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Byerley strikes late for Terras
WARREN Byerley netted a late winner for Weymouth as they ended a winless run of four games at Cirencester Town. The talented striker pounced on 89 minutes following a mix-up in the Centurions' defence. Moments later, the hosts then had Mitchell Bryant
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Wilson and Crittenden fire Magpies to successive wins
HAMPTON & RICHMOND 0 DORCHESTER TOWN 2 TWO fine strikes from Rico Wilson and Nick Crittenden saw Dorchester Town record back-to-back wins in Blue Square Bet South for the first time in almost 11 months. Wilson struck in the first half with a stunning
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BREAKING NEWS: Man plunges 50ft from window in Weymouth
POLICE cordoned off a street in Weymouth after a man was seriously injured falling 50ft from a window. Emergency services were alerted to flats in Carlton Road North around 3pm on Tuesday. See Wednesday's Echo for the full story.
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Cowden Care Farm becomes Community Interest Company
A FARM offering a hands on experience for people with learning difficulties has taken a major step forward. Cowden Care Farm at Charminster has been officially opened as a Community Interest Company, providing a big boost for the way the organisation
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Perbeck District Council to crack down on fly-tippers
COUNCIL chiefs are to crack down on fly-tippers after a large amount of garden waste was dumped in a small country lane. The fly-tipped waste was found in Dullar Lane near Lytchett Matravers. The waste, a large amount of leylandii-type wood or hedge
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£1,000 raised for Weymouth's Kenya Project
VOLUNTEERS have raised £1,000 for the Kenya project in memory of a Weymouth man and lifetime volunteer Keith Puttock. Around 50 volunteers took part in sponsored hikes, cycle rides, rock climbs and river runs to complete a 500-mile challenge across
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Cash stolen fro van at Winterborne Monkton
POLICE are urging people to keep their valuables out of view after cash was stolen from a van at Winterborne Monkton. The window of a Renault van was smashed between 2.30pm and 3.30pm on Wednesday and a quantity of cash was stolen, police said. Dorset
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£72,000 boost for Thomas Hardye Leisure Centre
DORCHESTER’S new sports centre has received a major funding boost in one of the final acts of a group supporting swimming in the town. Work on the £8million sports facility, which will include a six-lane swimming pool, is well underway at the site of
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Nostalgic weekend as steam locos go on show in Swanage
A FILM star of impeccable pedigree was among the attractions for nostalgia lovers at the weekend’s Steam Gala held by Swanage Railway. The railway’s five resident locomotives were joined by two guests – one from the 1970 film of The Railway Children,
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Drug bust in Dorchester
A WOMAN was arrested after police carried out a drugs raid in Dorchester. Dorset Police have just released details of the operation which saw raids on properties on Saturday September 10. Two addresses in the Victoria Park area were
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The birth of Rose Madeleine Gray
A HAPPY couple have welcomed a ‘fantastic’ baby girl into their family. Wyke Regis couple Shauna Monks, 30, and Andy Gray, 42, who owns AP Cars on Lynch Lane, welcomed Rose Madeleine Gray into their lives on July 20. She was born at
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Organisations invited to try for funds from Gannett
CHARITIES have just over four weeks left to send in their applications for a share of the Gannett Foundation grant. Each year imaginative ideas on how to benefit the community are rewarded by the charitable arm of the US media firm Gannett, which owns
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Deadline extended for top business awards
THE deadline for a hotly-contested south and west Dorset business award scheme has been extended. Businesses have until noon today to enter the Open4Business (O4B) awards and be in contention for a variety of accolades. The theme of this year’s awards
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The life of Captain George Hunt
A SUBMARINER who sank more enemy ships than any other in the Second World War has died at the age of 95. Captain George Hunt ran the Admiralty Underwater Detection Establishment (AUDE) on Portland after the war, a research and development unit established
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Well Worth a name change for Dorchester store to create online presence
THE woman who transformed a defunct high street chain store into a thriving independent shop is looking forward to a new era under a new name. Claire Robertson, whose reopening of Dorchester’s former Woolworths store under the name of Wellworths captured
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Couple's pension stolen by youths in Weymouth
A 74-YEAR-OLD was left disgusted when she dropped her and her husband’s pension money and teenagers ran off with it. When the wind blew Rosemary Blues and her husband’s £130 down the road she looked up to see a group of youths picking it up and said
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The marriage of Jon Knight and Tara Briggs
A POUNDBURY couple had their perfect day at the end of a challenging year. Dorset solicitor and mediator Tara Briggs married security consultant and former marine Jon Knight at a ceremony at Manor Park in Yeovil on August 19. The couple
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A look at former Weymouth footballer Bill Hoskins
OUR main story this week takes a look at sport and, specifically, former Weymouth footballer Bill Hoskins. This selection of images was lent to us by his daughter, Diane Butler, who says that her father played for Dorset County, Portland, Dorchester
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Man faces trial after denying raping woman he met in Charmouth
A MAN has denied raping a drunken young woman while she slept. Andrew Mark Phillips, 32, is facing trial at Dorchester Crown Court over allegations that he raped a woman he had met at the George pub in Charmouth in the early hours of January 2. The
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Join the annual Worbarrow Bay Beach Clean
DORSET Wildlife Trust is inviting people to join in their annual Worbarrow Bay Beach Clean on September 18, the chance to combine a beautiful walk along the shore with cleaning up for wildlife as you stroll. Litter of all kinds has been found over the
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Go on a Kingfisher Quest at Radipole Lake nature reserve
THE RSPB at Weymouth Wetlands are running a Kingfisher Quest this coming Saturday and Sunday at the Radipole Lake nature reserve. With staff and volunteers strategically placed as ‘spotters’ around the site, ready to radio in to HQ, there’s a good chance
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Water way to clean rivers
WATER pollution levels have fallen in many of Wessex’s river catchments thanks to farmers’ involvement in the Catchment Sensitive Farming project (CSF) – a joint project between Natural England and the Environment Agency. CSF delivers training and advice
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Lorton Meadows Conservation Centre near Weymouth host open day
LEARN more about Dorset Wildlife Trust’s newly refurbished Lorton Meadows Conservation Centre near Weymouth at an open day next week. Home to a vast array of wildlife, including birds, butterflies, bees, beetles and other insects, Lorton Meadows is
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Bus chaos: Damory director blames council for transport issues
Alex Carter, the managing director of Damory, said that that an initial investigation into the problems raised by parents concerning some of the school bus journeys has highlighted that many of the route briefs issued by the council’s transport
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Bus chaos: Council environment director apologises for 'inconvenience'
MILES Butler, the county council’s director of environment, apologised for the ‘frustration and inconvenience’ caused to children and parents. He said: “We have been experiencing problems with certain school bus services operated by our main
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Bus chaos: Probe underway over school travel problems
URGENT investigations are underway into the chaotic situation over school buses. Parents and students are calling for council transport chiefs to sort out the situation now. Fed-up pupils say every day is a battle to get to lessons because
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Plan for park?
