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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]
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]
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 ...
Its sister titles include the Express & Echo in Exeter, the Herald Express in Torquay and the Western Morning News. Over 80% of the local adult population in the Plymouth region were said to use The Herald's website in 2013. [3] In 2018, The Herald's website was rebranded as Plymouth Live [4] by Reach plc.
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 ...
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.
It destroyed the esplanade at Weymouth; it broke across Chesil Beach and the Fleet Lagoon, almost destroying the villages of Fleet and Chiswell. [6] [7] Many buildings in Melcombe Regis were destroyed. [8] Preston and Lodmoor flooded. [9] In Lyme Regis it topped the Cobb, and destroyed about 90m of its length. [1]