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It's his now!
WHEN it comes to talking about football, student Mark Harris isn't usually lost for words. But the 16-year-old was left dumbstruck when he heard he'd scooped the National Young Commentator of the Year Award, beating more than 5,000 young hopefuls from
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Complaints increase at South West Trains
COMPLAINTS against South West Trains have risen while all its regional rivals have fallen, a report published today reveals. The number of complaints received about the company - which runs the Weymouth to Waterloo service - rose from 331 to 368 in the
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Wessex contribute to South West win
WESSEX proved their worth to the region as their players and coaches played an integral part in the South West's success at the Inter Regional Championships in Stoke. The under-15 and under-17 boys' squads both walked off with their respective silverware
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Slick Morris in medal fast lane
FERNDOWN Otters' Hayley Morris gave a glimpse of the form which recently won her gold medals in junior internationals to lead Dorset's medal haul at the Western Counties Youth Championships. The 16-year-old Parkstone Grammar School girl dominated the
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Paralysed man is awarded £2m
PARALYSED Lee Kench has today spoken of his hope for the future after winning a record £2 million in damages. Mr Kench, 37, of Moorfield Road, Portland, was paralysed from the waist down after he was knocked off his motorbike as he drove to work almost
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Bishop's blessing for £1m extension
A £1 MILLION extension to a village school has been officially unveiled after a year-long building programme. The Bishop of Salisbury, the Right Reverend David Stancliffe, consecrated the new buildings at Puddletown's St Mary's Middle School before dousing
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Theatre group acts over parking crisis
A MUSICAL theatre group could be forced to quit their headquarters because a residents parking scheme is making their life a misery. Bosses of Weymouth Operatic Society, who are based in Derby Street in the Park district of Weymouth, claim their weekly
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Wardens hit the streets
NEW community wardens hit the streets for the first time in Bovington and Wool today in a drive to stamp about anti-social behaviour. The two officers - Mark Wodarek-Black and Nickie Stockley - stepped onto the beat as part of a trailblazing Dorset Police
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Piers carves out a £6,000 scholarship
A PORTLAND stonemason has won a top scholarship to complete a unique training programme in building conservation. Piers Conway, 34, is a self-employed third-generation stonemason specialising in cathedrals, churches and other historic buildings, and has
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Star Clunes set to behave badly again
West Dorset television personality Martin Clunes is to recreate one of his best loved roles. The actor, who lives in a former vicarage in the village of Powerstock, near Bridport, with his wife and daughter, is to play Gary in Men Behaving Badly when
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Bus firm's threat to ban yob pupils
FOUL-MOUTHED and violent school pupils are making bus journeys a misery in Bournemouth, it has been claimed. Unruly and dangerous behaviour by boys from Portchester School is putting members of the public at risk, according to Yellow Buses. Now the company
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A thousand postcards put stamp on a winner
HIGH-heeled shoes, skateboards and dinosaurs are just some of the favourite things chosen by children across the borough in a competition organised by students from the Arts Institute at Bournemouth. The pair of third year arts event production students
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Cannabis cafe set to close
CANNABIS rebels have until Monday to leave the industrial unit they have set up a cafe in after an eviction order was made by a county court judge yesterday. The cafe, at Station Approach, off Ashley Road, Boscombe, has been operating as the Ganja Land
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'We're here for you' says Red Cross
THE wide range of services offered by the Red Cross is being highlighted across Dorset following the publication of a new report. A study has revealed that 99 per cent of people in the county are unaware of exactly how the charity can help them. Now the
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Hospital ward is shut by superbug
THREE patients have been quarantined after an outbreak of the potentially deadly 'superbug' MRSA at Dorset County Hospital. The Purbeck orthopaedic ward at the Dorchester hospital has been closed for a week to be disinfected after the three patients tested
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Fears for teacher hurt in death crash
A TEACHER from a Weymouth school is in a serious condition after he and two other members of staff were involved in a head-on collision. Ben Rhodes, a PE teacher at All Saints' School in Wyke Regis, suffered serious injuries in the smash on the A37 Dorchester
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Skip lorry collides with low bridge
A skip lorry smashed into a low bridge yesterday afternoon causing road and rail delays. The skip smashed into the railway bridge between Crossways and West Knighton, and was sent hurtling off the back of the lorry. The road was closed while emergency
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Fury at memorial benches attacks
VANDALS have been launching a series of attacks which have ruined much-loved memorial benches at two sites in Weymouth. One bench erected in memory of late Echo editor Peter Lush was ripped out of the ground and hurled 20ft down an embankment off the
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Fans' cash to bolster squad
CHAIRMAN Tony Swais-land has welcomed proposals for fans to raise funds to help strengthen the Cherries first-team squad. The innovative scheme - known as Playershare - is the brainchild of Cherries supporter Peter Phillips, a box holder at Dean Court
