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A claustrophobic chiller with real class
IN SAW (18), (Carey Elwes) and photographer Adam (Leigh Whannell) wake to find themselves chained to opposite sides of a darkened room, in the middle of which lies a decaying body. They soon realise they are the latest victims of a serial killer known
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SCHOOL IN MOURNING
A SCHOOL is in mourning today following the death of a 14-year-old pupil. Youngsters at Lytchett Minster School were in shock as the news spread last night. Stuart Clark, head teacher of the school in Post Green Road - locally known as The Manor - confirmed
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Now even safer on the roads
HERE is a glimpse of the new £75,000 state-of-the-art ambulances taking to roads of Dorset. The vehicles have been tailor-made to the requirements of Dorset Ambulance NHS Trust after it set up a team to suggest what it felt was most needed in its ambulances
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Mass protest blows out wind farm plans
A CONTROVERSIAL application to build nine 105 metre wind turbines in a North Dorset village looks set to be refused amid "overwhelming opposition". Months of concern that Winterborne Zelston will be spoilt if planners give Your Energy Ltd the go-ahead
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Barriers in place for the Tories
STEEL-reinforced concrete barriers will be erected for the first time in Bournemouth today as the security operation for next week's Conservative Party conference gets under way. Specialist search teams are combing the BIC and surrounding area in a bid
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Council 'not remiss' in school row
AN OMBUDSMAN caught in the crossfire of residents annoyed about noise from a shooting school has found no reason to tick off Purbeck District Council. In April this year 15 householders in the Bere Heath and Hyde area made a joint complaint against the
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Bon Voyage (12A) preview
THE Nazis are beginning to invade Paris and while several members of the French government are convinced that collaboration with Hitler is the best course of action, cabinet minister Jean-Etienne Beaufort (Gerard Depardieu) decides to flee the city. He
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Talking Dirty
MOST of us have chuckled at the dishevelled, wide-eyed bloke with the straggly hair and matted beard barking in the street. But Dirty Filthy Love (ITV1 Sunday) forced you to remember that, behind the beard and the penchant for Lassie Sings the Blues,
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Mmm nice - and all that's jazz
IF 'JAZZ is the new rock & roll', what was rock & roll when it came out? Not that it matters or anything, but it's one of those maddening little conundrums that tend to keep you awake in the wee wee hours, and even the ploppy ones. The recent
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Gig listings for the week starting Friday, October 1
FRIDAY Idle Hands/False Pretences (Mariner's, Maiden Street, Weymouth): A night entirely composed of original material from both bands. Satan's Coconuts (Finn's, Westham Road, Weymouth): Steve from Shirley Temple Pilots, Andy from Entity and Mark and
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BMX
Battling Josh takes British Championship third BMX racing British Championships at Cheddar last Sunday Josh and Eddie Moore, from Lyme Regis, were among 20 youngsters taking part in the six and under class. Elder brother Josh, six, got through his heats
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Golf
Never to old to win, Lin Lyme Regis Golf Club LIN BAKER is one of the grandees of the Lyme Regis Golf Club. On Sunday he presented the Shield that bears his name to the club secretary whose team had beaten the captain's 9 to 6, writes William Halden.
