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Sherborne win top of table clash
Puddletown 13 Sherborne 27 PUDDLETOWN started very well in this Dorset and Wilts Division Two top-of-the-table clash. The hosts mainly dominated the first-half and this resulted in a try for full-back Mark Thomson. It was a try from the training park.
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Compromise over boundary change
THE people of Colehill and Wimborne can rest easy their communities will retain their individuality after a compromise was struck in the electoral boundary changes. Wimborne had been accused by one councillor of a takeover bid of Colehill under the proposals
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IRRESPONSIBLE
AN investigation has revealed shops signed up to the award-winning Responsible Retailer Scheme in Weymouth are selling cigarettes to children with no questions asked. Ten out of 20 shops visited by a 14-year-old boy as part of an undercover probe by Trading
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Car turns over in swerve to miss cat
A CAR flipped over and hit a lamppost in Littlemoor Road, Weymouth around 11.30pm last night. Police and ambulance attended the scene and found a red Volkwagen Passat car on its side. The driver had swerved to avoid a cat in the road and hit a bank before
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Traders fume at licence mix-up
TRADERS fear that their plans for a charity collection at Dorchester's Christmas Cracker may have to be abandoned because of council red tape. Workers in Princes Street have spent months planning their first ever Cracker fundraiser, but have just been
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Recycling gets MP's vote
WEST Dorset MP Oliver Letwin visited the new premises of the Dorset Scrapstore in Puddletown. Mr Letwin says he has been a supporter of the scheme, which supplies dozens of schools and community groups with throwaway industrial items, for years. The scrapstore
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More TV for gas man Lee
WEYMOUTH engineer Lee Curtis fuelled an army of fans when he appeared in a television advertisement for British Gas. Now he is making a comeback to our screens in a new instalment of the popular adverts. Lee, 27 first hit the headlines two years ago when
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It's all change at Legion club
WEYMOUTH'S Royal British Legion has its first woman chairman for more than 30 years. Naomi Turner will take over the chairmanship of the town branch from Major Douglas McMeeken after the annual general meeting tonight. Mrs Turner, 51, has organised Weymouth's
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Young actors' first show is in the bag
DREAM will become reality next week when Weymouth's new youth theatre group takes to the stage for its first performance. The all-singing and dancing production is based on three of Aesop's fables and includes some important messages for us all. Theatre
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High-pressure sale
HMS PORTLAND: Fitted with equipment specially-developed by Hamworthy KSE equipment HIGH-pressure air compressors specially developed by Hamworthy KSE for the Royal Navy have now been sold to the Netherlands Navy as well. The Fleetsbridge firm's development
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Committed Dorchester give leaders a scare
Dorchester 14 Weston-super-Mare 21 REVITALISED Dorchester played this game with enthusiasm and commitment and came agonisingly close to victory against the league leaders Their performance totally belied their position at the foot of the table. The pack
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Jail for cannabis dealer
A CORFE Mullen drug dealer was jailed for 12 months after pleading guilty to supplying cannabis. Matthew Nash, 26, of Henbury Rise, also admitted possessing the drug and possessing cannabis with intent to supply. Marcus Tregilgas-Davey told Bournemouth
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Vandals go on spree in town
SHOP windows were smashed in a spree of vandalism in Dorchester. Windows at the Nightjar off-licence and the Kitchen Style shop in High East Street, and the Bridge Flower Shop in Antelope Walk were all smashed over the past few days. Vandals smashed the
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Apple experts help locate a juicy Profit
A RARE apple not seen for more than 50 years turned up at Kingston Maurward - and fruit experts are appealing for the mystery owner of the tree to come forward. A man took six bright yellow apples with red streaks along to the agricultural college's Apple
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Violent crime in Dorset rises by 11.8 per cent
VIOLENT crime in Dorset has risen again, a new report reveals. The 11.8 per cent increase in violent offences in the county is revealed in the latest set of Dorset Police crime figures, covering the six months from April to September. There were 2,762
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Turning the Tides
A SUCCESSFUL youth project centre which has helped to turn the tide for young people in Weymouth could be thrown a lifeline by county officials. External funding to support the centre is set to stop next March, leaving project managers desperate to plug
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County in bid for £2M to aid school sport
More than £2 million of National Lottery money could be available to fund school and community sports facilities in Dorset. But spending plans drawn up by Dorset County Council will have to be approved by the New Opportunities Fund if schools are to receive
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It's the reel thing
DORSET'S pioneering mobile cinema could be saved from the axe if councillors back a bid by the Purbeck Film Festival to run it. Plans to launch a 100-seat mobile cinema for Dorset next year were almost scuppered when Dorset County Council decided the
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Euro woe for Shaun
EAST Dorset's Shaun Webster missed out on retaining his European Tour Card by a heart-breaking one shot after finishing joint 37th in Tour School Finals in southern Spain, on Monday. The 25-year-old was lying joint 19th going into the final round and
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Dorset dozen in award shortlist
JUDGES of the Echo-backed Dorset Business Awards have announced the 12 finalists shortlisted for honours this year. The top 12 now have to wait until the gala awards dinner on December 5 to discover whether they have topped their award category to become
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Low interest leads to debt
LOW interest rates are fuelling credit card debt because mortgage borrowers are being tempted to pile more on their plastic than they are saving in home loan rate reductions. Insolvency experts are urging caution with the prospect of higher consumer spending
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Good research and gut instinct
THE media love surveys, and the wackier the findings the more the public is entertained. Business, however, is not looking for laughs or for messages from tea leaves. It is seeking authoritative predictions of human behaviour, based on representative
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Derek deal is on the cards
CHERRIES boss Sean O'Driscoll is finally poised to complete the permanent signing of loan star Derek Holmes later this week. Holmes is expected to put pen to paper on a two-and-a-half year contract and will join Cherries for a nominal fee from Scottish
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Crocked Carl out for two weeks
CARL Fletcher has been boosted by news he could be back in action in a fortnight after fears were allayed he had sustained a serious knee injury. Fletcher was substituted after twisting his right knee during a clash with Worksop's Krystof Kotylo in Saturday's
