BREWERS Quay will reopen in time for Easter with a restaurant, museum and an antiques shop. Owners Brewers Quay Investments LLP have announced that the popular Weymouth venue will be open to the public on Thursday, March 28. Businesses at the
A WEYMOUTH road has been reopened after an earlier crash. One person suffered slight injuries in a crash on Lanehouse Rocks Road when a car collided with a garden fence. The road traffic collision, which involved a grey BMW, happened at around
A CAPACITY crowd watched Wey-mouth Martial Art Centre’s King Tiger Thai-Boxing club, in conjunction with Dorchester Kickboxing, stage their fifth and biggest fight night. In an electric atmosphere, a crowd of 850 at Weymouth Pavilion’s Ocean Room
Police investigating a fatal road traffic collision have charged a man with causing death by careless driving, failing to stop and driving while disqualified. Sixteen-year-old Jade Clark was struck by a Volvo XC90 as she rode her moped along the
SALISBURY II 2 WEYMOUTH 1 WEYMOUTH suffered a narrow East Division defeat at Salisbury. The visitors made a strong start in the first 15 minutes, with an early short corner strike which was saved by the opposing keeper. The hosts went ahead
BEN Ward has set his sights on the professional circuit ahead of the start of the new PDC Unicorn Challenge Tour. The 24-year-old, who hails from Dorchester, is set to travel to the Barnsley Metrodome for the opening round this weekend and has
THE screening of a classic horror film at a cliff-top hotel is proving a major draw for movie lovers. West Dorset’s From Page to Screen Film Festival’s screening of The Shining at the Burton Cliff Hotel has sold out within days. Tickets for
DOZENS of new jobs will be created in Dorchester with another business set to open in the Brewery Square development. Cafe-bar The Lounges will be bringing 30 jobs to the area with the new branch due to open in May. The national chain offers
HUGH Fearnley-Whittingstall’s River Cottage empire is looking for 40 youngsters who want to be chefs. River Cottage’s new professional cookery school is taking part in its first government funded scheme to find young chef apprentices. The aim
A SPECIAL open day is welcoming the local community into the Weymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy (WPNSA) on Saturday, March 30, The event, which runs from 10am to 4pm, aims to showcase all the sports and facilities the academy and on-site
TOURISM in Dorset is set to benefit from a new national initiative. The Visit Dorset tourism partnership has teamed up with the national tourist board at VisitEngland to promote the county as part of a campaign to encourage more people to holiday
POLICE hunting thieves who stole a large amount of alcohol from a Weymouth supermarket have released CCTV images of three men. The theft happened at Asda in Newstead Road. Police said the suspects entered the store and loaded a large quantity
THE ACHIEVEMENTS of young volunteers in West Dorset have been celebrated at an event in Dorchester. West Dorset District Council recognised the contribution of youngsters to the local community with the Chairman’s Awards: Young Volunteer Champions
EYE experts in Dorset are warning that many parents are putting their children at risk of slow development or future health problems by not taking advantage of free eye tests. Eye tests are free to children under the age of 16 (or 19 if in full
WEYMOUTH Reserves' scheduled Magna Dorset Premier League clash at Parley Sports tomorrow has been postponed following heavy rain.
YOUR work could end up in the latest of the Dorset Echo’s best-selling series of photographic books. Readers are being invited to send in pictures which could stand alongside our staff photographers’ shots in the next book, set to be called Dorset
THERE will be no by-election for Lyme Regis Town Council as Jill Newton is elected unopposed. Ms Newton, right, of Sidmouth Road, was the only person nominated to fill the vacancy left on the council following the death of former mayor Barbara
A MARKET trader says he has been unfairly targeted by new regulations coming into force in Dorchester. Stallholders at the town’s Cornhill Market at the top of South Street have largely been spared the threat of closure, but one market regular
JUDGES will soon be out and about visiting villages to find the best in Dorset. But first, they need applications in from communities. Dorset’s Best Village competition entry deadline closes after Easter – communities have until April 8 to
A SHOP owner has had her faith in humanity restored after Weymouth residents rallied around following a shocking theft. Donations have been pouring in after a story in Saturday’s Echo appealing for information on a brazen thief caught on CCTV taking
DORCHESTER is now a safer place to shop thanks to the arrival of new life saving equipment. The town’s BID (Business Improvement District) has purchased new portable Automated External Defibrillators (AEDs), which can shock the heart to restart
A DORCHESTER teenager has been recognised as a top first aider. Tee-Jay Downton, of Orchard Street, was named as St John Ambulance’s top cadet in the area and will help spread the message about the importance of first aid. He beat off competition
Ah, the little lambs are gambolling in the meadows, the daffodils and crocuses are peeping through and Easter eggs have been on the shelves since Boxing Day. Yes, it’s a sure sign that spring is on its way and that can only mean it’s time for the
Police have arrested a man in the hunt for a driver who failed to stop after teenager Jade Clark was killed on the A31. Officers investigating the fatal collision have arrested a man on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving and failing
A MAJOR shake-up of the bus network in Weymouth and Portland takes place from Sunday. First Hampshire and Dorset is making changes to improve the punctuality and reliability of services and to better match resources against the demand. There
PEOPLE will be able to ask questions about a new Portland power plant that could be using rubber tyres instead of palm oil in the first stage of its development. W4B have applied to Weymouth and Portland Borough Council to amend the feedstock for
A PAIR of walkers are appealing for women to put their best feet forward and sign up for this year’s Midnight Walk. Jo Richards and Sarah Breaks, who have been leading the hike since it started in 2007, encouraged more walkers to sign up for the
A FATHER on trial for assault has told a jury that he was the victim. Stephen James Palmer, aged 44, of Greenhill, is on trial for two counts of common assault. He is also jointly charged, along with his son, Jacob Charlton and Robin Brown,
I’ve done some simple sums to clarify the enormous problems caused by the wealth gap. I have obtained the following figures from recognised sources but have rounded them off for simplicity: About 29,000,000 adults are employed in the UK. The average
A Hoover isn’t a Hoover when it is a Dyson. A familiar name can be a confusing thing sometimes. For example, not all nurses who visit you at home when you have cancer are MacMillan nurses. In fact in north, south and west Dorset none of them are
POINT-TO-POINT: Tomorrow's Wilton Hunt meeting at Milborne St Andrew has been abandoned due to the wet weather. The organisers are looking for a new date, which will be announced as soon as possible.