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The Soldier's Wife
FOUR women await the return of their husbands after The Second World War ends. Carrie Pollard's husband was a POW and suffers from nightmares; Gwen is devastated when her husband's ship is torpedoed and he is listed missing, presumed dead; Shirley was
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A Perfect Life
THREE women striving to make "a perfect life" for themselves and working towards their goals. Each one then comes up against an obstacle. For Calypso (the married one of the three) the obstacle comes in the guise of a man she cannot resist. Dannie, having
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Fortress Malta
DESPITE all the wars waged in the last 60 years, the tiny island of Malta is still the most bombed place on earth. Its bravery in withstanding a four-year siege earned its people a collective George Cross and played a vital role in the Allied war effort
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Football - FA Vase qualifying 2nd round replay
Russell: Tie was lost at St Mary's BRIDPORT were left cursing their luck following Tuesday night's FA Vase exit at Bemerton Heath Harlequins. The Bees went down 3-0 to the Wessex League side at Western Way in a Qualifying Second Round replay. The Wiltshire
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Football - Perry Street League Premier Division
Cleal makes amends as Seasiders stroll on Lyme Regis 4 Ilminster Res 0 LYME put Ilminster away after a frustrating first half during which they missed a hatful of chances. The dogged but negative Somerset visitors, who clearly came with little ambition
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Baby's lip cut by glass in her food
LITTLE Chelsea Daynes loves her food - so when she started crying as her dad fed her, he knew something was seriously wrong. To his horror blood appeared around the mouth of the one-year-old and he pulled out a 1.5 cm shard of glass which had cut his
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Talks on new site for medical centre
BRIDPORT Medical Centre may not have to move to Gore Cross after all now that a new site in West Allington is in the frame. The proposed move of the overcrowded medical centre in North Allington caused a furore when it was first announced, with public
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Pub chain scraps plan to build lodge
PLANS to convert Bridport's historic Greyhound Hotel into the country's fourth Wetherlodge have bitten the dust. Instead the upper floors of the centuries old former coaching inn look set to be converted into flats. Pub chain J D Wetherspoon had applied
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Bay flats plan 'better but not good enough'
REVISED plans for a controversial harbourside housing development at West Bay have failed to win over town councillors. "Better - but still not good enough" was the verdict when the plans committee considered Wyatt Homes' latest design for 45 flats, a
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MP backs fight for bus link
VILLAGERS fighting to save a vital bus link with Bridport have been promised total support form town councillors and their MP. Residents at Bothenhampton face being stranded after operators First were banned from stopping along Sea Road South. In the
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Town hall toilets to stay open
BRIDPORT'S town hall toilets have been saved from closure with town councillors pledging to take the facilities on. The toilets were due to close on April 1 next year after West Dorset District Council withdrew funding. But floods of letters to the Bridport
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PALMS HANDED OUT TO WINNERS
POOLE's ongoing quest for tourism excellence has taken another step forward with the presentation of the Echo-backed Palms awards. Eighty business leaders gathered at the Harbour Heights to congratulate winners of this year's Sibbett Gregory Poole Tourism
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Ryan grabs first max for Pirates
RYAN Sullivan gave Pirates a timely Elite League title play-off boost by scorching to his first full home maximum for the club. The Australian ace, who has recaptured his best form in the past few weeks, had got 16 paid 18 points from six rides in a 57
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SCHOOL IN MOURNING
A SCHOOL is in mourning today following the death of a 14-year-old pupil. Youngsters at Lytchett Minster School were in shock as the news spread last night. Stuart Clark, head teacher of the school in Post Green Road - locally known as The Manor - confirmed
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On song for charity
ROMSEY Male Voice Choir is joining forces with musical youngsters from Dorchester next week to help raise funds for the county's Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen and their Families Association. The singers will take to the stage in St Mary's Church on Saturday
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Arts events for the week starting Friday, october 1
FRIDAY (1) Calamity Jane, Weymouth Pavilion A Disagreeable Man - The Story of WS Gilbert, Dorchester Arts Centre Forest Forge's GI Blues, Sydling St Nicholas village hall The Last Freak Show, Lighthouse, Poole Attik Dance's Tangled, Lytchett Minster School
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Local bands
THOSE budding musicians out there who've dreamt of playing Glastonbury will definitely want to read on. Michael Eavis is inviting unsigned bands to battle it out for the opportunity to play at Glastonbury and win the onsite competition in 2005. The lucky
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We'll hunt you down!
