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  • Tower of power for historic folly

    WORK is going on at Kimmeridge to save the 177-year-old Clavell Tower from crumbling into the sea. The observatory and folly was built in 1830 with three storeys and a distinctive Tuscan colonnade. It is famous as the place where author Thomas Hardy

  • Man is jailed for breach of order

    A MAN has been jailed for two months after breaching a housing association's injunction against him. Mark Hardiman breached an injunction imposed by Weymouth and Portland Housing on four occasions. An association spokes-man said: "In each breach he

  • Former hotel could be made into flats

    A PLAN to replace a former Weymouth hotel with three blocks of flats is going back before councillors on Wednesday. The proposal to redevelop the Sunnywey Hotel in Kirtleton Avenue received the backing of planners at a meeting earlier this year. But

  • Car park to shut for six weeks

    A POPULAR seaside car park is to close for six weeks to allow urgent repairs to be carried out. Work to rebuild and protect West Bexington beach car park means it will be closed for six weeks from Monday, October 29. Parts of the car park, popular

  • Meeting of museum Friends

    THE Friends of Portland Museum will be holding their AGM on Thursday, October 18, and this will be followed by an open meeting. The part to be played by the FPM within the new management of the Portland Museum Trust will be discussed during the open

  • Motorcycle riders create a nuisance

    POLICE are monitoring problems of nuisance youths in Wyke Regis. Police Community Support Officer Lucy Allmond said there had been a particular issue of young people riding motorcycles around the area of Williams Avenue, in Wyke Gardens and as far down

  • Can you make a Pact in Preston?

    POLICE are seeking help from a community group to help them set up a Partners and Communities Together (Pact) panel in Preston and Sutton Poyntz. PC Kevin Eames and Police Community Support Officer Steph Weedon have already had success doing this in

  • Help us to look after play area

    POLICE are asking the community for help to look after a revamped children's play area. Conscious that new play equipment is sadly often a target for vandals, police want to work with people at Littlemoor in order to protect the new facility off Louviers

  • Home draw for Terras

    WEYMOUTH have been handed a home tie with British Gas Business League outfit Hitchin Town in the Fourth Qualifying Round of the FA Cup. Although Hitchin lie fourth from bottom in the Southern Premier, the Terras will have to be on their guard to ensure

  • ‘Meltdown’ on packed trains

    A CRITICAL report highlights the problem of severe overcrowding on some Weymouth to Bristol trains. Volunteers spent the summer monitoring stations along the line. Packed carriages with some passengers standing for an hour or more combined with frequently

  • On song for fundraising

    THE CASTERBRIDGE MALE VOICE CHOIR, St Martin's Church, Broadmayne A PROGRAMME of popular music fitted the bill nicely for this fundraising concert in aid of the village church hall. From Gilbert and Sullivan to Paul Simon and from rousing spirituals

  • UK’s only film and food fest

    SCREEN Bites, the third annual Dorset Food Film Festival, will run over three weeks from Wednesday, October 17, to Saturday, November 3, with 12 evening screenings and two family matinees. The UK's only food film festival, timed to coincide with Dorset

  • Comic capers are Perfekt

    RIOTOUS comedy comes to Weymouth this week courtesy of the town's drama club. Inspector Drake and the Perfekt Crime is a police pastiche along the lines of Inspector Clouseau and the madcap Airplane film. Who is the mysterious Doctor Short, and why

  • Places available at seminars

    PLACES are still available at two Poole seminars aimed at highlighting global opportunities for Dorset businesses. UK Trade & Investment (UKTI) and HSBC have joined forces to host a series of globalisation seminars focusing on the world's high growth

  • Wrong anti-flea product can kill animals

    PEOPLE are unwittingly poisoning their cats because they are using the wrong flea products, it has been warned. Alarmed at the amount of distressed cats being brought into his surgery, vet Dave Cumber today moved to highlight the dangers of incorrect

  • A pig of a brew

    THE White Stones café gallery on Portland has expanded its ranges with Teapig tea. Owner David Nicholls added the silk temple-style teabags to the menu of the business at Easton. He said: "Teapigs are already proving a hit with the customers. "I was

  • Youths disturb dance classes

    PARENTS who live in the area of Spa Road are being advised to have words with their children before police pay them a visit. A group of youths have been causing problems around St Aldhelm's Church, particularly on Tuesday nights when a dance class is

  • Company vends its way to the top

    DIRECTORS of a Weymouth vending company are anticipating a successful third year. Gavin Borthwick, 32, and Glenn Borthwick 40, marked the second anniversary of Devon and Dorset Vending Ltd this October. Now they are looking ahead to another successful

  • Sign of quality for solicitors

    BATTENS Solicitors has been awarded the Law Society's national quality mark - the Lexcel Practice Management Standard. The Law Society's Lexcel quality mark is independently assessed and awarded to law firms that achieve the highest professional standards

  • Centre leads way to tackle cruelty

    A NEW flagship NSPCC centre at Poundbury will see the charity able to expand its operations in its bid to tackle child cruelty. The National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children's Be the FULL STOP' campaign, launched today, aims to encourage

  • Memorial event boosts running total

    THE third Sydling Fun Run saw scores of runners and walkers competing near Dorchester. The Anton Walden memorial event comprised two runs and a walk to raise much-needed money for St Nicholas' Church. There were two age groups for the 2km run with one

  • Diver with bends flown to hospital

    A DIVER was airlifted after showing symptoms of the bends. Coastguards were alerted to dive vessel Skin Deep, off Portland, after the woman made a rapid ascent. She was flown to Poole and taken by ambulance to the compression chamber. Several vessels

  • Fare outlook for Brian and Ann

    FIFTY years of happily married life is being celebrated today at the Southwell home of Brian Godfrey and his wife, Ann. The couple first met in 1955 in Malvern when Ann and a girl friend had hailed a taxi and Brian, a 21-year-old sapper in the Royal

  • Disco bid to end Hallowe'en thuggery

    A TEEN disco is aiming to stamp out Hallowe'en bad behaviour on Dorchester's streets. In the past Dorset Police have had to deal with serious incidents like assault, theft, criminal damage, arson and possessing offensive weapons as well as drunkenness

  • Stewart will bounce back

    WEYMOUTH winger Nick Crittenden is confident that keeper Jon Stewart and the rest of his side will immediately bounce back from last Friday's 2-1 defeat against Crawley Town. The loss ended a three-game unbeaten run for the Terras and they now face a

  • Ryan ready to return after long lay-off

    MAGPIES' defender Ryan Hill is on the road to recovery and hopes to be back in contention for a starting place in the next couple of weeks. The 21-year-old is nearing full fitness and featured in a behind closed doors friendly win over Bournemouth Youth

  • Bees blitz earns Phillips Cup joy

    BRIDPORT booked their spot in round one of the Les Phillips Cup courtesy of three goals in four minutes at St Mary's Field. A double from Shane Evans and one from strike partner Ashley Clarke fired the Bees into a three-goal lead after just 12 minutes