Blue Square Premier WEYMOUTH 1 CRAWLEY TOWN 2 GUY Madjo took advantage of a mistake by Weymouth keeper Jon Stewart to snatch Crawley Town all three points at the Wessex Stadium last night. The decisive strike came just two minutes after the break
A RECORD number of 338 young Optimist sailors will be competing in Weymouth Bay in the Volvo Musto Optimist End of Season Championships this weekend. The Weymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy, hosted the largest ever Volvo Musto Optimist National
WEYMOUTH'S Serita Shone is hoping to make the next Winter Olympics as part of Great Britain's bob skeleton squad. The Bath University student is currently in Lillehammer, Norway, for two weeks as she attempts to make the three-person team for the 2010
BEAMINSTER kickboxer Gordon Childs has got his hands on his first British title, writes Rob Atkins. The former amateur boxer won a unanimous points decision against Bury's Paul Greenhouse at Birmingham and with it bagged the amateur 78kg title. Childs
Hampshire League Division One WEYMOUTH 2 SALISBURY 1 SKIPPER Ben Thomas and vice-captain Matt Metcalfe led Weymouth to their first vic-tory of the season at Redlands. After a fierce opening to the game both teams then tried to slow things down by keeping
LEAGUE champions the Belvedere and arch-rivals the Black Dog do battle for early season Domino's Premiership supremacy tomorrow at Redlands (10.30am). But the title-holders could be without their most influential player-boss Bobby Darch. The Belve's
WELL, is today going to be a super Saturday or one for drowning our sorrows? England's rugby stars aim to reach the World Cup final in Paris and their football counterparts continue their bid to reach the Euro 2008 finals in Austria and Switzerland.
THE Royal British Legion is calling for people to send in dedications for the Remembrance Day service, especially from families of serving soldiers. The service will be held at Holy Trinity Church, Weymouth, on Sunday, November 11, and personal dedications
HALLOWE'EN fun is promised at a Pumpkins in the Park party. Young witches and wizards are invited to dust off their broomsticks and head to Greenhill Gardens on Weymouth seafront on Saturday, October 27. Those on foot can follow the Bat Trail along
ROYAL Navy warship HMS Portland has arrived in warmer waters to offer humanitarian support. Portland's namesake frigate is visiting Barbados to carry out essential mid-deployment maintenance and repairs. It is in the region for the hurricane season,
THE return to school for the autumn term is often marked with the odd upset tummy or sickness bug as children adjust to being back in the company of others at school. However, these outbreaks' and the spread of such illnesses could be better avoided
A NEW train timetable has come under fire for not meeting the needs of passengers. Council chiefs have blasted moves by First Great Western to make changes to the timings of Weymouth to Bristol services. Critics say the timetable, due to start on December
THE first national Armed Forces memorial carved purely from Portland Stone has been hailed a success at a royal dedication ceremony. The £6 million stone circle measures 43 metres and has more than 16,500 engraved names of service personal killed on
Save £1.00 off the price of a 2008 Dorset Echo Postcard Calendar on presentation of this voucher! The Dorset Echo Postcard Calendar is a unique calendar that contains pictures our local area taken by our award winning photographers! Each month you
Ever wondered where all your missing odd socks go? Any children, grandchildren, nieces or nephews in your family will love our latest offer: a FREE* book from the hit children's book series - The Oddies. The stories (aimed at 3-7 year olds) are
It's fun by day, scary by night at Crealy throughout October half term this year! October days at Crealy mean pumpkins, pumpkins and more pumpkins! Enjoy a harvest celebration of Devon's food and drink with delicious menus of local seasonal produce
The Dorset Echo has teamed up with Beaulieu to give readers the chance to look out for some strange happenings in the neighbourhood at Beaulieu this half-term - it will be quite a spectre-cle! In the National Motor Museum, you can join Phantom Tours
A SOCIAL housing company was forced to take out an injunction order against a man after his 'unacceptable behaviour' caused distress to its residents. Weymouth and Portland Housing (WPH) obtained a 12-month injunction against Anthony Slater who had refused
A COMMUNITY hero is calling for repairs to a road after suffering a fall. Cherril Scott-Morley, who was named the Dorset Echo's Neighbour of the Year 2006, fears older residents could badly hurt themselves in Old Parish Lane, Weymouth. Miss Scott-Morley
