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Dorchester police inspector Les Fry to pound the streets for London Marathon
POLICEMAN Les Fry is running off to pound the streets of London… for 26.2 miles. The Section Commander for Dorchester is running the London Marathon on April 26 with PC Kevin Hoff and Kevin’s wife Claire. 35>Inspector Fry is running
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Retail therapy in aid of good cause
WE DON’T often get an opportunity to go to a fashion show in Weymouth so ladies, now’s your chance. Why not book Thursday, May 14 in your diary, when Travelling Trends are to stage a fashion show at Emmanuel Church, Southill, to help raise funds for the
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Spring is here so start planting
MAY is the time for planning and planting up your garden with flowers and produce for enjoying over the summer months. This is to remind you all of the two big plant sales, annual events, which are nearly upon us so do come along and stock up on your
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Dorchester firm's apprentices have a head for heights
DORCHESTER’S Hearn Group has recognised apprentices with a head for heights. Apprentices from Hearn Roofing received awards at a ceremony at the Victoria Hotel in the county town. The roofing firm currently has seven apprentices working towards qualifications
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Dorchester training firm trying to get more women into industry
A DORCHESTER-based training firm is running a scheme to get more women in industries where they are under-represented. Newlands Training Ltd will be working with LANTRA (the Sector Skills Council for the environmental and land-based sector) on the Women
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Think about the baby in teen pregnancy cases
Nothing and nobody is going to stop randy teenagers having sex (to call it ‘making love’ would be a misnomer). Morals have nothing to do with it (if, indeed, the word is known at all), but surely one scintilla of intelligence or plain commonsense would
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Dorchester vet bucks trend to expand
A DORCHESTER based equine veterinary practice is expanding its award-winning service. Remmer de Boer’s Mobile Equine Veterinary Care, a finalist in Dorset’s Open 4 Bussiness Excellence Awards last year, has welcomed on board a new partner and is set
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Chance of top award for Weymouth and Portland sail centre
WEYMOUTH and Portland’s Olympic venue is in the running for a top international sports and leisure architectural award. The Weymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy has been entered in a biennial award scheme run by the International Olympic Committee
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Weymouth Dance Festival ready to impress
THIS year promises to be the biggest and most exciting yet for the Weymouth Dance Festival. More than 200 young performers are set to dance at the increasingly successful event, which is now in its fifth year. Dance schools from Weymouth, Portland and
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Dorset Equitable Life pension victims form action group
Victims of the Equitable Life pension policy scandal have come together to form a Dorset Equitable Members Action Group. The group is pressing for compensation for people who have suffered as a result of the regulatory failures by successive governments
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Weymouth and Portland green group looks from more support
A GREEN-MINDED group in Weymouth and Portland is looking for more support. With the threat of climate change and a need to rely less on fossil fuels, the Transition Town movement has sprung up, challenging communities to act. A steering group has been
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Weymouth mum to take on third London Marathon
MOTHER-OF-FOUR Elaine Falcus is set to complete a marathon hat-trick for a cause close to her heart. The Weymouth mum is taking on the London Marathon for the third time in three years to raise funds for the Weldmar Hospicecare Trust after witnessing
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Echo competition-winning couple celebrate their dream wedding
BRIDE and groom Natalie Fitzgerald and Nathan Hunter celebrated their dream wedding, courtesy of the Dorset Echo and The Portland Spa. The couple tied the knot at the Portland venue after winning their dream wedding package worth over £15,000 in the
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Osmington man designs new postage stamps
GRAPHIC designer Mike Dempsey looked to the countryside for his latest project creating new stamps for the Royal Mail. Wild plants threatened by farming practices, development and pollution feature on 10 new stamps Osmington-based Mike has
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Puppet show duo pull strings to be reunited in Weymouth
PUPPETEERS who staged a Portland Bill show in Weymouth have been reunited for the first time in a quarter of a century. David Leech and Penny Gerken used to pull the strings when the Captain Portland Bill Puppet Theatre staged shows 25 years ago. Now
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Move towards better safety plans for A37 at Grimstone
