This week I met with the leaders of the Save Portland Coastguard Helicopter Campaign. On the sort of blustery night during which you certainly would not want to be at sea, we met at Portland Heights Hotel, and discussed the campaign’s challenges. In what looks increasingly like a done...
A free short movie from Zzipp Media, Weymouth, UK
In today's Guardian newspaper south Dorset MP has accused government ministers of being 'almost Orwellian'. Attempts to acquire information from the government and coastguard agency head Sir Alan Massey concerning a discussion of the scheme to privatise the coastguard have been met with a government imposed gag. For a full account...
The Save Our Helicopter group will be holding a meeting at The Heights Hotel, Portland on Wednesday (the 20th) at 7pm. All persons interested or those who have had to be helped by the Portland Coastguard helicopter welcome. Phone or text Roger Mac on 0752 794 6681 for more...
Haven Holidays have announced that a significant chunk of their 2013 improvement budget is to be spent in Dorset. The company currently operate 35 parks across the UK, but have singled out Rockley Park near Poole as being in need of some major improvements. While Haven have not yet...
The Secretary of State for Transport has announced the Portland Search and Rescue helicopter base will close in 2018. And the HQ in Weymouth, which will close sooner. Despite strong protests from residents, south coast MPs, medical professionals and lifesavers. The closure has been decided without any consultation of...
All eyes will be fixed on the waters of Weymouth Bay and Portland harbour this summer for the Olympic Sailing events, but what treasures and mysteries lies beneath it? There are reportedly hundreds of shipwrecks in the waters surrounding Weymouth and Portland which date back to the 16thCentury....
