Archive
-
Date
Terras: Yetton pounces to send Weymouth back to the summit
WEYMOUTH 1 ST NEOTS 0 RESOLUTE Weymouth produced an efficient display to overcome St Neots Town at the Bob Lucas Stadium and in turn reclaim their place at the top of the Evo-Stik Southern Premier League. Stewart Yetton was at it once again
-
Date
January Ah Yes I Will Remember It Well...
It’s a new year, and its “in with the new and a fond farewell to the old”, but there are still some reliable constants that keep hanging in throughout the good times and the bad. The Park Community Centre held their 1st Community Quiz of
-
Date
Firefighters attend vehicle fire in Stalbridge
A FAULTY fuel pump was the cause of a vehicle fire in Stalbridge. The incident happened earlier this evening along Station Road at around 6pm. One retained appliance from Sturminster Newton was mobilised. Crews arrived on the scene to find
-
Date
Football: Terras live match updates
9:41pm Terras 1 St Neots 0 Big win for the Terras which sees them return to the league summit. %if(after3) %if(after7)
-
Date
Handbag stolen from unattended vehicle in Dorchester
A HANDBAG has been reported stolen after being left in an unattended vehicle in Dorchester. The theft occurred between 2.30pm and 3.30pm in Maiden Castle car park earlier today. The vehicle's front window was smashed to allow the offender
-
Date
Rugby: Rampant Puddletown bag bonus-point win
WIMBORNE III 12 PUDDLETOWN 34 FIVE-TRY Puddletown secured a bonus-point win at Wimborne to keep up their pursuit of the top three sides in the league. The home side applied all the early pressure but Puddletown were first on the scoresheet
-
Date
Football: Possums prevail over rusty Town
PORTLAND TOWN 1 PORTESHAM UNITED 3 PORTLAND Town suffered a belated new year’s hangover, as they were rocked by resolute Portesham United. Returning to action after six weeks without a game, their last contest coming against Parley Sports Reserves
-
Date
Rugby: Seventh heaven for Weymouth & Portland
NEW MILTON II 8 WEYMOUTH & PORTLAND 43 TWO Steve Nation-Grainger tries and 13 points from Bryn Llewellyn helped Weymouth & Port-land secure the first win of Paul Harding’s second spell in charge. The visitors scored crossed the New
-
Date
A35 cleared in Bridport after two car crash
The A35 was blocked following a two car collision on East Road near the Texaco garage in Bridport. Dorset Police said they were called at around 4.15pm to a collision between a blue MG car, registered to a woman from Bridport, and an orange Daewoo
-
Date
In the Dock: Portland and Weymouth
PORTLAND LEVI ADAM MOORE AKA LEVI ADAM FOWLER, aged 23, of Greenhill Terrace, Portland. Admitted to possessing a kitchen knife in a public place. Committed to prison for 12 weeks suspended for 12 months. Ordered to pay £85 costs. WEYMOUTH
-
Date
In the Dock: Dorchester, West Dorset and North Dorset
DORCHESTER DANIEL NICHOLAS STOPFORD, aged 30, of Alfred Road, Dorchester. Admitted to theft from a shop to the value of £109.99. Also admitted to theft from a shop to the value of £72.76. Also admitted to theft from a shop to the value of unknown
-
Date
Trespasser causes delay at Dorchester South train station
A TRESPASSER at Dorchester South train station caused a brief delay to rail services this afternoon. South West Trains reported on its Twitter feed that the 12.35pm London Waterloo to Weymouth service was being delayed at the county town station
-
Date
Police and Crime Commissioner to visit Dorchester
DORSET Police and Crime Commissioner Martyn Underhill will be visiting Dorchester to hear residents’ views on community safety, crime and policing. He will also visit the Dorset Advocacy Service and speak at a Holocaust Memorial event at the Corn
-
Date
Hope Elizabeth Whitty born into large family
PROUD Crossways parents Keiron Whitty and Leoni Ling received a special Christmas delivery as they welcomed their daughter Hope into the world. Hope Elizabeth Whitty was born at 11.01pm on Christmas Eve at Dorset County Hospital, weighing 8lb 6oz
-
Date
Pamela Seaton MBE steps down after 30 years of helping charity
