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Cyclists to race up famous Hovis hill in Shaftesbury
CYCLISTS will race up a Dorset hill in an event backed by the company which propelled the site to TV fame. Bread makers Hovis, whose ‘Boy on a Bike’ advert almost 40 years ago was filmed at Gold Hill in Shaftesbury, is sponsoring the Gold Hill Honk on
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Updated: Wallaby captured in Lyme Regis
A FUGITIVE wallaby has been captured after being rugby tackled by an off-duty firefighter – as fears grew for its safety. The mystery marsupial, which first turned up in a woman’s garden in Lyme Regis earlier this week, was spotted
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Dorset Echo reporters to run Race for Life in Dorchester
NEWS reporters will be running the Race for Life in memory of loved ones as an attempt to help the Dorchester event hit its £145,472 fundraising target. Dorset Echo reporters Joanna Davis, Catherine Bolado, Laura Kitching, chief reporter Miriam
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DCH appeal: A thankyou letter from Chairman Wendy Nightingale
I have set out to raise half a million pounds for Dorset County Hospital. This is an appeal which is close to my heart. I have been treated for breast cancer at Dorset County Hospital and I want to make sure that other women and men in Dorset
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DCH appeal: Wave of generosity comes from across Dorset
THE Digital Mammography Appeal now only has £150,000 to go after a wave of generous donations. This comes after the Dorset Echo ran the highly successful fundraising competition in which £1,264 was raised in a week-long phone and text competition
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DCH appeal: Fortuneswell Cancer Trust donate £5,000
THE digital mammography appeal has been boosted by £5,000 donation from the Fortuneswell Cancer Trust. The charity works to improve the services to patients and staff of the cancer unit at Dorset County Hospital. Chairman of the Fortuneswell
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Warm welcome for Dorchester school's new head
THE APPOINTMENT of a new headteacher for the Thomas Hardye School has been backed by the school’s old boys’ association. The Old Hardyeans have welcomed the news that Michael Foley will be taking up the reins at the Dorchester school in September
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Promises go up for auction in West Dorset
AN AUCTION of promises will be raising money for community projects. West Dorset MP Oliver Letwin will be in a charge of proceedings in the fundraiser for Chesil Bank Pre-School and Abbotsbury Community Space in the village. There are
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Fighting for the rights of the armed services in Dorchester
A CHARITY worker based in Dorchester has been helping service families fight for their rights. Christine Land from the Citizens’ Advice Bureau (CAB) is working on a project with the Royal British Legion (RBL) to offer money and benefits advice
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Former Echo sports editor Jack Wyllie dies
FORMER Dorset Echo sports editor Jack Wyllie has died after a short illness. He was 75. Jack, who worked for the Echo for over 40 years, started his career in newspapers straight from school as a junior reporter with the weekly Weymouth and
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Dorchester allotments vacant despite four-year waiting list
A GREEN-fingered Dorchester woman is asking why there have been empty plots at an allotment in the county town when there is a waiting list of up to four years. Johanna Wolff, 37, of Orchard Street, said she has been on the waiting list with Dorchester
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Chinese jade to be auctioned in Dorchester
A SELECTION of treasures going under the hammer in Dorchester are expected to sell for over £1m today. The collection of Chinese jades from the summer palace in Beijing will be auctioned at Duke’s auc tioneers in the county town at 11am. The sale also
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Fish, chips and musical talent in Weymouth
THIS was a brilliant evening of fabulous music, giggling, dancing and eating fish and chips. The school hall has a really good stage, and at just the right moment Ed’s son Jack tugged on the curtains to reveal Mr Hintze in his signature red jacket and
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Hive beach will buzz with food
HIVE Beach is the place to be this weekend as Spring Tide, the Jurassic Coast’s annual food festival, makes a welcome return. The festival is being extended this year with local arts and crafts joining the wide range of Dorset food and produce on show
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Olympics 2012: Sports stars gear up for Weymouth sailing event
OLYMPIC and Paralympic contenders are gearing up for the country’s biggest ever sailing competition on Weymouth and Portland waters. A thousand sailors from 57 nations are expected to descend on the borough for Skandia Sail for Gold 2011, which runs
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Weymouth footballers kicked out of club after arrests
TWO footballers have been kicked off their Sunday team after being arrested on suspicion of burglary. Charges have yet to be brought against the two members of Weymouth-based Rendezvous FC, who have been released on bail while police inquiries continue
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Vandalism spree: Weymouth residents call for CCTV
