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... 

Weymouth - Dorchester Cycle Path The DCC Travel Choice team has organised an event to celebrate the new traffic free cycle track between Weymouth and Dorchester.  It will take place from 11am on Sunday 18th September as part of “European Mobility Week”, which sees events taking place across Europe to promote healthy and sustainable transport.  The Mayors of Dorchester and Weymouth (Tess... 

Red Arrows Weymouth Orders are now being taken for the Carnival 2011 DVD, which features the Red Arrows. Flt Lt. Jon Egging died when his Hawk T1 crashed at Bournemouth on Saturday, just a few days after appearing at Weymouth. It has been decided that all proceeds from the sale of the DVD will be passed to Emma Egging, Flt Lt. Egging’s wife, for her to distribute to charities and good causes of her... 

Octopus ‘Squirt’ Gives His Keepers A Soaking! Squirt the Octopus A common octopus at Weymouth Sea Life Park has been christened ‘Squirt’ because he gives everyone who passes his tank a soaking. The mischievous cephalopod has been at the Sea Life estate’s main collection facility behind the Weymouth attraction for nearly four months. Like all octopuses he draws water into his body to absorb...