A FUNDRAISING stalwart is celebrating bowing out after more than 30 years at a Dorchester charity. Pamela Seaton MBE has worked with the Dorset Youth Association in various roles since 1981 and she is now retiring. She has worked for the DYA
-
Date
Emma Wilson named Young Sailor of the Year
A DORSET teen is celebrating after scooping the Yachting Journalists’ Association coveted accolade, the Young Sailor of the Year award. Emma Wilson, 15, from Christchurch, was given the trophy as she came into shore while training at Weymouth and
-
Date
Platinum Dance School standing strong against cancer with charity entertainment evening
A DANCE school based in Weymouth and Portland will stand up to cancer by hosting an evening of entertainment. Platinum Dance School, which has four main branches in Portland, Preston, Broadmayne and Weymouth, is organising a charity event that
-
Date
UPDATE: Man dies after fall from multi-storey car park
-
Date
Dorset’s booming entrepreneurial businesses to get a boost from a support group
A SURGE in entrepreneurs setting up their own companies has led to a business-support organisation expanding the services it offers. WSX Enterprise, which specialises in offering support and advice to start-ups, has redesigned its website to offer
-
Date
Tributes paid to long-serving West Dorset councillor Bob Stenhouse
COUNCILLORS have paid tribute to one of their own following the death of Bob Stenhouse. Mr Stenhouse served on West Dorset District Council for 16 years and on Cerne Abbas Parish Council for more than 50 years. Chairman of West Dorset District
-
Date
Comedy night to help replace under 7s stolen football kit
A comedy night is being organised to raise money for an under-7s football team whose equipment was stolen. Lucinda Helms, from Portland, is raising money for Harlequin and Weston Boys football team to provide safer storage space. The night
-
Date
County’s caring community raises £16,000
CARE homes in Dorset rallied together last year to raise nearly £16,000 for good causes. Residents and families at eleven Colten Care homes hosted fundraising fetes, coffee mornings, dinners, and raffles. Meanwhile, team members were encouraged
-
Date
Hitting the heights for a good cause
TWO friends will be taking on a charity challenge to climb three peaks in aid of a children’s charity. Jackie Rogerson, 52, and Lee Ager, 39, both from Weymouth, will be supporting WellChild, a charity that looks after sick youngsters and helps
-
Date
4,000 women taken on 500 mile relay to celebrate WI centenary
MORE than 4,300 women will participate in a 500-mile Dorset relay to celebrate the centenary of the WI. One of the first-ever Women’s Institutes was formed in Wallisdown in 1915. Branches soon formed across Dorset including one in Upwey and
-
Date
Taking steps to help country’s heroes
A FORMER army officer from Dorset raised £13,500 for homeless ex-servicemen by walking to London. Harry Bucknall is a former Coldstream Guards officer and travel writer from Child Okeford near Blandford. Together with friend Jock Davis, a sergeant
-
Date
£250k boost for cancer patients
THOUSANDS of coffee mornings held in Dorset have helped to raise £250,000 to help in the battle against cancer. More than 2,700 coffee mornings were held across Dorset in a UK-wide charity event last year raising a massive £250,000 for Macmillan
-
Date
Winter campaign gives elderly essential kit to stay safe and warm
AN EXTRA 350 elderly people are set to receive some cold-weather essentials thanks to a successful campaign. The Surviving Winter Appeal, managed by Dorset Community Foundation, supports older and vulnerable people through donations of the winter
-
Date
Propaganda over our NHS
I fully concur with Simon Bowkett, Labour’s prospective parliamentary candidate for South Dorset, that Dorset County Hospital’s A&E is worthy of praise, not just now during the extreme pressure they are under, but always. It is, though, obvious
-
Date
Why the truth can hurt
It seems that the truth hurts, then? And it is also evident that Giovanna Lewis and the Barry Thompson, chairman of the Dorchester Labour Party, cannot see the woods for the trees. Or, in other words, are in denial (Have Your Say, January 14).
