STRIKE action this Friday will paralyse postal services across Dorset for the second time in two weeks. The Communication Workers Union has already held one national strike on June 29 which hit services across Dorset. Now a second strike is planned
DOZENS of primary school children took to Weymouth beach for the first inter-schools Beach Fit Challenge. The pick of the Year 4 athletes from a two-week coaching programme across schools in Weymouth and Portland competed in javelin, hurdles, sprints
DORSET County Council is facing a massive shake-up to ensure that it is 'fit for the future'. Consultants working with the council have recommended it reduces bureaucracy, uses its buildings better and brings services closer to communities to make better
CHILDREN at Wyke Regis Junior School were given expert advice on beach safety before they head off for a summer of seaside fun. Two Weymouth Lifeguards came into the school to put on demonstrations and give advice to year three and four pupils. Year
A PROPOSAL to keep all dogs on leads in certain open spaces in Dorchester has been dismissed as 'daft' by town councillors. Councillors at a management committee meeting last night voted against a Dogs on Leads Order that had been forwarded to them
WORK is set to begin on a new fire station in Poundbury after funding was agreed. The contracts were signed yesterday for the Dorset Emergency Services Partnership Initiative (DESPI) that will see the current Fire and Rescue Services headquarters near
TALENTED cricketers from a Puddletown school have been hit for six with an award for their sporting prowess. Players from the indoor six-a-side team at St Mary's Middle School beat nine other schools to claim the South and West Dorset trophy. PE teacher
WHO were the celebrity glamour girls being driven around Portland in a white stretch limo? They were none other than eight very excited 8-11-year-old visitors from Belarus living a dream thanks to their hosts, Friends of Chernobyl's Children. The surprise
LIVES could be saved by a new electronic patient information system being introduced in Dorset. The system allows NHS doctors and nurses to view health information by sharing it electronically. Key information such as allergies, current prescriptions
IT WAS all right on the night when year six pupils from Weymouth's Beechcroft St Paul's School staged an end of year play with a Shakespearean twist. Dream On, a musical based on A Midsummer Night's Dream, was the first Year 6 summer production the Weymouth
A HOMELESS man who set his dog upon a station worker was told by magistrates he had six months to save his own life. Magistrates at Weymouth Magsitrates Court deferred the sentencing of Ian Leslie White, 39, of no fixed abode, to give him an opportunity
SCHOOLchildren's efforts to live healthily have been recognised by Dorset Primary Care Trust. St John's School in Coombe Avenue, Weymouth, was presented with a healthy school award by trust representatives. Headteacher John Horrell praised his pupils
TEDDY bears and their pals will be converging on the Borough Gardens on Sunday for the rescheduled annual Teddy Bears' Picnic. Rain stopped play last month and Dorchester Town Council was forced to abandon the event for only the second time in 20 years
A DERELICT warehouse in Portland gained a reputation similar to the MSC Napoli as a place for opportunists to scavenge materials to sell on, a court was told. However, people entering the premises to strip the place of wire and other materials were trespassing
NINE-year-old actress Jemima Dempsey has completed her first professional acting role. Jemima, who comes from Osmington and attends Sunninghill Preparatory School in Dorchester, appears in School Run, one of a series of short films commissioned by SOS
WEYMOUTTH Wildcats travelled across the Solent last night to the home of the Isle of Wight's Premier League side and put on a very spirited display indeed before going down by 51-39 in this first leg of this inter-league challenge contest. And so they
WESSEX Golf Centre professional Jon Bevan pulled off a magical second round at Downfield in Scotland yesterday to qualify for The Open for the second year running. The Weymouth ace was five shots off the lead after his first round 71 but he responded
Two-year deal for Nathan Dorchester Town completed the signing of centre half Nathan Peprah-Annan on a two-year professional contract last night. The 19-year-old former Tottenham Hotspur academy player joined the squad for training at the club's Chapel
n By DILL BUTCHER Unseeded Sam Marland progressed to the quarter-finals of the men's singles and on the evidence of his three-sets victory over stalwart Alan Cash at Greenhill last night he will prove quite a handful for any opponent in the last eight
AN ART exhibition inspired by Dorchester's Borough Gardens has been given the go-ahead for next year. Dorchester town councillors agreed to support the show at a management committee meeting last night. Three Dorchester-based artists will now be able
SKIPPER Tom Hicks refused to concede defeat in the race for the Western Division title following Dorset's 46-run reverse at the hands of leaders Ches-hire yesterday. Hicks looked set for an heroic captain's innings as previously-unbeaten Dorset experienced
PORTLAND RED TRIANGLE 86 all-out (0pts) lost to POOLE TOWN SECONDS 87-1 (20pts) by 9 wkts PORTLAND skipper Simon Barrett admitted after this heavy defeat that his side made life "very easy" for Poole by once again playing careless shots and giving wickets
SUE Jennings was celebrating after winning her Dorset semi-final to qualify for the national stages of the EWBA singles championship. The county president from Dorchester was not only delighted at earning her place in the line-up on August 8 but was
MANAGERS have produced their own guide to running a successful home or care service. It is believed to be the first guidebook written for managers and owners of small care homes and domiciliary care services by managers themselves. Wayne Laurence, of
One of the fastest selling puzzles of all time is making its long awaited comeback on 28 July 2007 with a fantastic $2 million prize on offer to the first person who correctly completes the 256 piece puzzle. Eternity II is the perfect game for everyone
TOMORROW night sees the start of an annual explosion of music just outside the county town. Lakeside Magic will bring four nights of top entertainment to the glorious grounds of Kingston Maurward near Dorchester. Over the weekend, giants from the spheres
FROM Tuesday 10th to Friday 13th, Year 6 pupils from across Weymouth and Portland, joined together as a team at Primary College. Primary College takes place towards the end of the school year and happens at the Weymouth College. It is a chance for the
WE ASKED John Simpson who is the car maintenance teacher how long he had been doing car maintenance? He said he was on his third year. He has fixed and worked on around 15 cars in the past 4 months. We asked three of the students "Do you think you have
WE INTERVIEWED people doing the football. First we interviewed Tim Davis (Weymouth football coach). We asked him whether he enjoyed football himself. Tim said "I love football". Then we asked whether there were any bad things about football. Tim replied
THE children who were making shovels told us that the shovels which they were making are made out of aluminium steel. Joe Morris, a Primary College student, explained that making the shovels took them all day. "I enjoy making things, this is very practical
ONE of the activities we went to was creative writing We asked two of the pupils (Sophie Thornton and Alice Bowker) what they were doing, they replied with, "We have to cut out random photos out of magazines and write a story or poem about it." We weren't
WE INTERVIEWED two people - the first person was called Lucy Gosling. We asked her what she was doing, she replied: "We were marching around singing and making funny noises - it's an exercise to help our voices." The second person we interviewed was
GET your skates mate! That's exactly what Primary College students did at our local skate park with helpers from Weymouth College. Whilst watching Primary College participants practice their skills on the ramps, we asked students Georgina Wilson and
WE SPOKE to Bradley Davis to see what he thought about volleyball at Weymouth College. We asked him if his activity was fun. He said: "Yes because you get to try and hit the ball over the net and there is lots of action because you have to move around
