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  • Magpies: Dorchester Town thrashed by impressive Salisbury

    DORCHESTER TOWN 1 Lowes 81 SALISBURY 4 Whelan 21, Herbert 29, Shephard 47, 59 DORCHESTER Town were comprehensively outplayed by promotion hopefuls Salisbury as Steve Claridge’s men took a deserved 4-1 Evo-Stik Southern Premier South

  • Terras: Weymouth beaten as title wait goes on

    BEACONSFIELD TOWN 1 Losasso 69 WEYMOUTH 0 A SPILLED Charlie Losasso free-kick put to bed hopes of any title celebrations as Weymouth were beaten 1-0 at Beaconsfield Town in the Evo-Stik Southern Premier South. The goal, in the 69th

  • Fire in quarry on Portland

    Two fire engines were called to a fire in a shipping container on Portland. One crew from Portland and another from Bridport attended after three members of the public dialled 999 at around 3pm. A spokesperson from Dorset and Wiltshire Fire and

  • Rescue drama as 'reckless' man climbs Durdle Door

    A 28 year-old man in a potentially dangerous position at Durdle Door has triggered an emergency rescue operation. Dorset and Wiltshire Fire and Rescue said they received a number of calls about a man in a 'precarious' position at the top of Durdle

  • Teenage boy airlifted to hospital amid tall ship rescue

    A teenage crew member of a tall ship was airlifted to hospital following a rescue operation. A spokesman from the RNLI confirmed that the lifeboat was launched from Weymouth after the alarm was raised. "We were paged at around 11.39 this morning

  • Darts: Mel Burton brilliance seals fourth place

    MEL Burton claimed a big victory to claim the fourth spot and automatic qualification through to the last eight on finals night in the Weymouth ADC League. The remaining 14 league fixtures were completed, with the main focus being on who could claim

  • Football: Merley net trophy brace at finals day

    MERLEY Cobham Sports were the stand-out club at the Dorset Girls Cup Final Day at Blandford School, winning two trophies. Following their success in the under-15 cup final 12 months ago, Merley won the Dorset Under-16 Cup. Having already beaten

  • Table Tennis: Weymouth league takes top accolade

    WEYMOUTH and District Table Tennis League has scooped the coveted National League of the Year award at the Pride of Table Tennis awards dinner in Leicester. In 2018, the league had collected the clubmark award but has now earned the top accolade

  • Police warning as council's shipping container broken into

    Dorset Police has warned of a number of high-value tool thefts in the area in the last month. A shipping container belonging to Dorset County Council on Bridport Road in Dorchester was broken into overnight on Monday, April 8 and on Wednesday, April

  • Terras: Weymouth chairman Ian White discusses bursary bid

    WEYMOUTH chairman Ian White praised the club’s ‘brilliant’ fans, as he discussed Weymouth’s bid for the Buildbase £100k ‘Transfer Deal’ product bursary. The FA Trophy and FA Vase sponsor is giving two more clubs taking part in the competitions

  • This new book is a must if you're from Dorset and love to read

    TALES of 'mermaids, murder, horror, humour, life and death' are being published in a collection of short stories by Dorset authors, out next week. The collection - entitled Dorset Shorts: Winning Entries From The Dorset Writers’ Prize - is available

  • Crowds flock to Weymouth's exciting continental market

    BY AMANDA HEMMINGS Weymouth’s first continental market has been hailed a great success by visitors, stallholders and businesses. The market, a five-day event held across St Thomas Street and New Bond Street in the town centre, has traders selling

  • Farewell Flying Scotsman...iconic locomotive leaves Dorset

    RAIL enthusiasts were able to see Flying Scotsman for one last time as it headed out of Dorset yesterday morning. The much-loved steam locomotive was scheduled to leave Swanage railway station at 7.13am before passing Wareham and Poole. People

  • Thomas Hardye students' clothes swap fights fast fashion

    A SCHOOL in Dorchester has been swapping their clothes for the environment. After receiving donations all week, on the 29th of March the sixth form students at The Thomas Hardye School ran a clothes swap. This was set up and organised by the

  • New council vows to reduce salaries cost

    Dorset County Council had the most employees earning more than £100,000 per year out of the whole of the South West. According to the latest figures released by Tax Payers Alliance, based on data from financial year 2017/18, the council employed

  • Voices: Dog poo, condoms and needles at the beach

    Voices is the Dorset Echo's weekly youth page - written for young people by young people. Weymouth beach was once named the best beach in England. This was back in 2017, now it fails to even make the top ten. Bournemouth beach has stolen the

  • Letter: Could someone have my father's treasure?

    Back in 1991, my sister cleared our father's house, it appears she had no idea on his blazer was a treasure, a gold caterpillar. Dad had served both RAF and RCAF during WW2, and was parachuted out of a plane, hence the caterpillar. He was a Pilot