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ENTRIES have already begun to flood in for the Weymouth Carnival Queen contest after it was saved from the scrapheap. Carnival organisers, the Weymouth Community Volunteers, axed the contest earlier this year but performed a u turn after an outcry. Now the Ladies Alive fundraising group, which organises the Carnival Queen contest, says entries have [...]

WEYMOUTH Carnival Committee has launched a colourful new logo for the resort’s big event. The logo, designed by Linda Cleary of Cleary Creative – and embroidered by Mandie Parfitt of Threadworks – features beach and beach huts, seagulls, bunting and sunshine. Sue Follan, of the Carnival Committee, said: “I’m thrilled and amazed at the creativity [...]

The Queen and Prince Philip were on Weymouth beach today on a whistle stop tour of the area. They were introduced to Event directors Pete Bennett and Graeme Sawyer and then watched local school children having a go coached by local club members . They then moved on to see other events.

It was announced today that the RendezVous Night Club will host the Official Parties on Friday and Saturday evening of the Weymouth Classic. The Rendez Vous is situated on the Town Bridge with stunning views of the hrabour. There will be an invite to all players and guests so a lively couple of nights is [...]

During her visit to Dorset The Queen, accompanied by The Duke of Edinburgh, toured the Museum which has just completed a major £16.5m redevelopment project. Funded partly by a donation of £9.6m from the Heritage Lottery Fund, the project has reinforced The Tank Museum’s status as a museum of international importance. The Queen unveiled a [...]

A LOCAL legend is being resurrected for this year’s Weymouth Carnival. Craftspeople who have signed up to a new carnival skills class at Weymouth College are making a giant replica of the Chesil Beach Monster known as Veasta which will be paraded through the town in August. It’s all part of a drive to create [...]