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Play area's future threatened by vandalism and litter
SADLY the equipment in the children’s play park at the Marsh near the swimming pool has suffered repeated major acts of vandalism which makes it very costly to keep in a suitably safe condition for children to continue to enjoy playing there. Litter
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Teens walking the extra mile for county hospital
TWO friends will be walking from Portland Bill to Dorset County Hospital to raise money for the children’s ward. Mia Fuller, 18, and Hannah Thorn, 19, will be undertaking the 16.5-mile walk to raise money for the Kingfisher Ward tomorrow The ward at
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Music fills a summer evening
SATURDAY, June 26 saw the first “Music on the Green” event in Osmington and, judging by the success of it, this could become a regular feature of the Osmington calendar. It was a balmy June evening at the end of a week of improbably good weather
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Dorchester smokers targeted by cigarette bin campaign
A DEDICATED litter fighting duo are vowing to carry on their battle to rid Dorchester’s streets of cigarette butts. Bob Kerr and Felicity McLaren have worked tirelessly in the county town over the last 16 months with their Stop the Drop campaign. With
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Tributes flood in for ex-deputy mayor of Weymouth
FAMILY and friends have paid tribute to a former deputy mayor of Weymouth who has passed away. Percy Diment, who was born in Wyke Regis, died in his sleep at the age of 90 at Avonlea Nursing Home. The father-of-two, who had a son and daughter, was
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Dorchester Blue Badge guides angry as colleague keeps working
A row has erupted between a group of Tolpuddle Martyr tour guides after one of them broke their ongoing strike over pay. Just like the famous workers who inspired the trade union movement 175 years ago, the official Blue Badge guides have taken industrial
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Weymouth residents tidy up travellers' trash
PILES of rubbish have been left at sites used by travellers in Weymouth. Food, nappies and bags of refuse were left close to the back of homes at the New Look site in Mercery Road and a van load of rubbish had to be cleared from a field near Chickerell
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A really wild show in Langton Herring!
Langton Herring THEY are such monkeys in Langton Herring! You can always be sure that the residents will get up to all sorts of mischief for the village fete and dog show. Last year the village was festooned with bunting made from
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More job woe for Weymouth as 10 face axe
A WEYMOUTH manufacturing firm has announced it will soon be laying off between eight and ten members of staff. The managing director of CodaOctopus Martech, Paul Baxter, confirmed on Monday that the company will be making people redundant by early August
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Littlemoor to benefit from community cash
UP TO £2million in lottery funding is to be spent on a Weymouth housing estate. It has been confirmed that between £1m and £2m Big Lottery Fund cash has been earmarked for community projects around Littlemoor. The area was among the
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Crossways cyclist was just weeks from retirement
THE cyclist who died in a tragic road crash in Crossways was just five weeks from retirement. Ralph Ernest Manicom, 64, who lived in Airfield Close, Crossways, was on his way back from the Frampton Arms pub when the fatal collision occurred
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Bowles blow for Magpies
GARY Bowles was taken to hospital last night after sustaining a suspected broken ankle in Dorchester Town’s 4-2 win at Sholing. The defender, who scored the Magpies’ third goal, went over on his ankle in the second half while trying to clear the ball
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Bartlett: We were well beaten
WEYMOUTH Weyline Wildcats chairman Phil Bartlett conceded his side were beaten by the “better team” following last night’s 60-32 humbling at the hands of the Isle of Wight Islanders at the Smallbrook Stadium. Bartlett had hoped his side would build on
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Bees triumph after late show
BRIDPORT 3 Portland UTD 2 BRIDPORT produced a stirring late fightback to defeat Portland United at St Mary’s Field last night. Following a fruitless first period, Nick Etherington and Josh Houghton gave the Dorset Premier League Blues a seemingly
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Hutch: Have a little patience
PATIENCE is the name of the game for Weymouth manager Ian Hutchinson as he continues to hit roadblocks in his bid to add some older heads to his vastly inexperienced squad. Following an improved performance in a 2-0 defeat at Wimborne Town
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Batting collapse leads to Dorchester downfall
BRANKSOME 222 (20pts) beat Dorchester SECONDS 104 (6pts) by 118 runs DORCHESTER Seconds’ strife with the willow reared its ugly head once again as they fell 118 runs short at Branksome. The county town outfit have breached the 200-mark just
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Warriors swim to second spot
WEST Dorset Warriors took 57 swimmers to this year’s Dorset ASA Development meet at Littledown Leisure Centre, Bournemouth. After two days of competition the Warriors finished runners-up to Christchurch Seagulls. Aaron Fryer again showed his pedigree
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Scrum on the sand
TAG rugby on Weymouth Beach is proving very popular with local children and holiday-makers this summer according to Glyn Arnold. The Weymouth RFC chairman has been impressed by the turnout at the weekly sessions and the enthusiasm and ability of the
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Harbour highlights
SCHOOL pupils competed in close racing on the 2012 Olympic waters. Pupils from All Saints Church and Wey Valley secondary schools attended the event run by Sail Laser at the Weymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy. The youngsters got to race
