DAY One of the Volvo 49er, 49erFX and Nacra 17 European Championships delivered healthy results for British racers in Weymouth and Portland. Portland-based Stuart Bithell and racing partner Dylan Fletcher sailed into sixth with four top-six results
DORCHESTER Town have pulled off their biggest signing of the close season so far after defender Dan Strugnell agreed terms for a two-year contract with the Magpies. The 26-year-old, who started his career at AFC Bournemouth, joins the club from
ST MARY'S Academy in Beaminster could soon be getting some chickens for the school as part of its eco-plan. Rachel Hayball, a parent at the school, has set up a Just Giving page with a target of £400 to try and raise the funds needed for this project
Weldmar Hospicecare has appointed a new chaplain to help support patients and their loved ones. A special service was held at Joseph Weld Hospice in Dorchester to welcome LucyAnn Ashdown to her new role. It was led by the Bishop of Sherborne
THE reconstruction of Wool Bridge has been shortlisted for a civil engineering award. The Institute for Civil Engineering shortlisted the project for its People’s Choice vote in the ICE South West Civil Engineering Awards 2019. The nomination
CAMERON Murray has signed a new deal with Weymouth to stay at the Bob Lucas Stadium for the forthcoming season. Murray arrived at Weymouth from rivals Dorchester Town during mid-January and has been rewarded for his start to life with the Terras
CATTISTOCK brothers Ollie and Jon Legg have been called up to the Dorset Leopards squad for their forthcoming clash with Devon Lions on Sunday (12.30pm). Jon Legg, who last season made his debut for the senior county side, taking 6-58 in a 162-run
BROADSTONE 183-8 (18pts) beat DORCHESTER 138ao (6pts) by 55 runs DORCHESTER crashed to their first defeat of the Dorset Funeral Plan Premier League season after succumbing by 55 runs to 2017 champions Broadstone at Delph Woods. After an uncontested
PORTLAND RT 314-8 (20pts) beat BROADSTONE II 89ao (4pts) by 225 runs PORTLAND Red Triangle stormed to their second straight County Division One victory with a crushing 225-run victory over Broadstone Seconds at Reforne. Looking to back up last
PUDDLETOWN 191ao (19pts) beat PARLEY II 86ao (5pts) by 105 runs PUDDLETOWN picked up their first win of the County Division Two season, thrashing Parley Seconds by 105 runs at Winfrith. After an uncontested toss, Puddletown were inserted to bat
WEYMOUTH finished a superb second in Division One of the National Cadet League table tennis competition. Clear winners were Reading’s Kingfisher A but Weymouth finished above a very good Southampton A side to claim the runners-up spot. Jed Brackenridge
THE Leave versus Remain arguments rumble on in your correspondence columns. However, looking at the behaviour of our incompetent government and our parliament over recent weeks I am now far more concerned about the survival of our democratic traditions
A CRAFTY Dorchester resident has helped a brewery in its quest to find quality beer racks. Anthony Buckton, co-owner of Copper Street Brewery, was searching for new racks to use while bottling beer. While mass-produced options were readily available
A MAN has sadly died following a crash involving a quad bike. At 12.47pm on Monday, May 6 there was a crash on a road between the A31 and the A354, one mile north of Winterborne Kingston. A 61-year-old local man riding a quad bike was travelling
Acrobats will be somersaulting their way to Dorchester, with a local school set to be visited by a circus next month. The Prince of Wales School in Dorchester will host Happy's Circus on Thursday, June 13, featuring amazing international artists
SHOPWORKERS in Dorset are being urged to be vigilant after high-value cigarette and tobacco thefts. In the latest incident three men approached an articulated lorry that was parked for a delivery at around 11.30am on Thursday, April 25, before
The law around organ donation in England is changing. From spring 2020 all adults in England will be considered to have agreed to be an organ donor when they die, unless they had recorded a decision not to donate or are in one of the excluded groups
HUNDREDS of people came out to celebrate spring with the first MayFest being hailed a resounding success. Members of Bridport Community Orchard Committee held the event last Sunday, with lots of dancing, music and cider and officially opened by
A SILK scarf owned by Hollywood icon Audrey Hepburn will go under the hammer next month. The scarf was sent to Bournemouth schoolgirl, Linda Barnes, in 1963, after the youngster had become seriously ill with anorexia. Accompanying the item was
A rescue operation was launched after two climbers got into difficulty on the Jurassic coast. Coastguard and lifeboat teams rescued the two men after one became stuck at the bottom of cliffs at a popular climbing spot. According to a spokesman
