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Bat's us on the telly!
THEIR characters may be a couple of bats and a cluster of flies on the wall. But a group of ladies from the Bournemouth Society for the Visually Impaired are playing a top role in the latest Creature Comforts series now under way on ITV1. All the new
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Guy Fawkes fun for all the family
THE sky will come alive tonight as fireworks celebrations get under way. The Daily Echo is backing two major events, one in Bournemouth and one in Christchurch, and there is guaranteed entertainment at both. Our roadshows will be at Butcher's Coppice
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Race supporters' fury
SPECTATORS were outraged when they went along to support a run in aid of cancer and were charged £4. Only a handful went along to watch the 10k Cancer Research run last Sunday in the grounds of stately home Kingston Lacy, near Wimborne. The organisers
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In the wrong place at the wrong time
IN summer it is the scene of coach tours and adrenaline sports but on wet, winter nights Lulworth Cove is altogether different. On Thursday night, whether through teenage curiosity or a love for fishing, two young lives were lost at this beauty spot and
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Bat's us on the telly!
THEIR characters may be a couple of bats and a cluster of flies on the wall. But a group of ladies from the Bournemouth Society for the Visually Impaired are playing a top role in the latest Creature Comforts series now under way on ITV1. All the new
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VILLAGE IN MOURNING
A VILLAGE is today struggling to cope with tragedy after two West Lulworth teenagers were feared dead in a storm. A third teenager from the village, Richard Lawrence, watched in horror as his friends Matthew Myburgh and Charlie Morrell were swept into
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Campaign to bring back maroon flares
A DORCHESTER man is on a mission to bring back the regular use of Weymouth lifeboat's maroon flares. The decision was made to stop using the flares, except under specific circumstances, because of fears over safety and intrusion into people's lives. Recreational
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Youngsters to lose hall after 50 years
GUIDES and Brownies will have to find a new home when the lease on their hall runs out on Christmas Day. The Weymouth Central District has been the leaseholder of the Old Town Hall in High West Street, Weymouth, since the 1950s. The district has now been
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Commuters see red over traffic lights on link road
WORKERS near a new link road are not convinced that traffic lights are the answer to their congestion problems. The £2.5m new Chickerell Link Road in Weymouth will join Hampshire Road and Chickerell Road and there will be new traffic lights with pedestrian
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Bat's us on the telly!
THEIR characters may be a couple of bats and a cluster of flies on the wall. But a group of ladies from the Bournemouth Society for the Visually Impaired are playing a top role in the latest Creature Comforts series now under way on ITV1. All the new
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THEY'VE GONE
A DORSET community is in mourning after the search for two boys - swept into the sea in a tragic accident during a severe storm - was called off. A team of specialist divers is now searching for the bodies of 16-year-old Matthew Myburgh and 15-year-old
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Riddle of missing call box is solved
THE mystery of a missing phone box has finally been solved. Councillors spotted that the phone box at Dorchester South railway Station was missing back in the summer. And although bosses at BT claimed that the box was replaced just a week after being
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Lethal shells thrown up by stormy seas
NAVY bomb disposal experts blew up more than a dozen potentially lethal shells that were washed up on Hurst Spit near Milford by stormy seas. A walker found one shell at 4pm on Thursday and notified the Coastguard service and police. Another four shells
