A CANNABIS smoker who said he didn’t know that possessing the drug was illegal has been fined. Keiran John Mruk, of Rivers Mead, Sturminster Newton, appeared at Weymouth Magistrates Court where he pleaded guilty to possessing the Class B drug. He was
A BUSINESSMAN chipped in to feed those in need to mark a special date in the potato lover’s calendar. Graeme Fernie, who runs Mr Chips fish and chip shop in Lennox Street, Weymouth, teamed up with the Salvation Army to provide meals for the homeless
A BODY has been recovered from a flat in Park Street, Weymouth, following a serious property fire. Dorset Police have confirmed the body was that of a 62-year-old Weymouth man. Read tomorrow's Echo for the full story.
For two nights only Bradford Peverell Village Hall will be transformed into a pub. The newly formed village drama group are going to put on the play 'Two' by Jim Cartwright, a play that takes place in a pub and the Hall will be transformed into 'The
FAMILIES enjoyed a day of scientific fun at Dorchester Middle School. Middle schools from across the area teamed up with the Thomas Hardye School to run another successful Family Fun Science Day for parents and children. Teachers from Dorchester Middle
NEW community safety vans will be hitting the road in Dorchester and West Dorset. Magna Housing Association has strengthened its partnership with Dorset Police with a donation of three vans for Police Community Support Officers (PCSOs) in Dorchester,
OLDER people will be able to get a helping hand when a roadshow comes to town. Safe and Independent Living (SAIL) checks are being undertaken on a roadshow travelling through Dorset in February and March. The SAIL bus will be staffed by Age UK advisers
A 'SERIOUS' blaze has caused devastation at a ground-floor flat in Weymouth. Two fire engines from the resort and one from Portland attended the incident in Park Street this afternoon. A Dorset Fire and Rescue Service spokesman said: "Firefighters were
THE head of Dorset County Council is to step down. David Jenkins will retire from the authority in October. See Tuesday's Echo for the full story.
MISS Dorset 2012 will soon be crowned with entrants getting the chance to become the next Miss World. A total of 28 young women will compete in the final which will be held at the Banus club in Weymouth on Saturday, March 17. The heat is being organised
A CAMPAIGN has been launched to return the welcome ‘pineapples’ to the gateway to Weymouth. Weymouth Civic Society wants to see the twin features on the Ridgeway before the Olympics – after claiming they were ‘banished’ to a car park.
A BLAZE destroyed the inside of a temporary building in Dorchester. Firefighters spent two hours extinguishing the fire at a site near Monkey’s Jump roundabout at 3.30am yesterday. A spokesman for Dorset Fire and Rescue Service said
A fundraising lunch for the forthcoming St Andrew’s Church Flower Festival was recently organised in the Mission Hall by Caroline Crisp and her band of willing and enthusiastic lady helpers. The sell-out lunch comprised a choice of homemade stilton
A MAN has been jailed for 16 months for a street attack in Weymouth. John Taylor Mansell, 31, was sentenced at Dorchester Crown Court after admitting charges of assault occasioning actual bodily harm and possessing a bladed article. Prosecutor Angela
FIREFIGHTERS are dealing with a house blaze in the centre of Weymouth. Park Street near Weymouth train station has been blocked off to allow emergency services to work at the scene. Bath Street is also cordened off. See Tuesday's Echo
MORE than 400 people enjoyed Weymouth’s biggest wedding fayre yesterday. Couples enjoyed planning their big day with more than 70 exhibitors selling wedding goods, with the chance to speak to experts about ideas on wedding dresses, dream venues and gifts
STUDENTS were treated to a bird’s eye view of Weymouth Harbour when they scaled new heights aboard the town’s own Tall Ship Pelican. A dozen teenagers from Royal Manor Arts College and All Saints pupil Helen Goode took on the ‘Up and Over’
A CRASH between a Land Rover with a trailer and a blue Mitsubishi estate car led to one lane of a busy dual carriageway being closed. Traffic became congested on the A35 Puddletown bypass on Saturday morning when the collision occurred at around 10.30am
