Kate Westaway picture The world’s first photography exhibition underwater ‘Celebrations of the Sea’ will open at Weymouth Sea Life Park on November 15th. Shipwrecked Mariners’ Society, one of the oldest charities providing financial support to former seafarers, is launching the exhibition, which is sponsored by canned seafood manufacturer John West, in honour of ‘unsung heroes of the sea’. The... 

Weymouth Tower Contractors began preparing the groundworks for the new Weymouth Tower this week. Concrete piles are being sunk to a depth of 17 metres on Weymouth Pier to provide a circular watertight curtain for the main excavation works. An official groundbreaking ceremony will be hosted in January when a huge mechanical digger begins the seven-metre deep hole for the Tower’s foundations. The new... 

Weymouth Beer Festival WEYMOUTH’s OCTOBER BEER FESTIVAL IS NEARLY SOLD OUT IN ADVANCE- SAYS THE CAMPAIGN FOR REAL ALE; 62 REAL ALES, “THE BEST FROM THE WEST” The two evening sessions at Weymouth’s October Beer Festival next Friday and Saturday in the Pavilion’s Ocean Room have already sold out. West Dorset CAMRA [The Campaign for Real Ale] report there are only about 40... 

New Signs Popular viewing sites get a makeover for the summer Olympics Two key viewing sites for the 2012 summer Olympics yachting events in Weymouth have benefited from the recent installation of attractive new parish map boards on stone plinths. Farm and Cottage Holidays, one of the South West’s leading holiday cottage agencies, has sponsored the replacement of two faded interpretation boards at...