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Popular Weymouth showman Peter pens his past
HE’S been a fire service volunteer, a Royal Air Force driver, bandleader, magician, television actor and had a dozen more jobs besides. Now Weymouth’s Peter Price can add author to his list of talents after penning his autobiography. The 84-year-old
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'Ugly' new parking meters cause 'pay and dismay' in Dorchester
THEY’RE coming to a street near you and there’s going to be one on nearly every corner. But a man who is passionate about preservation says that Dorchester’s new pay and display parking machines are too ugly for the town. From this week, 26 black solar
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Villagers divided over council plans to open West Dorset quarry site
VILLAGERS are divided over plans to reopen an old quarry near Dorchester. Some are calling for councillors to turn down plans to extract limestone from a quarry that has been abandoned for the past 25 years. But others want to see the diggers start
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Cyclist flown to hospital after 10-foot fall onto Nothe rocks
A CYCLIST suffered serious injuries after his bike slipped off a path in Weymouth and he plunged on to rocks below. The 46-year-old man was riding at the Nothe when he fell off a 10ft-high sea wall at Newton’s Cove. He suffered serious leg and back
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Weymouth cabbies concerned over increase in number of licences
TAXI drivers in Weymouth and Portland are warning services would ‘cease to exist as we know it’ if the council axes the limit on licences. They told Weymouth and Portland Borough Council’s management committee the limit on Hackney carriages – taxis that
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Weymouth landlords call for action to curb drunkenness and rowdyism after night of violence
TWO men were taken to hospital with facial wounds after a night of violence in Weymouth town centre. In two separate assaults in the early hours of Saturday morning, a 21-year-old Weymouth man and a 29-year-old visitor received treatment at Dorset County
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Well done Chapelhay Community Partnership for taking on Weymouth's old town hall
Well done the Chapelhay Community Partnership in planing the restoration of the old town hall and gardens (‘The hall of fame’, Echo, May 5). I am not surprised that the council is enormously supportive of this project. It is a Grade 11 listed building
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Motorcyclist, 27, is killed in smash outside Tank Museum
MOVING tributes have been paid to a young motorcyclist who died while doing what he loved most in life. Kirk Parsons, from Bovington, died after his bike was involved in a collision with a camper van driven by a pensioner at the entrance to
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Nobbs stays cool
WEYMOUTH 203-8 (19pts) beat BLANDFORD 200-8 (12pts) by three runs ROB Nobbs was the toast of Redlands as Weymouth secured their first Dorset Premier League win of the season. The medium pacer showed nerves of steel as his side beat Blandford
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Champion Blues
PORTLAND UNITED 2 STURMINSTER NEWTON 0 PORTLAND United wrapped up back-to-back Dorset Premier League titles with a 2-0 victory over Sturminster Newton United in front of a bumper crowd at Grove Corner. The Blues went into the clash needing three
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Etherington keeps Chickens on course
CHICKERELL UNITED 4 STURMINSTER MARSHALL 1 NICK Etherington netted twice as Chickerell United continued their quest for runners-up spot in the Dorset Premier League with a comfortable win over Sturminster Marshall at Weymouth College. The talented
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Champions battered
POOLE TOWN 237-5 (20pts) beat DORCHESTER 175 (6pts) by five wickets DORCHESTER’S hopes of retaining the Dorset Premier League title took another battering at the Rec as Martin Ford led Poole Town to an impressive five-wicket victory. Ford
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Dorchester thrive in the TV spotlight
DORCHESTER boxing fans, and the BBC, were treated to a thrilling evening of 16 top class bouts at the TA Centre. The BBC cameras were out for a follow-up on Dorchester Amateur Boxing Club coach Ben Geyser, who was named Unsung Hero of the Year at the
