A NEW diary will offer a colourful way for people to plan ahead while supporting stroke sufferers. The Dorchester Social Stroke Club, which is celebrating its fifth birthday, has launched a new diary for 2013 boasting beautiful images of the county
PATIENTS, families, carers and health professionals are invited to attend a meeting in Dorchester to discus rheumatoid arthritis. The National Rheumatoid Arthritis Society (NRAS) and the rheumatology team at Dorset County Hospital have organised
A PARTY of youngsters have just returned from a three week stay in Japan on an exchange programme. They took part in Bridport’s 15th International Exchange Programme with Tokyo’s Koyamadai Educational Institute. The group was led by Andrew
A PLAN to increase the size of two blocks of flats due to be built in a leafy cul-de-sac has been refused. The site in Courtauld Drive, off Wyke Road in Weymouth, has been the subject of a number of applications in the past including one which
A COLLECTION of artwork and furniture owned by a true glamour girl of her age is going under the hammer in Dorchester . Items collected by Lady Marian Rootes, who was considered by many to be the most beautiful woman of her generation, are up for
A THEMED evening of magic and mystery is planned in aid of bereaved youngsters. The Magical Ball, in aid of Weldmar Hospice Care specifically for bereaved youngsters, which is taking place on October 5 in Weymouth, will be full of Disney, disco
A CHARITY that takes to the skies to save the lives of casualties in Dorset is urging residents with mobile phones to send a text donation of £10. The Dorset and Somerset Air Ambulance is asking people to show their support of the service during
A CAMPAIGNER who is fighting to stop a wind farm being built in Purbeck has made a formal complaint about the handling of a planning application for a turbine. Geoff Edwardes, chairman of Dorset Against Rural Turbines (DART), says in a letter to
BUSINESSES are being given their last chance to enter the Open 4 Business awards 2012. The main sponsor of the awards is Weymouth College, where the awards ceremony will be held on October 25. Principal Liz Myles said: “On behalf of the students
STAFF at the Wilkinson store in Weymouth have raised almost £2,500 following the launch of a new charity partnership with the RNLI. Team members organised a series of events in order to raise awareness of the organisation’s work within the community
A FORMER disabled swimming champion has praised the people of Weymouth and Portland for ‘embracing’ the spirit of the Paralympic Games. Ian White, 64, who carried the English Paralympic Flame when it visited the borough at the start of the Games
THE next stage in Weymouth’s efforts to become a Business Improvement District (BID) town will be a consultation event taking place this Wednesday. Businesses in the designated BID area covering the town centre, harbour, seafront and Preston have
TORRENTIAL rain and severe weather conditions caused chaos across Dorset – and there’s more on the way. The Met Office issued a weather warning for the South West, including Dorset, last night after heavy rain throughout Sunday. The Environment
VANDALS went on a major smashing spree in North Dorset, police said. At least 17 incidents happened in Sherborne during the early hours of last Thursday. Unknown offenders broke windows belonging to houses and shops and severely damaged cars
VICTORIOUS villagers spoke of their pride as Dorset’s rural communities were celebrated. And it was Purbeck’s night at the 2012 Dorset Best Village Competition with Winfrith Newburgh and Church Knowle winning top prizes. A ceremony at Corfe
A PENSIONER has been handed a community order after admitting two counts of fraud by false representation. Bernice Kay Smith, aged 67, of Corscombe Close, Weymouth, was ordered to complete 80 hours of unpaid work within one year, and pay £2,400
FIREFIGHTERS battled a huge blaze which raged at a West Dorset farm. Dorset Fire and Rescue Service said it is thought internal combustion in the stored haylage may have sparked the blaze in the yard at Higher Hogleaze Farm, near Compton Valence
ACCOMMODATION which housed athletes on Portland during the Olympics has won another national design award. It is the fifth national award for Zero C’s Olympic athletes village at Officers’ Field. The scheme won Best Development at the prestigious
CROWDS gathered to see a celebrity soap star open Dorchester ’s newest store. Actor Chris Gascoyne, who plays Coronation Street’s Peter Barlow, was on hand to cut the ribbon at Poundland’s official opening. The town centre store held a family
