Girlguiding Mid Dorset Division’s ‘100 years of Girlguiding’ celebrations will take place on September 6. The afternoon will begin with a parade through Dorchester, with local Rainbows and Brownies joining them along the way. The girls will then gather
A football team based at a Dorset leisure centre has scored a hat-trick of awards from the Football Association. Team Gryphon, from the Gryphon Leisure Centre in Sherborne, is to receive the FA Charter Standard Adult Club of the Year award for the third
EDUCATION is improving end-of-life care for hundreds of seriously ill people and their families, thanks to a Dorset charity. The longest-serving nurse at the Weldmar Hospicecare Trust is also responsible for leading training programmes to staff at the
TROOPS in Afghanistan will be bowled over by the support of cricketers on Portland. On Wednesday August 26 a team from the Red Triangle Cricket club will go head to head with a military team in order to raise funds and awareness for the Echo’s Treats
REINSTATED Crossways Parish Council chairman Andrew Brewer said it was ‘business as normal’ following the granting of his application to appeal against a three-month suspension. Councillor Brewer was back to work after the Adjudication Panel for
THREE school friends plan a daring windsurfing trip inspired by the legacy of Will Mackaness. The pupils at Wey Valley School in Weymouth will sail from Portland to Overcombe in September. Tom and Joe Wells and Louis Goldsworthy were
PROTESTERS are continuing to pile pressure on authorities over plans to axe children’s home and a women’s refuge in Weymouth. They gathered to voice their disapproval of the decision at a quarterly meeting of the Dorset Supporting People Commissioning
FREE your creative spirit at this year’s Sculpture on the Beach at Eype beach near Bridport. Taking place tomorrow, the annual contest is one of West Dorset’s most popular family events. Bridport Arts Centre director Lindsay Brooks, who organises the
SWIMMERS were today warned not to panic after two sightings of poisonous jellyfish off the coast near Weymouth. The Portuguese Man o’ War were spotted off the coast in Weymouth and Worbarrow Bay, near Lulworth. The creatures were sighted
A CHILD sex attacker has been jailed for 13 years for abusing a girl from the age of five. Stephen John Brown, 47, was told by a judge that he ‘trapped’ the youngster and left her with ‘nowhere to go’. Former businessman Brown, of Rodwell Road, Weymouth
WEYMOUTH boss Matty Hale has named himself in an 18-man squad to face Bishop’s Stortford this afternoon at the Wessex Stadium (3pm). The 30-year-old, who featured for the reserves in their 5-0 win over Weymouth Sports on Wednesday, has also
WEYMOUTH golfer Jon Bevan will join up with the rest of the Great Britain and Ireland PGA Cup team tomorrow for a special bonding session at The Belfry. The camp will enable captain Gary Alliss to run the rule over potential pairings as he
DORCHESTER Kickboxing and King Tiger Weymouth will host a spectacular evening of martial arts at the Jewson Stadium on August 22. The event, billed as Dorchester Fight Night, is being sponsored by H&H Building Services & General Maintenance
TWO men who robbed a young Weymouth couple in their home have been jailed for a total of 13 years. Lee Andrew Furness and his girlfriend Fleur Wakefield were having dinner when Shane William Townsend and Keith Dennis Longhurst raided their
DORCHESTER is ready for its first Gay Pride festival later this month, organisers say. The county town will play host to a Love Parade on Sunday, August 30 – when diversity, music and freedom will be celebrated. Gay men, lesbian women
