IT WAS one of our best offers of 2006 and now we're bringing it to you again... but this year there's even more to offer. This is your chance to enjoy FREE entry to both Weymouth Sea Life Park & Marine Sanctuary and Pirate Adventure Mini Golf during
IT was a wet and windy night both outside and inside for Lyme Regis Pantomime Society's production of Robinson Crusoe, produced and directed by Ken Loader. A depleted opening-night crowd made up for it in the panto spirit to yell and hiss their way
OPEN House Productions' premier performance of Oliver unearthed an impressive wealth of talent. The venue lacked the capabilities of a theatre, making it difficult for many rows to see action on the floor at the front, and the orchestra, although commendable
A PUBLIC debate on the Weymouth Relief Road is to be held on Friday, March 2. The Ocean Room at the Weymouth Pavilion is set to host the important event which will give members of the public the chance to speak for or against the plans. Dorset County
CONTROVERSIAL plans for a Tetra mast on top of the Keep Military Museum in Dorchester have been rejected by councillors. Telecommunications firm Airwave O2 had applied to West Dorset District Council to site one their masts on top of the listed building
YOBS smashed up babies' gravestones at a historic Portland cemetery. The attacks at St George's Church come just weeks after 14 headstones had been repaired following vandalism last November. Six headstones were targeted at the Weston Road graveyard
A LIFELINE has been cut after the plug was pulled on a project for people with special needs. The 'regretful' decision by the national charity United Response to shut its drop-in and skills centre Project Evolve in Weymouth town centre due to funding
COUNCIL tax is going up after Dorset County Council agreed a budget that will take its share of the average household bills through the £1,000 barrier. People in Band D properties will fork out £1,048.95 a year from April for the county council part
UNIVERSITY students have honoured the memory of medical student Ben Preston, who died after falling from cliff tops on the Dorset coast. Benjamin's family, from Evershot, near Dorchester, travelled to Guy's Hospital in London for a remembrance service
5: IGGY & THE STOOGES I Got A Right/Gimme Some Skin (Siamese, 1977) WHEN I belatedly realised that I'd completely missed out Raw Power by Iggy & The Stooges from my top 100 albums list, I stumbled around in a stupor for days, muttering "whaaa?" and
Thursday: A well deserved night off, ended up taking the children to Charlie Chalks for tea so maybe it would have been better to train. Don't get me wrong I love my children like loads, it's just everyone else's that make too much noise!!!
DR HOOK HITS AND HISTORY (EMI) SLADE B-SIDES/SLADE IN FLAME/NOBODY'S FOOLS (Salvo) WHEN I first saw Dr Hook on the telly, somewhere around 1972, I loved them. Then they started having that seemingly unending succession of gloopy hit singles, and
A PASSIONTIDE Concert featuring Haydn's Stabat Mater takes place on Saturday, March 10 in St Michael's Church, Colehill, near Wimborne. It will featuring the Wessex Singers and Wimborne Chamber Orchestra and be conducted by Christopher Dowie. The concert
WITNESS theatrical brilliance as Theatre Alibi returns to Bridport Arts Centre with its latest show. Caught, which comes to the venue on Tuesday, February 27, is a twisting tale. In 1609, while on the run for killing a man, Caravaggio paints his wonderful
A VALENTINE'S Day barn dance is taking place tomorrow. The caller will be Rosie Longhurt and music will be provided by local band No Strings Attached. The dance is on Saturday, February 17 at 7.30pm in Upton Community Centre, Poole Road near Poole.
HEARTWARMING musical Annie is at the Regent Centre in Christchurch tomorrow and next week. The excellent company Swish of the Curtain return with the tale of the red-headed orphan who brightens the lives of all around her. Peppered with fantastically
THE Let's Kill Music indie electro disco is making its debut at The Consortium in Bournemouth tonight. DJs will be spinning the best indie, electro and new rave anthems from 9pm to 4am and entry is free all night. THERE'S a Delete Net Label Party
A MIDSUMMER'S NIGHT DREAM Blandford School By BECKY MEWTIMER A MIDSUMMER Night's dream directed by Becky Mutimer, Roger Carter and ex student Lee Harris delighted the audience at The Blandford School. The production, using some of the theatrical techniques
THERE is a wealth of great drama and music - occasionally combined - on offer this weekend. Students at Wey Valley are half-way through a three-day run of their excellent adaptation of Rogers and Hammerstein's Oklahoma! Set at the time when the Indian
Spencer was mascot for Stoke against Wolves on 13th Jan and got to meet players and dine in the Waddington Suite. This is a picture of Spencer with Duberry Stokes captain before the game.
PREPARE to be hooked all over again as one of the greatest voices in the history of rock returns to Dorset. As the lead singer and main songwriter with the legendary Dr Hook, Dennis Locorriere wowed the world with his voice and ability to capture a catchy
DORCHESTER will bid to tame the Dragons tomorrow when they face Basingstoke Town at the Avenue Stadium (3pm). Magpies' manager Mick Jenkins believes the Nationwide Conference South play-offs remain a possibility, however, he has begun to look over his
WEY VALLEY SCHOOL'S OKLAHOMA! Weymouth Pavilion By RUTH MEECH IT is not just the deer and the antelope that are at home on the range. And anyone who thinks otherwise should pop down to Weymouth Pavilion sometime between now and Saturday to see 70
WEYMOUTH player-boss Jason Tindall is expected to include a trio of new signings in his squad to face York City in Nationwide Conference National tomorrow. The Terras sealed the three deals yesterday and the ex-AFC Bourne-mouth man is optimistic that
RATHER a packed week, this one. Firstly we have the latest Local Legends night in the Lazy Lizard to contend with - a rather stupendous double-header featuring The Daze and Paisley (Lazy Lizard, Weymouth, tonight). A close look at The Daze's Myspace
A BOAT owner from Weymouth is facing jail after he was found guilty of killing an employee who perished in a fire on his yacht. Jurors at Winchester Crown Court found Philip Wyman guilty of manslaughter after nearly two days of deliberations. Mr Wyman
EXPERT Paul Pettigrew has stressed the importance of training before he appears at the Hospitality South conference in March. He has today warned that the hospitality industry must be made more attractive as a career - particularly with the 'once in
RED Rum won the Grand National, the Queen celebrated her Golden Jubilee and Star Wars first hit the silver screen in the year Jo Windell started work at Tecan in Weymouth. The year was 1977 and former Wren Jo began work as a shop floor operative at the
