SEAN Walbridge is determined to bring Minor Counties cricket back to south west Dorset. The county side have played exclusively at Bournemouth's Dean Park since the late 1990s. Previously, Dorset were regular visitors to Weymouth and Dorchester and
NEW probes are to be carried out near homes on a former landfill site in Weymouth amid concerns over the build-up of gases and land contamination. A report out today into tests carried out in the Symonds Close, Monmouth Avenue and Weymouth Rugby Club
A RIVER is rising rapidly after a conservation group stepped in to repair a broken sluice gate. Nottington villager Pete Bennett now has to stand in waders in the River Wey behind his house, which had been reduced to a trickle after a broken sluice gate
BOOK and film fans can discuss The Da Vinci Code tomorrow night with a priest and a pint. A Weymouth vicar is hosting a debate on the controversial novel in a seafront pub. The bestselling book has caused a stir in the Christian church because the
TEAMS are being invited to enter a four-legged pub race to get Dorchester Carnival off to a flying start on Friday. The runners in teams of three will be tied together and sent off to call at six pubs on a route through the county town. Glasses of beer
LAW firm Battens has appointed its 15th director as it continues a major shake-up of the business. Managing director David Stephens welcomed Leanne Weatherill as she was promoted in the business, which has offices in Weymouth and Dorchester. Ms Weatherill
A MAJOR cider innovation award has been won by Nick Poole and the Powerstock Cider Festival. They have become the first Dorset winners of the Royal Bath & West of England Society's Cider Innovation Award, which was announced at this year Royal Bath &
PROUD plant owner Valerie Collin was amazed at the spectacular success of plants growing out of rubble in her Portland garden. She said she didn't plant the echium blooms or do anything to cultivate them, but that they have grown to more than 12ft high