SOUTH Dorset MP Jim Knight has been targeted by hunt supporters who are taking their protests to the ballot box. The Working Hound Defence Campaign (WHDC) is recruiting volunteers to crusade against sitting MPs in marginal seats who have thrown their
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Titles for long service to borough
Councillors have paid tribute to two long serving colleagues by awarding the title of honorary alderman. Tina Roebuck and Harry Burden were presented with framed scrolls at a meeting of Weymouth and Portland Borough Council. The council voted unanimously
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£60,000 council report criticised
A £60,000 document produced by a council was condemned as 'bureaucratic speak' by a councillor. Coun John Birtwistle told a meeting of Weymouth and Portland Borough Council that, after reading the council's corporate improvement plan, he was 'none the
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Splashing way to attract wildlife
CHILDREN in Puddletown are hoping that wildlife will have a splashing time in their new prize pond. Water creatures are being encouraged to Puddletown First School where pupils' designs for a new pond won a countywide competition. Now staff from Dorset
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Youngsters gather play areas petition
FED-UP youngsters at Charlton Down have collected a 340-signature petition calling for extra recreation areas to be installed in the village. A final decision on where these facilities for the village will go still has to be made by West Dorset District
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Mass protest blows out wind farm plans
A CONTROVERSIAL application to build nine 105 metre wind turbines in a North Dorset village looks set to be refused amid "overwhelming opposition". Months of concern that Winterborne Zelston will be spoilt if planners give Your Energy Ltd the go-ahead
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Borough's bathing beaches maintain spotless standard
FINAL figures for the summer season sea water sampling off the Christchurch coastline have maintained the spotless standard of the borough's bathing beaches. Samples taken in the first two weeks of September showed the water quality off the four main
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Take flight into another world
SKY CAPTAIN AND THE WORLD OF TOMORROW Starring: Jude Law, Gwyneth Paltrow, Angelina Jolie, Michael Gambon, Ling Bai GENRE: Action/sci-fi/romance/drama CERTIFICATE: PG GUIDE: No swearing, no sex, violence RATING PPPP IT'S CHOCKS away in Kerry Conran's
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Gangland thriller has plenty of X factor
LAYER CAKE (15) IT'S been at least a week since the latest gang of dodgy, double-dealing East End geezers swaggered into our multiplexes. So it comes as no surprise that Matthew Vaughn, producer of Lock, Stock & Two Smoking Barrels - the film that
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Cinema listings for week starting Friday, Ooctober 1
SKY CAPTAIN AND THE WORLD OF TOMORROW (PG): Top-class futuristic fun starring Jude Law and Gwyneth Paltrow. LAYER CAKE (15): Classy Brit gangster flick. A cut above the rest. SAW (18): Genuinely edge-of-seat horror film about the captured victims of a
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'I wish I could see them'
THE mother of a missing Italian teenager broke down in tears as she spoke of her wish to meet the children of Bournemouth murder victim Heather Barnett. Filomena Claps sobbed: "The person who took my little girl away from me 11 years ago also took Heather
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Volunteers rough it in aid of cancer charity
TEA, coffee and chairs seem to be the things people are missing most on their survival challenge. And a dog ran off with a leg of venison which was a bit of a disaster. But the 11 good sports on I'm NOT a Celebrity and I've GOT to Stay There are finding
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'I wish I could see them'
THE mother of a missing Italian teenager broke down in tears as she spoke of her wish to meet the children of Bournemouth murder victim Heather Barnett. Filomena Claps sobbed: "The person who took my little girl away from me 11 years ago also took Heather
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The Life and Death of Peter Sellers (15) preview
HIGHLY stylised biopic of the late comic genius (Geoffrey Rush), based on the book by Roger Lewis, tracing Sellers' life from his hugely popular stint on The Goon Show to his meteoric rise and fall in the movie industry, reaching giddy heights with the
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Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow (PG)
IT'S chocks away and tally ho! in Kerry Conran's ground-breaking pulp fiction fantasy, which has been more than six years in the making. Using virtually no sets and no locations, Sky Captain And The World Of Tomorrow is brought vividly to life with more
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Infernal Affairs 2 (15) preview
WORTHY prequel to Andrew Lau's widely acclaimed Triad action yarn. This story covers the relationship between Inspector Wong (Anthony Wong Chau-Sang) and Sam (Eric Tsang) in the early 1990s. Over the ensuing six years, betrayals are revealed on both sides
