WEYMOUTH Trawler Race has been revamped and extended. Now called Weymouth Sea Festival, the charitable event has merged with Waterfest to cover two days - and organisers hope it will rival the town's carnival. The Trawler Race will be bigger than ever
LATE mail deliveries have left a man chasing hospital appointment letters that have already been sent. Dorchester man Colin Adams says he has had to wait until after 5pm several times for mail, including letters about hospital appointments, to be put
VANDALS have desecrated historic gravestones in a nationally-important cemetery on Portland. They wrecked 12 headstones in the St George's Church cemetery, on the junction of Weston Road and Wide Street, in a series of attacks. The gravestones, which
AN APPLICATION for funding for Dorchester Arts Festival has been slated and thrown out by town councillors. Members of Dorchester Town Council's management committee said a report received from the Dorchester Arts Centre is not detailed enough and does
A LEGAL challenge to plans for a £30 million waste treatment plant at Winfrith has been dropped because defeat could land council tax payers with a £100,000 court bill. The decision was made at a special closed-doors session of Purbeck District Council
A WOMAN was recovering today after a terrifying ordeal in which she was trampled by her horse and left stranded in a river for 90 minutes. The 39-year-old woman, who had been out riding in West Dorset, ended up being airlifted to hospital by the coastguard
IF THE spoken word is of interest to you, whether you're a professional or amateur speaker or if you simply enjoy listening to the spoken word in its many forms, then The SpeakEasy Club is for you. Speakeasy is an essential club' for people who enjoy
AFTER roughly 3,500 years, one of the greatest omissions of the literary world has been rectified. Last year, historian Bettany Hughes published Helen of Troy: Goddess, Princess, Whore to bugled acclaim throughout the world. But what was so staggering
ENGLAND'S most popular acoustic roots duo Show of Hands will make their debut at Blandford's Coade Hall Theatre at Bryanston School this month. The gig on Wednesday, November 22, forms part of the band's final UK tour before their much-heralded third
A DISTURBING play with sexual and religious overtones opens at Lighthouse, Poole tonight. The Seduction of Almighty God by the Boy Priest Loftus in the Abbey of Calcetto, 1539 is set during the dissolution of the monasteries, a critical moment in the
JOSEPH AND THE AMAZING TECHNICOLOR DREAMCOAT Weymouth Pavilion by MARION COX AS a musicaL it is nearly 40 years old - but it still continues to pack them in, not bad for a show that started life as a 20-minute
SIDELINED midfielders Jamie Gleeson and James Rowe come under manager Mick Jenkins' spotlight when Dorchester take an under-21 side to play the Royal Navy at the Yeovilton Air Station stadium tonight (7.30pm). The pair have been on the substitutes' bench
WEYMOUTH boss Garry Hill has been out and about looking for potential new signings. The Terras manager is keen to add to his squad and there is the possibility that new faces could be drafted in before the transfer window re-opens in January. Assistant
PRINCE Charles has celebrated his birthday with a right royal do. He took Prince Albert of Monaco on guided tour of his growing Poundbury development in Dorchester. The ruler of the Mediterranean principality joined the Prince of Wales and business leaders
A DORCHESTER sports centre has gone from strength to strength after striking up a partnership with Business Link. St Osmund's Community Sports Centre is celebrating after a four-year collaboration with Business Link led to a 60 per cent increase in turnover
THE last year at care provider Care South was hailed as one of consolidation and expansion. Chairman Felicity Irwin said at its annual meeting that that there was 'consolidation through a period of financial success due to good management, administration
