A tasty starter to get foodies and live music fans in the mood for Glastonbury, Upton House Food and Music Festival, taking place June 14th – 16th, in Poole, is a sure fire feast for all the senses – a family day out in beautiful surroundings with
A POPULAR open-air market is set to return to Charmouth next month. Every Monday from May 27 until September, the market will return with traders setting up shop. Before 2020, the market used to run every week in the village and was popular
Looking for something fun to do with the kids this year, check out these family friendly events right on your doorstep. From music festivals to food events, there is something for all tastes. Bryanston Summer Fair Taking place May 25 – 26,
SEATS on Swanage Town Council are being heavily fought this Thursday (2nd) with election contests in both of the town’s six-seat wards. At Wareham seventeen candidates have put their names forward for the sixteen seats with no Conservatives listed
A new café providing a safe space for people living with dementia is due to open. Selwood House Care Home on Chestnut Road, Charlton Down has announced the launch of a monthly community venture called the Forget-me-not café which will support
A primary school’s vision has received praise from inspectors who said it was ‘highly inclusive and welcoming.’ The Statutory Inspection of Anglican and Methodist Schools (SIAMS) published a report on Motcombe Primary School. Inspectors visited
PUBLIC comments have backed a proposal for a new coffee bar and ice cream kiosk at Shore Road, Swanage. A planning request has been made to Dorset Council for the free-standing converted shipping container for a temporary period of five years.
A 90-year-old woman says she can't use a riverside walk because she can't get her mobility scooter past a safety barrier. Amanda Dore would like to use the path next to the River Frome in Dorchester as she says it's a lovely spot but also it provides
A MAN who was found near his car 'with no clothes on and smelling of alcohol' has been disqualified from driving. Rokas Kuprescenka, 26, appeared at Weymouth Magistrates’ Court on Friday, April 26 to plead guilty to failing to provide a specimen
NO Conservatives or Liberal Democrats are contesting any of the Portland Town Council seats in this Thursday's town council election. Several of the candidates have listed themselves as Independent and just one as a Green Party candidate.
A MAN exposed his bottom and slapped his buttocks in front of a dad and his 11-year-old daughter, a court heard. Kieron Dowell, 36, pleaded guilty at Weymouth Magistrates Court on Friday, April 26 to an act outraging public decency. It happened
A BELOVED car that has belonged to the same family for the past 73 years is being sold at an auction. The same family has owned a 1936 Austin 10 Clifton Tourer since 1951 and is now being sold in the Charterhouse classic & vintage car auction
MAJOR improvements have been promised by the National Trust country house and estate this year. Approval has been given by Dorset Council for the landowners at Kingston Lacy to upgrade the car park, toilet facilities and welcome building.
THE owner of a Dorset bar has promised to cut back on his hours and look at ways of reducing noise from the premises. The pledge comes after neighbours forced a hearing into his premises licence after months of complaints. A local councillor
A football club is hosting a charity game during a family fun day in honour of a former player who died. Sherborne Town Football Club and Sherborne Town Youth Football Club are coming together for a family-fun day at their stadium at Raleigh Grove
A popular jumble sale is set to return to a community in Dorset for the ninth time. Residents on Monmouth Road and the surrounding streets in Dorchester will be holding a jumble trail for the ninth time in recent years. It is scheduled to take
A PUB landlord has told of his mammoth cycle adventure to raise money for good causes. Liam Coles and two locals cycled more than 700 miles across Europe - smashing their fundraising target. Liam, co-owner of the Lugger Inn at Chickerell, embarked
BRIDPORT have a clear objective in their final game of the season at Axminster Town this evening (7.30pm). Chris Herbst’s men are currently second and know victory at Tiger Way will mean they can only be overtaken by Crediton, while also securing
SHERBORNE TOWN RES 0 DORCHESTER SPORTS 4 DORCHESTER Sports are one victory away from securing sixth place in the Dorset Premier League following a 4-0 win at Sherborne Town Reserves. Ashley James’ men must beat title-chasing Blandford United
FORMULA Kite phenomenon Connor Bainbridge revelled in a ‘rollercoaster’ Last Chance Regatta that ended in him securing an Olympic quota place for Team GB. The Weymouth racer took top spot in Hyeres, France, to secure his nation a ninth and final
The investigation into a major two-lorry crash that closed the A35 for around 20 hours continues. Police received a report at 6.35pm on Wednesday, April 10 of the crash on the A35 near Winterbourne Abbas involving a white Isuzu Tipper lorry and
WHY all the fuss about Taylor Swift? In my opinion she has a very average unmemorable voice and appears to be only able to write songs that are simplistic and bordering on the childish. Geoffrey Lindley Address supplied
A WOMAN with a ‘passion for birds of prey’ plans to open the first falconry school in Dorset. Since gaining her raptor awards assessor qualification, Bobbie King, 22, has become the first and only person in Dorset to be qualified to teach falconry
WEYMOUTH manager Mark Molesley’s two-year deal with the Terras is effectively full-time, chairman Paul Maitland has confirmed. Molesley in April rejoined the Terras having left in 2020 to join Southend United after piloting Weymouth to back-to-back
MOVING house is a gamble of sorts. Do you know the area well enough? Will it be a good investment in your future? Is there potential to build as the years go by? Dorchester Town manager Tom Killick will have been asking those kinds
CLIMATE campaigners hosted a stall in Dorchester urging voters to convince politicians to do more to tackle climate change. On Saturday morning (27 April), volunteers with the Climate Vote campaign took their stall to South Street in Dorchester
Community groups are being reminded to apply for grants to commemorate the 80th anniversary of D-Day. Weymouth Town Council is offering funding of up to £350 for community, voluntary and charitable organisations- with a total of £3,500 up for grabs
THOUSANDS of people visited a Dorset Museum in a sellout event. 4500 visitors attended the record-breaking sell-out Tiger Day at The Tank Museum in Bovington, to see the world’s only running Tiger I tank in action. The Tiger 131 runs only twice
A community in Weymouth have reacted to a shocking arson attack at a block of flats. Two recycling bins inside the communal storage area directly under Abigail Apartments in Greenhill were intentionally set ablaze in the early hours of the morning
