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Tributes to Weymouth PCSO Trevor Skinner
TRIBUTES have been paid to a popular Weymouth police worker who has died after a battle with cancer. Police Community Support Officer Trevor Skinner, 58, spent six years with Dorset Police, most of which were on the beat around the Westham
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Animal Magic - by vet Alice Moore
Back at my computer after a three-year absence from these pages it feels as though I’ve not been away. For those of you with good memories I was the ‘veterinary columnist’ for the Echo on Saturdays for a number of years; last time I wrote I was about
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Portland helicopter hails lone sailor
A SAILOR sailed blindly towards the busiest shipping channel in the world because he was working below deck. The Coastguard helicopter from Portland was scrambled to the boat, Erma, sailing south east of Portland Bill. The yacht Pyxis called Portland
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Fears over Littlemoor arson attacks
A SERIES of arson attacks on a Weymouth estate has sparked fears that a blaze could spread to residents’ properties. In the latest fire in Beverley Road, Littlemoor, a trailer with a pile of wood on top was set on fire in the middle of the night. There
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Weymouth's Hope Square goes one-way
WEYMOUTH’S Hope Square will be turned into a one-way system following a raft of complaints from local businesses over ‘inconsiderate’ parking. Traffic will be allowed to travel northbound only through the square towards the town bridge from
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Summer madness: It's time for fireworks
THE summer season in Weymouth wouldn’t be complete without a series of spectacular firework displays. Weymouth’s renowned International Fireworks regularly attract a crowd of up to 20,000 people, so why not join them this summer? Thousands
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Portland couple discover Jurassic turtle
A Portland couple discovered a Jurassic turtle fossil that dates back millions of years. Diana and Mark Godden, of Easton, found the rare fossil at the Albion Stone quarry on the island. Mrs Godden, 42, came across the historic feature
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Weymouth beach lifeguards charity box raided
THIEVES smashed their way into a lifeguard station on Weymouth beach to steal money from a charity collection box. Lifeguards turned up for work during Weymouth Lifeboat Week to find their window smashed and around £40 had been taken from their donations
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Callum Bigg, 19, looking for: Anything, barwork
Address: Cobham Drive, Weymouth. Qualifications and experience: Callum last worked in December as a nursery school assistant in Weymouth. Prior to this he washed dishes at a Weymouth holiday park. He has a level one NVQ qualification as a canoe
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Tewrry Wallis, 49, looking for: Butchery work
Address: Westwey Road, Weymouth. Qualifications and experience: Terry last worked in February as a builder’s labourer on projects in Weymouth. Prior to this he was working in Holland and Germany for 10 years as a butcher, a trade in
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Shane Barrett, 24, looking for: Barwork
Address: Franchise Street, Weymouth. Qualifications and experience: Shane last worked a month ago at a club in London before relocating to Weymouth to be near his family. He has also worked as a landscape gardener. He has a food hygiene certificate
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Andy Symes, 38, looking for: Anything
Address: Chickerell Road, Weymouth. Qualifications and experience: Andy is a qualified mechanic and has worked at a number of garages in Weymouth and Dorchester over a seven-year period. For the last nine years he has been doing security work
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DCH crisis: National outcry over chief's salary
THERE was national outcry following the Echo’s revelation that the interim 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. Every national newspaper followed
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DCH crisis: Tears as nurses face cuts
INCENSED nurses have hit out at the ‘ludicrous’ salary the interim chief executive was being paid while frontline staff prepare for more cuts at Dorset County Hospital. Staff nurse Sandra Miller, who works on an acute surgical ward at DCH in Dorchester
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Accident victim says West Dorset Home-Start volunteer is 'amazing'
MUM Joanne Arnott’s lucky break was finding helper Pip Roper after badly hurting herself in a fall. She broke her right arm in two places and fractured her left hand after slipping over. Jo, aged 35, of Cambridge Road, Dorchester, faced
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The land of time
WEYMOUTH Football Club’s hopes of winning back the land surrounding the newly-named Bob Lucas Stadium could be dead in the water. Unless £20,000 is raised by the end of next month any hopes of legal proceedings against former chairman Malcolm
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Magpies take a step forward
Dorchester drew a blank at Poole Town last night but manager Ashley Vickers declared the goalless draw as “another step in the right direction”. The Magpies, who ply their trade three tiers above the Wessex Premier League champions, fielded
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Dorchester chef aims to resurrect village fete
CHEF Matt Smith is planning to bring the summer fete back to a Dorset village. He is organising the event at Milborne St Andrew on Sunday, August 8, at the village hall and field in aid of Weldmar Hospicecare Trust. Matt, 19, who lives in Dorchester
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Richards: We must beat Poole
MARTYN Richards admits tomorrow’s home clash with Poole Town is a game they “can’t really afford to lose”. Having been replaced at the Dorset Premier League summit by title rivals Parley last weekend, the county town outfit head into tomorrow’s game
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Building blocks for Seasiders
MATT Lawes returns to Weymouth’s line-up as they look to build on last Saturday’s dramatic last-ball victory at struggling Marnhull tomorrow (1.30pm). Thanks to a heroic dive by Laurie ‘Cube’ Whyte, the Seasiders beat Ferndown Wayfarers by one run six
