Portland youngster Florence Roberts is the latest Echo reader to share her idea for a Dorset flag with us.
Florence, 12, again opted for the green, yellow, white and blue colour scheme that has proved so popular in the designs we have seen so far.
READ MORE - Source: Dorset Echo Thursday 22nd May 2008A fascinating glimpse of agricultural life in the Lim Valley over the past couple of centuries will go on show in a three-day exhibition.
The exhibition, Farming in the Lim Valley, opens at Uplyme Village Hall on Thursday, May 29 and runs until Saturday, May 31.
READ MORE - Source: Bridport and Lyme Regis News Thursday 22nd May 2008A giant hole opened up beneath this Land Rover as it was crossing a field of long grass on a farm.
David Ford, of Ilsington Farm, Tincleton, near Dorchester, said his 34-year-old son, Lee, had driven out at night to look for some cows.
READ MORE - Source: Dorset Echo Wednesday 21st May 2008Garland Day, Tuesday, May 13 almost came and went in our house, unnoticed.
However, a knock at the door in the evening saw Clare James and three weary teenagers Max, Adam and Shannon carrying a beautiful garland.
READ MORE - Source: Dorset Echo Wednesday 21st May 2008The Ministry of Defence does not deny that there are strange things to see in the sky. But it certainly has no evidence that alien spacecraft have landed on this planet.' So the government doesn't believe in little green men and who are we to disbelieve an organisation with such an unblemished record in telling the truth?
READ MORE - Source: Bournemouth Daily Echo Sunday 18th May 2008
The latest batch of the real X-Files to be opened up to the public has revealed the largest number of UFO sightings this century.
The Ministry of Defence logged 13 reports of close encounters in the West last year; the most since 1999.Wiltshire, also renowned for its crop circles, remains the UFO hotspot, with another six sightings, bringing the total 28 in the past nine years.
READ MORE - Source: Western Daily Press 17th May 2008
More than 70 rural telephone kiosks could be scrapped across West Dorset by BT.
The sweeping proposals emerged as Portesham residents battled to save their traditional green cast iron telephone box which is under threat for the second time in two years.
READ MORE - Source: Dorset Echo 16th May 2008A pensioner has discovered what he believes could be a flint arrowhead on Weymouth beach.
Retired Mansfield Town head groundsman Donald May, 66, is on holiday in Weymouth from his home in Nottinghamshire.
St. George's Hall, Fordington, Dorchester on Saturday 24th May
Frome Valley Morris Ceilidh band and friends with participating callers
Frome Valley are holding an afternoon Ceilidh during the Dorchester Arts weekend. This vibrant, though ancient, 24 strong side is celebrating its 30th Birthday on this day.
It is easy walking distance from the town, down the High Street (High East Street) and turn right at Fordington High Street, past the chip shop and up the hill until you reach the Church. The Hall is right behind the Church.
Come and celebrate with us. There will be live music, traditional ceilidh dancing, eccentric but electric performances by Frome Valley and above good company there to welcome you.
For info: call 01305 261156 or just turn up. Starts at 4pm until 7pm.
Read More: Frome Valley Morris to celebrate 30 years of Dance Wednesday, 16 April 2008
A Prehistoric tool and a coin dating back one thousand years were among the finds unearthed by Dorset treasure hunters.
READ MORE - Source: Bournemouth Daily Echo 15th May 2008