TRADERS close to an accident blackspot are welcoming a move to bring forward road safety improvements. Council chiefs have received advanced Government funding and revealed the A37 is one of the priorities they hope to improve ahead of schedule as part
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Free bus pass time rules beaten by early-bird Weymouth pensioner
AN ENTERPRISING pensioner has devised a way to beat bus pass rules on boarding times – by climbing aboard at the next stop. Bob Poots, 65, has discovered that he can use a bus at any time with his pass if he walks to a bus stop just within the West Dorset
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Terras on the brink
WEYMOUTH’S hopes of staying in the Blue Square Premier are now hanging by a thread following last night’s 1-0 defeat at Histon. Bobby Gould’s men now require six points from their final two fixtures to stand any chance of surviving after York City, Grays
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Magpies' survival remains in the balance
DORCHESTER Town’s status in the Blue Square South is still not secure and will now be decided on the final day of the season on Saturday. Third from botttom Thurrock beat Braintree Town 1-0 last night, a results that leaves them two points behind the
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Trotter to miss start of season
NEW Weymouth captain David Trotter is set to miss the start of the new season. The medium pacer suffered torn knee ligaments in his side’s friendly victory over Martinstown last Sunday. Trotter’s injury is a huge blow for the Seasiders, coming just
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Lengthy lay-off for Armstrong
Challenge Meeting ISLE OF WIGHT ISLANDERS 51 WEYMOUTH DOONAN WILDCATS 42 WEYMOUTH Wildcats’ captain Jon Armstrong could be sidelined for a month after injuring his knee in last night’s defeat at the Isle of the Wight. The Wildcats went down
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White-out
CHICKERELL UNITED 2 PORTLAND UNITED 0 WARREN White netted a late brace to land Chickerell United the bragging rights over local rivals Portland United at Weymouth College last night. The table-topping Blues went into the Dorset Premier League
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Bridport thumped by Wincanton
A MISERABLE performance against Wincanton Town last night sentenced Bridport Reserves to their second 5-0 humbling in two weeks. Fresh from a morale-boosting success over Cranborne, Mike Savage’s troops were intent on recording back-to-back wins against
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Offers of help flood in for Dorchester leukaemia boy whose laptop was stolen
WELLWISHERS have stepped forward to help a young leukaemia victim whose precious laptop was stolen while he was in hospital. Donations have been flooding in following the Echo’s story about Dorchester schoolboy, Peter Lee, who was left without
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Young Terras are crowned
South West Counties League WEYMOUTH 1 DORCHESTER TOWN 1 WEYMOUTH Under-18s have been crowned champions of South West Counties League Division Two after securing the point they needed in a 1-1 draw with rivals Dorchester Town. The Terras
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Warmwell Park partnership kicks-off in style
WEYMOUTH Football Club and Warmwell Holiday Park have joined forces to provide football coaching to both residents and children in the area. The partnership held its first programme of events during the Easter holidays when Weymouth FC football in the
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Young offenders football team on Portland to be coached by Ian Wright
FOOTBALL legend Ian Wright will attempt to turn hardened young criminals into soccer stars in a new TV show. He will be attempting to turn around the lives of inmates at the Portland Young Offender Institution in the Sky series. Wright
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Naval training for Dorchester boxers
THIRTY young boxers were given a unique flavour of life in the Royal Navy as they were put through their paces in an exclusive training camp at HMS Drake in Plymouth. Included in the Naval exercise were young Dorchester stars Elias Anderson, 14, Luke
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Matt's treble
MATT Fry scooped three awards at Dorchester Athletics Club’s AGM and awards night. The talented athlete won the Andy Caddy Award for sprints, the Steve Martin Trophy for hurdles and the Founders Cup for the overall boys champion alongside Alistair Tuck
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Shining debuts for YMCA boys
THIRTEEN gymnasts from Dorchester YMCA put on superb displays at the Dorset Boys’ Floor and Vault Championships. The young gymnasts travelled to Port Regis School, Shaftesbury to take part in a competition that marked county town debuts for Flynn Scott-Riley
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High-class shown on finals day
FINALS day at the Dorchester Junior Open produced some high class tennis between players from across Dorset. The boys’ 18 and under singles contest was a very close match. Dorchester’s Justin Smith, 14, edged out James Marsh, 17, from Bournemouth 6-4