DORCHESTER Town will host Basingstoke Town in the third qualifying round of the FA Cup. The latter disposed of Weymouth on Saturday while the Magpies saw off Wootton Bassett to earn their place in this morning's draw. The all-Blue
CYCLISTS and mobility scooter users in Weymouth will soon be having a smoother ride into the town centre. Dorset Highways is upgrading the existing shared cycleway and footpath between Swannery Bridge and Chafey’s Roundabout next to Radipole Lake
PORTLAND Coastguard rescue helicopter was called out after receiving an emergency call reporting a surfer in trouble at Jacobs Ladder, Sidmouth. The person had been separated from their surfboard and made it back to shore safely yesterday
I wonder if any of your readers can help me – I am looking into the history of the Rondeau family and I have found that my grandfather, Walter Rondeau, was baptised at Holy Trinity church in Weymouth on September 11 1896. He is shown as living
Last Monday, the residents of lower Wyke Regis had to live with the Wyke pong hanging over us. Fingers pointed at different individuals, but the real culprit was the council, which plonked a sewage transferral plant in the middle of a housing estate
I found it interesting reading Coun Goodman’s letter on what Weymouth and Portland Borough Council had done to secure a long-term legacy from the Olympics (Dorset Echo, September 22). It was also refreshing to see the management committee communicating
Hasn’t it all gone quiet? From Dorchester ’s re-nowned Stratton House Band, an eerie silence. West Dorset District Council ’s trumpet, so often heard blowing about its own achievements and drowning out the discordant voices of the paying public
THE coastguard received a call after a vessel ran aground in Portland Harbour yesterday morning. Portland Coastguard, Wyke Coastguard and Weymouth RNLI lifeboat investigated and found the boat unoccupied. Lifeboat crews tried to free the boat
DORSET was hit by a torrential downpour overnight and early this morning. Drivers are being urged to take extra care on the roads because of the large amount of standing water. Traffic has been moving more slowly than usual through Portland between
‘LIFE is too short to be anything but happy’ are the words chosen to remember a young woman who died in a horror landslip on Dorset’s Jurassic Coast. The message is engraved on a bench dedicated to the memory of 22-year-old holidaymaker Charl-otte
PORTLAND Coastguard received an emergency radio call from a yacht yesterday morning. The vessel Ten Ten of Poole was found in its mooring and, as its owner had been carrying out radio checks, it was classed as a false alert with good intent.
LADY Luck deserted the Terras once again on Saturday as they exited the FA Cup in controversial circumstances at Basingstoke Town. Weymouth fought hard throughout and even took the lead through Ben Joyce but the main talking point in the 3-1 defeat
PORTLAND Coastguard received a report of a 16-foot yacht Sandy Mick with engine failure in Portsmouth Harbour yesterday morning. The incident was passed to Solent Coastguard because it was within their district.
PHIL Simkin praised a “professional performance” by his troops as they secured their place in today’s FA Cup draw with a convincing victory. The Magpies eased past Hellenic League outfit Wootton Bassett Town at the weekend with Jamie Reid scoring
DORCHESTER TOWN 4 Watson, 12 Reid 22, 90+1, Walker 35 WOOTTON BASSETT 0 Dorchester Town breezed into the third qualifying round of the FA Cup with a comfortable victory against lower-league Wootton Bassett Town. Bassett, of Hellenic League
THE coastguard received a report of a commercial vessel bound for Eritrea, on the east coast of Africa, with engine problems in the English Channel. Portland Coastguard was called by Cross Jobourg, the French Coastguard, at around 5am yesterday
THE coastguard received a report of a yacht with engine problems off the Needles in the early hours of yesterday morning. Portland Coastguard sent Poole RNLI lifeboat and coastguard to the Mzuri yacht and it was towed into Poole Harbour
BASINGSTOKE TOWN 3 Sills 37, Adams 45, McNish 90 WEYMOUTH 1 Joyce 17 CRAIG Duff had an effort ruled out for the second successive game as Weymouth crashed out of the FA Cup at the Camrose. Blue Square Bet South outfit Basingstoke had
COLIN Tizzard has nominated the Betfair Chase at Haydock as an early-season target for his stable star Cue Card. The six-year-old shot to pro-minence with an incredible performance in the 2010 Champion Bumper at Cheltenham and he has continued
BRIDPORT 1 BRISTOL MANOR FARM 1 THE Bees were unfortunate not to claim all three points at St Mary’s Field. The hosts outplayed Bristol Manor Farm for much of the contest and deservedly took the lead in the second half when Ryan Dovell headed