RESIDENTS made calls for CCTV to be installed after lines of cars were left with hammer sized holes in their windscreens and rear windows were shattered. Simon Sharpe’s Ford Fiesta was one of the first cars hit in Kestrel View and he said when
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Vandalism spree: Giggling youths smash up 40 cars in Weymouth
GIGGLING yobs smashed 40 car windows in a 20 minute smashing spree across a Weymouth housing estate. A group of hooded youths were seen hitting cars with what is believed were hammers or similar sized tools and were heard laughing as they left
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Help the sandpark
X MARKS the spot. If only it did. Having recently visited the wonderful sandpark at Lodmoor we were very disappointed at the lack of signposts to this very worthwhile attraction. Being local we had great difficulty in finding the sandpark. Please Weymouth
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Lots of questions
Picking up on Danny Hassell’s comments of the new council offices (Echo letters, May 18), I too can understand WDDC’s need for better offices but still have a few questions. Firstly, why does the building have to be so large? From the plans it appears
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Library to promote Orange Prize
Littlemoor library has been selected as one of ten Dorset libraries to promote this years Orange Prize for fiction. There will be prominent displays of books highlighting authors of this years Orange shortlisted titles and also authors shortlisted in
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Relief sign's right
I would like to respond to AP Taylor’s letter about the confusion over speed limits on the Weymouth Relief Road (‘Get the speed limit signs right’, Your Say, May 11). Following Mrs Taylor’s phone call about the different signs, Dorset Highways
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Olympic flame: 70 day relay will start at Land's End
THE Olympic flame will arrive in the United Kingdom from Greece on May 19, 2012 and its 70-day relay will start at Land’s End in Cornwall. It is expected to travel an estimated 8,000 miles around the UK giving thousands of communities and individuals
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Authority has a big role to play
Your readers may have noticed that recently the House of Lords threw out the government's bill, aimed at replacing police authorities with directly-elected commissioners. Nevertheless, the signs are that the Conservative-led government still proposes
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Olympic flame: Date is announced for Weymouth torch visit
THE Olympic flame will be bringing together the young and the old when it arrives in Weymouth and Portland on July 12 next year. The date has been announced by the London Organising Committee (LOCOG) along with the first 74 locations of the
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Weymouth man denies string of sex charges
A MAN has appeared in court accused of exposing himself to young children and causing other youngsters to watch sexual videos and images. Wayne Edwin Whatley, 32, of Buxton Road, Weymouth, appeared at Weymouth Magistrates Court yesterday for the first
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Wallaby sighted in Lyme Regis
RESIDENTS had an unexpected early morning visitor. People living in Lyme Regis told of their surprise when a wallaby jumped around and grazed in a garden in Blue Waters Drive, Lyme Regis. Resident Jan Cooper rushed to tell her husband
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Politicians get behind Cats
HAROLD Doonan is bidding to get a covenant put on the land surrounding the Bob Lucas Stadium. Doonan, who is still fighting to save the Weymouth Wildcats from extinction, believes the area should be permanently designated for sporting use only
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Amber's on an Indian passage
FORMER Thomas Hardye School pupil and current Chelsea Academy ace Amber Guy-Kemp is cycling 200 miles to raise money for a forthcoming trip to India. British Colleges Sport is due to visit Rajasthan in October as part of its international programme to
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Award had to go to Giggsy
FIRST things first. This is nothing personal against Scott Parker. But – and it is a very big BUT – how on earth was he voted Footballer of the Year? It is not his fault of course. He’s a very decent human being and a fine player for both West Ham and
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Senior: Bees can be a force
JUBILANT Trevor Senior received confirmation of Bridport’s promotion and then targeted a top-half finish in the Toolstation Western League Premier Division. Senior was informed last Friday morning that Oldland Abbotonians had been denied elevation after
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Mike Peakes with an eight-wicket haul
SWANAGE 94 (3pts) lost to Dorchester SECONDS 98-4 (19pts) by six wickets MIKE Peake helped himself to an astonishing eight-wicket haul as Dorchester Seconds grabbed their first win of the Dorset League Division Two campaign. The in-form
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Seasiders honoured
THE efforts of Dave Allan and Mark Sample were hailed at Weymouth RFC’s annual prize-giving event at Monmouth Avenue. Allan, who is hanging up his boots after two decades at the club due to a neck injury, was presented with photos of his early playing
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Apply and Prepare
Since my last blog, lots of things have been prepared both on and off the water. All the usual mix of windsurfing, (assistant) instructing, race club and race series have all been going on during the weekday evenings but I have also started to apply
