Sport
Lyme teams on the road
ALL three Lyme Regis teams are on the road this weekend, giving the Davey Fort ground a much needed extra week to recover from the recent wet weather. […]
Articles by Philip Evans
Sport
East Devon mourns football legend
Frank Bastin, one of East Devon’s most well known and popular figures, has passed away. […]
Blogs
My Life in Food: First foray into French cuisine
MY introduction to French cuisine could not have been in more simple circumstances. In the early 1980s, when I was still playing football, Lyme Regis were invited to play at match in the Normandy village of Creully, one of the first villages to be liberated after the D-Day landings. […]
Sport
Lyme golf: Jane makes hay in rare sunshine
IN the 16 hole four clubs and a putter stableford at Lyme Regis Golf Club, the ladies enjoyed some rare sunshine as Jane Andrews ‘made hay’ and won Division One with 29 points. […]
Sport
Seasiders back to winning ways
LYME Regis 1sts returned to winning ways after a long lay-off caused by the weather with a 3-1 victory at Chagford in Division One of the Devon & Exeter League this afternoon. […]
Sport
Davey Fort ‘unplayable for several weeks?’
LYME Regis 1sts were leading the Devon & Exeter League Division One back in October when the sun was still shining and looking very capable of winning promotion to the Premier division. […]
Uplyme News
Superfast broadband on its way to Uplyme at last
AFTER a long and frustrating battle for a better service, superfast broadband is finally coming to Uplyme. Councillor Ian Thomas, who represents the Trinity Ward on East Devon District Council, which includes Uplyme, reveals on […]
Lyme Matters
Skittling memories…
PART of my duties when I first worked in a newspaper office on work experience at the Bridport News (circa 1963) was to type in the skittles results. No emails in those days, of course, so all the scores and league tables had to be typed in by hand. […]
Sport
Lyme skittles: No Hopers extend lead
NO Hopers extended their lead at the top of Lyme Regis Skittles League Men’s Division One with a 39-pin victory over Wreckers, giving them a five-point lead over nearest Rivals Flyers. The Flyers lost ground […]
Sport
Dorset football awards
DORSET County FA values everyone’s contribution to football in Dorset and once again they are seeking to recognise and reward a number of individuals and teams for their outstanding contribution to the sport. The County […]
Blogs
My Life in Food…
GROWING up in a working class family there were few if any occasions when we dined out as a family. My mother was a great cook and I think my Dad never felt any restaurant could come up to mum’s standard. He was right. […]
Sport
For the want of football…
WITH local football wiped out completely by the weather today (Saturday), the emphasis now turns to the possibility of getting back on the park in February. For Lyme Regis first team, it could mean they […]
Sport
‘Week On Football’ festival in Devon
THE Macron Devon and Exeter League, in which two Lyme Regis Football Club teams compete, are looking for a volunteer to manage/coach the D&E representative team at a new tournament. In May the Devon FA […]
Lyme Regis News
Improving Lyme’s most popular meeting place
INVESTMENT in the Woodmead Halls, the most popular meeting place in Lyme Regis, continues at a pace. Following the opening of a new enlarged kitchen at the end of last year, providing some of the […]
Sport
All Lyme football matches postponed
THE weather is playing havoc with the local football programme yet again. All three Seasiders’ fixtures have been postponed after heavy overnight rain. The first team were due to travel to Alphington Reserves in the […]
Lyme Regis News
Death of former Lyme Regis landlady
LYME Regis was saddened by the death this week of a former landlady at the Cobb Arms in Lyme Regis. With her husband Martin, Amanda Butler built the Cobb Arms into one of Lyme’s most […]