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Defeat leaves Terras in drop-zone
WEYMOUTH slipped into the Blue Square Premier drop-zone after suffering an 11th straight defeat. The Terras lost out 1-0 at already relegated Lewes today while Woking triumphed 2-0 at Forest Green Rovers, who Weymouth entertain at the Wessex
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Goal drought continues for Magpies
DORCHESTER 0 NEWPORT CO 1 Reid 78 MORE than 600 minutes have now passed since Dorchester Town scored a goal. The latest blank saw the Magpies lose to Newport County following a solitary Craig Reid strike 12 minutes from time at
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Bere Regis nominates its villager of the year for Purbeck area awards
Bere Regis VOLUNTEER of the Year awards for services to the community were presented to eleven people across the Purbeck area at a ceremony held at Purbeck district council in Wareham on April 8. These people had all been nominated
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Coastguards rescue man after fall at Lyme Regis
A WALKER suffered a nasty head wound after slipping on rocks at a beach near Lyme Regis. Coastguards were alerted by the 60-year-old walker, who was holiday from Surrey, after he fell and cut his head near the water’s edge on Monmouth Beach. The man
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Terras are top of the Soccerworld
WEYMOUTH 4 TOTNES & DARTINGTON SC 0 ROSIE Sharpe netted twice as Weymouth captured the Bristol Soccerworld Cup with a superb 4-0 success over Totnes & Dartington SC at Taunton. Totnes had only been reinstated into the competition five days earlier
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Mayor to open new store
The Mayor of Bridport, Councillor Martin Ray, will open a Waitrose store on Thursday at 8.30am. The retailer has promised to showcase the South West’s finest food and drink and has been working with regional food group, Taste of the West.
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Hockey players go clubbing in town
A LEGENDARY hockey tournament made a comeback for a weekend of riotous fun and friendly competition. The Weymouth Hockey Clubs Easter Festival 2009 brought 33 teams from all over the UK to the Redlands Community Sports Hub. Some players took to the
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The adventurer
IT WILL be fourth time lucky for old seadog Trevor Wilson whose exploits would make any seafarer think twice about a life on the ocean wave. It has long been Trevor’s dream to sail single-handed across the Atlantic Ocean to North America, ever since
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Kicking off in memory of doctor
HOSPITAL staff will compete in a charity football match in memory of a doctor who died in a car crash. Giles Molyneux had established the Medics Away Foundation before his death last June in a crash near Dorchester. Now his colleagues at the town hospital
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Dorchester pollution could be stopped by more pedestrianisation
Alistair Chisholm recommends speedy implementation of the Dorchester Transport and Environment Plan as the answer to the unacceptably high levels of pollution in Dorchester's High Street. Unfortunately that will only go some way towards a solution.
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Moped rider hurt in accident
A moped rider came off his vehicle after swerving to avoid a car door in Dorchester, police said. A Dorset Police spokesman said the rider hit a wet drain cover while avoiding the opening door of a Subaru car on the forecourt of Tesco petrol station
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Jerry’s plan to join the circus
YOUNG unicyclist Jerry Thompson is ‘running away with the circus’ – and his mum doesn’t mind one bit. Jerry, aged nine, of Broadwey, Weymouth, will be wowing audiences once again when he joins Paulo’s Americano Circus in their Portland shows
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Motorists' dismay on the Ridgeway
Work to build a bridge over the Weymouth Relief Road at the top of Ridgeway Hill will close one of the three lanes of traffic until the new road is open. Signs will be put up on Tuesday to warn motorists that a section of the Ridgeway will
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Vandals target county town cars
Vandals ripped wing mirrors from parked cars and damaged traffic bollards during a night of destruction. Seven cars parked on Linden Avenue in Dorchester were damaged while four bollards were pulled from their bases on South Walks Road, Dorchester, between
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A borough of teenage mums
TEENAGE pregnancy rates in Weymouth and Portland have remained the highest in the county for the past 10 years – and higher than the national average. The latest figures from the Office for National Statistics show the teenage pregnancy rate
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Duke's title bid back on track
THE Duke of Albany’s terrific 4-1 defeat of Premiership leaders the Belvedere has seen the Park Street boys storm back into the title race and they are sure to be in confident mood ahead of tomorrow’s clash with relegation-threatened Rail-way Tavern
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Buoyant Dorset boss signs up Sillence
DORSET manager Sean Walbridge is hoping for more of the same from his players when they visit Somerset Seconds at Taunton Vale Cricket Club tomorrow. The Dean Park outfit opened their pre-season campaign with a 55-run victory over Wiltshire last weekend
