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Terras suffer Wiltshire woe
SALISBURY CITY 3 WEYMOUTH 2 THE Terras suffered second-half heartbreak at the Raymond McEnhill Stadium last night. Weymouth went into the Zamaretto Premier Division clash as huge underdogs but by half-time they looked well on course
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Looking back in Cattistock
THE SEPTEMBER meeting of Cattistock WI will be about the history of the mill in Cattistock and the Fox and Hounds pub. This will be an open meeting due to expected local interest and will take place on the evening of Thursday, September 2. The
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Popular teacher is leaving Weymouth
PIONEERING and popular teacher Steve James is leaving for pastures new. After 18 years teaching young people with learning difficulties at Wyvern School in Weymouth, Steve is ready for a new challenge. He has been instrumental building
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Celebration for well known village family
A SPECIAL WEDDING took place at St. Peter’s Church, Portesham on 7th August of Hayley Jolliffe and David Richardson with many villagers there to support the happy couple and wish them well. Hayley is the daughter of Sue and Graham Jolliffe and generations
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Surgery work is tonic for Puddletown
THE FIRST sod has been cut as work finally begins on a new doctors’ surgery in Puddletown after a six year wait. Doctors in the village have been looking to move to new, modern premises since 2004 and there was cause for celebration as construction
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Dorchester festival is warm and wet
MUSICIANS raised the roof in memory of three remarkable fundraisers. The Warm Festival in Dorchester Borough Gardens saw a weekend of festivities to celebrate the lives of three Dorchester residents who raised thousands of pounds for charity
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Man tried to force himself on pregnant woman on Wareham to Weymouth train
A ‘DISGRACEFUL’ sex attacker who tried to force himself on a pregnant woman on a train has been detained in hospital indefinitely. Gary Taylor admitted indecently touching his 30-year-old victim and forcing her hand down his trousers on a train from
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Village Horticultural Show braves the dismal August weather
Abbotsbury and Langton Herring Abbotsbury ABBOTSBURY’S very own village Horticultural Show took place on Sunday, August 22nd Villagers took advantage of the breaks in the mist and rain to stage their exhibits in the Swan Inn.
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Animals die in pig fire blaze on Portland
SOWS and piglets died when a blaze broke out at a pig farm on Portland. A total of nine sows and their piglets died when rainwater ran into the electrics at the Portland Pigs farm off Grove Road. Firefighters carried 15 piglets to safety and two sows
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£1million sails into Weymouth and Portland
THE seven-day Sail for Gold regatta gave a £1million boost to the economy of Weymouth and Portland. Figures from the borough council and experiences from local business owners have found that spending rocketed during the world-class sailing event. A
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The rising price of a pint of ale
THE cost of a pint of ale has long been a key talking point in England. Now Looking Back reader Ken Hunt has brought home to us just how much the price of beer has risen. Mr Hunt popped in with memories of the old Delhi Inn that once stood in Delhi
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In the wild with Dorset Wildlife Trust
Trees provide vital living space for many native species, mark our local boundaries and act as a pointer to our past. But what is it that gives old trees their ‘veteran’ status and where do we find these special examples that can provide us with such
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Paul Millard of the CLA writes...
A POWERFUL coalition of Britain’s leading countryside organisations has just published a hard hitting report warning that, without action, rural services face meltdown as spending is cut, housing outprices all but the wealthiest and rural wages will continue
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The life of Bernie Andrews
A RADIO producer who rubbed shoulders with musical greats like the Beatles and Stevie Wonder before moving to Dorset has died aged 76. Bernie Andrews was born in August 1933 and grew up in South London, serving in the RAF during his national service.
