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Weymouth Football Club’s senior men’s team visit The Meadow to play mid-table National League South side Chesham United.

The Generals are in 12th place in the league table while the Terras prop up the other 23 clubs at the bottom, and ...

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Weymouth school children encourage drivers to turn their engines off

Weymouth school children encourage drivers to turn their engines off

The Mayor of Weymouth was with local school children today (Thursday 6th February) to praise them for suggesting a new message is read out when the town bridge lifts up, which temporarily splits the road in two.

Cllr Jon Orrell, Weymouth’s ...

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Dorset Council seeks new sites for electric vehicle charge points

Dorset Council seeks new sites for electric vehicle charge points

Dorset Council is on a mission to expand the county’s electric vehicle (EV) charging network and is calling on the public to help decide where to install the next batch of chargers.

With the number of electric vehicles on the ...

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Maumbury Cross safety improvements in Dorchester continue to next phase

Maumbury Cross safety improvements in Dorchester continue to next phase

Major work to improve safety at the Maumbury Cross junction in Dorchester moves to the main crossing areas from Tuesday 11 February.

This phase includes installing more signal-controlled pedestrian crossing points, widening and levelling of footways where possible and upgrading ...

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Dorset Policing Precept Approved

Dorset Policing Precept Approved

Dorset’s Police and Crime Panel have approved plans to increase the amount of money residents in the county pay for their policing service.

When residents receive their council tax bill for this year, they will be paying an extra £14 ...

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Wessex not accepted into Devolution Priority Programme

Wessex not accepted into Devolution Priority Programme

The Government has confirmed that Wessex has not been included within the Devolution Priority Programme.

The four councils of Wessex submitted a comprehensive proposal outlining the transformative benefits devolution could bring, including greater local control over key areas such as ...

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Arrest made after report of teenage boy assaulted in Weymouth

Arrest made after report of teenage boy assaulted in Weymouth

A teenager has been arrested following investigative work by officers into a report that a teenage boy was assaulted in Weymouth.

Between 8.15pm and 8.45pm on Saturday 11 January 2025, Dorset Police received a report that a 16-year-old boy had ...

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Delightfully Different, every time

Andy Senior
Andy Senior
1:00pm
The Backbeat
Music from the 50s and 60s presented by Andy Senior
3:00pm
North, South, East and West
your Sunday afternoon features and music programme presented by Mike Streeter, with Pete & Heather Foster
5:00pm
The Hit Mix
7:00pm
The Magic of the Movies
An hour of music from the finest movie soundtracks. Some of the best scores from some of the best composers!
8:00pm
Classical Celebration
our celebration of classical music with Heather and Peter Foster
10:00pm
Late Night Love
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Below are the next 5 upcoming events. There’s much more in the Local Events Diary

Thu 13 Feb
Talk: Local regiments role in D-Day & Liberation of Bayeux
Location: Community Room, Magna Housing, Lubbecke Way, Dorchester, DT1 1QL

7:00 pm. Author & Keep Museum volunteer, Christopher Jary,  has written & edited military histories.  His interest is in the people and telling their stories in their own words.  On D-Day, the first British infantry to land on the Normandy beaches were 231 Malta Brigade including the 1st Dorsets, who landed at 0730 east of Arromanches above Bayeux. Christopher tells their 6th June story. Entry £6.

Contact: Dorchester Bayeux Twinning Society | 07720 289 478 | EmailWebMap
Fri 14 Feb
Quiz with a twist
7:00 pm to 10:00 pm
Location: Brownsword Hall, Pummery Square, Poundbury, Dorchester, DT1 3GW

A great quiz with a twist. Many of the rounds are questions direct from TV shows. The Chase, Only Connect, Mastermind, and other rounds. A buffet meal. Bring your own drink, all glasses etc will be provided. For £12 a head. In aid of our project to supply water in the hills of Nepal. Great raffle including a Duchy hamper.

