A NATURE group has won an award for its ‘week of walks’ – despite stepping out during the wettest summer for 100 years. The Dorset Flora Group, run entirely by volunteers, won the £250 Wessex Water Watermark Award in recognition of the hard work
ROLL out the barrel – and help raise money for a Weymouth charity. There will be barrel rolling and swash-buckling aplenty this month as people take part in a charity challenge to raise money for the MV Freedom and Help for Heroes. The Weymouth-based
A HIT-and-run driver who ‘panicked’ and knocked over a serviceman in Weymouth town centre has been given a community order. Trooper John Little was left with a broken back following an incident in Maiden Street in the early hours of September 3
MULTI-million pound plans to create a community health hub at Christchurch hospital will go on show this week. Patients and residents are being invited to see the latest development plan, which is designed to secure services at the Fairmile Road
ASPIRING musicians are invited to find out more about playing an instrument at West Dorset Music’s information evening on Wednesday, September 12. A range of instruments will be demonstrated at the Christian Fellowship Hall in East Street, Bridport
AN ARMY of volunteers will be hitting the beaches this autumn to help in a big clean-up. Events are being organised along the Jurassic Coast as part of the Great Dorset Beach Clean on Sunday, September 16 – and people are invited to get involved
BASS player Terry Neal has become a walking advert for his favourite guitar shop. He stunned staff at Guitar Mania in Parkstone by walking in one day and showing them the shop’s name tattooed on his arm. Terry, 58, of Northbourne, has been
LOCAL charities could benefit from a £5,000 grant as a new community fund is launched today. The Santander Community Fund is offering shares of a £250,000 pot for the south west to Dorset’s good causes. The scheme is open to small charities
POLICE are probing the death of a man who fell over in the street in Weymouth and later died in hospital. A man aged 25 has been arrested in connection with the incident and police are appealing to the community for information. Detectives
Class A820 - The RAYNBIRD Perpetual Challenge Cup will be presented to the Best Agricultural Trade Stand Winner 0 Kingston Maurward College Class 2 - Agricultural Tradestand class
Class 235 - KBIS INSURANCE SENIOR BRITISH NOVICE CHAMPIONSHIP ~ FIRST ROUND BS Rule 316 Speed 325mpm Table A7 Prizes: £30; £25; £15; £10; £10 - First rosette by KBIS Insurance Entry: £10.00&
Class S8 - The CROCKER Perpetual Challenge Cup is awarded for the Champion Charollais Sheep. The BRITISH CHARO Champion 14 BRANDYWELLS CHAROLLAIS Class 701 - ONE RAM, shearling or over
LIFESAVERS need the support from the people of Dorset. The air ambulance charity, which covers the county, is urging the public to help raise funds and awareness during National Air Ambulance Week (NAAW) which takes place between September 24 to
Class 1 - THE DORSET COUNTY SHOW JUNIOR SHEARING 1st 0 PARISH, MISS SUSIE 2nd 0 RADMORE, MR MARTIN 3rd 0 ELFORD, MR JOE 4th 0 GOODFELLOW, MR ROBIN Class 2 - THE DORSET COUNTY
Class P1 - The NATIONAL FARMERS UNION Perpetual Challenge Cup for the Overall Champion. The DORCHESTER AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY also offer a Championship Prize of £50 and a Reserve Championship Prize of £25 1st 2 HOBBS, MR D
Class HT1 - The DORCHESTER AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY'S Perpetual Flower Challenge Cup for the Best Exhibit in the Flower Section Winner M READ Class HT2 - The WHEATLEY Perpetual Challenge Salver for
Class - The DORCHESTER AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY award a Champion Rosette and Special Prize of £25 for the Champion Small Mountain and Moorland Pony In Hand Champion 105 GAMBLIN, BARRY Oakgrove Baz-bee Reserve Champion 123 KNOCK
Class 501 - A WATERCOLOUR PAINTING 1st ERNEST GALE 2nd GAIL DAVIES 3rd MARGARET HOBBS Class 502 - AN OIL PAINTING 1st HETTY COX 2nd
Class G1 - The DORCHESTER AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY Perpetual Challenge Trophy for the Champion Goat. The BRITISH GOAT SOCIETY also offer a rosette for the Best Goat in Show Champion 23 DAVIES, MRS D M Norbarton Daucus Reserve Champion
Class HT15 - The TOWNSEND Perpetual Cup will be presented to the Overall Winner Winner 0 Holme For Gardens Class 1 - OPEN HORTICULTURAL DISPLAY Large Gold Medal 0 Island Garden Nursery
The RNLI is holding a public open day to unveil plans for a new £11.2million lifeboat building and maintenance facility at its Poole headquarters. The charity is showcasing preliminary designs and layouts for the building at the RNLI College, West
Class C1 - The BIBBY Perpetual Challenge Cup for the Exhibitor gaining the most points in the Livestock Section Winner 59 WHITE, MR & MRS A Balbithan Eria Class C2 - The CHALCLYFFE Perpetual Challenge
THE Dorset County Show has been hailed as one of the ‘best ever’ with ticket sales set to break the record. Organisers estimate that around 60,000 people streamed through the gates to the annual event at Dorchester Showground, near Coker’s Frome
Class FP1 - The DUNN Perpetual Challenge Cup for the Best Kale Exhibit Winner 2018 COOMBES, MASTER DANIEL Balbithan Eria Class 451 - HAY, approximately one third Bale, i.e. 9`, 2012 Seed Hay, Rye Grass
NEW sessions are being held about the threat of climate change and rising sea levels on the Dorset coast. The Living with a Changing Coast (LiCCo) project is running the series of roadshows from September 14 to October 27. The Coffee and Coast
A diver was airlifted to hospital showing signs of decompression sickness following a dive at Lulworth Banks on Saturday. Lee-on-Solent coastguard helicopter attended and flew the man and his buddy to Poole, where they were transferred to the recompression
FAMILIES spoke of their pride after watching their loved-ones out on the water. While the Paralympic sailors are putting their all into their medal bids, mums, dads and siblings are willing them on from the shore of Portland Harbour. Alex Rickham
BRITAIN’S sailors got off to a flying start in the opening weekend of Paralympic Sailing races on home waters. Fiercely competitive fleet racing in Port-land Harbour saw the ParalympicsGB contenders make gains towards achieving the country's first
The marine police launch towed a boat to safety after it was spotted drifting in Portland Harbour. The Paralympic bronze command centre raised the alarm after sighting the Cormorant adrift at noon on Friday.
