THE clean-up operation has begun at the former Lyme Regis Club for Young People in preparation for the open day in January. The Church Street building will be open to the public on Saturday, January 15 for people to see inside and to suggest ideas for
LYME Regis will welcome in 2011 with two events on New Year’s Day. Head down to Windsor Terrace for 12pm for the duck race down the River Lym, finishing at Jordan Flats. Ducks are £1 each, available to buy at Windsor Terrace from 11.30am, and all proceeds
WEST Dorset MP Oliver Letwin is working to help a disabled Lyme Regis pensioner to keep her mobility car. Staples Terrace resident Nicole Godden, 64, fears she will lose her car when Dorset County Council (DCC) installs double yellow lines in the street
A GROUP of Queens Walk residents are launching a petition demanding better gritting of their street. Pensioners, disabled people, and mums with young babies were all stranded in their homes during last week’s heavy snowfall. Disabled pensioner Bridget
TEMPERATURES plummeted but spirits soared at Charmouth for the annual Christmas Day dip in the sea. With snow still on the ground, fancy dress swimmers made a dash for the icy waters to raise money for the RNLI. Around 60 hardy souls took part this
A MOTHER-TO-BE of twins is praying for no more snow after she was left stranded in her Lyme Regis home. Sandra Smart was originally due to give birth on Monday to twin boys following successful IVF treatment. Her pregnancy is already
FANCY dressed fundraisers braved sub zero temperatures as the sea froze over for the West Bay swim. About 75 hardy souls took the plunge at the new outer harbour on Boxing Day watched by 2,500 friends, family and spectators. Organisers from Bridport
TRAVELLERS were stranded after a bus skidded off the road near West Bay. The Jurassic Coastline X53 bus was travelling from West Bay to Marsh Barn when it slipped off the road in icy conditions and went into a hedge. One eyewitness said: “The back end
MANAGER Trevor Senior reckons Merthyr Town are the frontrunners for the Toolstation Western League Division One crown. Senior’s endorsement came after his side’s Bank Holiday fixture at home to near-neighbours Chard Town was postponed because of a frozen
MUM Janine Paull-Sellick paid tribute to ‘amazing’ paramedics, midwives and hospital staff after her early hours dash in labour through the snow to hospital. She was whisked from her home in Bridport to Dorset County Hospital through the heaviest snowfall
ROBIN Townsend insists he supported the decision to postpone the Coron-ation Cup final five days before it was due to take place. The Lyme Regis boss had been scheduled to lead his team into battle with Perry Street on Bank Holiday Monday tasked with
RICHARD Barber has a strong team at Seaborough near Beam-inster, including prolific winners Barneys Mate, Le Duc and Thisthat- andtother, ahead of the new point-to-point campaign. Bold Chief, Cappoquin and My Minds Maid can build on last season’s promise
