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Top award for doctor's heart attack device
A CONSULTANT physician from Bournemouth has developed a life-saving piece of equipment that detects the onset of a heart attack. Dr Michael Vassallo of the Royal Bournemouth Hospital has invented a heart attack detector, which alerts patients of a heart
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Poor tee-shots drive Emo mad
A DEJECTED Gary Emerson was made to pay a heavy price for two costly errors which wrecked his hopes of a big pay day at the £2m Volvo PGA Champion-ship at Wentworth yesterday. Wayward drives on the fourth and 17th holes led to Emerson playing his provisional
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Cool hand Luke hits five sixes
EXCITING Western Australia prospect Luke Ronchi smashed five sixes clean out of the Bashley Cricket Ground as the New Forest club went on a 301-run romp against ECB Southern Electric Premier League rivals Burridge, writes Mike Vimpany. Ronchi, 21, sent
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Queen's reign of fashion
THE children of two Poole schools turned back the clock in a period fashion parade as part of the Queen's Golden Jubilee celebrations. Some 350 pupils and teachers of Turlin Moor First and Middle Schools paraded through the streets of Hamworthy, dressed
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Top two in a class of their own
South and West Dorset League champions Waterside may have a new look about them this term with a number of new signings, but approaching the halfway point in the summer season there has been precious little change in the first division outlook. The perennial
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Big-hitting Brissett the scourge of Dorchester
PARLEY 231-5 (19pts) beat DORCHESTER 143-9 (4pts) by 88 runs DO DORCHESTER'S bowlers not like Carl Brissett. Having smashed a glorious century against the county town at the Rec last season, Parley's West Indian all-rounder was up to his usual tricks
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Tony tribute to Gollob
FOUR-time World champion Tony Rickardsson paid tribute to his main rival of the past seven years after Tomasz Gollob won the Polish Grand Prix at Bydgoszcz. The Swede, Pirates' spearhead this year, finished runner-up to Gollob on the Pole's hometown track
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Life's tough at the top for Triangle
PORTLAND RT 178-8 (5pts) lost to POOLE AND POOLE OGS 176-3 (24pts) by seven wickets Portland Red Triangle are beginning to discover just how tough life can be for a newly promoted team in the NSA Dorset Premier Division as they crashed to their third
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Tony settles for second in Poland
PIRATES star Tony Rickardsson may have come second in Bydgo-szcz but he actually increased his lead at the top of the overall Grand Prix standings to 12 points. The 31-year-old Swedish international might have been forced to play second fiddle to the
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Swimmers saved by rescue helicopter
A DRAMATIC sea rescue took place after two swimmers got into difficulties at a Dorset beauty spot yesterday. The coastguard's search-and-rescue helicopter was scrambled after a member of the public dialled 999 to report that two men in their early twenties
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Community hall's £90,000 windfall
COMMUNITY leaders today celebrated scooping more than £90,000 to help them breathe new life into a run-down hall on a Weymouth estate. The dilapidated Littlemoor Community Centre, which has been targeted by vandals, is set to become the focus of the estate
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Anger as travellers move on to children's play area
ANGRY residents have today blasted a group of travellers who have set up home in Weymouth. The band are now on a piece of land near the Top Club in Louviers Road, Littlemoor, after they stayed on the Marsh playing fields over the weekend. Weymouth and
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Flower club and friends fill the house with colour
ATHELHAMPTON House will be a riot of colour for the next four days as flower arrangements fill every room of the stately home. Owermoigne Flower Club and friends have put on their 14th annual flower festival, which is celebrating the Queen's Golden Jubilee
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Lifeguards' £200,000 appeal for new base
A GROUP of lifesavers have launched an appeal to raise £200,000 to build a new purpose-built base on Weymouth beach. Weymouth Canoe Lifeguards, who have operated on the resort's sands since 1964, desperately need the replacement building because they
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Group squeezes out charity cash
CHARITY accordian players have been squeezing their instruments to the merry tune of £1,000. The 14-strong West Dorset Accordion Group raised the cash for CancerCare Dorset after a year spent touring the county. Group member Synthia Bennet presented the
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Rescue mission to save Randy
A DARING rescue plan will be announced today to try and save Randy the dolphin. The playful ten-year-old bottlenose has captivated hundreds of people in Weymouth harbour since he was first spotted off the Dorset coast in March, but he has already been
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Holiday hell for stroke victim Lynne
Weymouth councillor Lynne Herbert is stranded in the Canary Islands after suffering a stroke on the last day of her holiday. Well-wishers are keeping their fingers crossed for Mrs Herbert, who has a long history of heart problems and is now under close
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Pupils step out on walk initiative
CHILDREN from Winterbourne Valley First School have stepped out for Walk to School Week. They took part in a sponsored walk around the playing field while others used pedal power to get to the Winterbourne Abbas school. A host of other activities were
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Pupils drum up a taste of Africa