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De-Lovely (PG)
IRWIN Winkler's handsome musical biopic of legendary American composer Cole Porter doesn't quite live up to its effusive title. Part fact, part imagined, the film paints a colourful portrait of one of the world's greatest songwriters, including more than
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Saw (18) preview
DR Gordon (Cary Elwes) and photographer Adam (Leigh Whannell) wake to find themselves chained to opposite sides of a darkened room, in the middle of which lies the decaying body of a man who appears to have shot himself. The two strangers soon realise
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NEW FOREST PLANS (Sept 28)
Glenwood, Beechwood Lane, Burley; 82766, two storey extension, conservatory; Plan & Site Services, Second floor, 9 Southampton Road, Ringwood (for J Moore). Gorselands Nursing Home, Coach Ill Lane, Burley; 8277, two storey extension (revised design
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Jamie hits little woods jackpot
WHISPER it quietly, but Dorset may have a future golfing superstar on its hands - and he's only five, writes Nick Carter. Jamie Carpenter first picked up a golf club at 18 months and now he's already a national winner and could be in with the chance of
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Cricket
Mark Broad Fund is fitting memorial FOLLOWING the tragic death of Mark Broad, aged just 38, in April this year, a lasting memorial will be set up to benefit local sportsmen and women and in particular, the development of youth in the area. Mark was a
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Man grabs leg of bedroom burglar
A JUDGE has praised the bravery of an elderly couple who found a burglar in their bedroom in the dead of night. Simon Wray was stealing items from a drawer when he disturbed a Mr and Mrs Hogan at their home in St Mary's Road, Poole in the early hours
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FOOTBALL - Perry Street League Premier Division
Cleal makes amends as Seasiders stroll on Lyme Regis 4 Ilminster Res 0 LYME put Ilminster away after a frustrating first half during which they missed a hatful of chances. The dogged but negative Somerset visitors, who clearly came with little ambition
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Tough line on harbour speedster
A STRONG message has been sent that people who put others lives at risk by speeding in Poole Harbour, will not be tolerated. Poole Magistrates have fined a man who drove a rigid inflatable at 34 knots along the Wareham Channel £750 and ordered him to
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Wedding distress
FOR most girls, being a bride is something you dream of from an early age. But 27-year-old Katie Carnegie claims her special day was ruined when she was given the wrong dress - 50 minutes before the wedding. Shop owners of Pascali Bridal Boutique in Parkstone
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Jamie hits little woods jackpot
WHISPER it quietly, but Dorset may have a future golfing superstar on its hands - and he's only five, writes Nick Aston. Jamie Carpenter first picked up a golf club at 18 months and now he's already a national winner and could be in with the chance of
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Buyer snaps up exchange for £85,000
A TINY former telephone exchange in Beaminster has just sold at auction for £85,000 - £60,000 over the guide price. Bidding was fierce with six bidders all keen to buy the property, which has a frontage of 24ft by 9.6ft with room to park a car and a little
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Buyer snaps up exchange for £85,000
A TINY former telephone exchange in Beaminster has just sold at auction for £85,000 - £60,000 over the guide price. Bidding was fierce with six bidders all keen to buy the property, which has a frontage of 24ft by 9.6ft with room to park a car and a little
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Boatmen fear fishing levy could sink them
WEST Dorset boatman have fired a broadside at the Government over plans to charge them up to £1,000 a year to fish inshore waters. They say the proposed levy could scupper the already hard-pressed trawlermen, putting many out of business. Others could
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Pupil's Moment in film
A FIFTEEN-year-old schoolboy hired the Tivoli theatre and managed to tempt many professional actors to audition to be in his film. Canford School pupil Richard Booth, now 16, wrote, directed and produced Live for the Moment which will be screened in Wimborne
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Fallen angels come to earth
A BITTERSWEET tale of fallen angels will be told through drama, opera, dance and puppetry next week. Arcane marks the welcome return of Bridport-based Opera Circus and is a stunning piece of visual music theatre, a bittersweet morality tale that takes
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Whip-cracking show is a winner
WEYMOUTH Operatic Society has been busy re-inventing itself over the past year or so and this show bears witness to the success it has had in attracting new talent to its ranks. Better known as an iconic Western movie starring Doris Day, the stage show
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He is the music man