PEOPLE are being urged to sign up to adult learning courses before they fill up. Dorset Adult Learning (DAL) offers varied courses including media training, yoga and foreign language courses including Arabic and Polish. A spokesman for the service said
39: MARK WIRTZ He's Our Dear Old Weatherman/Possums' Dance (Parlophone, 1968) EMI in the 1960s was fortunate indeed to have on its books a number of staff producers whose formal musical training was combined with a willingness to experiment that was
ELECTRASY Wired For Dreaming (Pink Hedgehog) FREAK CIRCUS Freak Shall Inherit The Earth (Pink Hedgehog) KATE RUSBY Awkward Annie (Pure) KING CREOSOTE Bombshell (679) THIS is "I like" week as far as I'm concerned. I'm just going to concentrate
Your correspondent Anne Gibson (Money has become the only motive", Echo, October 6) is right to be depressed by the noises coming out of Weymouth and Portland Council about entirely predictable last-minute pressure from Howard Holdings to increase the
WITH most clubs drawing their season to an end the Weymouth and Portland Cruising Association are offering an alternative to the half-term blues. The club is inviting sailors to join a cruise to the Solent from Monday, October 22 until Saturday, October
SPACES are available for a presentation by Olympic sailing star Joe Glanfield. The 470-class Olympic silver medallist will be sharing his sailing experience at a talk in a Weymouth store on Monday October 22. His presentation at the Henri Lloyd store
SAILING instructors from the borough will be swapping sails for oars when they row 100 miles for a disabled charity. The Laser Team's annual fundraising event will see them take on the challenge of rowing from Oxford to Kingston in three days - covering
A ZERO-EMISSION Explorer micro-yacht stopped off in Weymouth and Lyme Regis to promote the benefit of low carbon living. Sailor Mukti Mitchell is taking his hand-built 15ft boat Chance on a six-month voyage around Britain as part of a Low Carbon Lifestyle
RELIVE the action from the Skandia Sail for Gold Regatta online with live race footage from the medal races. The interactive Skandia Sail for Gold Regatta website enables viewers to replay the race in animation form, from different viewpoints, and see
TOP names came out for the RYA Olympic Classes National Ranking Series held in the borough. The competition to be the best in each of the Olympic classes took place at Weymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy last weekend. It marked the second
FOR some the end of the sailing season looms at Weymouth Sailing Club and boats will be lifted out for winter storage at the club's Nothe Parade yard. This will free up moorings for boats of up to 10m long and owners looking for winter moorings should
A GRAPHIC designer from Portland has been named UK Ladies' Speedsailing Champion. Windsurfer Linda Cleary of Easton claimed the title after achieving the fastest speed in the women's event at Weymouth Speed Week. She said: "It's the first year I entered
MORE than 300 young Optimist sailors will be competing in Weymouth Bay for a second time this year. They will be racing their single-handed dinghies in the Volvo Musto Optimist End of Season Championships this weekend. The Weymouth and Portland National
THE Dorchester based Fordingtons group has expanded again and it now offers a specialised blind service. The company started 15 years ago and includes a building firm, a windows and conservatories firm, a furnishings and lighting store and an estate
THIS weekend is a very special one for Dorset music. This year the Dorset Rural Music School is celebrating its diamond jubilee and to celebrate this important milestone in its career, a number of concerts are planned, the first of which will take place
A DISTRAUGHT mother and her children have been driven from their home by teenage yobs. Helen Kenner and her neighbours have recorded a video catalogue of the campaign of terror being waged in the streets of Littlemoor, Weymouth. Their footage shows
PLANNERS are backing a scheme to build a three-storey house at Weston Road on Portland. Residents have written to Weymouth and Portland Borough Council with their concerns about the plan and 10 people have signed a petition. Objections include loss of
POLICE are appealing for a mountain bike owner to come forward after a cycle left on a Weymouth street was kicked by two men. The wheels of the silver mountain bike - chained to a drainpipe outside 17 Commercial Road were damaged in the 5am incident.