A PIZZA delivery man said 27 months in prison was not enough for the robber who dragged him from his car and threatened to kill his family. John Joe Darch, 19, pounced on the pizza worker as he was delivering food in an unprovoked attack in Littlemoor
THE Terras’ play-off ambitions face a huge test tomorrow against in-form Chesham United at the Bob Lucas Stadium (3pm). Following last Saturday’s 5-0 humbling at the hands of Stourbridge, Weymouth will be desperate to make amends this weekend but
STEVE Walker will make his Blue Square Bet South debut tomorrow when the Magpies travel to Hayes & Yeading (3pm). The towering centre-back will team up with Mark Jermyn at the heart of the defence and boss Phil Simkin is backing him to
Simon West’s lumbering action thriller, which reunites the Con Air director with grizzled leading man Nicolas Cage, intends to pickpocket 95 precious minutes of your life. Resist at all costs because Stolen is a bore. Following the lead of
Identity theft affects an estimated 1.8 million people in the UK every year, leading to months of worry and stress. It’s hardly a laughing matter. Nor is Seth Gordon’s brash comedy, a smash hit on the other side of the Atlantic, which pits a kind-hearted
IT’S not quite enshrined in law, but the general consensus is that Sunday nights are most dismal and dreary part of the week. But this one was different – Dorchester Arts Centre had lined up an evening of superb music and song from local guitarist
KNICKERS are the name of the game when Rosemary Hawthorne comes to Dorchester tonight. Rosemary, alias The Knicker Lady, will be giving her hilarious illustrated talk on the history of underpinnings at the Corn Exchange in High East Street.
The English folktale of Jack And The Beanstalk is given a smart CGI-heavy makeover in Bryan Singer’s fast-paced fantasy. Based on a script co-written by Usual Suspects scribe Christopher McQuarrie, Jack The Giant Slayer takes the familiar story
Home is where the heart is in Kirk De Micco and Chris Sanders’s energetic romp about a family of cavemen and women who embark on a perilous quest to find a new settlement. Initially touted as a stop-motion project for Bristol-based Aardman Animations
AH-HAH me hearties, here’s the the chance to dress up and come to Weymouth’s Nothe Fort for a great day of pirate shenanigans. Young pirates may even get a chance to fight the Nothe Fort Artillery and there will be a treasure hunt for (chocolate
A NEW venture is being launched next weekend to boost the opportunities for disabled people to go sailing in Weymouth and Portland. Chesil Sailability, run by a small team of volunteers, has been inspired by the London 2012 Games and the world-class
I’ve done some simple sums to clarify the enormous problems caused by the wealth gap. I have obtained the following figures from recognised sources but have rounded them off for simplicity: About 29,000,000 adults are employed in the UK. The
A Hoover isn’t a Hoover when it is a Dyson. A familiar name can be a confusing thing sometimes. For example, not all nurses who visit you at home when you have cancer are Mac-Millan nurses. In fact in north, south and west Dorset none of them are
POLICE warned motorists to take care after flooding caused travel chaos across Dorset. Heavy rain led to high levels of surface water on roads across the county this morning. Traffic delays were caused on the A35 near the football ground in
ON Monday the freedom of the press was assaulted, not mortally, but enough to raise serious concerns. The culprits were MPs, no less, many of whom have serious grievances against the press. As I listened to one self- congratulatory speech after
DORSET SENIOR LEAGUE WEYMOUTH Sports and Upwey & Broadwey both face tough home games in the Dorset Senior League tomorrow (3pm). Chris Hicks’ men are set to entertain table-toppers Mere Town at Weymouth College while Upwey are scheduled
CHRIS Wilson is confident the Blues possess all the tools to come through the ensuing fixture pile-up as champions. Title-chasing Portland United lost another match to the weather in midweek and now face the huge challenge of 15 games in 57 days
TREVOR Senior has been impressed with the fitness of Sam Charles but has admitted his return to first-team action could now wait until next season. The Bridport striker has been out for over a year with a cruciate ligament injury and his boss is
INJURIES have left Paul Harding scratching his head ahead of tomorrow’s trip to Corsham in Southern Counties South (2.30pm). Weymouth have been chopping and changing their line-up every week since the Christmas break and that lack of consistency
