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  • Man and woman charged with manslaughter of pensioner

    Detectives investigating the death of a man in Weymouth have charged a man and woman with manslaughter. Police were called at 10.17am on Saturday, September 7 by  the ambulance service following reports of the sudden death of a 75-year-old man

  • Woman arrested and drugs seized after police raid property

    A woman was arrested and drugs were seized after police raided a property in Weymouth. Officers executed a warrant at an address in Chapelhay yesterday following reports of anti-social behaviour and drug related activity in the area. Police from

  • Letter: Prorogation ruling was difficult but historic

    The Supreme Court has ruled on the prorogation of Parliament and the decision was unanimous amongst the eleven judges. The presiding judge made it clear that this was not about Brexit and neither side should seek to use it as such. Our legal

  • Motorcyclist fighting for life after serious crash

    A MOTORCYCLIST is fighting for his life after a serious crash. Dorset Police was called at 2.17pm yesterday to a report of a single-vehicle crash near Rempstone on the B3351 between Corfe Castle and Studland. The collision involved a black

  • Volleyball: New Weymouth side makes Waves

    A NEW volleyball club in Weymouth is set to make waves in the South West League. Weymouth Waves has been formed to offer players the opportunity to develop and enjoy playing indoor volleyball at local league level and higher. There is a huge

  • Golf: Trophy double for Came Down

    CAME Down’s Hardy A team have completed a sublime league and cup double. The Came side lifted the Division Three Championship and scooped the Hardy A Cup after beating rivals Weymouth. Came beat Bridport in the semi-final of the cup and faced

  • Table Tennis: Depleted Preston sunk by Shipton A

    THE opening Division One match of the new season in the Weymouth & District League was a fairly straightforward affair for Shipton Gorge A with a 28-9 win over Preston B. A numerical disadvantage certainly did not help Preston in only being able

  • Disqualified driver arrested after police find cash and drugs

    A DISQUALIFIED driver was arrested after police officers found £3,500 of cash in his car along with a quantity of drugs. Sergeant Jephcott from Dorset Police's No Excuse road safety team saw a vehicle being driven in a reckless manner in Gillingham

  • Letter: Help needed with family tree

    Until about five years ago I was unaware that my family had any Dorset connections. I moved to Weymouth in 1959, with my parents thinking we were all London based. I had my first computer six years ago and I started looking into my family tree

  • Six-month flood arch replacement works are completed

    A SIX-month project to replace the Durweston flood arches in North Dorset has completed. Work to replace the three flood arch structures with new, pre-cast concrete units started in March. Dorset Council said the flood arches were deteriorating

  • Football: Portland hit five to cut down Poppies

    PORTLAND UNITED 5 Symes 10, 45+1, McKechnie 21, 27, Williams 88 BOURNEMOUTH POPPIES 2 Trimble 53, Rog 68 PORTLAND United threatened to throw away a 4-0 lead before eventually seeing off a youthful Bournemouth Poppies side 5-2 in a thrilling

  • Hays Travel to buy 555 Thomas Cook stores

    Independent travel agent Hays Travel has said it will buy 555 stores from Thomas Cook after the holiday company collapsed late last month. Hays has already recruited 421 former Thomas Cook staff and has offered employment to more of the airline's

  • Terras: Yemi Odubade ready to fire for Weymouth

    WEYMOUTH forward Yemi Odubade is enjoying the extra responsibility of adding more goals to his tally after his double in the Terras’ 4-1 FA Cup third qualifying round win over St Albans. Since club top scorer Brandon Goodship left for League One

  • Festival set to be a real page-turner

    SUPPORTERS of Dorchester Literary Festival packed the launch of this year’s festival, which opens on Saturday (12) with a special appearance by Alexander McCall Smith. Other writers appearing later in the week include Prue Leith, Tracy Chevalier

  • Carnival volunteers look the part

    HERE'S a trip down memory lane to 26 years ago when members of Weymouth Round Table's 1994 Carnival Committee donned tuxedos for a group picture. In the line-up we have carnival chairman Paul Craft, vice chairman Lee Simmonds, programme: Shaun Hennessey

  • Hear 'unruffled songs' full of hope and joy at village gig

    A DUO who perform 'bright songs for dark times' will play Osmington Village Hall on Saturday, October 12. Edgelarks, formerly known as Hannah Martin and Philip Henry, first played in the village, which is near Weymouth, in 2016 before becoming collectively

  • Eclectic mix of songs at autumn concert

    HEAR the sound of the autumn with a special concert to be given in Dorchester by the Casterbridge Male Voice Choir. Autumn Gold will be performed at the United Church in South Street on Wednesday, October 16 at 7.30pm. The concert will feature

  • Councillors' bid to save two of town's phone boxes

    BT will be asked to keep two Dorchester phone boxes – at Maud Road and Fordington Cross. They are on the list of almost 70 across West Dorset which the phone company wants to remove because, it claims, they get little use. But Dorchester town

  • Weldmar moves to brand new headquarters in Weymouth

    A DORSET cancer charity has moved into brand new headquarters in Weymouth. Trimar House in Westham is the new home for Weldmar Hospicecare services in the town - and the charity's new HQ. It hosts day services for local patients and is a base