CLAY pigeon traps worth £9,000 have been stolen from a shooting range in Wardon Hill, near Dorchester. Dorset Police are appealing for anyone who may have seen anything unusual around the time these five machines were taken or if anyone has heard that
CRAWLEY Town will be extremely revved up when they take to the field at the Wessex Stadium tonight according to Weymouth boss Jason Tindall whose side will be bidding to extend their unbeaten run to four games (7.45pm). The Red Devils lost their appeal
DORCHESTER Town's Jamie Gleeson believes that Tuesday night's Setanta Shield comeback against Eastleigh will see the Magpies go on a decent run of form. The midfielder, who was named man of the match in the 3-2 win on Tuesday, is confident of a change
EASTON United are looking to carry their excellent league form into the Dorset Senior Trophy at home to Broadmayne tomorrow (12.45pm) and manager Chris Wilson expects the same level of commitment and determination that has seen them start the season
ROYSTON Davies will hand third-choice stopper Lee Cleal the gloves in tomorrow's Les Phillips Cup clash with Minehead at St Mary's Field (3pm). The former Lyme Regis striker has not appeared between the posts for the Bees since pre-season but Davies
A MOTHER on Portland had a big surprise when she returned home to find her whole house had been given a designer makeover. Karen Gear, 43, of Headland Close, was the surprise star of the ITV Television show 60 Minute Makeover that gives someone's house
Dorset Senior Trophy First Round BLANDFORD UNITED RESERVES v CHICKERELL UNITED CHICKERELL will welcome defen-der Graham Biles into their squad for tomorrow's trip to Blandford. The experienced centre-back has been playing for the reserves in recent
DORCHESTER Town's Under-18s are in South West Counties League action tomorrow as they travel to Hamworthy United. The young Magpies were unfortunate to only draw against Forest Green last week after dominating proceedings. Striker Jamie Morgan scored
PORTLAND United Veterans have decided not to enter this season's DCFA over-35s competition and instead will play a number of friendlies. The Blues' player-manager Nick Preston said: "Last season we had to withdraw midway through the season, mainly due
DORCHESTER coach Chris Burton is hoping that his players can relax and play with freedom as they travel to Wellington in the second round of the EDF Energy Senior Vase tomorrow. The county town boss said: "We haven't had the right mental approach in
WEYPORT captured their first-ever National League success against rivals Basing-stoke in Walsall. With only one point to their name after five games the seasiders travelled north determined to turn their encouraging performances into positive results
FRESH from his European title success Dorchester's Simon Wakely finished third in the British Enduro Championship E2 class. MPS Racing Husqvarna's Wakely claimed fifth overall at Natterjack aboard his WR250 in the final found of the season. Although
A 10-month operation to recover cargo washed ashore along West Dorset's coastline from MSC Napoli has finally been completed. Salvage workers landed the last section of container at West Bay, ending the most treacherous phase of the entire project.
A SPORTS club is celebrating being shortlisted for a prestigious industry award. Members of staff from Weymouth Sports Club in Dorchester Road will attend an awards ceremony next month with the hope of scooping the titles of Sports Club of the Year and
A PORTLAND schoolgirl was told she could have lost her leg after she was hit by a car at an accident blackspot on the island. Relatives of 10-year-old Lacey-Marie Murphy-Lewis have learned that she is the third child to be injured on Weston Road this
BUSINESS leaders have joined the protests against plans to close the travel centre at Weymouth railway station. Weymouth-Waterloo operator and station owner South West Trains (SWT) is set to close the office at the station and instead offer its service
A LONG-running planning wrangle looks set to be resolved as council officers give developers the thumbs up for a new housing scheme on a prominent site. For the sixth time in two years councillors will be asked to consider a planning application for
At the Skills Festival, Kingston Maurward we spoke to Alex of Weymouth College who is a lecturer in marine leisure. Alex said: "Working at the college is very enjoyable, I'm out on the water nearly every day as part of the B Tec in Marine Leisure. "
We chose to look at the rowing machine because we were interested in sport and it shows your upper body and lower body strength and your overall fitness at the stall. The instructors helped us through the game and made it easier. I think the festival
When I walked through the door at Skills Festival, there was lots to see and do. I looked at lots of different stalls which had information on different colleges, courses and careers. I met Lucy, a student studying countryside management at Kingston
Students from schools around Dorset spent a day at Kingston Maurward learning about career opportunities for the future. There were lots of different jobs for students to find out about and I learned what Army life was like when talking to a soldier
As trainee reporters for the Echo, we spoke to Sally Odams, a placement officer for Care Studies at Weymouth College. She was here at the festival to promote health and social care courses at the college. Sally told us: "These courses are really worthwhile
We three girls went along with the rest of our year and pupils from other schools to a Skills Festival at Kingston Maurward. We interviewed Lucy who is a former engineer and has many A-levels and a couple of GCSEs under her belt, and David. They are
EXHIBITORS at Kingston Maurward College showed visiting pupils that choosing a job doesn't have to be dull. From farm animals to helicopter simulators, there was something at the festival to hold the interest of every single pupil. And the visiting
For many many years the residents of Spa Road have accepted that the vehicle owners of Weymouth and Portland use this road as an 'alternative local route' and had been asking for traffic calming measures for well over three years. Spa Road had been identified