I noticed today that the new observation tower is going to be called Weymouth Tower, why not Weymouth and Portland Tower? Portland had to call their sailing club Weymouth and Portland. Charles Baker, Easton, Portland
LIFESAVING volunteers who keep a watchful eye on Portland’s seas are celebrating a new tool that has banished a former blind spot. The team of National Coastwatch Institution (NCI) voluntary members at Portland Bill have been victorious in a two-and-a-half
This year is the 101st anniversary of International Women’s Day on Thursday, March 8. To mark this date, Oxfam South West is asking women in Dorset to ‘Get Together’ to help and celebrate women worldwide. You can do anything; the theme of your
THE news that car parking on Custom House Quay is to be reduced to allow a cycle track is another black mark against the local council. If the public cannot park adjacent restaurants, public houses or clubs, they will go elsewhere. A
Do you know anyone whose business, work or daily life is being adversely affected by the Olympic sailing events? The Echo over the last year has highlighted both the good and bad sides of the sailing events that are arriving shortly. However
ALL true Weymouthians should support their home town. I try to do as much of my shopping as I can in Weymouth. I am generally able to purchase items more cheaply than in Dorchester. When I visited Dorchester recently, not for shopping, I took the
Burglars kicked in a pane of glass in a shop’s front door and crawled inside but were then scared off by an alarm. The break-in occurred in the early hours of the morning at a shop at Dorchester Road in Upwey, Weymouth. A Dorset Police spokesman said
A FORMER Dorchester schoolgirl will be starring in the final of a television competition after her dance group impressed the nation with their live performance. Jenni Bailey, 23, and her all-female group Boadicea are through to the final of Sky1’s Got
HOLLYWOOD’S A-list enjoyed a little taste of Dorset at the Oscars last night. Stars of the silver screen flocked to the 84th Academy Awards, or Oscars as they are better known, at the Kodak Theatre in Los Angeles. Big name nominees, including George
A MAN was seriously injured after being struck by a car in Litton Cheney. Police say the 49-year-old local man was walking along unlit Litton Lane with another person on Sunday night when he was struck by a passing vehicle. Two people, a man and a woman
A MOTHER whose son was involved in a horrifying rush-hour accident has issued a stark warning to other parents. Emma Parsons’s son Harry Owen was knocked over by a van as he got off the school bus in Dorchester Road, Weymouth. Harry, who admitted he
A MISSING person was found on a clifftop in Weymouth and talked away from the edge. Coastguards and police searched for the missing person on Sunday. Police talked the person away from the cliff after they were found at Bowleaze Cove.
ALTHOUGH baffled by some of the officials’ decisions, Alan Knight insists the Magpies can have “no excuses” after losing to Havant & Waterlooville in a nine-goal thriller at the Avenue Stadium. Referee Simon Knapp and his assistants failed to spot a
WEYMOUTH suffered last-minute heartache at the hands of Stourbridge at the Bob Lucas Stadium. The Terras appeared to be heading for a sixth successive home win in the Evo-Stik Southern Premier when Ollie Tribe put them in front in the first half but
DORCHESTER TOWN 3 Malsom 34, Nichols pen 57, pen 88 HAVANT & WATERLOOVILLE 6 Ramsey 3, pen 18, 61, Palmer 28, 51 ALAN Walker-Harris endured a torrid time as 10-man Dorchester Town were hit for six by struggling Havant & Waterlooville. The Magpies
WEYMOUTH 1 Tribe 28 STOURBRIDGE 1 Geddes 90+3 WEYMOUTH came within 30 seconds of making it six home league wins on the spin but ultimately they were denied victory by a fine last-gasp leveller from Sean Geddes. All that separated the sides in an
BRIDPORT 1 LONGWELL GREEN SPORTS 0 CHRIS Clarke’s first-half header saw Bridport pick up three precious points at St Mary’s Field. The Bees dominated the opening 45 minutes before suffering a few scares in the second half as Longwell
