PORTLANDER Carola Northcott- Deacon, who now lives in Weymouth, returned to the island to celebrate her 70th birthday with a proper Portland do'.

This was held at the Jubilee Hall with a seafood buffet and dancing to the music of Pzazz, whose vocalist serenaded her with the Commodores hit Three Times a Lady.

Carola said: "Instead of gifts, I had asked for cash donations for charity and was able to donate £500 to Portland Bill Coastwatch Station and £200 to CLIC-Sergeant in Weymouth."

Carola is pictured with John Watts and Geoff Peters from the National Coastwatch Institution.