Archive
-
Date
scout football tournament a scorching success
AFTER all the hype and headlines at long last the day of the scout football tournament arrived. It appears it was also the cue for summer to arrive with temperatures soaring into the 80s. As the scout motto is be prepared' the arriving teams brought
-
Date
playgroup 'chuffed' with generous gifts
CROSSWAYS playgroup children had a wonderful surprise waiting for them when they arrived for school. In the main hall were two rather splendid pedal vehicles which proved instant hits with all. The toys are a train and a fire engine and were ordered
-
Date
Pop in Place show will razzle dazzle you
Bere Regis PERFORMERS from the ages of five years to 86 years are to take to the stage for the Pop in Place's performance of Razzamatazz and All That Jazz on Saturday May 17 in the Drax Hall at 3pm and 7pm.. It is a show to send its audience home
-
Date
I'm uncomfortable with turning a blind eye to Esplanade cycling
I REFER to the item Go ahead and break the law' (Echo, May 7) about cyclists being told they can ignore the no cycling' signs on Weymouth seafront. Is the council really able to tell cyclists that the police force will turn a blind eye if they break
-
Date
Art exhibition for military heroes
ART lovers will be hailing heroes from the armed forces at an event in Dorset. The Art For Heroes exhibition and sale will be staged at the Digby Church Hall, Digby Road, Sherborne, from 10am to 5pm on Saturday, May 31. Entrance is free and all profits
-
Date
Rush to sea leads to rescues.
COASTGUARDS are facing a busy weekend. People flocked to the sea as temperatures soared on Saturday and Sunday. The fishing boat Kid You Not, with three people on board, was towed back to Weymouth by Meridian Express after suffering engine failure off
-
Date
Drink and stupidity blamed for capsize drama
TWO drunken youths were plunged into the sea at 3am today after taking a dinghy for a joy ride at Studland beach. They were found in the sea at 4am - with one of them clinging to a buoy - after the white wooden boat capsized. Coastguards warned that
-
Date
Firefighters called out to blaze in Sherborne
FIREFIGHTERS were called to a blaze in the kitchen of a care home in Sherborne today. They were called to the building in the Westbridge Park area of town at 11am. Staff had extinguished the fire by the time the two crews arrived. A tea towel had been
-
Date
Police in high speed drama
FOUR men led police on a high speed pursuit from Weymouth to Ferndown early today. They sped off in blue BMW when stopped by officers in Weymouth at 8.14am. Police followed them in a 'high speed pursuit' across the county before they stopepd near Tesco
-
Date
Digital switchover just a year away
THERE IS now only one year left until the digital switchover for televisions in West Dorset. On Wednesday, May 6, 2009 the Stockland Hill transmitter group which serves West Dorset and neighbouring counties will be leading the switchover in the West
-
Date
What restrictions on blue badge holders' parking?
I too was amazed at the number of cars parked on double yellow lines in East Street, Weymouth ("Illegal parking will cause more rows", Echo, May 3). When talking to a couple who had just parked, I was told they were blue badge holders and perfectly entitled
-
Date
£4,000 lottery grant for singing group
A WEYMOUTH-based women's singing group has been awarded nearly £4,000 by the National Lottery for a new music project. Wacapella has received an Awards for All grant of £3,910 to help them run a host of workshops and devise new music. The group is now
-
Date
Wildcats crush Crusaders
Conference League WEYMOUTH DOONAN WILDCATS 61 SITTINGBOURNE CRUSADERS 31 WEYMOUTH Doonan Wildcats made a huge statement on Saturday night by hammering the Sittingbourne Crusaders at the Wessex Stadium. After last Monday's frustrating 48-45 defeat
