Archive
-
Date
Dancing Feet prepare for summer
YOUNGSTERS with the dancing bug are in for a treat this summer. Dancing Feet is a company set up in 2007 to provide short dance summer school courses to children aged between seven and 10 years. For the past two years it has run successful and increasingly
-
Date
Thanks for the support over West Dorset pubs
THE unanimous vote of about 150 people voting in favour of compulsory purchase of both the Old Swan at Toller Porcorum and the Three Cups at Lyme Regis, on Social, Economic and Environmental grounds, was very heartening. I would like to thank all who
-
Date
Caring county angels explain why they became nurses
PATIENTS have been celebrating ‘angels without wings’ who cared for them when at their lowest ebb. Nurses from Dorset County Hospital dressed in uniforms from Florence Nightingale’s era to mark National Nurses Day and to raise awareness about their contributions
-
Date
Weymouth Rowing Club says 'beat the gigs and seize some pirate treasure'
PIRATES let their cutlasses do the talking on Weymouth seafront. Members of Weymouth Rowing Club are donning fancy dress to persuade people to enter their Pirate Fun Run. They will be asking passers-by to get from one end of the seafront to the other
-
Date
Bay City Rollers concert promises a feast of family fun
THE ORGANISER of a charity concert at Dorchester Town Football Club is promising a feast of family entertainment. Steve Charles has lined up top acts including Bay City Rollers star Eric Faulkner for this Saturday’s concert and he is hoping it proves
-
Date
Pupils bid 'do widzenia' to their Polish teacher
DO widzenia – pupils bid ‘goodbye’ to their Polish teaching assistant at a Weymouth primary school. The youngsters said their farewells to Anna Borowska after she finished her eight months placement at St Augustine’s Catholic Primary School in Hardy
-
Date
£5m Island project to build memorial to extinct species
AN AMBITIOUS £5million project to create an extinct species memorial on Portland has been unveiled. And this weekend stone-carvers will begin to chip away at the founding blocks for the scheme. A festival is being organised at Bowers Quarry tomorrow
-
Date
Echo readers save the day for 'bride in black' Lin
BRIDE Lin Evans is marrying her sweetheart at Portland Castle today in a black dress after a kind-hearted resident came to the rescue. Goth fan Lin of Wyke Regis, Weymouth, told how a series of mishaps securing the right outfit meant her special day
-
Date
Noisy pub-goers and clubbers to be given lollies to pipe down
NOISY pub punters and clubbers in West Dorset will be given lollipops to keep them quiet on their way home. Pubs and clubs around Dorchester and in other towns will be armed with a stash of sweets to hand out to customers leaving their premises. The
-
Date
Westham teens say sorry - and call for youth club
A GROUP of teenagers have apologised for causing anti-social behaviour in Westham and are striving for change in their neighbourhood. Two weeks ago Dorset Police issued a Section 30 dispersal order on areas in Westham to tackle anti-social
-
Date
Cats out to hurt Hornets
WEYMOUTH Doonan Wildcats will fight “tooth and nail” for victory at the Newport Hornets tonight (7pm), according to chairman Phil Bartlett. The Wildcats topped the National League after last Friday’s home win over the Rye House Cobras but a
-
Date
Watson eyes the open
WEYMOUTH professional Michael Watson has enjoyed a bright start to the year and remains intent on making both the PGA Cup squad and The Open, writes Ky Capel. Watson, who works alongside fellow pro Jon Bevan at the Wessex Golf Centre, triumphed by just
-
Date
Dorchester's pride and passion
DORCHESTER skipper Mar-tyn Richards believes that “passion and pride” will help guide his men to their first victory of the season. The reigning Dorset Premier League champions have suffered successive defeats in their opening two fixtures but tomorrow
-
Date
Trotter can handle the pressure
DAVID Trotter admits the pressure will be on him at Stalbridge tomorrow (1.30pm). Weymouth’s captain make his first appearance of the Dorest Premier League season after recovering from a knee ligament injury. And while the former Minor
-
Date
Blues blasted in Grove finale
PORTLAND UNITED 1 WINCANTON TOWN 7 CHAMPIONS Portland United went out with a whimper as they rounded off their season with a heavy defeat to a red-hot Wincanton Town last night. The Grove Corner finale saw the Blues parade their Dorset Premier