A boy was reunited with his father by the crew of a Dorset Police boat after he became distressed in an inflatable dinghy off Weymouth beach on Saturday evening. The youngster was quickly located and taken ashore, where Wyke coastguard
THE Wind Turbine debate rumbles on, as Don Cutler’s letter (Have Your Say, August 27) illustrates. He suggests siting them out to sea with the proviso that tidal flow generators are built into their bases to give a sustained power output. The tidal
A COMMUNITY organisation in Dorset is set to help more of those facing poverty thanks to a huge lottery grant. Dorset Community Action, which organises the Dorset Best Village award each year, has scooped £960,000 from the Big Lottery Fund’s Communities
Two sheds were destroyed in a suspected arson attack in Grove Road, Portland in the early hours of Saturday morning. One retained crew from Portland attended and used a thermal imaging camera to ensure that a gas cylinder was safe. Anyone
May we, through your letters page. offer our sincere thanks to the staff of the Weymouth Minor Injuries Unit and of Kingfisher Ward in DCH who looked after our grandson who fell ill over the Bank Holiday weekend. Only through their prompt action
A man and his wife were airlifted by Portland coastguard after become stuck in dense scrub below Burning Cliff, Ringstead Bay. Wyke coastguard was called at around 8pm on Saturday but the pair were in an inaccessible position for land unit rescue
THE Olympic litter free policy worked. Congratulations to all those involved in keeping the area relatively free of litter. It was so noticeable in Weymouth and all routes into Weymouth. It is a treat to see the hot spots of litter kept
THE Third Charmouth Literary Festival is on September 8 from 9.30am to 4pm and is free to attend. The festival will cover all aspects of writing and what it would be like to finally get your book published. The event is very much hands on and
FOOD and drink producers from Dorset are heading to the Speciality and Fine Food Fair at London Olympia. They will be in the Taste of the West pavilion today and tomorrow. They include Dorset Farms of Beaminster and the Lyme Bay Winery.
WHEN I was growing up, ‘going to the garden centre’ was something my dad used to do on a Saturday morning. In those days they were called nurseries, not garden centres, and the one dad used was tucked away down a residential road. It was run by
WEYMOUTH singing sensation Perrie Edwards will wow local fans as her girl band makes a stop off in Dorset on their first-ever tour. The 19-year-old, who is part of X Factor-winning group Little Mix, said that she was unbelievably excited to sing
Dorchester Town have drafted in Jake Gosling on a month’s loan from Exeter City. The pacey winger first caught the eye of the Magpies’ hierarchy seven weeks ago when he bagged a wonder goal in the Grecians’ 4-0 victory at the Avenue Stadium during
BRENDON King felt his Terras had a perfectly good goal ruled out at the Valley. Scott Walker put the ball in the net with 20 minutes gone after picking the pocket of Redditch keeper Niall Cooper. However, the effort was chalked off by the man
STALBRIDGE 260 (20pts) beat WEYMOUTH 166 (8pts) by 94 runs NOT even a final-day defeat at the hands of Stalbridge could take the gloss off a much-improved season for the Seasiders. After seeing their opponents score an impressive 260 at Redlands
POOLE TOWN 142 (17pts) beat Dorchester 140 (10pts) by two runs DORCHESTER suffered an agonising defeat in their final outing of 2012. Visiting Poole Town were skittled for a fairly modest 142 at the Rec but the county town outfit were unable
SUTTON UNITED 1 DORCHESTER TOWN 2 ASHLEY Nicholls and Ben Watson both found the net for the first time in county town colours as the Magpies soared to second spot in Blue Square Bet South. Making his 44th appearance for the club, Nicholls struck
REDDITCH UNITED 0 WEYMOUTH 0 WEYMOUTH were forced to settle for their third stalemate of the season. The Terras shared a goalless draw with Redditch United but it was the former who enjoyed arguably the better opportunities at the Valley.
TAVISTOCK 0 BRIDPORT 2 BRIDPORT will play Sherborne Town in the second qualifying round of the FA Vase after a hard-earned victory over Tavistock, but the Bees left it late to finally kill off their 10-man hosts. Dan Wise netted a penalty
DORSET’S William Fox-Pitt narrowly failed to defend the Land Rover Burghley Horse Trials title yesterday – but he still left Linc-olnshire £120,000 richer. Sturminster Newton’s Fox-Pitt’s third-place finish on Parklane Hawk proved just enough