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Going wild for calendar
Award-winning photographer Colin Varndell has captured a year of wildlife images for Dorset Wildlife Trust’s new 2011 calendar. Each month features a stunning close encounter with Dorset’s wildlife, thanks to the skill and patience of one of
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The birth of Roma Pearl Ivy Mason
LITTLE Roma Pearl Ivy Mason is a welcome new addition to her growing family. She was born at Dorset County Hospital, Dorchester, earlier this month weighing 8lb 5oz. Dad PC Garry Mason, aged 33, of Dorchester Police, and mum Kim say they are delighted
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The marriage of Michael Gowans and Victoria Crocker
SALES assistant Michael Gowans married full-time mother Victoria Jane Crocker at Weymouth register office. The wedding was attended by the groom’s mother Ann Gowans, of Empool Close, Crossways, and the bride’s mother Carole Downton, of Thomas Hardye
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It's time to drop the free bus passes
IN this present climate of cutbacks and job losses, we read of no money to pay our nurses and cutbacks in daycare centres with social services pared to the bone. Council assets are being sold off to fill yet another black hole. So why is there still
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Weymouth carnival was great
What a great day Weymouth Carnival was. We must congratulate the Rotarians, helpers and participants for a super procession. Thank goodness we have resumed normal service, thanks to them. Everyone around was having such a lot of fun and spirits were
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Weymouth cops launch hunt for child raiders
CHILDREN as young as 12 are being sought after a burglary in which a woman’s home was ransacked. Community leaders have expressed their shock at the age of those involved. The young offenders were seen running from the property in Love Lane, Weymouth
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Weymouth toilets are appalling
I FEEL that I must, at last, express my total support for the many letters I have read concerning the appalling state of public conveniences in Weymouth. From the appearance of almost every convenience I have used, it would seem that Weymouth
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Go to Eastbourne!
A SYNOPSIS of the society we live in today. We have people who have moved to the area after probably selling their town houses for very large sums of money. They, therefore, think that they can impose their way of thinking on the rest of us. For example
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What a noisy noise
HOW I endorse the views of your Portland correspondent that noise annoys. Wherever you go it’s there – you can’t have a cup of coffee in this town without having to suffer the din of some X Factor failure. Even banks have started to indulge in this
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Sing your heart out ….or is line dancing more your thing?
MONDAY’S use to be the day we recovered from the weekend, the day that normality resumed, the day we all had to knuckle down. Then “Can’t Sing Neither Can We” trampled over all those feelings. It’s been a good 17 singing sessions for those
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Ultimate test for Terras
IAN Hutchinson reckons his side will face the “ultimate test” tonight when they travel to high-flying Salisbury City in the Zamaretto Premier Divis-ion (7.45pm). The second-placed Whites have claimed seven points from their opening three games and are
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Magpies are out of luck at Camrose
DORCHESTER Town manager Ashley Vickers labelled last night’s 1-0 defeat at Basingstoke “a robbery”. The Magpies dominated proceedings at the Camrose, but once again their failure to turn pressure into goals was suitably punished by the unforgiving hosts
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More in the tank
BOSS Trevor Senior believes there is more to come from his Bridport players. The Bees host third-placed Oldland Abbotonians tonight (7.45pm), char-ged with maintaining their 100 per cent record in Toolstation Western League Division One. Although pleased
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Bid to save Dorset wildlife funding
WILDLIFE campaigners will be pulling out all the stops this week to convince the Government to think before cutting Dorset’s conservation funding ahead of an official spending review. Groups, including the Dorset Wildlife Trust and the RSPB, say that
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Charles rested as Blues seek first victory
JOE Charles will be rested tonight as the Blues continue their search for a first win in the Magna Dorset Premier League. The talented prospect has been struggling with a foot injury and Portland boss Stuart Heath has decided to withdraw him
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Dyfi third is a tonic for King
RECOVERING Brad King snared a third-place finish in the E3 class at the Dyfi Enduro – round five of the British Enduro Champion-ship. The Dorchester rider has been struggling all year in his bid to regain full fitness after missing three months through
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Concerns over Weymouth's Boot Hill roadworks
NEW demands have been issued for gas works to be speeded up on Boot Hill in Weymouth amid concerns that they are behind schedule. Weymouth and Portland transport briefholder Christine James warned that the relaying of a main should have been completed