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Lodmoor Country Park fitness facility is launched
A NEW outdoor facility to keep people fit and healthy gets its official launch today. The £43,000 green gym at Lodmoor Country Park in Weymouth has been made possible by a lottery grant. Offering people an outdoor alternative to a conventional gym,
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Newly renovated pool opens at Sunninghill Prep School
HEADTEACHER Andrew Roberts-Wray was first to test the waters of Sunninghill Preparatory School’s newly renovated outdoor swimming pool. The pool has been closed for a year while funds were raised for a revamp of the facility and it is hoped the local
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Child beater is sent on anger management course
A MAN who kicked a six-year-old boy and made him ‘scream in pain’ in front of shocked onlookers has been sent on an anger management course. Christopher Heather attacked the boy as he held onto a toy outside Weymouth train station and the 28-year-old
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Dorchester schoolgirl picked to attend World Scout Jamboree
A GIRL Guide from Puddletown will be representing West Dorset on the international stage after being selected to attend the World Scout Jamboree in Sweden. Constance Hambidge, 15, who attends the Thomas Hardye School in Dorchester, said she was ‘excited
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'No Excuse' campaign: Drivers attempt to defend their actions
A selection of excuses given to the team from drivers * A new driver was stopped holding his phone up to his ear, his immediate excuse was “I wasn’t on the phone, I was listening to the cricket” – it didn’t impress the officers. * An elderly driver
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'No Excuse' campaign: Crackdown set to continue on Dorset's roads
DRIVERS have been warned there is ‘no excuse’ for bad driving as safety chiefs release the latest statistics from their hard-hitting campaign. There were 3,328 offences recorded in the period January 18 to March 31. No Excuse is a campaign
