SANDWICHED between two spells of very wet weather, the dog show held on the Town Green was blessed with glorious sunshine and sizzling temperatures. Lots of people turned up and contributed to the grand total of over £1000 as well as having fun. The
CAR enthusiast Tony Wraight from Weymouth has finished a 20-year restoration of a vintage Jaguar. He has proudly polished off the final touches to the 1938 DHC SS Jaguar following the revamp. Mr Wraight, of Combe Valley Road in Preston, Weymouth, bought
Malcolm Hemmings usually takes his family on holiday in Norfolk but this August he has returned to Weymouth after 20 years. Malcolm has brought his wife Linda, 56, and their youngest daughter Chloe, 12, down to Dorset for their annual two-week summer
ENGLAND were yet to win the World Cup and the Cold War was raging when Enid Treneer first signed up as a volunteer with Oxfam in Dorchester in the early 1960s. Forty-nine years later she is still going strong and colleagues at the charity shop threw
POLICE are swooping on motorists in a new road safety blitz to cut the number of crashes on Dorset’s roads. They will check cars as part of a regional operation to promote road safety and to tackle motorists who flout the law. Officers in marked and
A PUB boss has hit back in a row over ducks that were given their flying orders from a village pond. Tempers have reached such a point that staff at The Springhead at Sutton Poyntz have been getting abusive phone calls from people angry about the birds
A TEENAGER has spoken about the moment a sniper shot him with an air rifle on Weymouth’s Rodwell Trail. Joshua Betts was hit in the leg at around 4am on Saturday after someone started firing near Dundee Road. “It was painful – very painful,” said the
STAFF at Weymouth Sea Life Park thought they were seeing double when this giant crab turned up with two right claws. The curious crustacean, thought to be about 10 years old, was found on the seabed near Swanage by Wareham-based fisherman Simon Clark
Park district NOREEN Bailey would like to thank everybody for their generous help and support since the cowardly attack on her. The Park district residents collected £25 at a Forum/Pact meeting, which they gave to Noreen, along with some flowers.
A NEW home is being sought in west Dorset for a group that works with victims of child abuse. Dorset Action on Abuse (DAA) specialises in helping people who have gone through some form of abuse and suffered mental health problems later in life. The
A SHOP could lose its drinks licence after selling alcohol to a teenage girl for a second time. Chalbury Wine Stores in Preston, Weymouth, has failed two consecutive undercover operations, according to council papers. A report to the council’s licensing
PARENTS say they are terrified for their baby’s safety after four arson attacks in four months. Anthony and Elizabeth Goodsell escaped 15ft-high flames when someone started a blaze in the flats next door. Their house in Weymouth’s Rodwell Road shares
THE Magpies have got the ball rolling by backing the Echo’s Treats for Troops Campaign. The campaign to provide troops and service personnel serving on the frontline in Afghanistan with morale-boosting gifts has gone from strength to strength in the
TWO people have been arrested in connection with the hit and run crash which killed father-of-three Andy Mundy. A 20-year-old man from the Dorchester area and a 16-year-old girl from Portland were arrested yesterday. A blue BMW car –
DORSET were unable to complete an impressive comeback as they eventually went down to Shropshire on the third and final day. Day two closed with Shropshire on 143-8 and the visitors managed to reach 167 before they were skittled out, but leading
A TEENAGER was taken to hospital after she was in a collision with a cyclist while crossing a road on Portland. The 18-year-old girl, from Portland, was crossing the road near the Britannia Inn, Fortuneswell, when the crash with the 51-year-old male
WEYMOUTH boss Matty Hale held his hands up and took full responsibility for his side’s disappointing performance in last night’s 5-0 defeat against Eastleigh at the Wessex Stadium. An encouraging crowd of 931 turned out for the Blue Square South clash
Abbotsbury and Langton Herring Abbotsbury BLEATING and baaing are just a couple of the sounds you hear, and come to expect, when you live the country side. For a few days now, with Middle Farm behind us, and the lambs recently
ROY O’Brien was left to rue poor decision-making from his players in last night’s 3-0 loss at Staines Town. The match was goalless at half-time but a strike from Howard Newton just five minutes into the restart put the Blue Square South new boys in front
WEYMOUTH 0 EASTLEIGH 5 Smith 40, 45, McAuley 44, Forbes 52, Gillespie 90 TWO deflected strikes in a five-minute blitz at the end of the first half saw Eastleigh claim a flattering win over Weymouth at the Wessex Stadium last night. The Terras
STAINES TOWN 3 Newton 50, Griffiths 86, Bourne 90 DORCHESTER TOWN 0 DORCHESTER Town were brought back to Earth with a 3-0 defeat at Blue Square South newcomers Staines Town last night. The hosts climbed to second spot thanks to their second
WEYMOUTH Wildcats sailed home from the Isle of Wight with a hefty injury list after slumping to a 50-40 defeat last night. Jem Dicken’s side left Smallbrook empty handed and counting the cost of crashes for Mark Burrows, Tim Webster and skipper James
BRIDPORT 2 MINEHEAD 2 BRIDPORT were forced to settle for a draw after Minehead twice came from behind in a highly-charged affair at St Mary’s Field last night. Lewis Cocker opened his account to put the Bees ahead in the first half before keeper
ORGANISER Rhose Lawes is disappointed to see the annual Weymouth Town Tennis Tournament postponed this year but insists that the competition is sure to return next summer and, hopefully, to its traditional home of Greenhill Gardens. Asked why plans for
KIERON Morrissey had a busy finals day on court at the Weymouth Junior Open tennis tournament. The 13-year-old, who attends Wey Valley School, reached the semi-final of the 14-and-under event but trumped that with victories in the 16-and-under
WEYMOUTH’S Samuel Trott won the rookie eight-and-under section at the National Golf Skills Challenge Regional Final. Twenty junior players from the South West, which included five Weymouth Tigers, battled it out at the Kendleshire Golf Club and Trott
DORSET Pentathletes once again claimed the tag of top team in the country at the 2009 National Biathle Championships at Salford Quays in Manchester. Mick Flaherty’s team picked up three gold medals, five silver and four bronze to continue their fantastic
