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Bere Regis swimming club excels at gala
Bere Regis SWIMMING Club chairman Bob Holman reports: The swimming club recently hosted a gala against Wareham and Bournemouth at the Purbeck Pool, Wareham. The Bere Regis team did wonderfully well, winning 16 of the 48-race programme. Team members
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Week of half-term activity sessions
HALF-term fun is on offer to children in Dorchester next week. Thomas Hardye Leisure Centre is giving youngsters the chance to in-line skate, run, swim and create artwork in a week of activity sessions. The events are open to youngsters between five
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Biker seriously injured in collision
A MOTORCYCLIST suffered serious head injuries in a road accident near Wareham. The biker was travelling west on the A352 Wareham bypass when he was involved in a collision with a Mazda motor car at around 6.30am this morning. The young male from
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£10,000 arts review is unnecessary - we already have the information
Reading the letters about the arts centre published by the Echo recently, I would just remind/inform readers of the Dorchester Arts Centre's silence during the period leading up to Andrew Wadsworth's implementation of a vision of Brewery Square'. During
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Appeal to help village in Fiji
A COMMUNITY worker in Dorchester is asking for help supporting a much poorer society. Kris Hallett of Dorset Community Action wants to help a pre-school she discovered when visiting friends in Fiji. The Waya Lai Lai Learning Centre is for under-fives
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Serious heath fire in Poole
FIREFIGHTERS are tackling a serious heath fire at Rockley Park off Napier Road, Poole. Six fire engines have been called to the scene, where several hectares of gorse and undergrowth are alight.
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Centre hosts anniversary celebrations
VOLUNTEERS and users of the Frank Reynolds Centre have celebrated a community building that has stood the test of time. The Broadwey building hosted a special event to mark the 75th anniversary of the opening of the community centre. Secretary of the
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Coastguards receive the highest honour
TWO Dorset coastguard officers have received the service's highest honour for their work following the beaching of the cargo ship MSC Napoli. Coastguard Commander for Dorset Mark Rodaway and Lyme Bay Sector Manager Peter Pritchard received the Honorary
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Trek in mountains helps raise £7,500
A TREK to Peru's Inca ruins at Machu Picchu in memory of her sister has seen Kirsty Houston raise more than £7,500 for the charity Unicef. The seven-day trek by Kirsty, 27, took her group through mountains at altitudes of more than 14,000ft as she tried
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Police out in force to tackle Jurassic Plod
DORSET Police will follow in the footsteps of dinosaurs on a sponsored walk along the coast in aid of cancer research. Around 100 officers and police staff will set out on their Jurassic Plod in T-shirts designed by Radipole Primary School pupil Jadene
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Disabled drivers in fury over town centre plans
DISABLED drivers have today blasted plans to prevent blue badge holders parking for free in Weymouth. A special dispensation scheme offering parking privileges for disabled people is under threat as the borough council seeks to raise an extra £25,000
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Funds roll in for contact centre
A SERVICE that links children with absent parents is thriving a year after it faced closure - thanks to supporters who sent money rolling in to save it. The Dorchester Child Contact Centre appealed for funding last year to keep going. Secretary Peter
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Rich retired people don't cause a shortage of cheaper housing
I REFER to remarks made about young Dorset people having to move because of housing being taken by the rich, retired couples who can afford to live in Dorset. It is my opinion this is far from the truth as I have three grandchildren ready to move from
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It's a Good Crack
SOME things are just simply beyond the comprehension of mere mortals. Such as, what makes a cat deposit a dead mouse into your work boot in the middle of the night? I may be woefully misjudging our domestic animals, but I am pretty damned sure that the
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Assaults followed release from jail
A MAN squeezed a woman's neck until she passed out hours after he was released from prison, a court heard. Anthony Garth Campbell, 36, of Newberry Road, Weymouth, admitted one charge of assault and another of assaulting a police constable in the line
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Cousins are jailed
TWO cousins used a hotel room to store more than £1,300-worth of Class A drugs they planned to sell, a court was told. Michael Mooney, 20, of no fixed abode, had previously pleaded guilty to four charges of possessing Class A drugs with intent to supply
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Rafts found
WALKERS at Chapmans Pool near St Albans Head alerted coastguards to two makeshift rafts. The area was searched and no one was found to be using the rafts, which were destroyed to ensure they could not be used again.
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Woman hurt in path fall
A WOMAN suffered a broken ankle following a fall on the coastal path at Durdle Door. Lulworth coastguards used their 4x4 vehicle to transport the injured woman to an ambulance. Elsewhere, a dog fell over the cliff edge near Osmington and had to be rescued
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Councillor cautioned
A PARISH councillor has been cautioned by police for assault following an incident at the end of last month's Crossways Parish Council meeting. Abi Scard was arrested at home in connection with an incident in which she threw water over Coun Andrew Brewer
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Knights have special role
A GRAND Knight of the Order of St Columba has lifted the lid on the Roman Catholic organisation's not-so-secretive work. Michael Walker-Bambury, 69, says he is keen to dispel some of the myths and misconceptions surrounding the order and what it does
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Old story which carries a real message for our life today
By the Rev Tim Greenslade, of St John's Church and Park Church Community Centre, Weymouth I was recently invited to speak at a school assembly on the theme of grace. This is a great subject, but not always an easy one to explain. The idea I had
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Diary dates . . .
ONE thousand candles will light the way to St Catherine's Chapel, Abbotsbury at 7.30pm this evening for a remembrance service. It is one of the few services set to take place there this year. THE Wessex branch of the Royal School of Church Music, Wareham
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Black Curtain is set to thrill
TRUE to their 'reputation for excellence in physical theatre', Angel Exit's new production The Black Curtain will thrill audiences when it comes to Dorset this week. The play conjures up a haunting yarn of wayward spies, power-hungry politicians, a duplicitous
