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Let's teach children the correct words, not use baby talk
I totally agree with Sid Murphy from Yeovil (You Say, May 14)). Calling cygnets ‘baby swans’ on road signs is absolutely pathetic. No one calls puppies ‘baby dogs’ or calves ‘baby cows’! Why not teach children the correct word
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Egdon Easy runners enjoy refreshment on a hot evening
IF YOU were out and about in Preston one fine evening recently you will have seen the 200 entrants in the Egdon Easy 10k (just over 6 miles in old money) running by at their best pace, and congratulations to all those who took part. The water station
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Dorchester cancer patient to cheer Race for Life runners
A GUTSY woman who was diagnosed with breast cancer at the age of 32 will be cheering on Race for Life runners as they make their way around the course. Emma Pitcher is still waiting for the all-clear from the illness but will volunteer at the May 31
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Unsung benefactors of Portesham
SITTING in the garden over the Bank Holiday weekend I began thinking of the unsung heroes living in our village and realised how their interests have been turned around and not only give them great pleasure still, but have achieved tremendous good
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Rebekah wins Dorset Echo conservatory competition
LUCKY Rebekah Brownsey has won the Dorset Echo and Stuart Barnes Ltd Dream Conservatory competition. Her £8,000 prize is now standing proud in her garden in Roundham Gardens, Weymouth. Stuart Barnes Ltd and the Dorset Echo teamed up for the ‘Win a Dream
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Happy returns for Dorset's soldiers
TEARFUL family members gave the warmest of welcomes to Dorset’s soldiers after a tough tour of Afghanistan. 1 Rifles paraded down Chepstow’s narrow High Street in front of around 4,000 residents and relatives. The 500-man battalion was created in 2007
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Weymouth and Portland twinning trek
THREE mayors marked the golden anniversary of twinning between Weymouth and Portland and Louviers in France. The trio walked from Hope Square to the Nothe Fort to mark the 50th anniversary of the relationship between the borough and the town in Normandy
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Step ahead for Weymouth's dance festival
MORE than 200 dancers performed over 500 pieces at this year’s Weymouth Dance Festival. The event, which has been running for five years, attracted dancers from all over Dorset and beyond, as well as capacity audiences. Festival spokeswoman Lis Gray
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Bike from the dump helps Dorchester man raise £1,000
A CYCLIST who salvaged a bike from the dump has turned pedal power into pounds to help fund a centre for disabled children. Nick Wimberley rode the unwanted bike from Land’s End to Lowestoft to raise money for the Dorchester Opportunity Group. His cross-country
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Portland woman: 'Please stop hurting my pony'
A YOUNG woman today pleaded with youths: ‘Leave my pony alone.’ Yobs have been throwing stones and kicking footballs at Kelly Roberts’s Shetland pony Honey, which is kept on private land on Portland. Kelly is sickened by the assaults, which
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Urgent appeal for lollipop men and ladies in Weymouth and Portland
LOLLIPOP men and women are urgently needed to help pupils across the road in Weymouth and Portland. Dorset County Council wants them to join its relief team to cover shortages at 18 spots near schools in the borough. The ‘flying squad’ of lollipop men
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Harris to return
MIDFIELDER Andy Harris is on the verge of a sensational return to Blue Square South outfit Weymouth. The 32 year-old was a huge fans’ favourite at the Wessex Stadium during his first spell when he helped the club reach the Conference in 2005-06 and
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New boss impresses Coutts
FORMER Terras’ captain James Coutts has hailed the appointment of Matty Hale and Andy Tillson as the club’s new management team as a “positive step”. However, the midfielder has also distanced himself from claims that he could still be in a Weymouth
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Dismal display
WINTON SPORTS 229-9 (20) beat WEYMOUTH SECONDS 92 all out (5) by 137 runs WEYMOUTH Seconds skipper John Ryan has insisted that his side will come back fighting after their dismal defeat against Winton Sports at Meyrick Park. The Seasiders
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Misfortune scuppers Vaughan
ROUND three of the British Superkart Championship was an event to forget for Weymouth’s Mark Vaughan. Things looked good for the seasider after a fourth-placed finish in race one at the Anglesey circuit in North Wales but two strokes of bad luck saw
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Boxers all set for fight night
BOXING on Portland will return to its former stomping ground on May 30 when the ex-Naval sports centre in Castletown plays host to some of the best up-and-coming fighters in the county. The Boscawen Centre, which has since been replaced by the Osprey
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All change for Wessex Ladies
WESSEX now know the final structure of next season’s National Volleyball League Division One campaign. With the promotion and relegation play-offs now complete, the 2009-10 English top-flight has been announced. Wessex had hoped for reduced travelling
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Charity flight pilot killed in crash near Stalbridge
A MAN died and a woman was seriously injured after a light aircraft crashed in Dorset. Police received a mayday broadcast from the pilot reporting difficulties while flying near Stalbridge. The aircraft was seen by an off-duty police officer to crash
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Weymouth woman's ordeal with Maddie suspect
A WEYMOUTH woman today told of her rape ordeal at the hands of a paedophile linked to the disappearance of Madeleine McCann. Bette Balfour, 49, was just 12 years of age when she was lured into family friend and neighbour Raymond Hewlett’s car before
