PROPOSALS for the community ownership of Dorchester Town Football Club are to be put to the public. The Community Trust, the organisation looking to take on the majority shareholding from chairman Shaun Hearn, will gauge the levels of support for
SNOW has been falling in Dorchester and Weymouth this evening. The cold weather today and temperatures of 1-3c led to snow falling from around 5.30pm when commuters were travelling home. So far there are no incidents of cold weather related
CALVIN Brooks and Will Gape will miss Dorchester Town Reserves’ clash with AFC Totton in the Wyvern Premier League tomorrow night (7.45pm). Centre-half Brooks has family commitments while midfielder Gape is recovering from a non-football-related
A MONKEY sighting in Dorchester first featured in the Dorset Echo has made national headlines go bananas. Student Terri Leigh Cox has found herself at the centre of a media storm after she featured in the Dorset Echo on Saturday. The astonished
THE annual Weymouth Easter Hockey Festival gets under way on Friday with a bumper three days of action set for Redlands. This year, close to 40 teams from across the country have entered the event, which celebrated its golden jubilee in 2012.
A TOTAL of 194 runners braved the wind and rain to compete in this year’s Weymouth 10k along the seafront. Karl Welch was the star performer in the men’s section where he claimed victories in both races, recording times of 38mins 5.9secs and a
Under-12 Division One WEYMOUTH COUGARS 14 BLANDFORD UNITED FLYERS 0 MOST players would be happy scoring nine goals over the course of one season but not Nial Turner of the Cougars, who managed three hat-tricks in a single game. The Cougars
POLICE have warned people not to become a victim of crime this Easter. Officers are encouraging householders to reduce the chances of being burgled during the bank holiday weekend. With many going away for the holidays, residents are being
A MILESTONE has been marked at the former nuclear research site at Winfrith with the removal of a hazardous material. Winfrith was a major centre for groundbreaking reactor development from the late 1950s to the 1990s. The site is now managed
A BUS company will be operating a special timetable in Dorset over Easter. First buses will run to a Sunday timetable on both Good Friday and Easter Monday, April 1. Services will operate as per timetable on Saturday and Easter Sunday. The
THIEVES fled with bicycles worth £3,000 in an overnight raid on a garage in Sturminster Newton. A red and white Pinarello Dogma and a black Willier Mortirolo were taken from the home’s garage in Pitts Orchard. PC Stuart Beasley, of Blandford
BY JAMES TOURGOUT WITH FILE PICS NEW elections may be in store for Weymouth and Portland Borough Council under a shake-up of the system. Under the current system, councillors are elected in thirds which means that elections are held each year for
CAMPAIGNERS are furious with handover plans for Weymouth Pavilion which will see the theatre closed all summer. Despite calls for council chiefs to avoid a lengthy closure, a timetable for the tender process reveals it could be October before the
Police have seized suspected stolen property after swooping on two addresses in the High Street in Shaftesbury. Among the items recovered in the operations were a number of televisions, computers and jewellery. An 18-year-old man and 22-year-old
TALENTED students from across the county impressed with their poetry prowess. The young bards gathered at County Hall in Dorchester to compete for a place in the national poetry recitation competition, Poetry By Heart. The poems of Keats, Lord
A craft fair will be held in the town hall. It takes place on Saturday from 9am to 3pm.
There will be Jurassic Coast family activities at the Chesil Beach Centre on April 4. The event will take place from 10am to 3pm. For more information visit visitweymouth.co.uk.
Police are appealing for witnesses after someone threw a brick through a car window. It happened in the early hours of Monday morning at Gladstone Close in Littlemoor. Any witnesses should contact Dorset Police on 101.
VISITORS to West Dorset beaches were warned not to go near areas of unstable cliff after another landslip at Freshwater, near Burton Bradstock. A sizeable fall of rock and debris yesterday, very close to the spot where a woman was killed last summer
AMIE WISEMAN, aged 22, of Sherren Avenue, Charlton Down. Admitted assault by beating. Discharged conditionally for 18 months. TOBY MARK GORDON, aged 39, of Bridge Road, Charmouth. Proved in absence of being a person in whose name a vehicle was
BUILDING schemes in Dorset are in with a chance of winning a regional award. The house at St John Way in Poundbury, and the Swanage Recycling Centre have been shortlisted for the project of the year run by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors
A MAJOR police operation targeting rural criminals in the lanes of West Dorset has been hailed as a success. Car fires, arson attacks and a rammed police vehicle were all part of the cross-border police operation involving three forces. Operation
PUPILS will have the honour of unveiling a plaque on the old Whitehead Torpedo Factory site in Weymouth. The youngsters from Wyke Regis Junior School have been chosen to carry out the ceremony today. It comes after the Wyke Regis Protection
• March is Ovarian Cancer Awareness month, and to mark the event Theresa Clayton organised a very successful Teddy Bears Picnic and Pyjama Party in the Church Rooms in aid of the Eve Appeal charity for research into this disease. The Church Rooms were
BRENDON King is in talks with a Football League club about the possibility of taking a defender on loan. With Kyle Critchell out injured and Ed Palmer, Craig Duff and Scott Walker all set to serve suspensions, the Terras are in desperate need
PHIL Simkin found it impossible to single out any of his players after an excellent all-round team performance saw off Farnborough last night. Neil Martin was given the man of the match award but the Dorchester Town boss felt virtually any of his
Police have issued a warning after a second burglary was reported in the town. The Echo revealed yesterday that a property in South Court Avenue was broken into on Sunday evening. A second burglary has now also been reported around the same
MARK ANTONY PALANCA, aged 43, of Windermere Crescent, Weymouth. Admitted using a vehicle without third party insurance. Fined £110 and ordered to pay £35 costs. Disqualified from driving for six months. ROBERT MICHAEL DOREY, aged 39, of Shirecroft
VIKKI AUSTIN, no age given, of St Georges Road, Portland. Proved in absence of being the registered keeper of a vehicle and failed to deliver to the Secretary of State part of the registration document containing the required particulars relating to
PROJECTS to improve the path around the Dorset coast look set to go ahead after an organisation secured £250,000 funding. The South West Coast Path Association has announced its target has been reached ahead of its fundraising event, the Great
MARK STEVENS, aged 51, of Winterborne Stickland. Found guilty of assault by beating. Community order with requirement to carry out 100 hours of unpaid work within the next 12 months. Ordered to pay £300 costs. Found guilty of another charge of assault
BRUCE CLIVE BURTON, aged 56, of Stoborough Green. Admitted failing to comply with a lane closure light signal while driving a vehicle on A350. Fined £35 and ordered to pay £35 costs. Licence endorsed with three penalty points.
POPULAR Dorset bathing spots have failed to make the grade in this year’s Good Beach Guide. Kimmeridge Bay, Charmouth West and Church Cliff Beach in Lyme Regis have failed to meet even a minimum European standard, or equivalent, for bathing water
MAGPIES 2 FARNBOROUGH 0 FIRST-HALF goals from on-loan Tom Nichols and debutant Steve Walker helped secure a thoroughly deserved win for the Magpies at the Avenue tonight. The victory put them back to within three points of the play-off places