FRESH from the success of his two-night visit to the Lighthouse in Poole, Mike Maran will continue to entertain Dorset audiences with his tale of the life of composer Mahler during a one-night stay at Bridport Arts Centre next week. Mahler: Song and Dance
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Festival is a magnet for avid film fans
CINEMA buffs are in for a treat when the eighth Purbeck Film Festival takes place, showcasing more than 80 films in various venues across East Dorset during its two-week run. A total of 86 films are scheduled to be shown, from early Buster Keaton classics
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STAGE AND MUSIC (October 1)
ALTHOUGH you'd never have thought it possible back in the days when he was the perma-grinning front man of Scottish pop darlings Wet Wet Wet, Marti Pellow is superb as slimeball lawyer Billy Flynn in the super sassy stage musical Chicago. He's been a
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The £50,000 thank you
BRAVE Parkinson's sufferers gave a talk to schoolboys on their condition and were overwhelmed when the youngsters raised £50,000 to help. Alan Harvey, from Portland, and Martin Phipps, who lives near Winterborne Stickland, told of their battle against
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Charity funds raised to remember motorcyclist
THE memory of a fun-loving Weymouth man killed in a motorbike accident will live on through the work of a charity. A collection made at the funeral of Gareth Charles Thomas has been donated to a support group which helps stroke victims like his father
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Hopes dim for town's festive lights scheme
TRADERS' dreams of upgrading Ringwood's Christmas lights and brightening up the town for festive shoppers dimmed when Hampshire County Council refused its cash bid. Ringwood's Chamber of Trade and Commerce plans to spend £23,000 revamping the town's ten-year-old
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Mass protest blows out wind farm plans
A CONTROVERSIAL application to build nine 105 metre wind turbines in a North Dorset village looks set to be refused amid "overwhelming opposition". Months of concern that Winterborne Zelston will be spoilt if planners give Your Energy Ltd the go-ahead
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Killer driver convicted for second time
A MAN has been convicted for the second time of causing the death of a special needs teacher by dangerous driving . Mother-of-one Serena Buck, 35, died when Andrew Crump played boy racer with a Jaguar XJR, the jury heard. Crump, 23, chased the Jaguar
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Electric performance by Woodroffe racing team
WOODROFFE Schools Greenpower motor racing team have confirmed their place at the front of the grid with another high- speed victory. Following their success in the Dorset heats in June, the Lyme Regis students travelled to the regional finals in Somerset
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Charmouth man's film on TV
AN award-winning documentary made by a Charmouth man will be repeated at prime time on Channel Four this Monday. Almost five million viewers tuned in to watch The Boy Whose Skin Fell Off, a film by Eric Harwood, when it was first screened in March this
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Letwin will have brush with art
SHADOW chancellor Oliver Letwin will take part in the opening ceremonies of the second Lyme Regis arts festival this weekend. The MP for West Dorset will make the first daubs in the Evolution project - a drawing event using blue lias clay - and will take
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Council flouts policy
LYME Regis town council flouted its own policy on Wednesday after an astonishing coup by the town mayor Barbara Austin. The council voted in favour of giving a grant to the Girl Guides, even though it was way past the July 5 closing date for grant applications
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Driving range plans rejected
PLANS to build a timber driving range next to the Strawberry Field in Lyme Regis have been rejected by the district council. The application by Lyme Regis golf club to build a 100ft wide range was turned down by council officers acting under delegated
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Police question three over swan death
POLICE investigating an attack on a family group of swans on the River Stour at Christchurch have interviewed three teenagers. One cygnet died after allegedly being rammed by an inflatable boat and other swans were said to have been chased down by people
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...my life has changed in oh so many ways
YOU know what it's like. You go to the supermarket for the same old thing, week in, week out. Then one day, you pick whatever this old reliable is off the shelf to be greeted by snazzy new packaging and the words "new and improved". We'll leave aside
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KEEPER CASE FOR THE DEFENCE
NEIL Moss has heaped praise on his defenders as he prepares to return to the Cherries goal for Saturday's Coca-Cola League One visit to Blackpool (Bloomfield Road, 3pm kick-off). The 29 year-old shot-stopper was rested in the midweek LDV Vans Trophy defeat
