THE Colliton Club in Dorchester is planning to create an outside haven for smokers. A patio area at the front of Colliton House, near County Hall, is intended to make use of 'dead' space and to provide a canopy to shelter people having their nicotine
A CAMPAIGNER battling for streets in Poundbury to be named after Dorset war heroes and other battle honours has called off the troops. Derek Julian had urged Dorset soldiers to attend a meeting of Dorchester Town Council later this month to lobby councillors
PRANKSTERS are putting lives at risk by interfering with road signs and other street furniture in Dorset. People have been turning around roadside signs at village entrances so they display incorrect speed limits. And youngsters have been caught moving
A PENSIONER from Weymouth has been reunited with her brother - after more than 60 years apart. Marion Cooke, 67, was separated from brother Robert Perryman when their parents split at the end of the Second World War. They were both overwhelmed when
DORSET was today on alert after more oil leaked from the stricken container ship Napoli. Nearly 2,000 seabirds were affected when about 200 tonnes of oil leaked from the vessel when she was first grounded off the Devon coast in January. The Napoli has
I'm hoping that by writing some BBQ recipes that summer will return and we can enjoy some al fresco dining! This recipe will easily feed six people with a nice salad and some buttered new potatoes. It's an impressive recipe that is very easy to do and
THE former security manager of Littlesea holiday park in Weymouth assaulted a colleague over missing keys. Stuart Lee, 36, of Lanehouse Rocks Road in Weymouth, admitted attacking Phillip Gratton at the park in June after drinking. Reading from a victim
This is my take on a very traditional recipe, which I have changed slightly to bring it up to date. Soused mackerel always used to be cooked in the oven with malt vinegar. The acid of the vinegar helps to cut through the oiliness of the fish. I poach
This is a very summery dish and can be used with any exotic fish like grouper, etc. Serves 4 persons 4 x 1lb to 1 1/4lb snapper 2 mango peeled and chopped 2 avocado peeled and chopped 200 ml white wine 1 red chilli finely chopped 50 ml mango puree
LARGE shops in Dorchester are benefiting from a crime busting initiative at the expense of smaller independent retailers, the town chamber of trade claims. Shops in the town pay a small annual fee to become a member of Dorchester's Shop Watch scheme
SUPPORT for vulnerable Dorset youngsters is to be pulled by the Government. Parents and youth workers say they are disappointed by news the Local Network Fund, which has given more than £2 million in grants to children's projects across the county, will
A DORCHESTER councillor who is calling for extra traffic control measures to be introduced to ease congestion at a busy junction has come up with a fresh solution to the problem. Councillor Tim Harries, a taxi driver and Dorchester town and West Dorset
BOY racers making people's lives a misery by tearing through the streets on Portland are being given the boot. Anti-social driving was recently identified by residents as the number one priority for the island's Partners and Community Together (PACT)
MUSIC and speeches brought the home of the trade union movement to life once again at the annual Tolpuddle Martyrs Festival. Hundreds of people gathered with banners and drums yesterday to march through the village and remember the six Dorset farm labourers
Conference League OXFORD CHEETAHS 49 WEYMOUTH DOONAN WILDCATS 44 WILDCATS' Aussie sensation Jay Herne was in brilliant from as Weymouth came close to taking the Conference League points at Oxford last night. Herne took seven rides and notched up a
JUST as the organisers had predicted, the ninth annual Portland Steam andVintage Show held at Southwell Park was bigger and better than ever. With close on 400 exhibits of full size and smaller steam engines,stationary engines, cars, motorcycles, tractors
WEYMOUTH athlete Jemma Tewkesbury scored a memorable success on Saturday with a bronze medal in the inter- schools javelin at the prestigious ESAA Sainsbury's Track and Field Championships in Birmingham. Cheered on by a vocal crowd at the Alexander Stadium
FANCY dress, brass bands, a colourful procession and sunshine attracted hundreds of revellers to the annual Puddletown Carnival. A majorette display, raffles, stalls, bouncy castle, fun fair and live music were just some of the highlights that organisers
WEYMOUTH 221-8 (6pts) lost to Parley 225-3 (19pts) by seven wickets WEYMOUTH captain Dean Janaway said the better team came out on top in their Dorset Funeral Plan Premier League defeat to fourth-placed Parley. The home side won by seven wickets with
DORCHESTER 255-7 (25pts) beat Marnhull 108 all out (4pts) by 147 runs DORCHESTER'S unbeaten run continues following a comprehensive win at Marnhull. The county town side won by 140 runs as they strolled to victory in their Dorset Funeral Plan League
THE Festival Players, one of Britain's top touring theatre companies, is marking 22 years in business with a pacy new performance. This year the players have chosen to perform Shakespeare's pastoral romantic comedy As You Like It, set in the Forest of
BRIDPORT 57 (1pt) lost to STALBRIDGE 59-3 (24pts) by seven wickets BRIDPORT slumped to their heaviest Dorset Funeral Plan League Division One defeat of the summer. The Brewery Ground outfit were bowled out for just 57 by promotion-chasing Stalbridge
AS the summer works its way through the year - not always with gloriously sunny results - our thoughts turn to foreign holidays. But this July people unable to travel to foreign parts need not feel too deprived. For as in the past five summers, Weymouth's
Wessex Cricket School Academy student, Rob Burfitt, has been called into the Somerset Under-17 side to play their Wiltshire counterparts today at Bath Cricket Club. The Academy all-rounder, who averages 64.00 with the bat and takes wickets at 14.38,
With slightly fewer entrants this year at the Weymouth Town Tennis Tournament it has been decided that finals day will be brought forward to next Saturday, July 21 instead of a traditional Sunday climax. And the first match on court that day for an early
Dorset County Museum and the Dorset Echo have teamed up to offer up to 36 children the chance to make their own animated film. During August, three local museums, Dorset County Museum, Weymouth Museum and Portland Museum are running a series of events
