The ghosts of Portland Fair are to be evoked as the island’s b-side festival returns this September. The annual celebration of creativity is this year looking to embrace the island’s oddness, and otherness under the title of That
A jewellery maker who started her business as a hobby at her kitchen table on Portland five years ago now has two thriving shops – and is up for a string of national awards. Sophie Mitchell, 36, and
The award-winning Castletown D-Day Centre is ready to transport visitors back in time with its hands-on, immersive living history experience this Easter. Step into a faithful recreation of a bustling wartime Portland dockyard, where thousands of American troops
Portland-based ceramic artist and retired art teacher Stephen Yates will be hoping for good weather when he embarks on the 250-mile walk to Yorkshire with his dog Jack. Family and friends will wave them off from Coronation Road
A proud Portlander whose teaching career has seen him travel around the south in various posts is now enjoying his first headship – and just a few months in, his school has been rated excellent across the board.
The cost of living is having a devastating effect on some Portland businesses – with one announcing its closure and another appealing for help to keep going. Fancy’s Family Farm has long appealed for donations to keep open
At 4am on Sunday, May 3 a jar of chutney made by Amber Rosenthal began its 86-mile journey along the Dorset coast in a unique and poignant fundraising challenge. Amber died in January 2024. She loved to make
Slimming World members across Dorchester, Weymouth and Portland have raised an estimated £14,000 for Cancer Research UK by donating clothes, shoes and accessories that no longer fit after their weight loss. As part of their annual Big Clothes
A massive waste incinerator on Portland is ‘on track’ to start operating by 2030. Powerfuel Portland says contracts to enable the operation are ‘well advanced’. However Dorset Council leader Nick Ireland said: “The council has consistently opposed the
