TEENAGER Amy Chick today called for backing for a new charter fighting for carers and disabled children - including her sister Katie. Amy, 16, who is studying to be a hairdresser at Weymouth College, helps look after her 12-year-old sister Katie, who
ANGRY residents of a Weymouth cul-de-sac are being kept in the dark - having been without street lighting for nearly two weeks. Chris Steadman, from Weyview Crescent, in Broadwey, warned that inhabitants were up in arms over the lack of response since
WEYMOUTH Doonan Wildcats chairman Phil Bartlett believes it is imperative that his riders make home advantage count when they entertain the Buxton Hitmen in the second round first leg of the Knockout Cup at the Wessex Stadium on Friday. The first leg
YEOVIL Town boss Russell Slade refused to get down after yesterday's 2-0 defeat in the Coca-Cola League One Play-Off final at Wembley. More than 25,000 fans of the Somerset outfit made the trip to the new national stadium but they watched their men totally
DORCHESTER 172-5 (19) beat BOURNEMOUTH 3rds 170-9 by five wickets DORCHESTER skipper Mark Derrien believes next week's visit to Stalbridge will decide which team will become the early favourites for the Dorset Funeral Plan League Division One title.
WEYMOUTH 275-9 (25pts) beat BLANDFORD 211 all-out (9pts) by 64 runs SKIPPER Dean Janaway hit a stunning century as the Seasiders got back to winning ways at Blandford in the Dorset Funeral Plan League Premier Division. Just like Michael Vaughan did
HOMETOWN fighter Chris Harris produced a sparkling display and lit up a great evening of boxing at the Trinity Club in Dorchester. The show, staged by the county town's Amateur Boxing Club, included 14 breathtaking bouts with five of them under the Golden
TWO major plans are in the pipeline to upgrade facilities at Weymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy for the Olympic sailing events in 2012. The first includes the reclamation of land from Portland Harbour in order to extend the existing slipways
DRUMMING rhythms and colourful costumes made a thrilling town centre parade as part of Dorchester Festival. Shoppers enjoyed the spectacle as Dorchester Samba Band led a carnival procession through town and up to Maumbury Rings. The parade featured
Monday 28th May - We have broken the £7k mark, HURRAH! Now it's on to £8k............anything is possible.
A MAJOR new 20-unit business park is being lined up for the outskirts of Weymouth. Goadsby has announced the launch of Cliff View Business Park, on land next to the Granby Industrial Estate in Chickerell. Business leaders welcomed the news and claimed
SWIMMING legend Mervyn Sharp from Weymouth has been honoured in the United States for his record-breaking achievements. The former 'King of the Channel' has just returned from Florida where he was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame
BAR worker Malcolm Hodge, 47, of Westham, Weymouth, said smokers will just have to put up with the ban. He said: "I've got to lump it. I smoke socially and I would love to stop, perhaps it might give me the encouragement to do it. "It will be interesting
TWO schemes to build apartments and flats in Weymouth could both get the go-ahead from planners. The plans are for the 12-bedroom Glenburn Hotel and the former Furzey Court care home, both on Preston Road. Devon and Dorset Properties wants permission
ORGANISERS of the Weymouth Sea Festival declared Sunday's festivities a 'washout' and are hoping the skies hold out for today's bumper celebration. The Bank Holiday downpour meant a large part of yesterday's entertainment, including all the water-based
ONE of the highlights of this year's Dorchester Festival is today's performance by The Hardy Players. Resurrected from the days of Thomas Hardy and led by the indomitable Norrie Woodall - who performed in Hardy's time - they will be introduced by playwright
LOCAL food has been on the receiving end of a lot of attention over the last few years. So much so that you could be forgiven for thinking that the county has only recently come into its own as a gastronomes' mecca. But a flick through Jo Draper's updated
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