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Salisbury Cathedral Trip proves exciting and fun
PORTESHAM C of E Primary School has certainly had its share of very exciting events recently. My friend Liz was lucky enough to have an offer to join the children on their trip to Salisbury Cathedral, an event that happens every four years to ensure
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Vital volunteer is lifeline for Dorset Blind Association
A VOLUNTEER has thrown a lifeline to a club for blind people after reading about their plight in the Dorset Echo. Sydney Davies, 60, got in touch with the Dorset Blind Association (DBA) after finding out their monthly social club would be forced to
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Summer madness: Underwater exploration at Sea Life
The environmental science surrounding the undersea world is being revealed in fascinating detail at Weymouth Sea Life Park all this week. Visitors are able to explore a ‘virtual seafloor’ and handle archaeological artefacts brought to the surface, ranging
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Swanage one step closer to rail reconnection
COUNTY officials have made history by agreeing in principle to help fund the £3million needed to reconnect Swanage to the mainline rail network. But they won’t make an official pledge to Network Rail – who need to know the money is in place by the end
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Disabled woman in ant swarm terror at Weymouth home
AN INFESTATION of flying ants has left a disabled Weymouth woman too terrified to sleep in her own bed. Barbara Hovard said the swarm of insects in her bedroom was like something out of a horror film. The housebound grandmother claims that she was laughed
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Bowleaze Cove hosts Bustinskin open water swim
If you were out and about early at Bowleaze Cove on a recent Sunday morning you might have thought that nearly 70 human lemmings were hurling themselves into the sea! But this was the start of the first ever Bustinskin Bowleaze Big Bay event
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Acid accident reunites Dorchester woman and her bridesmaid
GRANDMOTHER JILL Coombs from Dorchester was reunited with a lost friend of 53 years after seeing her on television. She spotted Sheila Insch on Meridian Television news after she was badly burned by acid when a drain cleaner bottle exploded in her face
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The marriage of Mark Rance and Zoe Charlton
FULL-time mum Zoe Georgina Charlton, 27, has tied the knot with Mark Rance, 27, who works for a Dorchester roofing firm. The couple were married last month at St George’s Church in Fordington, Dorchester. The bride’s parents Pete and Lesley Charlton
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Rural Matters - with the Country Land & Business Association
Paul Millard of the CLA writes . . . The lack of broadband access is forcing businesses that were once thriving in the countryside to relocate to more populated areas – and one of the real threats to the prosperity of rural Dorset is the absence
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In The Wild - with Dorset Wildlife Trust
Bats, the only true flying mammals, are delightful and shy creatures of the twilight and night time. Unfortunately, throughout the centuries they have suffered from prejudice and even persecution because of the many ill-founded myths surrounding them
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Gold award for Woodlands Dairy
A DAIRY has won a gold award for its organic sheep yoghurt. Woodlands Dairy, which is based at Blandford, claimed the honour in the Great Taste Awards. It received a gold star in the Luxury Plain Yoghurt category Sue Tweddell, right, co-owner of Woodlands
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The birth of Jessica Anne Campbell-Bell
BABY Jessica Anne Campbell-Bell has turned out to be a contented little girl, according to her father. Lisa Westwell and Daniel Campbell-Bell’s firstborn arrived on July 22 at Dorset County Hospital, Dorchester, weighing 7lbs 12oz. Mr Campbell-Bell,
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The life of Mary Hayward
FORMER Land Army girl and respected horti-culturist Mary Hayward has died at the age of 85. Born an only child in Broadwey in May, 1925, Mrs Hayward left Broadwey School when she was 11 and went to the Central Girls School in Westham. She was a hockey
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DCH crisis: Daily cost of health chief was £2,557
THE chief executive bought in to sort out crisis-hit Dorset County Hospital cost £2,557 a day – more than a nurse earns in a month. Agency fees for the Dorchester hospital’s interim boss reached nearly a quarter of a million pounds for just 97 days
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Labour spent cash we did not have
I have to take issue with the letter ‘Cut the county’s top management’ from Vicki Black (Your Say, July 22). Firstly she states ‘most of us hope and imagine those cuts will be at the expense of superfluous levels of management, exorbitant consultancy
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DCH crisis: Nurses criticise fees paid dduring struggle
UNIONS have condemned the fees paid while the hospital struggled to save money. Tanya Palmer, head of health for Unison in the south west, said: “It is absolutely outrageous. “It is a lot of money when there is financial difficulty. “If all staff
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DCH crisis: Hospital's team in pledge to find tonic
GOVERNORS and directors said they were determined to turn the hospital around. They also praised the efforts of staff and insisted that the problems were financial rather than clinical or related to care at the hospital. Trust chairman Jeffrey Ellwood
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Giant sand sculpture on Weymouth beach
HUNDREDS of students descended on Weymouth beach to create giant sand sculptures with the theme of sea myths and legends. Around 40 students from Budmouth Technology College and 120 students from seven Weymouth primary schools joined together to create
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Dorset's 'No Excuse' campaign spreads across south west
POLICE forces across the south west region will be mirroring Dorset’s No Excuse road safety campaign until the end of the month. Operation Vortex will see dedicated teams of road policing officers – using unmarked cars and motorcycles – patrolling a
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Weymouth TIC kiosk petition presented to council
THE woman fighting to get Weymouth’s Tourist Information Centre moved back to the Esplanade has presented her petition to borough councillors. Barbara Howe, who started the petition, has been campaigning to reverse the decision to move Weymouth’s TIC
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Hutch return would be last resort
IAN Hutchinson has indicated that a return to action will only be considered as a last resort. The Weymouth boss, who turns 38 in November, is backing his charges to turn a corner in this evening’s friendly at Wimborne Town but has not discounted the
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Bartlett tips Cats for victory
WEYMOUTH Weyline Wildcats’ boss Phil Bartlett is tipping his side to move off the bottom of the National League tonight with victory at the Smallbrook Stadium (7.30pm). The Wildcats will travel to the Isle of Wight Islanders full of confidence following
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Tax relief for Magpies
DORCHESTER Town have avoided an appearance in court tomorrow after reaching an agreement with HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) over an unpaid tax bill. The Magpies were issued with a winding up petition last month having defaulted on one instalment of an
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Islanders need a helping hand
PORTLAND Amateur Boxing Club are appealing for a local company to come forward and sponsor their vests for the forthcoming season. The islanders, renowned for nurturing homegrown talent, are without financial backing and time is running out with less
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Young Seasiders in mature display
FERNDOWN WAYFARERS SECONDS 182 (6) lost to WEYMOUTH SECONDS 186-4 (20) by six wickets WEYMOUTH Seconds skipper John Ryan was “over the moon” after his young side produced a mature display to claim a six-wicket success at Dolmans Farm in Division
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Tragic family's Weymouth holiday
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