HUNDREDS of primary school children got rhythmic with the bongo drums for African week. Around 400 youngsters aged seven to 11 from six west Dorset schools joined in the African music, dance and art sessions for the four-day cultural event. The key-stage
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Town pushes boat out in jubilee celebration
THE centre of Bournemouth will be buzzing with entertainment during the Queen's Golden Jubilee celebrations. The four-day Family Festival of Fun is being staged by voluntary group Difference Makers in association with Bournemouth Borough Council. Proceeds
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Champions fall to Swarbrick's men
BOURNEMOUTH knocked BAT's ECB Southern Electric Premier League championship crown askew with an unexpected 19-run victory at Southern Gardens. It was Bournemouth's first win of a weather-dogged start to the season but, more significantly, the second time
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Going to the dogs
ROYAL dogs had their day at the races in Poole Park yesterday when crowned corgis reigned over Parkstone Rotary Club's annual doggie derby. Arriving in a chauffeured limousine escorted by a motorcycle outrider, their canine highnesses Teddy and Holly
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Police in appeal after cyclist left for dead
POLICE are investigating after a cyclist was left for dead at the side of the road by a hit and run driver. The male victim was found by a passing motorist unconscious with serious head injuries near the Ashley Heath roundabout at 4.24am yesterday. He
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Town pushes boat out in jubilee celebration
THE centre of Bournemouth will be buzzing with entertainment during the Queen's Golden Jubilee celebrations. The four-day Family Festival of Fun is being staged by voluntary group Difference Makers in association with Bournemouth Borough Council. Proceeds
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Stalbridge defence pierced by brothers Mike and Dave
STALBRIDGE 160 (4pts) lost to WEYMOUTH 156-2 (25pts) by eight wickets on a reduced run target. THERE are few families who have done more for Weymouth Cricket Club over the years than the sport-crazy Pearces. When volunteers are needed for tasks such as
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End of the line for Taffy
SALISBURY City have sacked joint managers Taffy Richardson and Tommy Killick. The former Weymouth and Dorchester duo were booted out of the Raymond McEnhill Stadium following the Whites relegation from the Dr Martens Premier Division. Their replacement
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TERRAS REJECT PHILLIPS BID
WEYMOUTH have turned down a bid of £15,000 for striker Lee Phillips. The approach came from Dr Martens Premier Division rivals Newport County, where the former Plymouth Argyle man spent the end of last season on loan. But cash-strapped Terras directors
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Flats and shops set to be built on green oasis
A LONG-RUNNING campaign to buy the last green oasis in an East Dorset town has failed. Wimborne Town Council had been trying to buy popular Crown Mead Gardens for more than a year to prevent the site being developed with shops and flats. But it now looks
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Port may host super carrier
THE Royal Navy could be returning to Portland. The island is being considered as the new home for the navy's next generation of aircraft carriers because it is one of a handful of ports in the UK big enough to accommodate them. The Ministry of Defence
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Lotto joy for youngsters
A GROUP helping special needs children and their families has been awarded nearly £114,000 after nine years struggling to survive. The Dorchester Opportunity Group, which offers help to children and their parents from Weymouth to Bridport, has been run
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Call to back fight over coastguard helicopter
A BID to fight any move to scrap the Portland coastguard helicopter has been launched by two councillors. Worried campaigners fear an axing of the service would mean Dorset being covered by a helicopter based at Lee-on-Solent in Hampshire - putting lives
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Youngsters warned on quarries danger
CHILDREN who regard quarries as an adventure playground are being warned to stay away because they are putting their lives at risk. Members of the quarrying industry are worried that as the school holidays are around the corner, youngsters will use Portland's
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Cattle return to show after foot and mouth
COWS are coming home to the New Forest Show again this summer after last year's foot and mouth crisis forced a bovine ban. A survey among regular cattle exhibitors has shown enormous enthusiasm for the return of the beef and dairy classes to the three-day
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Government announces new head of Verderers
A KEY New Forest organisation has a new man at the helm as the area heads for the biggest shake-up in its history. Oliver Crosthwaite Eyre has taken over from Maldwin Drummond as head of the Verderers, who administer the Forest's all-important commoning
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MP sounds warning on closure of post offices
A DORSET MP has raised the issue of post office closures in the House of Commons. Bob Walter, MP for North Dorset, said he was concerned at the rate of rural post office closures in recent years and urged the government to rethink its policy on paying
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Prince holds up firm as a fine example
PRINCE Charles is highlighting a Dorset company that exports to more than 150 countries as a flagship success for his Prince's Trust business start-ups scheme. The Prince of Wales has been publicly extolling the success of Network Telex after meeting
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Man with a mission to unclog our roads
IT sounds a lot like Mission: Impossible. Richard Barnes's job is to get Bournemouth's working population out of their cars. He is Bournemouth Borough Council's business travel plan co-ordinator - a post funded by a government grant to encourage people
