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Dorchester schools working together
SCHOOLS have joined forces to drive up standards of education in the Dorchester area. They have been given the green light to start working towards ‘trust’ status to give them greater control over their own affairs and the chance to gain more funding
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Visitors needed for Portland Young Offender Institution
VISITORS are needed to go behind bars at the Young Offender Institution on Portland. The Independent Board of Visitors (IMB) for the jail has appealed for more volunteers to its join its ranks after its numbers fell to 11. Board chairman Sir Phillip
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Rosetta Life artists help people through Weldmar trust
GARDENER John Legg is no longer able to tend his flowers and vegetables but he has captured his favourite place in a ‘medicine pill’. The circular artwork was created using photographs of his garden flowers at different times of the year. It depicts
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Nick Dempsey's charity challenge
OLYMPIAN Nick Dempsey is heading a team of athletes on a charity challenge from one end of the country to the other. The ambitious project aims to cover the distance from John O’Groats, Scotland, to Land’s End, Cornwall, by land, air and sea
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It's the final three in Dorchester carnival queen contest
A TRIO of charismatic women are in the running to rule over the county town. The semi-finalists for this year’s Dorchester Carnival Queen competition were announced during a judging night to whittle the competitors down to three. Judges
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Littlemoor family's car firebombed
A FAMILY has been left ‘petrified’ after their car was fire-bombed outside their home. Coral Mears described Littlemoor as ‘like Beirut’ after she found a window in her blue Vauxhall Zafira had been smashed and a plastic bottle with flammable
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Barracuda bar in Weymouth faces licence hearing
ONE of Weymouth’s biggest bars could lose its licence after police reports of ‘excessive force’ by door staff and drinks being sold to under-age girls. Weymouth and Portland Borough Council’s licensing sub committee will be told of police concerns in
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Portland Spa calls in administrators
THE future looks uncertain for a £10 million landmark hotel complex on Portland after bosses called in the administrators. There was shock today after the Portland Spa Hotel and Conference Centre emerged as the latest victim of the recession. The complex
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Back us to make the step up
PORTLAND United chairman Tony Greaves is appealing for local businesses to come forward and support the club’s bid to return to the Sydenhams Wessex League. The Blues are desperate to move up a level but need to raise £42,000 to repair the floodlights
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Walbridge puts faith in Williams
DORSET manager Sean Walbridge has backed Aaron Williams to produce the goods against Lincolnshire at Bracebridge Heath tomorrow. The ex-Devon star has been called up to replace the unavailable Chris Jones while Roger Sillence and Dave Kidner both return
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Cowburn’s men given harsh lesson
SOUTH DORSET GIANTS 26 SOMERSET VIKINGS 66 THE South Dorset Giants suffered a harsh welcome to life in the South West Confer-ence as they went down to a 40-point defeat in the league’s curtain-raiser. The Giants, who only had two substitutes to call
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Lorry driver dies in head-on crash near Bere Regis
A LORRY driver was killed in a head-on smash with a tractor. He is the third person to die in a road accident in the past seven days. The driver, aged 58, was pronounced dead at the scene of the crash, which happened yesterday morning
