PORK cheeks from a Dorset producer have been recognised as the best in class at the Great Taste Awards. The Charcuterie Product of the Year was presented to Capreolus Fine Foods, from Rampisham near Beaminster, for its Guanciale, described as a
A leading school has appointed a new headmaster. Mark Mortimer has become the seventh head of Bryanston boarding and day school. He was formerly headmaster of Warminster school and he succeeds Sarah Thomas who retired as head this summer,
DORSET DOCKERS 27 DORCHESTER 31 DORCHESTER just edged a Wadworth 6X Dorset & Wilts One South thriller in Christchurch, ending the Dockers’ unbeaten home run. Played on a beautiful autumn day it was clear from the start that the two sides
Trigger Happy TV star Dom Joly is forging a new career as a travel writer and will be appearing in Dorchester to talk about his new book about the Middle East and growing old disgracefully. Jess Thompson finds out more. WHEN I speak to Dom Joly
DORCHESTER SPORTS 2 CHRISTCHURCH 4 DORCHESTER Sports bowed out of the FA Vase at the second qualifying round stage despite a valiant effort in a 4-2 loss to Christchurch at the Clayson Stadium. Competing in the competition for the first
BALTI SPORTS 3 SHAFTESBURY TOWN RES 2 UNBEATEN Balti Sports took their fifth victory of the Dorset Premier League season with a battling 3-2 triumph over Shaftesbury Town Reserves at Weymouth College. Balti, who have also taken three draws
OAKMEADIANS 27 WEYMOUTH & PORTLAND 28 WEYMOUTH & Portland produced a gritty display to defeat Oakmeadians 28-27 in a nail-biter on the opening day of the Wadworth 6X Dorset & Wilts One South season. Led by coach Rich Bament in his first
EIGHT teachers at a school in Sherborne are running, walking, swimming and cycling to raise money in aid of refugees in the UK. All of the fundraisers teach at The Gryphon School and are taking part in the Miles for Refugees challenge, a national
Police are investigating reports of a 'suspicious' man who followed a woman home as she walked through Dorchester. The woman, who is in her 40s, said the man followed her in a small white Enterprise rental van as she walked home through the centre
A DORSET brewer has raised an unbee-lievable donation for wildlife. The family-owned Dorset brewer Hall & Woodhouse has raised more than £3,000 for Dorset Wildlife Trust. With every pint of the seasonal Badger cask beer ‘Brewer’s Bee’ sold between
A LIFEBOAT crew will take centre stage in the next episode of a television programme about sea rescues. Swanage RNLI will feature in the fourth episode of Saving Lives at Sea tonight. The documentary series shines a light on the lifesaving
A school in Dorchester is holding a series of events to mark it's #POW25 Silver Jubilee year. The Prince of Wales School in Maiden Castle Road, Dorchester opened in September 1994 to provide additional accommodation for first school children in
Two burglars broke into a business near Dorchester, using an angle grinder to cut the chain on a gate. It is believed that two offenders arrived at the premises off Dorchester Road in Grimstone in a small white van, possibly a Vauxhall Combo, at
A MAGICAL cruise ship has returned to Portland Harbour today, bearing over 2000 passengers. The Disney Magic is an award-winning cruise liner that promises guests an 'immersive Disney experience' - including world premier movies, Broadway-style
A 40-year-old man had to be air lifted to hospital after suffering a severe allergic reaction on a beach. The coastguard was trying to land its helicopter on the beach at Chapman's Pool in Purbeck but, due to the state of the tide, the Swanage
A VULNERABLE man who disappeared from a holiday park has been found safe and well. Kenneth Lowndes, 68, from Bognor Regis, was last seen at around 11pm on Wednesday, September 11, at Sandford Holiday Park on Organford Road. He was reported
The coastguard was called after a member of the public reported a kayaker in difficulty. The Portland Bill Coastguard Rescue Team responded to a call about a kayaker in possible difficulty south of Blacknor Point at about 8.46pm on Saturday, September
A fire broke out in a kitchen of a flat in Poundbury. Dorset and Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Service was called to reports of a fire in some flats on Peverell Avenue West at about 6.49pm yesterday. Two fire engines were sent out and the firefighters
Missing Portland woman Alison Annetts she has been found safe. The 48-year-old was reported missing having last been seen at her home address at 11.30am on Sunday. A police spokesman said: “Following searches by officers, she has been located
DORCHESTER Town boss Callum Brooks revealed a half-time team-talk in which he told the Magpies to believe chances would turn into goals proved crucial in the 3-1 triumph at Hendon. Matty Harriott’s 18-yard strike put Brooks’ men 1-0 down on nine
WEYMOUTH boss Mark Molesley believes “hard work” laid the foundations for a stunning 4-1 win at St Albans City amid an “energy-sapping” Vanarama National League South contest at Clarence Park. The Terras faced a lengthy journey to Hertfordshire
Monday September 16 Camera Team Covering: West Dorset including but not limited to: Beaminster, Swyre, Bridport, Chideock, Marshwood and Lyme Regis. Camera Team Covering: East Dorset including but not limited to: St Leonards, Verwood, Alderholt
TWO sliproads will be closed on the A31 at Ringwood for the next two nights. The westbound entry sliproad at Poulner Hill will be shut tonight (September 16) from 9pm until 6am. Then tomorrow night, the eastbound entry sliproad at the Ringwood
A PLEA to the few people who still think it is acceptable to ride their bikes on the Esplanade outside the permitted times. What is the point? You are putting yourself and pedestrians at risk due to your selfishness and stupidity. Lots of
TWO prestigious speakers will talk about the climate emergency at the Dorford Centre at the end of this month. The Bishop of Salisbury, Nicholas Holtam, and Lindsey Fielder Cook, representative on climate change at the Quaker United Nations Office
New diagnoses of HIV in Dorset have fallen for the fourth year in a row, new figures reveal. Campaigners have welcomed the continuing decline in HIV infection rates across the country, but said a slowing pace of progress showed more needed to be
THE fete season went out on a high in Dorset, as a very sunny Weldmar Fete drew thousands to the annual event - along with long standing supporter Martin Clunes. The Doc Martin actor - who lives in west Dorset - caught up with the Echo and recounted
TENS of thousands of adults in Dorset were prescribed highly addictive opioid painkillers last year, a new report reveals. Health secretary Matt Hancock has said the country is "in the grip of an over-medication crisis", and pledged to take immediate
THERE have ebeen calls for more to be done following the latest rail tragedy in Dorset. British Transport Police received a report that a person had been struck by a train at Pokesdown station at around 8pm on Friday. It is the first death
POLICE have issued advice for drivers who see an injured deer on the roadside. Drivers are urged to pull over at the next safe place and call the police. Motorists are being warned to keep themselves and anyone with them as safe as they can.
THREE men, including a 19-year-old from Portland, have been jailed after going on several overnight crime sprees earlier this year and stealing valuables from cars. Denzel Fewings, 19, of The Grove, Portland, Marc Masterton, 22, of Montgomerie
Two women suspected of shoplifting in Dorchester were searched by police. According to the force, items recovered are being returned to shops, whilst investigations are still ongoing. Two women were detained following the incident. A spokesman
A FRIEND has paid tribute to an elderly man believed to have been murdered in Weymouth. Police launched a murder investigation at the weekend after a 75 year old man died on Weymouth Esplanade. Holidaymaker Gerald Wheeldon, 71, from Stratford-upon-Avon
