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Louis' birthday party raises cash for Dreamflight
style="font-weight: bold"> Puddletown A GLAMOROUS charity ball at St Mary's Middle School celebrated Louis Gale's eighteenth birthday. The event raised money for Dreamflight, the charity whose purpose it is to send seriously ill children
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Weymouth link to death of family
A FAMILY of four including two young girls were found dead the day after returning home from a holiday in Weymouth. The parents and their two girls - aged one and two - were found by the girls' grandmother at their home in the centre of Fordingbridge
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Injured cyclist in Dorset coast airlift
A WOMAN was airlifted to hospital after falling off her bicycle when it hit a pothole. The 20-year-old cyclist was riding near to the Dorset coast between Chideock and Seatown when the accident happened yesterday. Paramedics alerted coastguards who
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Helping hand for Weymouth bus passengers
MEET Phil Dodds – he’s being paid to hang around bus stops in Weymouth. He will be giving passengers a helping hand, with the support of modern technology. Bus company First Hampshire and Dorset says Phil will be able to provide customers with up-to-date
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Haiti fundraisers' thank you party in Dorchester
FAMILIES enjoyed a thank you party in Dorchester for their efforts to help Haiti. The Rotary Club of Dorchester and the Rotary Club of Dorchester Caster-bridge held the free event for people from the county town and surrounding villages. Spokesman Pauline
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Weymouth Lifeboat Week: We join the crew
As Weymouth Lifeboat Week launches, Echo reporter Catherine Bolado joins the crew to find out about the work of the unsung heroes . . . WEYMOUTH Lifeboat Station is situated on the harbourside and the volunteer crews have been saving lives for
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Dorchester Conservative Club to be sold to pay £142,000 debts
TORIES have put Dorchester Conservative Club up for sale after it went into the red with debts of £142,000. The Association of Conservative Clubs (ACC) has stepped in as trustees to take on the debts. Nearly 100 members at a special meeting attended
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Police get tough on Portland yobs
DRUGS and a knife were seized in a police blitz on anti-social behaviour on Portland. A team of officers, joined by an armed response unit and traffic police, stopped and searched youths in streets and quarries across the island. Dispersal orders were
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Family fun day
YouFirst, Chickerell’s youth forum held a family fun day on Willowbed field. A great day was had by everyone who attended, activities included the mobile skate park, a water test, a bouncy castle, Wii games and even sumo wrestling! The
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Pensioner jailed for eight years for abuse of young girls
A PENSIONER who sexually abused three young girls has been sentenced to eight years in prison. George William Jones, 75, admitted to a series of sexual offences over a nine-year period involving girls as young as six. Jones, formerly
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Tackling Park District rubbish
I REFER to the letter in the Echo of July 14 from a resident of the Park District, Genny Burchill, who says they have tirelessly been working for the last 14 years to bring the Park District up to a standard where people would want to live. My response
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Weymouth traffic riddle becomes clearer
I refer to the article ‘2012 Boat Park Scheme for Bay’ (Echo, July 17). At last a clear explanation for the traffic scheme being imposed on Weymouth and Portland with supposed benefits for the town. The alterations to Kings, Westham, Harbour and Foords
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Makeover begins for Osmington's White Horse
EFFORTS to give Osmington’s famous White Horse a makeover starts today. Youngsters from the Dorset Army Cadet Force will work with Royal Engineers, Royal Navy personnel and members of the Osmington White Horse Restoration Group on the initial phase to
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Family business destroyed in blaze at Crossways
A FAMILY have been left devastated after their business was destroyed by a huge fire in the middle of the night. Around 100 firefighters fought the fierce blaze which ripped through David Aldridge Animations at the Hybris Business Park in Crossways
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Thousands turn out for Wykefest
ORGANISERS kept it local as they celebrated another successful Wykefest. Thousands turned out for the food and beer festival held on a field behind Value House Stores at Wyke Regis in Weymouth. It was the second Wykefest and organisers reckon more than
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Owners warned after dog dies in Dorset cliff fall
A DOG cheated death but another was killed after they plunged off a cliff at a Dorset beauty spot. Rescuers have warned owners to be aware of the dangers when walking pets near the coast after the tragedy. Portland Coastguard said a boxer dog called
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McKinna praised as Cats win
WEYMOUTH WILDCATS 49 PLYMOUTH DEVILS 41 PHIL Bartlett hailed the impact of new recruit Adam McKinna after the Weymouth Weyline Wildcats overturned the Plymouth Devils. McKinna, who has signed from the Newcastle Diamonds as a temporary replacement
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Vickers impressed by Wilson
TRIALIST Rico Wilson moved a step closer to earning a deal with Dorchester Town after an impressive second-half display in Saturday’s demolition of minnows Springfield Hotel. The ex-Yeovil Town and Bournemouth Poppies forward, who can also operate down
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Hutch's search goes on
WEYMOUTH boss Ian Hutchinson vowed to step up his search for new faces following Saturday’s disappointing display at Grove Corner. For the second friendly in succession, the Terras, who were involved in a goalless stalemate at Bridport last Tuesday,
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Ice-cool Cube earns final-ball win for Weymouth
WEYMOUTH 224-8 (19pts) beat FERNDOWN WAYFARERS 223-7 (9pts) by one run LAURIE ‘Cube’ Whyte put his body on the line as Weymouth pulled off a remarkable last ball victory over Ferndown Wayfarers at Redlands. The Seasiders required two off
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Dorchester rocked by Raj
Dorchester 234-9 (6pts) lost to PARLEY 235-3 (19pts) by seven wickets RAJ Naik was once again the thorn in Dorchester’s side as his Parley outfit replaced the county town at the Dorset Premier League summit. The Dorset all-rounder snared
