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The Dorset Echo is a daily newspaper published in the county of Dorset, England. The title publishes Monday to Saturday from editorial offices in Weymouth, and covers issues concerning south, central and west Dorset. The Dorset Echo is a sister paper to the Bournemouth based Daily Echo and is owned by the Newsquest Media Group.
On 2 June it was revealed that the Dorset Belle had returned to Bournemouth Pier at 4.40pm and 5.03pm. [20] On 5 June 2023, an inquest at Dorset Coroner's Court was told there was a "suggestion" that a riptide may have led to the drownings. [21] Dorset Police said it was keeping an "open mind" about the circumstances that led to the deaths. [21]
Since 1932, the newspaper has been based out of the Bournemouth Daily Echo building in the Richmond Hill area of Bournemouth Town Centre. [4] In October 2006, the EDF Energy London and South of England Media Awards awarded The Daily Echo the title of Daily Newspaper of the Year. In the same competition, the paper also won Columnist of the Year ...
In November 2024, the Bournemouth Daily Echo reported that the Branksome East Viaduct was earmarked for demolition. [10] The viaduct is under structural threat according to the council, but its demolition is unlikely soon. [11] The disused bridge is set for demolition by 2035 because it is “life expired”. [12]
Weymouth and Portland was a local government district with borough status in Dorset, England from 1974 to 2019. It consisted of the resort of Weymouth and the Isle of Portland, and includes the areas of Wyke Regis, Preston, Melcombe Regis, Upwey, Broadwey, Southill, Nottington, Westham, Radipole, Chiswell, Castletown, Fortuneswell, Weston, Southwell and Easton; the latter six being on the Isle ...
The Jurassic Skyline tower (known until mid-2015 as the Weymouth Sea Life Tower) was an observation tower on Weymouth Pier in Weymouth, Dorset, England. It was situated next to Weymouth Beach and the Weymouth Pavilion , where it overlooked Weymouth town, the beach , the Pavilion , the Old Harbour , Nothe Gardens , the Nothe Fort , and Portland ...
Weymouth (/ ˈ w eɪ m ə θ / WAY-məth [1]) is a seaside town and civil parish in the Dorset district, in the ceremonial county of Dorset, England. Situated on a sheltered bay at the mouth of the River Wey , 7 miles (11 km) south of the county town of Dorchester , Weymouth had a population of 53,416 in 2021.
2019 Dorset Council election: Littlemoor and Preston (2 seats) Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative: Tony Ferrari : 1,078 : 35.3 : Conservative: Louie James O`Leary : 988 : 32.4 : Independent: Michael McCallister Wilkinson 741 24.3 Labour: Mark Richard Tewkesbury 719 23.6 Liberal Democrats: Gillian Pearson 629 20.6 Labour: Ann Weaving 527 ...