was the strength of
SOUTH Dorset MP Jim Knight and the RSPB youth group met in Weymouth to discuss climate change. Members of the Phoenix group travelled from as far as West Wales and North Yorkshire to attend the event at Radipole Lake Nature Reserve's RSPB offices. The
South West Counties Championship Under-18 women DORSET 1 DEVON 6 DEVON scored four times in eight first half minutes to shock Dorset into submission. The hosts had taken a deserved lead through former Dorchester player Jemma Tewksbury, scoring after
New recruits needed for Army Cadet challenge DORCHESTER'S Army Cadets are trying to drum up some new recruits. The detachment currently has places for young people who want to sample the variety and challenge of service life. Detachment Commander Tony
SIGNIFICANT job losses are expected at the award-winning Dorset Archives Service in Dorchester. The service, based at the Dorset History Centre, is facing severe budget pressures and must save £85,000 over the next three years. Dorset County Council
COUNCILLORS have officially indicated their support for Weymouth's £77 million relief road. Dorset County Council, which is responsible for the project, asked members of Weymouth and Portland Borough Council planning and traffic committee to indicate
TWO men and a dog were rescued by firefighters after a blaze swept through a block of flats in Bridport. The fire damaged the second and third floors of a communal hallway in flats on Alexandra Road in the Skilling area. Two crews from Bridport and
BOSSES from the company behind a controversial Tetra mast proposed for Dorchester will give their side of the story at a meeting tomorrow. Expert in microwave research Barrie Trower has already been signed up to explain to people the potential horrors
A WORRIED mum has been picking up discarded needles on the school run. Concerned Karen Nixon says she and her son Callum, six, have found syringes four times while walking home from Holy Trinity Infant School, in Rodwell, Weymouth. Now she is pleading
BARNARDO'S is opening a children's centre at Broadmayne after getting a £120,000 cash boost to develop a new service in Dorset. The charity will establish a network of four as part of a partnership with Dorset County Council to provide children's centres
BANK customers in Bridport, Dorchester and Weymouth will be told to visit a different branch following closures. Woolwich account holders will receive a letter to let them know their branch has moved to Barclays. It follows a takeover of the company
BEACHCOMBERS were today warned to stay away from any containers washed ashore from the grounded container ship MSC Napoli by worsening weather. Robin Middleton, the Secretary of State's Representative in Maritime Salvage and Intervention, said: "Aerial
CHURCHGOERS will have to pay and display before they pray after their parking permits were scrapped. Members of Weymouth and Portland Borough Council's management committee said the council could not be seen to give preferential treatment to any particular
POOR progress in court resulted in the Crown Prosecution Service being publicly criticised by the chairman of a bench of magistrates. Pam Homer, of Weymouth magistrates, made her comments after an error-strewn start to court proceedings in the town.
AN UNUSUAL Chinese wine pot found perched on a window sill could sell for as much as £100,000 when it comes up for auction next week. The pot or ewer was regarded by its owners as a bit of fun' and was discovered by auctioneers from Duke's of Dorchester
EIGHTY pupils from four primary schools hopped, skipped and jumped at the chance to take part in an indoor athletics festival. Youngsters aged nine to 11 from Radipole, St John's, St Andrew's and St Nicholas and St Laurence primary schools took part
The person who daubed "No Flats on Pier" on the seafront shelter will probably be quite offended to be dubbed a "vandal". If anything is vandalism it is the proposed project by Howard Holdings on the Pavilion site, which is being bulldozed through by
The charge of negativity levelled at those who have expressed reservations about the proposed Pavilion development is as unfair as it is untrue. Negativity to new ideas surely applies to those who want to keep things the way they are now - and I am quite
I MUST comment on recent articles in support of the relief road proposal. I feel that the people of Weymouth and Portland are not being told the full story with respect to this road. The Weymouth relief road is currently the most damaging new road under
We returned back to the pub from Southampton after lunch, and my parents returned back to Devon where they live only to return again on Friday to work the weekend in the bar.
Wednesday: Was supposed to meet with Clare tonight but her family have been struck down by the lurgy. Managed 3.3 miles in 45 minutes so I well chuffed with that, things are definitely starting to get easier, I was only a little bit out of breath at
On behalf of the National Trust and its many supporters, we, the trust's property managers for the two areas of our coastline most affected by the Napoli disaster, would like to express our gratitude for the many offers of help and solidarity that we
It will be a very sad day if the so-called Weymouth Relief Road gets the go-ahead. I say this as someone who lives close to the Dorchester Road and travels on it regularly by car and bus. I am not one of the out-of-towners that our MP and others keep
I REFER to recent letters (Echo, February 6) in response to my previous letter (January 31) about motorists using residential roads as a short cut. My apologies to Suzanne Bishop if my response to her letter regarding the refuse collection has upset
ALL Saints School pupils put on a performance with the Light Cavalry Band from Bovington. The band held workshops with 40 pupils at the Wyke Regis school before taking to the stage in front of 180 Year 7 pupils in a combined performance. The school's
THE Buckland Newton Primary School was among the first in Dorset to get a healthy schools award and now has a plaque to prove it. The school incorporated a healthy approach to all areas of school life including exercise, outdoor activities, safety and
I REFER to recent letters about children playing chicken' with traffic Children in Winterbourne Abbas play chicken with traffic on the A35 every weekday morning - but not for fun. It's bad enough when children do this for kicks or through ignorance
I fully agree with the letter Cabs on the quay is not fair play' (Echo, January 30) about taxis and private hire cars taking up the one-hour parking places on Weymouth Quay. These are one of the very few places where people can park for an hour, freeof
Weymouth chairman Martyn Harrison has quashed rumours that New Look founder Tom Singh is considering investing in the club. The hotelier has also played down suggestions that ex-Terras' boss Garry Hill and his brother Colin Hill could be interested in
I write in reply to the letter Monorail should at least be considered' (Echo, February 3) from John Jenkins, who thinks a monorail is such a wonderful idea for this area. Has he any idea of the impact that this monstrosity would have on real people
James Rowe is eager to secure a move to Weymouth to return to full-time football. The out of favour Dorchester midfielder featured for the Terras' reserve side in the 4-0 reversal to Yeovil Town at the Wessex Stadium last night alongside seven other
The nightmare continues for Ashley Vickers as the defender saw red for the second time in ten days as Yeovil overran Weymouth at the Wessex Stadium. The Terras' defender was dismissed after 19 minutes for a clumsy challenge and could miss Saturday's
