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Charity fashion show a stylish success
HOT high street fashion arrived in Milborne St Andrew with great style on Saturday 9th May. The committee and members of the Milborne St Andrew Wednesday Social Club would like to thank all those who supported the above event and made it such a great
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Hale's back with Terras
WEYMOUTH will unveil former player Matty Hale and ex-Queens Park Rangers defender Andy Tillson as their new management team at a Press conference at the Wessex Stadium at midday tomorrow. Hale will take over as first-team boss with Tillson acting as
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Gas leak causes Weymouth town centre chaos
A GAS leak caused chaos in Weymouth town centre. Fears of an explosion prompted emergency services to throw up a 200m cordon around the Jubilee retail park. It followed reports of a leaking acetylene cylinder at Kwik-Fit at around 3.20pm
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Toddlers have fun!
THE TODDLER Group held the first Village Café for the month of May and the tots were there to enjoy an extra playtime on their very large colourful play mat/carpet laid out across the hall floor covered with all their toys. The day was very
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The new Mercedes CLC looks familiar for good reason
The new Mercedes CLC looks a bit like the old C-Class coupe. Which isn’t surprising, because that’s what it’s based upon. And that’s no bad thing, because the previous model was a very nice motor. Apparently facelifted with more than 1,000 changes,
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A good response for the responders!
REPRESENTATIVES of Cattistock First Responders were busy counting money in the Fox and Hounds on the evening of Wednesday, May 13. After the 50p tower had been dismantled and the jumbo bottle emptied, an amazing £201 had been raised. Julian
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Weymouth artist Cathy up for £10,000 wildlife award
ARTIST Cathy Taylor is in the frame for a national award for her painting of conger eels off Portland. She has reached the final of the Wildlife Artist of the Year competition run by the David Shepherd Wildlife Foundation. Cathy’s picture
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Terras ready to name new boss
WEYMOUTH will unveil their new manager at a Press conference at the Wessex Stadium tomorrow at midday.
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Portland Young Offender Institution to display British Library's holy texts
THE world’s greatest collection of Jewish, Christian and Islamic holy texts is coming to... a prison. A scaled down multi-media version of the British Library’s celebrated Sacred Texts exhibition is stopping off at the Portland Young Offender Institution
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New forum aims to give Weymouth and Portland over-55s a voice
A GROUP is rising from the ashes to give older people in Weymouth and Portland a greater say. It will act as an advice shop and ensure the voice of the over 55s is heard but it is stressed it will not become a politically motivated campaigning body.
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Unwanted pets seeking new homes
A COCKER spaniel stray was in such a bad state from neglect that she had to have a huge and potentially fatal cyst removed. Willow was brought into the Margaret Green Animal Rescue at Lincoln Farm last month in what was described by rescue
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Bridport mum and pal do triathlon in memory of tragic daughter
DEDICATED Rosemary Bishop from Bridport has tackled a gruelling triathlon in memory of her daughter. Rosemary, 64, and friend Suzan Barclay, 49, trained for the Dorset Try a Tri event in aid of Julia’s House children’s hospice and Action for Children
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Portland dad told his family no longer qualifies for mortgage rescue scheme
A FAMILY who sought financial help say they’re back to square one after they failed to qualify for a much-lauded rescue package. Andrew Phillips from Portland understood he ‘ticked all the boxes’ for the government’s Mortgage Rescue Scheme, designed
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Broadmayne woman injured after being trampled by cows near Beaminster
A DOG walker was airlifted to hospital after being charged and trampled by a herd of cows. Lyz Warn spoke of how the ‘horrifying attack’ left her with broken ribs and needing stitches to her mouth. Mrs Warn, a governor at Broadmayne First School, told
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Bere Regis villagers call for action on speed after fatal crash
RESIDENTS are calling for a rural road near Bere Regis to be reclassified following a fatal collision. The driver of a flat-bed lorry was killed when his vehicle was in collision with a tractor near Gallows Hill on the road from Wool to Bere Regis on
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Tindall: Give Terras job to Marcus
FORMER Weymouth boss Jason Tindall reckons the cash-strapped Terras would be foolish not to offer the vacant managerial post at the Wessex Stadium to his close friend Marcus Browning. Tindall took charge of Weymouth following the club’s previous financial
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Weymouth duo back with a bang
STALBRIDGE 149 (6pts) lost to WEYMOUTH 153-9 (18pts) by one wicket COMEBACK kings David Trotter and Paul Payne fired Weymouth to a second successive Dorset Premier League victory at Stalbridge. The returning pair shared the man of the match honours
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Ian's geared up
DORCHESTER’S Ian Habgood has taken to duathlon like a duck to water and is gearing up for the European Championships next week. In only his first run-cycle-run event, the 24-year-old finished first in his age group to book a place in the Great
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Dorchester agony goes on
DORCHESTER 167 (7pts) lost to BLANDFORD 168-9 (18pts) by one wicket A TRICKY pitch and some wayward bowling saw winless Dorchester suffer a third consecutive defeat. The reigning Dorset Premier League champions have experienced a harsh start to the
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Seven-up Wincanton batter the Bees
WINCANTON TOWN 7 BRIDPORT RESERVES 2 BRIDPORT Reserves closed their season with a whimper as Wincanton Town hit a magnificent seven for the second time in two days. After gatecrashing Portland United’s championship celebrations at Grove Corner on Thursday
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M5 horror crash survivor talks of her amazing recovery
HORROR crash survivor Katrina Burgess told today how she was lucky to be alive – and is longing to be a normal teenager again. Former All Saints School pupil Katrina, 17, has made a remarkable recovery since suffering horrific injuries in a
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Piddle in full flow for summer season
BUOYANT Piddle Inn now boast four teams and are looking forward to a successful Summer Season in the South & West Netball League. The club, who will be playing in new kit and club colours, was formed in the Piddle Valley in 1986 and some of names on