-
Date
Owl called Oscar joins the fun at Fancy’s Farm
HEADS have been left turning at a Portland farm thanks to a new arrival. Oscar the barn owl is the latest animal to perch up at Fancy’s Farm, adding to the wide variety of animals that already live on site. The community farm, which is based at
-
Date
Who was the Mayor of Weymouth in 1937?
Sometime in 1937 my family lived above Roberts Shoe Shop in Westham Road. My father Albert was on leave from the Royal Navy and was entrusted to take me to the shops – he promptly lost me. I was found, crying no doubt, by the Mayor of Weymouth
-
Date
Take That star Mark Owen visits West Dorset cafè
HE had come a long way, but we're pretty sure he knows where he's been after Take That superstar Mark Owen was spotted in West Dorset. The singer, who shot to fame in the 90s with the boyband sensation, visited the Hive Beach Cafè in Burton Bradstock
-
Date
Former pupil takes the stage this weekend
A FORMER West Dorset dance pupil will return when Gracefool Collective land in Bridport this weekend. Rachel Fullegar started her love for dance in Bernard Gale’s School of Dance, the Lyric School of Dance and Bridport pantomime – before embarking
-
Date
The Only Way is West Dorset for TV star's new fitness business
Two local entrepreneurs have teamed up with a fashion and television personality to launch a new fitness business. Luke Hayter and Nicole Attrill, both from Bridport, have set up the project with The Only Way Is Essex star Sam Faiers. ‘Celebrity
-
Date
WW1 watch to be reunited with family Down Under after spending a century in Weymouth
A WATCH that was left in Weymouth by an Australian soldier during the First World War will finally be returned to his family Down Under. Herbert Robert Lack, known as Robert, gave his watch to a young woman in a Weymouth general store in lieu of
-
Date
Dance delight as performers head to the Lighthouse
ANOTHER season of top-quality dance is heading to Lighthouse, Poole’s Centre for the Arts. One of the UK’s most exciting contemporary artists, Hofesh Shecter brings his disruptive new work Sun to Poole on January 27. An expanded company of
-
Date
£1.5m community fund up for grabs if wind farm plans get green light
VIEWS on a wind farm proposed for a site near Dorchester were aired at a meeting at Kingston Maurward College. The college hosted a Community Liaison Group, which gave people involved with the plans and the community a chance to discuss the proposals
-
Date
Dorchester woman, 70, takes on skydive challenge for Diverse Abilities charity
A SEPTUAGENARIAN with a head for heights is calling on others to join her in a sky high charity challenge. Tina Hicks, from Dorchester, is taking on a skydive to mark her 70th birthday and to raise funds for Dorset charity Diverse Abilities.
-
Date
Terras: Reaction needed after double league setback
MANAGER Jason Matthews insists Weymouth are hoping to “make a statement” this evening, as they head into battle with dangerous St Neots Town at the Bob Lucas Stadium (7.45pm). The Saints, managed by David Batch since the end of last month, were
-
Date
Cricket: Chairman's delight at Dorchester's top tier status
DORCHESTER chairman Mark Derrien has expressed his delight at the decision to include the county town outfit in this summer’s new-look Dorset Premier League. The Dorset Cricket Board have chosen Dorchester as one of 10 teams to make up their restructured
-
Date
HACKED, STOLEN & SOLD:One in nine Dorset residents have identity stolen online
SHOCK figures reveal that one in nine Dorset residents have had private information stolen and sold to crooks by internet hackers. A staggering 81,326 personal information files ranging from names and addresses to credit and debit card details