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Dorchester Poverty Action to hold Annual Open Meeting
Everyone needs support at various points of their life and often it is knowing where to turn. DPA’s annual Open meeting will this year feature speakers about social prescribers and the Access Wellbeing organisation. These groups help local people ...
Dorchester art students donate their work to help improve local creative studio
Students at Creative Image Studio in Dorchester are donating their own artwork for a special one-day sale to help raise funds for improvements to the studio where they meet, learn and create each week.
Treasure Trove – Student Art Sale ...
Idris Martin reporting.
It was chaos on Friday morning when some drivers hadn’t got the message that Dorchester Road was going to be closed at the foot of Lodmoor Hill.
Diversions were posted but the closure caused some drivers to take ...
Portland Beach Road now open following severe weather
The Environment Agency has reopened Portland Beach Road and the causeway following severe weather overnight associated with Storm Austen.
The reopening of the road came into effect at 08:50 following an earlier closure due to flooding. A yellow weather warning is still ...
Weymouth Football Club moved back on the top of the Southern League Division 1 league table following their 4 goals to 1 win at Bristol Manor Farm in midweek, but Dorchester are keeping up the pressure on the Terras ...
Potential disruption on Portland Beach Road and the causeway due to severe weather
The Environment Agency and emergency services are advising residents and road users that Portland Beach Road and the causeway may be affected by severe weather overnight tonight (Thursday 22 October) and into tomorrow morning (Friday 23 October).
As a result, ...
Award-winning carers show the difference fostering can make to a child’s life
Dorset Council has celebrated the dedication of local foster carers and supported lodgings providers at its annual Foster Carer Awards Evening, while encouraging more residents to consider whether they could offer a home to a child or young person ...
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- CCTV appeal following theft in Weymouth
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Below are the next 5 upcoming events. There’s much more in the Local Events Diary…
Fri 30 Oct
Coffee and Chat at The Bull Hotel
Location: The Bull Hotel, 34 East Street, Bridport, DT6 3LF10:00 am. Come and enjoy a coffee on The Oddfellows at The Bull Hotel, Bridport. The Oddfellows have been part of the Bridport community since 1860. Members and non-members both welcome.
Contact: The Loyal Hand in Hand Lodge of Oddfellows | 07788436797 | Email | MapSat 31 Oct
Come & Sing Workshop
10:30 am to 4:00 pm
Location: Thomas Hardye School Theatre, Queens Ave, Dorchester, DT1 2ETCome & join Weymouth Choral Society’s workshop featuring Sir John Rutter’s ‘Requiem’, and ‘A Little Jazz Mass’ by Bob Chilcott led by Mark Burstow, current musical director of the Bournemouth Symphony Youth Chorus. Fees: Adult Singer £20.00 Under 18 £5.00 (under 18s need to be accompanied by an adult) Fee covers music hire, morning coffee and afternoon tea & cake. Please bring your own lunch.
Contact: Weymouth Choral Society | Email | Web | MapSat 31 Oct
Flights of Angels – A Musical Meditation for All Souls
5:00 pm to 6:00 pm
Location: St Peter’s Church, High West Street, Dorchester, DT1 1XAAll are welcome to the annual musical meditation for All Souls at St Peter’s Church Dorchester. This is an opportunity to remember friends and loved ones who have died. Three poignant musical works — John Tavener’s ‘Song for Athene’, Vaughan Williams’s ‘The Lark Ascending’ (performed on violin and organ) and Morten Lauridsen’s ‘Lux aeterna’ — are framed by words of scripture and poetry. Free
Contact: Music at St Peter’s | 01305250719 | Email | Web | MapSat 31 Oct
Light Party
5:00 pm to 7:00 pm
Location: The Storehouse Church, 3 Cambridge Road, Dorchester, DT1 2LRMessy Curch Light Party! Let Your Light Shine! Offering an option for those who don’t want to celebrate Halloween. Come and join us for a fun-filled Light Party as we celebrate light, love and the joy of Jesus! Instead of focusing on darkness this Halloween, we’re going to celebrate the light!
Contact: The Storehouse Church | 01305267045 | Email | Web | MapSun 1 Nov
Choral Eucharist – Little Jazz Mass
10:30 am to 12:00 pm
Location: St Peter’s Church, High West Street, Dorchester, DT1 1XAYou are warmly invited to our cathedral-style service of Choral Eucharist on Sunday 1st November at 10.30am in St Peter’s Church, Dorchester. In this special service, the setting is Bob Chilcott’s ‘Little Jazz Mass’, accompanied by jazz ensemble. Other music includes: Chilcott’s ‘O nata lux’ and Lauridsen’s ‘Ubi caritas’. All are very welcome to this free service.
Contact: Music at St Peter’s | 01305250719 | Email | Web | MapOn demand, at your convenience
Wessex Scenes – a radio play by the New Hardy Players
The New Hardy Players have embarked on a new radio play called Wessex Scenes, an adaptation of a former stage production in 2014. Based on real events the play tells the story from when the original Hardy Players staged ...
A new album for Halloween from local musician Nick Capaldi
Nick Capaldi dropped by the Keep 106 studios to chat about his exciting new album — and it sounds like the perfect soundtrack for Halloween! Packed with spooky-inspired songs, it could be just what you need to get your ...
‘Dressed For Duty’ at Dorset Museum explores how military uniform has changed since 1800
A new exhibition at Dorset Museum, ‘Dressed for Duty: Fashion, Function and the British Army, 1800-2026’, curated by the Keep Military Museum, and hosted by Dorset Museum and Art Gallery, looks at army uniform from 1800 to the present ...
A progress report on the Roman Corner build
Barry Thompson, a volunteer director of the Dorchester Area Community Land Trust called into the studio to give us an update on the new social housing complex being built at Roman Corner in Dorchester, on the site of the ...
At 89 years of age Sue Pratt is not slowing down and takes a ride in a glider!
At 89 years young, Sue Pratt from Poundbury decided she wanted to do something truly special for her birthday — so she took to the skies in a glider! Sue soared high above the beautiful Dorset countryside and joined ...
World champion nettle-eater donates prize money to SCBU at Dorset County Hospital!
Mike Hobbs is a world champion nettle-eater! He’s also won a Pokémon competition and is generously donating his £30,000 prize to the Special Care Baby Unit at Dorset County Hospital. Mike joined Andy Senior to share his story and ...
