AMBITIOUS developments are scheduled for Weymouth and Portland's marine industry - including a new 600-berth marina. Weymouth and Portland Borough Council has set out its plans to improve the marine sector in the borough. And marina operator Dean &
A SMALL Chinese dish discovered in a cupboard in North Dorset has been sold for £45,000. Experts from Duke's auctioneers of Dorchester discovered the rare dish during a routine house visit. They sold the lot as part a collection of 18th century Chinese
WEST Dorset MP Oliver Letwin performed the honours after villagers reopened their pub near Bridport. He was the guest of honour at the ceremony at the New Inn at Shipton Gorge. Brewers Palmers closed the pub in October last year but agreed to lease
POLICE are warning people to be wary of email lottery offers after a Portland woman paid out more than £2,000. The 62-year-old was convinced she was going to receive a million euros. But almost a fortnight later and £2,227 out of pocket she has yet
THREE volunteers at Whitfield Rural Activities Centre near Dorchester have won recognition in the Dorset and Somerset NHS Awards 2006. Bob Noyce, Peter Moore and Sarah Dominey work four days a week at Whitfield where mental health service users take
WEYMOUTH'S Polish community has grown so big one church now has a monthly mass entirely in Polish. According to one immigrant there could now be up to 3,000 Polish people living in Weymouth and Portland - when five years ago there were only 3,000 Poles
A STREET café plan for Dorchester town centre has been turned down. German coffee house and household goods chain Tchibo had been operating the street café in South Street. The firm had asked West Dorset District Council for permission to site four
FAMILY and friends have paid tribute to a dedicated Weymouth councillor who came to the town by chance. Vic Day spent 12 years as councillor for West Weymouth after he and his wife took a gamble by haphazardly sticking a pin in a map of Britain. He
VILLAGERS have banded together to get fit. Like-minded residents have joined forces to start fitness classes in Cattistock. Val Griffin began the sessions after discovering that existing classes were too far away, difficult to travel to or held late
