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EBIKE Cafe & Bar continues to raise vital funds for local charities
EBIKE Cafe & Bar on Weymouth Harbourside is proud to announce that customers raised £1,177 for its 2025 Charity Partner, MV Freedom, through a combination of fundraising events and the sale of their popular Freedom Flat White.
Throughout 2025, 10p from every Freedom Flat White sold was ...
Dorset County Hospital celebrates apprentice achievements at awards ceremony
Apprentices at Dorset County Hospital (DCH) have been recognised at a special awards ceremony.
DCH currently has over 200 staff undertaking apprenticeships across a wide range of clinical and support services roles, and at different levels – from Level 2 ...
Havant & Waterlooville visit the Bob Lucas Stadium on Saturday for a Southern Premier League fixture, and Weymouth manager Jamie Wells will be hoping that his team will return to winning ways following their 3 1 reverse at Gloucester ...
Dredging operation at West Bay
Idris Martin reporting.
Recent storms have gathered up over 15,000. tons of shingle from Chesil Beach and deposited it in West Bay Harbour, causing major problems to local shipping.
Civil engineering contractors have been tasked with dredging the shingle from the ...
Dorset Council told that bureaucracy is hampering volunteers
by Trevor Bevins, Local Democracy Reporting Service.
Bureacracy is getting in the way of volunteers improving the places they live – according to a Dorset councillor.
North Dorset councillor Sherry Jespersen, the Tory group’s environment spokesperson, claims that over the last ...
Maiden Newton residents campaign against fire station closures
On Tuesday 10th February Dorset & Wiltshire Fire Authority met in Salisbury. The authority is threatening closure of eight fire stations across Dorset and Wiltshire, with the loss of 96 firefighter jobs. The planned closures are now being put ...
Fire Station closure proposals
Dorset & Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Authority has agreed to take proposals for closing up to eight fire stations to public consultation.
The Authority received reports from a working group of its own Members, who had put forward the recommendations ...
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Below are the next 5 upcoming events. There’s much more in the Local Events Diary…
Fri 13 Feb to Sun 26 Apr
Love Poundbury "through your lens" – a photography competition
Location: Poundbury, 8 Marsden Street, Poundbury, DT1 3DHWelcome to our inaugural photography competition organised with Art at the Duchess. We invite you to celebrate our unique community through photography, and capture what makes Poundbury special to you. Whether you’re a seasoned amateur photographer or simply love taking pictures on your phone, we want to see Poundbury through your eyes.
Contact: Art at the Duchess & Love Poundbury | 07879167435 | Email | Web | MapSun 15 Feb
Carvery at The George Albert Hotel
Location: The George Albert Hotel, Warden Hill, Dorchester, DT2 9PW12:30 pm. Carvery Lunch at The George Albert Hotel, small plate, £14.50, large plate £18.25. There is a £5.00 subsidy for members. Please confirm by 31st January.
Contact: The Loyal Hand in Hand Lodge of Oddfellows | 07788436797 | Email | MapMon 16 Feb
The Oddfellows 'Antique Road Show'
Location: PIP cafe, St John Way, Poundbury, DT1 2FG7:00 pm. Matt Rashleigh who describes himself as knowing a little about a lot and Judy Dodworth will look at items of interest that members and guests bring to the evening and will tell us what they know about them. There is a chance that they might offer to buy from you!
Contact: The Loyal Hand in Hand Lodge of Oddfellows | 07788436797 | Email | MapTue 17 Feb
Not Lost Susie the Dorchester Cat
Location: St. Nicholas Church, Dorchester Road, Broadwey, Weymouth, DT3 5DN2:00 pm. Free Community Event this Half-Term. Written by and for the charity People First Dorset, come & listen to the books illustrator Catherine L Owen tell the story of Susie the ‘Not Lost’ Dorchester Cat, one of Dorchester’s best loved celebrities & whose hometown adventures have earned her a worldwide following.
Contact: St. Nicholas Church | 07944617553 | Email | MapTue 17 Feb
Live audiobook: Far from the Madding Crowd
7:00 pm to 9:30 pm
Location: The King’s Arms Hotel, High East St, Dorchester, DT1 1HFOver seven weeks every Tuesday this runs until 31st March, actor and musician Alastair Braidwood reads Thomas Hardy’s beloved novel of love, honour, and betrayal, bringing the book to life with music and discussion. Buy a drink from the bar, bring a craft if you like, and relax and just enjoy the story. Every Tuesday from February 17th – March 31st, 7pm to 9.30pm – Casterbridge Room, The King’s Arms Hotel, High East Street, Dorchester.
Contact: Alastair Braidwood and Teasel & Skylark | 07424 619496 | Email | Web | MapOn demand, at your convenience
Interview with the legendary Suzi Quatro
With a new album release and tour on the horizon, Andy Senior was lucky enough to catch up with Suzi Quatro on a Zoom call to talk about her incredible career — from how it all began to what ...
Dorchester’s annual beer festival, Beerex, took place in the Corn Exchange on 6th and 7th February. In its 37th year the festival is an excellent event for the community to come together and at the same time raise funds ...
The memories of a record plugger (part one)
After leaving school and trying his hand at several jobs, KeeP 106 presenter Geoff Atherton – “the host with the toast” – found his calling in music. He went on to become a record plugger representing some of the ...
Local musician Nigel Martin performs live in the studio
Local musician Nigel Martin likes to take time out from his normal day job as a delivery driver and perform his own compositions.
Nigel called in to the studio and performed some of his work for us live on Andy ...
Countryside Matters 54, 19.01.26
In this edition, Mike Burks cheers us up with thoughts of planning our gardens and expounds on the intricacies of growing camellias • Neil Walker, instigator of Wild Sherborne, explains why he started this wildlife and environment initiative and ...
Urgent brain tumour fundraising required for 23 year old medical student son
Weymouth’s Ian and Indira Warwick are facing every parent’s nightmare. Their 23-year-old son Alex, a medical student at Liverpool University, has been diagnosed with a very rare and aggressive brain tumour. NHS treatment hasn’t worked, but there is new ...
