As from September 10, I will no longer be the manager of the ClicSargent charity shop in Weymouth. I want to thank you all for your support and friendship over the past thirteen and a half years. Thanks to all the schools, churches, ladies' meetings
RADIPOLE Lane in Weymouth has been closed while engineers carry out emergency repairs on a gas leak. Scotia Gas Networks shut the road to traffic in both directions earlier this morning following reports of a smell of gas in the area. Motorists are
POLICE in Weymouth and Portland are set to use pedal power to patrol the streets. Officers will be hopping aboard a new fleet of bikes - complete with flashing blue lights and sirens - to police the borough. The move comes after a successful trial into
THE construction of a £1,505,000 children's centre at a Weymouth school was approved by county councillors. But planning permission still needs to be given for the proposed facility at Conifers Primary School in Radipole Lane. A report read by members
SAND lizards from Marwell Zoo are being released at Dorset Wildlife Trust's Coombe Heath reserve near Wool. The sand lizard is the most threatened of Britain's six reptile species and has suffered from massive loss of heathland habitat due to urban development
THE landmark George III statue on Weymouth Esplanade is to be given a makeover, thanks to a refurbishment project. The restoration and repainting work will cost more than £30,000 - at least 60 times what it actually cost to build the entire statue and
LYME Bay's sensitive marine environment needs more legal protection, a university researcher claimed today. The picturesque stretch of coast is home to protected species such as the Pink Sea Fan which Tom Appleby from Bristol University's School of Law
THE biggest primary school in Dorset has welcomed 704 pupils to class for the first time. Children from the new Holy Trinity Church of England Primary School and Community Nursery gave their school the official thumbs-up as the £8.5m building was unveiled
Although the subject of Seagulls has been well reported on in the Echo - it was nice to read that Michael Wolfe (Stop feeding the seagulls', Letters, August 31) is asking the question about residents feeding the winged vermin. Seagulls are rife in my
SOMEONE will be killed unless people who recklessly jump into the sea are prosecuted, a boat company owner warned today. Paul Compton, who runs White Motor Boats, roundly condemned the jumpers - known as tombstoners - and said: "These youngsters are
A £6 MILLION bid to support a seafront regeneration project has been agreed by councillors. Weymouth and Portland Borough Council will now state its case to the South West of England Regional Development Agency, which is being asked for half the amount
http://www.dorsetecho.co.uk/_images/misc/Features/lidoblog/lido_40.jpg We made our way out of the New Forest and back onto the M27 for our journey to Portsmouth. Hillsea Lido is only a mile off the motorway and we found it in parkland and with a very
http://www.dorsetecho.co.uk/_images/misc/Features/lidoblog/lido_39.jpg Drove to Wareham to pick up Dave and Gerry who was making a guest appearance today. Journey to Lymington took longer than expected because of heavy traffic at Lyndhurst. Lady at reception
http://www.dorsetecho.co.uk/_images/misc/Features/lidoblog/lido_38.jpg From Stroud we made our way across the Cotswold to Oxford. This took longer than expected in heavy traffic. I don’t know who fell asleep first, Dave or me, but according to Diana
http://www.dorsetecho.co.uk/_images/misc/Features/lidoblog/lido_37.jpg We made our way from Lydney to Gloucester, which had severe flooding only the week before, and on to Stroud. We eventually found the pool nestled in some very lovely parkland with
SAILOR Kenneth Stone was not given a cold reception when he visited an ice cream parlour on Weymouth seafront in January 1947. The pretty girl behind the counter had caught his eye and she was only too pleased to go out on a date with him. Sixty years
http://www.dorsetecho.co.uk/_images/misc/Features/lidoblog/lido_36.jpg I was due to swim down the Thames with some other swimming pals this week but because of the flooding that trip was sadly cancelled. Instead, we today found ourselves driving up the
WILDCAT David Mason is hopeful of being fit for Saturday's crunch Conference League meeting at Rye House Raiders. Weymouth's number one is desperate to get back on his bike after his last attempt at a return was proved premature, as he was forced to
DORCHESTER Town director of football Shaun Brooks could make two signings in the near future despite the transfer window closing last Friday. Midfielder Guy Lopez could make a return to the Avenue Stadium after six months away, while centre-half Ouzo
ORGANISERS have given firms a last chance to lodge entries in the Open4Business Excellence Awards sponsored by Smart Group Recruitment Solutions. The deadline for written entries by post or hand is tomorrow - Friday, September 7 - but the deadline for
BERE REGIS 142 (5pts) all-out lost to DORCHESTER SECONDS 143-4 (20pts) by six wickets DORCHESTER Seconds clinched promotion from Dorset Funeral Plan League Division Three with victory over third-place Bere Regis. The county town side needed eight points
A WOMAN who was discovered growing cannabis in her bedroom has been given a six-month suspended sentence. Joanna Davis, 52, of Blackberry Lane, Weymouth, pleaded guilty to possessing 181 grams of herbal cannabis and to growing 103 cannabis plants in
SHAFTESBURY 262-3 (20pts) beat PORTLAND RED TRIANGLE 145 all-out (4pts) by 117 runs PORTLAND ended their Dorset Funeral Plan Division Two season with a disappointing defeat at Reforne and have now been relegated for the second successive season. Their
THE highest score of the day came from Chickerell United who defeated visitors Gillingham Town 14-0 in the Dorset Reserve League. Peter Bochonko hit four for the Chickens, Kevin Paice claimed a hat-trick, Jon Welch and Dean Charles scored a brace with
THIS weekend will see the ninth annual Sturminster Newton Cheese Festival, which takes place in the recreational grounds of the town. The festival, which started in 1999, has 'grown like Topsy' according to Jeremy Squire, chairman of the cheese festival
DOMINO'S Weymouth Sunday League chairman Mark Cottingham is delighted with the sponsorship package that has been arranged with Saeed Ahmed, owner of the King Street pizza outlet, and league representatives for this season. "I would like to say a big
AROUND 100 people were evacuated from their homes as a major fire ripped through a bus depot in Weymouth. Nearby residents were told to leave as flames engulfed the Bluebird Coaches site in Chickerell Road early today. The coach workshop, six 52-seater
