THE Dorset Primary Care Trust is changing its name to NHS Dorset. The new name is a bid to help people identify the primary care trust as the leader of the NHS in Dorset and recognise it as the first point of contact for NHS services. It is also an
ALTERATIONS are being made to the X53 bus service between Poole and Exeter during the repair works to the B3157. From Monday, October 6, until Friday, October 17, the Jurassic Coast Linx service will travel between Bridport and Weymouth via the A35.
As a parent with an 11-year-old daughter living in Fortuneswell, I want to endorse Penny Collins' letter Children's safety must be priority' (Echo, September 23) . She's absolutely right about the need for cover during term time on that school crossing
DORCHESTER Town chairman Eddie Mitchell says the club is working hard to raise the funds needed to repay ex-director Ian Pollock but insists he will not pay him back through his own pocket. Last month, Northampton County Court ordered the Magpies to
DUKE of Albany player-boss Luke Tomlin has warned his players they must "pull their sleeves up" if they have any aspirations of winning more silverware this season. The Park Street boys take on the Railway Tavern in the Weymouth Sunday League Premiership
POLISHED boots and pristine uniforms were the order of the day for a group of students when they arrived in Cornwall for a combined cadet force camp at Penhale. The students from Budmouth Technology College, in Chickerell, spent a week competing against
FRIENDS and family have waved policeman Steve Blackmore off on a wacky road trip to Africa in a double decker bus. The Weymouth PC, also the bus's chief conductor, will be hoping the £2,000 Bristol VR bus lasts the course to cross Europe and arrive in
COUNCILLORS considering the future of Weymouth Crematorium will discuss whether it meets new standards. They will debate involving a private operator in the running of the crematorium and cemeteries when Weymouth and Portland management committee meets
Puddletown THE next meeting of the Countrywomen's Club is on Wednesday, October 8 at 2.30pm in the village hall. Mrs Geraldine Crowhurst will be demonstrating flower arrangements, and the title of her demonstration is A Fall of Flowers. The competition
NEW light was shed on the humble beginnings of Radipole United Reformed Church, Weymouth, after old publications resurfaced. Priced at 1s and 6d, the 1948 year book of 'Radipole Congregational Church' details how this first incarnation of the current
DORSET residents were today urged to be vigilant over an email scam asking for personal bank details. A series of emails claiming to be from a bank informs recipients of 'errors' in their account that need updating. Dorset County Council's trading standards
A GROUP fighting to protect a piece of open space in Weymouth is edging nearer to its fundraising target. The Society for the Protection of Markham and Little Francis, which is made up of a group of concerned residents, has to raise between £40,000 and
NEXT week offers music lovers the opportunity to catch one of the world's great guitar virtuosos and composers when Eduardo Niebla performs at Lighthouse Centre for the Arts Poole. Originally from Spain, Niebla is one of the most outstanding artists
YOUNG musician Tom Damen-Lane is overcoming the ordeal of chemotherapy thanks to Dire Straits guitarist Mark Knopfler. Tom, of Frampton, revealed his dream of owning a Dingwall bass guitar to Starlight Children's Foundation - a charity that grants wishes
PLANS for a new museum and visitor centre on Portland have gone on display. And residents are being invited to provide stories and artefacts to be included in the new attraction, planned for the former engine house at the top of Incline Road. Designs
PARK and ride is so popular in Dorchester that more sites are needed to ease traffic congestion in the town centre. County councillors will hear next week that demand at the town's first park and ride site at Weymouth Avenue will soon exceed capacity
IT WAS a very special birthday recently for one of Sutton Poyntz's most popular residents, and I am breaking no confidences when I tell you that Joyce Litschi has just reached her 90th year. The Litschi household was a busy place as family and friends
By Margaret Barker of the Religious Society of Friends THE Dorset Echo has recently highlighted the significant numbers of local families living in poverty. This is no surprise, except to visitors to the area who see only an apparently prosperous place
IF you are not the guardian of any four-legged fur-covered mammals, you may find this strange. In fact, even if you are, you probably will, but I have just spent the best part of a Saturday making a two-hour round trip to our nearest electrical emporium
NEW calls were made today for authorities to come to a decision over Weymouth's redundant harbourside tramway. It follows two motorcycle accidents in the space of a week blamed on the line. The harbourside railway used to serve the Channel Island ferries
TWO new visitor centres could be built for Thomas Hardy fans as part of a proposed £3 million project to put the writer's brand on West Dorset. The development is one option proposed by consultants looking at ways to bring more tourists to the area and
HARROW 2 WEYMOUTH 9 Weymouth'S season began in earnest as they progressed to the second round of the EHA Vase after thumping Harrow. After losing to the eventual winners in the first round last season, and as former two-time winners of the competition
A COMBINED harvest festival communion service between Weymouth's St Nicholas' Church and Holy Trinity Church will begin at Holy Trinity at 10.15am tomorrow. Organisers ask that harvest offerings are brought to be auctioned for charity Christian Aid. The
WEYMOUTH Doonan Wildcats will be without heat leader Jay Herne for tonight's final Conference League fixture at Rye House (7pm). The Wildcats will move up to second with victory, but more importantly it would give them huge momentum ahead of next weekend's
IS Dorchester Town's season back on track? The Magpies pulled off an excellent comeback to earn their spot in the FA Cup third qualifying round. And the 2-1 win at Newport County in midweek is their first in 12 games - an extremely poor statistic given
A MOTORCYCLIST was taken to hospital with whiplash injuries after a collision with a car on the A35 Puddletown bypass, police said. Dorset Police said the male rider of a grey Yamaha motorcycle was taken to Dorset County Hospital, Dorchester, after the
A SMALL catamaran got into difficulty while sailing in the Castle Cove area of Portland Harbour. A local vessel from Bincleaves came to the aid of the catamaran, which had two people on board, and towed the craft into shore where it was met by Wyke Regis