Contact: Poundbury Rotary Club | 07973322937 | EmailWebMap
Sat 22 Feb
Salvation Army Band, Songsters & Timbrels Charity Concert
3:00 pm to 5:00 pm
Location: St. Nicholas Church, Dorchester Road, Broadwey, Weymouth, DT3 5DN

Raising funds for the Dorset Blind Association, who support blind and partially sighted people to live happy lives & St. Nicholas Church Repair Fund. Adults £10, children 10 yrs & under free. Tea / coffee / squash included & monetary donations for the delicious home made cakes are welcomed. Tickets available on the day, but to ensure you get seat, please contact Susana to book tickets in advance.

Contact: St. Nicholas Church | 07944617553 | EmailMap
Wed 26 Feb
Heartburn Cancer UK Team in Weymouth
Location: Outside the White Hart, New Bond Street, Weymouth, DT4 8LY

The heartburn Cancer UK Team will be in Weymouth on the 26 Feb. Your chance to have a chat with with the team if you have persistent heartburn and not sure what to do next. Follow the web link below for more information.

Contact: Heartburn Cancer UK | EmailWebMap
Fri 28 Feb
Boogie Bingo
7:00 pm to 11:30 pm
Location: Key West Bar & Grill, Bournemouth, BH2 5AA

Have the time of your life as you play bingo and dance ‘All Night Long*’ (*until 11:30pm). Get ‘Into the Groove’ and come dressed in your best (or original) 80s outfits and costumes. Shell suits, legwarmers and big hair strongly encouraged. Plus, you’ll have the chances to win fabulous prizes throughout the evening! Food will be available before the start of Boogie Bingo from 5:30pm. Over 18s only.

Contact: Wessex Cancer Support | 023 8067 2200 | EmailWebMap

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Beerex 2025 another resounding success

Wednesday February 5th, 2025
Beerex 2025 another resounding success

The annual Beerex festival organised by the West Dorset Branch of CAMRA (Campaign for Real Ale) with Dorchester Casterbridge Rotary, now in its 36th year, was held on 31st January and 1st February at the Dorchester Corn Exchange. Andy ...

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Can you share a positive experience of the Critical Care and Emergency departments at DCH?

Tuesday February 4th, 2025
Can you share a positive experience of the Critical Care and Emergency departments at DCH?

Our Drivetime show hosted by Andy Senior has welcomed two guests from Dorset County Hospital. Lucy Sewill and Suzy Rushbrook will be telling us about a new Arts in Hospital project at Dorset County Hospital.  The DCH Charity are ...

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YFW Bloodbikes – providing a vital courier service for the local NHS

Monday February 3rd, 2025
YFW Bloodbikes - providing a vital courier service for the local NHS

Kris Knapton from Yeovil Free-Wheelers Blood Bikes joined Andy Senior on our drivetime show to tell us about their important work providing emergency medical motorcycle couriers free of charge to the NHS. Kris also told us about how people ...

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Local musician Amy Mayes talking to Andy Senior

Tuesday January 28th, 2025
Local musician Amy Mayes talking to Andy Senior

On a recent drivetime show Andy Senior’s guest was local musician Amy Mayes who has worked with Ben Waters, Jools Holland and Mick Taylor. Amy has also shared the stage with Rod Stewart, Jeff Beck, Imelda May, Lulu, and ...

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Farmers protest in Weymouth against inheritance tax policies

Tuesday January 28th, 2025
Farmers protest in Weymouth against inheritance tax policies

On Sunday 26th January local farmers staged a day of action on Weymouth Esplanade in protest to the government’s policies on inheritance tax which could see small farms ceasing to exist. Idris Martin spoke to one farmer, James Bowditch, ...

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Countryside Matters 20.01.25

Tuesday January 28th, 2025
Countryside Matters 20.01.25

Today: Mike Burks of the Gardens Group has some excellent tips for what and how to prune our garden plants • Dr. Benyi Cao, a civil and environmental engineer, talks about a system of warming road surfaces using the ...

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