Portland News
WEYMOUTH Amateur Boxing Club
WEYMOUTH Amateur Boxing Club duo Brendan McNulty and Steve Alker-Hall maintained their fine form with impressive wins in their latest bouts. Senior boxer Alker-Hall, 22, showed no mercy as he swept aside Andy Haron while representing the Western Counties in their match with the Army. The seasider’s bout proved crucial as his unanimous victory, over four... »
Help Portland’s Sculptors get lottery funding today
Have a look at our Art website and do your bit to help more Lottery money come to the Jurassic Coast. Your help is vital and needed today please. »
Dream Cottages Launch Sailing Cottages Division
Dream Cottages Launch Sailing Cottages Division at Open Event 25th November 2009 2-8pm. Local holiday letting specialists, Dream Cottages, is launching a new division to extend its portfolio of luxurious holiday lets in Dorset. Sailing Cottages will be launched at a special open day event at the Dream Cottages offices, Wednesday 25th November, 2-8pm and... »
1000 days to the Olympics
This Saturday, 31 October, marks 1,000 days to go to the Opening Ceremony of the London 2012 Olympic Games. It’s another important milestone on the journey to 2012 and we’ll be marking it in a very special way. The London night sky is to be transformed as the BT Tower is lit up with a... »
Mitchel Harvey Cycle Ride
A Charity Cycle Ride from Lands End to Weymouth is being attempted between 12th - 19th September 2009 in aid of The Friends of Wyvern Special School & The Mitchel Harvey Development Fund. 2009 is proving to be very challenging for all of us, we appreciate that money is tighter than ever, we know this... »
Sustainable Christmas Trees from Dorset
Martin Cake is “The Christmas Tree Man”, last year he launched his business delivering live trees to homes all over the UK then collecting them after christmas and ensuring that the tree lives on. it can even go back to the same home this year! He achieved this simply from word of mouth and appearing on... »
Let’s hope they sail better than they park!
This week sees the atart of the Windsurfing World Championships at Weymouth & Portland National Sailing Academy. Over the weekend the academy was extremely busy with competitors and spectators arriving early for what will undoubtedly be an exciting few days. The sights were spectacular over the weekend even though the wind was fairly light. In the... »
Cycle Route not part of the Olympic Legacy
A safe cycle route across Portland Beach Road is an absolute priority, cyclists said at a public meeting in Weymouth. Ken Reed, local co-ordinator of the Dorset Cyclists’ Network, outlined the council’s proposals for cyclists and those in mobility scooters. There was concern at the meeting that the link to Portland was not currently... »
Campaign for Safe Cycling to Portland
Dorset Cyclists Network are meeting tonight in St. Nicholas Hall, Buxton Road, Weymouth DT4 9PJ to hold a public meeting about the quality of the Cycle Routes between Weymouth and Portland and the linking of existing Cycle Routes within Weymouth. They are inviting the public along to have their say, why not go along and... »
Walk for Water with Charlie Dimmock
The organisers of CoastAlong for WaterAid 2009, which is on Saturday 12 September, are delighted that registrations are already well up on previous years which they feel must be partly due to the fact that more people are choosing to stay in the UK for their holidays this year plus the Met Office forecast... »