A cruise ship from Germany docked in Portland Port today. The 42,289-ton AIDAvita is the fifth cruise ship to dock in the port this season. With a maximum capacity of 1,266 people, it is one of the smaller cruise vessels run by German cruise
Residents will be getting a refund on their council tax – after an admin' error. Dorset Council will this week correct the mistake for Wool council taxpayers when it meets in Dorchester for the first time on Thursday. But residents in the village
Drivers are being advised that traffic has returned to normal following a crash near Morden Park Corner on the A35. Dorset Police said they were called at around 8.17 this morning. Officers are currently at the scene. Three vehicles - a black
Rail services from Weymouth and Dorchester are reported to be back to normal after a train broke down. Great Western Railway said the line between Weymouth and Castle Cary was blocked this morning, with services being cancelled. A spokesman
Fire crews were called out after washing placed on a cooker caught fire. Two crews attended following reports of smoke at a property in Queens Avenue, Dorchester. A spokesman from Dorset & Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Service said the fire was
A DORSET seafood restaurant is in the running for two national awards. The Crab House Café in Wyke Regis, Weymouth, has been nominated for Restaurant of the Year and Best Hospitality Team at the 2019 British Restaurant Awards. The public will
REVIEW STEWART FRANCIS WEYMOUTH PAVILION HAVING watched Stewart Francis for many years on series like Mock the Week and Live at The Apollo I have always wanted to see him live. One reason being that honestly, I wasn’t sure how he could
TRIBUTES have been paid to a popular and much-loved man who was 'the life and soul of the party.' Andrew John Silvester, affectionately known as Solve, was well-known and loved in Bridport. He died last month, aged 54. Andrew grew up in
Whether you work in a school or have school-aged children yourself, you’ll know the importance of a good school library – and not just for learning. Studies show that reading for pleasure doesn’t just give children an advantage academically; it can
HARDWORKING nurses from across Dorset were celebrated at a conference with top NHS figures. The event at Kingston Maurward House in Dorchester provided the opportunity to hear about initiatives taking place within nursing and to celebrate the ongoing
WRITERS in the west country have been waiting with bated breath for this moment - the longlist for a prestigious competition has been announced. Organisers of Dorchester Literary Festival's Hall & Woodhouse Local Writing Prize say the prize has
Weymouth town council’s functions will be dominated by the beach, parks and gardens and public loos. The new council, which meets for the first time on Tuesday, will be spending £3million a year – much of it on the management of 3.5 miles of seafront
Monday May 13 Camera Team Covering: Dorchester & Sherborne, including but not limited to: Sherborne, Cerne Abbas, Piddlehinton, Puddletown, Dorchester, Winterbourne Abbas and Broadmayne Camera Team Covering: Bournemouth Central, including but
Students at a school in Weymouth gave their local Member of Parliament a grilling with some hard-hitting questions when he visited their school. South Dorset MP Richard Drax visited Holy Trinity Primary School on Friday, May 3 to help pupils with
Christian Aid Week got underway yesterday. The annual week of events aims to raise money for people living in poverty around the world. This year’s theme is “All mums should live” and focuses on helping mums in Sierra Leone, where 10 women
MARK Molesley credited debutant goalkeeper Mark Childs for being the hero as Weymouth claimed the Evo-Stik Southern League title with a 5-3 penalty shoot-out win at Kettering. Childs saved a Rhys Hoenes during the second half of normal time, before
THE wife of a man who disappeared more than a year ago has launched a new group for the carers of people suffering with a little-understood type of dementia. Jane Pierette Turner’s husband Gerald is presumed to have died after he left their Swanage
A builder and his two sons were lucky to walk away from a shocking impact, after a van veered across the road and smashed into their vehicle. The collision, which was captured on dashcam, shows the white van completely crossing onto the other side
SHAUN the Sheep has teamed up with road safety charity Brake to teach children across the South West road safety. The famous character is supporting Brake’s Kids Walk, a project for children and primary schools. The project will see thousands
SIR Oliver Letwin, Member of Parliament for West Dorset, met with leaders at a Dorchester school to discuss issues regarding school funding. Helen Collings, Headteacher at Broadmayne First School, said: "We had an interesting meeting, discussing
PARKS, gardens and other greenspaces are likely to account for more than £1million of the new Weymouth Town Council’s £3million-plus budget for the year. The council is also likely to spend almost £168,000 on agency staff, although most of these
