A PUBLIC inquiry starts next week about proposals to replace 70 touring caravan pitches with 45 static caravans at Waterside Holiday Park in Weymouth. Weymouth and Portland planners refused permission for the scheme last year despite plans to screen
Puddletown IF YOU have been walking past Hazelnuts After-school club lately and have heard the clicking of knitting needles, I can tell you what they have all been up to! Thirty-two children from the club whose ages range from five to 12 have been
AN EVENING planned to help veterans' combat stress will be a tribute to Commander Geoff Hunt. The Echoes of Combat evening will be held on Saturday, October 4, in Cerne Abbas Village Hall in aid of veterans' mental health charity Combat Stress. The
A FLAMMABLE cylinder is being monitored closely by firefighters following a blaze on a Portland industrial estate. Fire crews are cooling off the area to prevent the acetylene cylinder from exploding in a workshop unit on the Tradecroft Industrial Estate
A VACCINATION programme to help protect girls from cervical cancer has been hailed as a success so far. The Dorset Primary Care Trust said that more than 90 per cent of parents have given consent for their daughters to receive the vaccination in the
Many of you will remember previous visits of the Dorset Corset Theatre Company, which will be returning to Broadmayne Village Hall on Saturday, October 11 at 7.30pm, with their new adaptation of Jane Austen's Northanger Abbey. This exciting young company
TESCO has appealed against a seven-day suspension of its alcohol licence at its Dorchester store. The move follows a hearing last month by the West Dorset District Council licensing sub-committee after a cashier sold an alcoholic drink to an under-age
A COUNCIL is making changes to the way rubbish and recyclable refuse is collected to make it easier for residents. Information packs are being delivered to homes in Weymouth and Portland to inform householders of the changes, which will come into force
THE demand for allotments in Dorset is surging as prices of food in the shops rises. Green-fingered enthusiasts are clamouring for plots in Weymouth and Dorchester. And allotment chiefs are in talks with major landowners around Bridport to find new
TEENAGER on a mission Seb Green has broken the 2,000-mile barrier on his round-Britain charity walk. With two-thirds of the walk completed and Seb preparing to cross the border into Wales, he is on track to be back home in Weymouth before Christmas.
THE dismissal of a scheme to allow free swimming for pensioners in Weymouth and Portland has sparked outrage. Weymouth and Portland Borough Council's management committee rejected a proposal to introduce free swimming in local authority pools for over
HOUSING campaigners today hit back at councils over their fight against plans for more homes in Dorset. The National Housing Federation (NHF) warned that the local authority attitudes will not help the homeless, overcrowded families or the housing market
BUSINESSES were today urged to sign up for events for Open 4 Business next week. The festival begins with the traditional curtain raiser, a business breakfast at the Portland Spa, on Monday morning. There will be a fortnight of seminars, exhibitions
Yet again, the coast road between Bridport and Weymouth is to be closed to traffic during the day, for three months, with a total disregard for businesses or the people who live and work in this community. At the meeting in Portesham Village Hall (which
WEYMOUTH Sea Life Park and Creative Solutions have teamed up to put the fun factor back into business. Businesses are invited to a fun adventure golf day on Saturday, October 18, at the Pirate Adventure Golf Course in Lodmoor Country Park. It is part
A RARE bat has been found on the RSPB's reserve at Radipole Lake in Weymouth. The Nathusius's Pipistrelle, one of the smallest and rarest bats nationwide, was discovered during a survey undertaken by volunteers from the Dorset Bat Group. The group,
DEFENDER Gary Bowles has been ruled out of tonight's FA Cup second qualifying round replay at Newport County (7.45pm). The 19-year-old was absent from Saturday's 2-2 draw at the Jewson Stadium, where the Magpies lost a two-goal lead to set up tonight's
STRIKER Stuart Beavon was always confident Weymouth would end their winless streak sooner rather than later. Prior to Saturday's 3-2 win at North-wich Victoria the Terras had failed to register a victory in their previous seven games despite putting
BRIDPORT 2 COBHAM SPTS 1 (abandoned at half-time because of floodlight failure) FLOODLIGHT failure at St Mary's Field forced the abandonment of Bridport's Dorset Senior Cup first round tie with Cobham Sports last night. The home side had overturned
DORCHESTER emerged as the leading team of the South Dorset BA finals with a four-trophy haul on their own green - three of them being won by Peter Clarke. He joined forces with Colin Ackerman in the pairs and that twosome with Barry Day took the triples
WATERSIDE'S resounding 50-9 win over Wakeleys demonstrated why they have once again secured pole position in Division One on week three of the South & West Dorset Winter League. Waterside outplayed newly-promoted Wakeleys from the start with outstanding
SENSEI Jason Bird is encouraging youngsters to experience martial arts at the Shima Arashi Budokan. The Budokan, a school of Shima Ryu Aikibudo, Japanese swordsmanship and self-defence, is a great way to get active while learning new skills, discipline
PORTLAND Red Triangle Cricket Club and the Osprey Leisure Centre have formed an exciting link up that will supply quality coaching for primary school children in the area throughout the year. The first session will take place tomorrow at the complex
TENANTS of Weymouth and Portland Housing can gain free advice about moving home on the web. The social housing landlord has joined forces with specialised website Homeswapper, which helps tenants find suitable properties to exchange from thousands of
JACK Kessock-Philip is among the top 10 radio controlled helicopter pilots in the intermediate class of the UK following an impressive debut at the 3D Championship in Tewkesbury. In his first competition, the Wey Valley student achieved fourth, 11th
Under-11 Division One WEYMOUTH TERRAS 14 SHERBORNE 2 WEYMOUTH played some fantastic pass-and-move football in this one-sided game. However, it was Sherborne who scored first but this only ignited Weymouth who took the game to the travelling side.
A TEENAGER given six years custody for his part in a street attack has had his sentence reduced by a year at the Court of Appeal. The 15-year-old boy and his friends left a man with wounds to his face and head after an assault on Dorchester Road in Weymouth
NEW courses are on offer at Dorchester Middle School to help adults with English and mathematics. The school, in Queen's Avenue, is running a free "Move On in English" course from October onwards. It is on Wednesday nights from 5pm to 7pm and leads
BUILDING apprentices from Weymouth are representing the South West region in the national final of Britain's biggest skills competition -- SkillBuild - from October 1 to 3. Philip Baker and Nathan Smith are building apprentices with Weymouth College
ASSISTANT manager Michelle Cornish from Dorchester is enjoying a flourishing career, thanks to her retail apprenticeship with Paragon Skills for Industry. Michelle, 22, recently completed her Retail Level 3 Advanced Apprenticeship while working at Weymouth's
A HOLIDAY firm is offering to refund holidaymakers if their trip to the Dorset coast ends up being a washout. Dorset Coastal Cottages, based in Wool, will refund 20 per cent the price of its accommodation if visitors find three days or more of rain puts
FIRE crews spent an hour tackling a heath fire on Portland early this morning. Firefighters responded to numerous calls reporting an area of heathland on fire in the Fortuneswell area, just above the Verne Prison, and managed to extinguish the blaze.
TWO people have been arrested following a robbery at a village post office near Dorchester. Police were called to the sub-post office in Cattistock after a report that a robbery was taking place at around 9.15am yesterday. Officers attended the scene
