Bridport and Lyme Regis News • 24th November 2024 Creative couple share love of Dorset on hit TV property show Married couple Peter Dixon and Joey Clarkson, who live in Waytown, were approached by a production team from BBC One's popular rural property show Escape to the Country.
Bridport and Lyme Regis News • 18th November 2024 Farmers set to descend on Westminster to rally against "unfair" tax changes Dorset farmers are heading to Westminster to demonstrate against new inheritance tax rules which they fear threaten their farms.
Dorset Echo • 17th November 2024 "This will be robustly defended" says applicant for Portland waste incinerator Powerfuel Portland says the campaign against the company's plans to build an incinerator at Portland Port will be "robustly defended."
Dorset Echo • 17th November 2024 "It needs to be stopped": Huge turnout as protestors march against incinerator plan A HUGE crowd flocked to the town centre in Weymouth to voice their opposition to a controversial waste incinerator planned for Portland.
Bridport and Lyme Regis News • 11th November 2024 Farmers face "added burden" after inheritance tax changes One farmer slammed it as "totally unfair" and an agricultural society chairman said it will "destroy" the livelihoods family farms have worked hard to build over the years.
Dorset Echo • 2nd November 2024 Driving instructor calls for action to improve 'dangerous' roundabout A roundabout on the A35 has been branded 'dangerous' by a driving instructor due to faded road markings.
Dorset Echo • 2nd November 2024 Historic pub full of rich seafaring heritage and old-world charm Chapelhay Tavern, at 36 Franchise Street, is a pub that's been at the heart of the Weymouth community since 1843.
Dorset Echo • 2nd November 2024 "We are united against it": Councillors back challenge against waste incinerator A campaign against plans for a controversial waste incinerator is gaining pace, with local councillors slamming it as an "eyesore" which will "desecrate" the coast.
Dorset Echo • 31st October 2024 Dorset learner drivers face up to 24-week wait to take test New statistics from the Taxpayers Alliance show the national average waiting time for a practical car driving test is currently just over 17 weeks or almost four months.
Bridport and Lyme Regis News • 31st October 2024 All you need to know as popular town literary festival returns this Sunday A popular literacy festival in Bridport is set to return with an array of bestselling authors and famous faces set to attend.
Dorset Echo • 30th October 2024 Incredible Spitfire display made of more than a thousand poppies As you walk along Monmouth Road in Dorchester, just down from the Bakers Arms pub, you'll come across the incredible instillation - a Spitfire made entirely out of poppies.
Dorset Echo • 29th October 2024 "What an honour to have it here": Flypast before Navy hands over military helicopter The Lynx XZ250 helicopter has now been gifted to remain on display at Portland Marina.
Dorset Echo • 28th October 2024 Dorset MP praises 'fantastic' town social group for gay men Weymouth Gay Group were recently surprised with a visit from South Dorset MP Lloyd Hatton at one of their regular meet ups.
Bridport and Lyme Regis News • 27th October 2024 Delight after Dorset named greenest region in England Green energy providers 100Green created a study to determine which areas in England have residents leading the greenest lifestyles.
Dorset Echo • 26th October 2024 'It's scary' - Traders tell of their fears as shoplifting levels rise in Dorset Shoplifting in Dorset has increased by 20 per cent in the space of a year - amid local traders voicing their fears as they approach their busiest time of the year.
Dorset Echo • 21st October 2024 'Drunk and aggressive' man who spat at police officer jailed A man who breached an order by spitting at a police officer and being drunk and aggressive in Weymouth town centre has been jailed.
Dorset Echo • 16th October 2024 Hopes of rethink on waste incinerator as legal challenge mounted CAMPAIGNERS are hoping they can force a rethink on the controversial waste incinerator on Portland as they progress with a legal challenge.
Dorset Echo • 15th October 2024 "I made the biggest mistake of my life": Drug driver banned after fleeing police Daniel Krzysiek broke down in the dock as he appeared in court charged with three different driving offences.
Dorset Echo • 15th October 2024 Drunk man scratches police officer during arrest outside supermarket Andrew Robinson, aged 27, of no fixed abode, plead guilty at Weymouth Magistrates Court to assault by beating of an emergency worker and using threatening words with intent to cause harassment, alarm or distress.
Dorset Echo • 14th October 2024 Man caught with knives and blade in car says he made "silly mistake" Andrew March, 55, appeared at Weymouth Magistrates Court, where he pleaded guilty to two counts of possessing a knife blade/ sharp pointed article in a public place and one count of possessing an offensive weapon in public.
