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Roadshows across Dorset for Real Nappies Week
A SERIES of roadshows will highlight the importance of using real nappies. To celebrate Real Nappy Week from May 16-22 recycling officers will be holding events to raise awareness of how parents can save money and help the environment by swapping to
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Piddlehinton professor helps to produce mental health book
A PROFESSOR from Piddlehinton has helped to produce a book aiming to banish misconceptions about mental health. Dr Francis C. Biley, an associate professor at Bournemouth University, is one of the co-editors of ‘Our Encounters with Madness’ – a collections
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Broadmayne councillor steps down after 40 years
A DEDICATED parish councillor who has served her village community for more than 40 years is retiring from her role. Chairman of Broadmayne Parish Council June Salt says she will spend more time with her husband and her garden as she steps down after
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West bay sees 200 motorcyclists for 60s run
MORE than 200 motorcyclists took to West Bay on a Spirit of the Sixties run. The Westland Classic Motorcycle Club event from Yeovil to Tiverton via West Bay raised £1,800 for charity. All riders were on motorcycles registered before 1974. The route
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Lovely village tradition continues
Abbotsbury GARLAND Day took place on Friday, May 13 with the two garlands being paraded around the village raising funds for the RNLI. These are large and heavy and take two people to carry. The garlands are a real picture and are made
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Portland pupils use their skills for Royal homework
PUPILS on Portland were so inspired by the royal wedding that they have created poems and newspaper articles with their own take on the big day. The Year 7 youngsters at Royal Manor Arts College relished the homework of watching Kate Middleton marry
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In memory: Weymouth lost 41 men in five month battle
Weymouth lost at least 41 men in the five month battle, six of them on the first day – but they were not all in the Dorsetshire Regiment. Those that were included John Dobson, William Crumplin, William Green, Frederick Groves, H Hillier, William
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In memory: Obelisk is dedicated to Dorset soldiers
A MEMORIAL to the Dorset soldiers killed in the First World War has been officially dedicated at the scene of the Battle of the Somme. Fundraisers spent four years collecting more than £23,000 for the obelisk made of Portland stone near the
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Weymouth's Tudor House celebrates 50th anniversary
RESIDENTS have been enjoying free visits to Weymouth’s Tudor House museum as the attraction celebrates its 50th anniversary. Visitors from Weymouth and Portland are being given a tour of the house and gaining an insight into 17th-century life with guides
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Portland Rocks music project move to bigger premises
YOUNG musicians are celebrating a move to a bigger location on Portland this week after outgrowing their former premises. The innovative Portland Rocks project has expanded and relocated to the Islanders Club in East Weare Road following growing
