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Community Angels flying high
WHEN I dropped into the Church Rooms during a training session for the Community Angels I was surprised at the large number of local residents attending, as you can see from the photograph. The Community Angels, the brainchild of Rev Tim West, set out
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A31 closed after crash
THREE people have been injured in a crash involving two cars which has closed the A31 east of Bere Regis. Police said the vehicles, one which was towing a caravan, collided near the World's End pub at Almer about 3.50pm today. Two of the casualties
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Flood information for Portland
Residents of Chiswell on Portland will be able to obtain emergency flood information when the Environment Agency visits. A mobile exhibition will be set up in the Lord Clyde car park between noon and 6.30pm on Thursday. The annual test of the warning
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Food firm donates biscuits for soldiers
A FOOD company in Bridport has generously donated thousands of biscuits for soldiers in Afghanistan. The treats, provided by Forest Products, will be divided up and put into shoeboxes that will shortly be sent to soldiers on the frontline in
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A tribute to 'Harry' Bowering
Predictably St Martin's Church was full to overflowing when villagers from far and wide joined family and friends on the occasion of the funeral service for Harry Bowering. Henry Thomas Bowering, or Harry, as he was always known, was born
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Winners at Southill Short Mat Bowls Club
Southill Short Mat Bowls Club continues to bubble along quite nicely. The AGM held recently at Southill Community Centre was well attended and was followed by wine and nibbles. At the meeting the winners of the annual club competition
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GREEN CLUB TIDY UP
THE GREEN Club garden fronting onto Norfolk Road has had a good tidy up, fences painted and trees trimmed. The work was done by some adults from the area and members of the Westham Youth Forum. ON SATURDAY, June 13 between 10am and noon there will
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Miranda Richardson backs Portland memorial scheme
A PROJECT to make an extinct species memorial on Portland got a boost as it was promoted at events around the country. Blackadder star Miranda Richardson is the latest high profile figure to give the scheme her backing – she attended an exhibition at
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Does broken lock show that Wyke is not treated fairly?
I HAD occasion to use the public toilets behind the bus stop in Wyke Regis a week ago. I found the lock on the cubicle to be broken. I assumed, vandals had been at work the previous night as the woodwork on the doorjamb had been sheered
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Yacht search ends
A missing boat last seen in Weymouth was the subject of a Coastguard search. The yacht, with two people on board, had started out from Plymouth originally but concerns were raised when it did not arrive in Ramsgate as planned. It was eventually found
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Climber falls on to rocks
A climber suffered serious injuries after falling 40 feet on to rocks in the Purbecks. The accident happened at an area known as the Cattle Troughs on the coast near Swanage. Because the mobile phone signal is weak in the area a woman who was passing
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Buxton battered
SEASONED Weymouth racer Mark Burrows felt his side put in a blinding performance, despite the sun dazzling the riders at Radipole Lane on Friday night. Wildcats made light of a tense start to triumph 59-33 over a strong Buxton side.
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Hands are tied
WEYMOUTH boss Matty Hale has insisted that he will only sign players who have a desire to play for the club. Due to financial constraints the 30-year-old has already lost out on a couple of targets but he remains philosophical and is confident of delivering
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2,500 in the biggest ever Race For Life
THOUSANDS of women tackled sweltering conditions to raise money for Cancer Research at the 2009 Race For Life at Kingston Maurward. In temperatures pushing 80F, the 2,500 participants, clad in dazzling pink outfits, wound their way around the 5km course
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High-speed chase through Chickerell, Coldharbour and Nottington ends in crash
A DRAMATIC high-speed chase through Weymouth’s country lanes ended when a car at the centre of the pursuit hit an unmarked police vehicle. Several police cars pursued a blue-grey Vauxhall Vectra from Chickerell through Coldharbour and Nottington. Eyewitnesses
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Batting Blues hit Seasiders' cause
BROADSTONE 220-6 beat (19) beat WEYMOUTH 214-8 (8) by four wickets WEYMOUTH’S middle order will come under the spotlight when the side meet for training this week. Again they failed to produce the goods as the Seasiders slipped to a four-wicket
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Back on track
PARLEY 130 (5) lost to DORCHESTER 131-7 (18) by three wickets REIGNING champions Dorchester appear to be back in the groove and ready to put up a strong defence of their Dorset League Premier Division title following Saturday’s victory over high-flying
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Louise Jameson at Lighthouse
LOUISE Jameson is one of those rare and lucky actors whose popularity and profile have not waned over the decades. She caught the eye of adolescent lads (and their dads) as well as feisty young girls in her role as the tousled-haired ‘savage’ Leela in
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Witnesses tell of A37 fireball horror
SHOCKED witnesses to a fatal crash today told how they had to watch helplessly as a car was engulfed in flames with two people trapped inside. The devastating crash on the notorious stretch of the A37 north of Dorchester known as ‘death valley’ resulted
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Patriots are top of the class
DORCHESTER and District Skittle League celebrated the end of an exciting season with a presentation night at the Trinity Club. Around 290 members attended the evening and after the presentation of the trophies there was a very successful draw which raised
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Vaughan gearing up for superkart glory
ECHOSPORT talks to Weymouth’s very own superkart star Mark Vaughan to discover his ambitions for the season and how he first got involved in the sport. When did you first get into Superkart racing? I first started out in superkarts back in 1996 when
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Mum and baby flee gunman in Weymouth
A GUNMAN triggered an armed siege after threatening to kill someone. Armed police swooped after the man’s wife and baby fled their flat in Preston Road, Weymouth. The flat was the focus of a three-hour siege as negotiators were brought in to persuade
