WEYMOUTH 3 POOLE TOWN 1 WEYMOUTH won for the first time since August with a comfortable victory over Wessex League champions Poole Town. Jake Reid set the Terras on their way with a fine individual effort before former-Weymouth player
MEMBERS of the Ivy Club in Maiden Newton have been busy preparing shoeboxes with gifts for new born babies in Fiji. Many mothers arrive in hospital to give birth without having anything prepared, so they are always delighted with the little knitted
I was saddened but not surprised to see that Weymouth Football Club is to be placed into administration. Hopefully, the club will somehow survive this process and then rebuild. If this happens, then Aldershot is a good example to follow, even though
A MAN has been sentenced to a year in prison for grabbing his wife by the throat and wrenching her head back in a brutal attack in a public garden. Terry Ian Cummins, 29, then kicked Natalie Cummins in the head during ‘the type of assault that could
‘AT THE going down of the sun and in the morning – we will remember them’. The famous For The Fallen poem is read at every Remembrance Day ceremony in this country. War veteran Douglas Baker states the famous poem means ‘more than just words’ to the
ROADWORKS have commenced on Front Street and part of Portesham Hill following over a year of meetings with councillors and our local MP Oliver Letwin, presentations and a great deal of work by a group of residents on behalf of the villagers. All opinions
BUSINESSMAN David Gregory told of his shock after burglars broke into his home through the roof and stole valuables worth almost £5,000. Intruders removed a panel from a conservatory to get into Mr Gregory’s home in Southview Road, Westham, Weymouth.
A VAN driver claims he was threatened with prison or a fine when he tried to dump household rubbish at Portland’s recycling centre. Windsurfer Alex Tobutt, of Harbour Point, Wyke Regis, drives a van so he can transport his surfing equipment, but was
A YOUNG musician is urging others to take up an instrument and change their lives. Dorset’s Music Service (DMS) is looking for school age musicians to join one of their countywide groups and ensembles. These include Dorset Youth Orchestra, Wind Orchestra
Living QuarryA charity project on Portland has been shortlisted for a Lottery award competition. Portland’s Living Quarry project is one of six groups preparing to lock horns to win a share of £200,000 of the Big Lottery Fund’s good cause money
Dorset’s most outstanding cadets were invested as the Lord Lieutenant’s Cadets for the coming year. Every year some of the best young people from the Army and Sea Cadets and Air Training Corps are selected to assist Mrs Valerie Lane-Fox Pitt-Rivers,
In 2005, I had no wish to see the demise of what was for me, a chance to play my guitar. With this in mind, and having watched a council backed event slither downhill over a period of years, I penned a letter to the Dorset Echo entitled ‘Folk festival
THE Morrisons supermarket in Weymouth could lose its licence to sell alcohol after selling drink to under-age youngsters. On three separate occasions in the past two years the store sold alcohol to teenagers, according to a council report. Now members
WORK to restore wildflower meadows is back on track in the relief road conservation area following a series of arson attacks over the summer. The grass, on former maize fields next to Horse Lynch Plantation, known locally as Teddy Bear Woods, was cut
CRASH victim Pete Bower appealed for drivers to ‘please look out for motorcyclists’ as he revealed he will never get in the saddle again. Mechanic Pete has been allowed home from hospital after nine-and-a-half weeks following his life-threatening crash
A FURIOUS councillor was left bruised, battered and jobless when a hit and run driver knocked him off his scooter in a bus lane on Weymouth seafront. Councillor Graham Winter, 61, was on his way to former mayor Doug Hollings’s funeral when
A WOMAN who devoted her life to educating and raising children has been fondly remembered by her husband. Diana Scott was born on St Helena, in the South Atlantic, in June 1935 and came to Weymouth in 1955 to begin a teacher training course. While on
A WAR hero who went into hospital with a broken hip died ‘after months of neglect’, his grieving family claimed today. They allege 86-year-old Leslie Sherwood would still be alive today if it had not been for the ‘disgusting’ treatment he received
A NAVAL Wren who served in Malta and Britain during the Second World War has passed away. Dorothy Pease, nee Kirk, was born in Leicester in 1920 and was the eldest of three children. Dorothy went to the local grammar school on a scholarship until she
THERE was a Public Meeting with Jim Knight MP on Friday, October 23 to discuss houses of multiple occupancy, which was well attended by the residents. After a lot of discussion it was encouraging to hear that the Borough Council have a policy committee
DIRECTORS at Weymouth Football Club are feeling positive about the future, following a meeting between board members, proposed administrators Benedict Mackenzie LLP and a potential buyer. As revealed in Echosport last week, the consortium – which has
STEVE Devlin is disappointed that he will miss Dorchester Town’s Dorset Senior Cup second round tie at Verwood Town tomorrow night (7.45pm). The Magpies’ latest permanent signing has played the full 90 minutes in Blue Square South games against Maidenhead
BRAGGING rights will be at stake as well as a place in the first round proper of the FA Trophy after Weymouth and Dorchester Town were drawn together in the competition. The local derby will take place at the Wessex Stadium on Saturday, November 21
WAREHAM RANGERS 4 EASTON UNITED 2 CHRIS Wilson was left fuming by the referee’s performance as Easton United crashed to just their second Dorset Senior League defeat of the season, 4-2 at Wareham Rangers. The United manager was dismissed
DORCHESTER 44 MINETY 11 DORCHESTER welcomed bottom-of-the-table Minety to Coburg Road in Southern Counties Division One but any thoughts of an easy day were soon dispelled by the visitors’ whole-hearted commitment. The hosts started well
DAVID BRIERS takes a look at how Dorset trainers are fairing as the new National Hunt gets in full swing MASTER Medic heads the new order as Robert and Sally Alner prepare their 40-strong string for this winter’s premier National Hunt prizes. The