What does the council propose to do with the old park area at the Marsh? After spending many hours this summer at the Portland skate park, with many other parents from Weymouth and their children, would it not be brilliant to have our own
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The early sirens
SEVERAL people have remarked to me that most mornings around 8am police race along Lanehouse Rocks Road, lights flashing, sirens blazing. This past week I took notice – every morning this occurred. I believe the reasons are: One: Most acts of vandalism
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Council behind buses problem
The chaos on public and school buses has nothing to do with First Bus Company but everything to do with the county council’s avarice. As a parent whose child was moving into sixth form at Thomas Hardye, I was faced with the decision to pay £400
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Weymouth to get super-fast internet as part of £2.5billion investment
UP TO 20,000 Weymouth homes and businesses are set to benefit from super-fast broadband, BT has announced today. The resort is among 114 communities included in the latest phase of the company’s £2.5billion roll-out of fibre broadband across the United
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Thanks for support
On August 13 Dorchester and District Angling Society held a sponsored duck race, the proceeds of which were to be divided between Julia’s House and Project Linus UK – West Dorset. I wish to thank the committee and members of the angling society for all
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Islands too big
Why is it that almost all of the new central traffic separator islands intrude so much into the carriageways? The central bollards are well illuminated and very visible but the extended curbs are unexpected and more difficult to see in conditions of
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Bus difficulties
I am a pupil at Budmouth school and I read in the Echo that it was only All Saints Pupils with difficulties getting to school. There is the same situation at my school. Luckily there is at least one First bus running from Preston through to Radipole
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Magic of musicals comes to Weymouth
THE magic of the greatest musicals of all time comes to Weymouth next week bringing the glitz and the glamour from the West End stage and the bright lights of Broadway. A Night of Musicals is an electrifying mix of musical showstoppers performed by West
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The Stroke Association need survivors to take part in survey
THE Stroke Association is holding the biggest survey of its kind and is looking for stroke survivors in Dorset to take part. The Daily Life Survey launches on Wednesday and will run until December 1. More than 12,000 people in the South West have had
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Olympic 2012 updates: Trade influx, mascots, money matters and travel plans
Trade influx STAFF from Castletown’s Breakwater Hotel are looking forward to the influx of people the games will attract. From barmaids to managers the staff are looking forward to the spirit of games bringing everyone together and taking
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Britain's Paralympians support Bring on the Games campaign for 2012
AS the latest batch of Bring on the Games stickers are sent out, the British Paralympic team have given their support to the campaign. The sailors from the Sonar, Skud and 2.4mR class posed with a giant sticker on a break in training.
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Unusual diamond ring stolen in Melbury Osmund house raid
A DIAMOND studded ring was part of a haul stolen from a village home. Police said two men entered a house in Melbury Osmund – between Dorchester and Yeovil – and stole items including a laptop, cameras and a distinct ring in the shape of a dolphin.
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Weekly insight: Team Volvo for Life member Lucy Macgregor
SKANDIA Team GBR is the British Sailing Team in the Olympic and Paralympic classes. The team consists of the performance squad and development and transitional squads, which jointly total around 70 sailors. The sailors train and compete across 10 Olympic
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Final push to help East Africa famine appeal
THE Dorset Echo is giving one final push to help raise funds for people affected by the famine in east Africa. Readers have contributed an amazing £9,000 so far to help starving children. Children in the region are facing a desperate crisis caused by
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Talk in Lyme Regis on security and freedom
TWO high-profile West Dorset residents will lead a public discussion in Lyme Regis on the tension between security and freedom. West Dorset MP and Minister of State Oliver Letwin and Clive Stafford Smith OBE, legal director of Reprieve, will be attending
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Re-open our toilets!
Most of you will have noticed that the toilets by the shops have been closed for some time, and this, if you’ll forgive the pun, is proving to be an inconvenience to many. Apart from shoppers the facilities are used by taxi drivers, delivery drivers
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Fitness race for Weymouth trio
BRENDON King is sweating on the fitness of three key players ahead of this evening’s trip to fellow strugglers Cirencester Town (7.45pm). The Weymouth boss, who received a vote of confidence from the Terras’ board over the weekend, following his side
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Magpies going for a double
HAVING disposed of table-topping Welling United at the weekend, Magpies’ boss Ashley Vickers is targeting back-to-back wins this evening (7.45pm). Dorchester have yet to record successive victories this season but tonight visit rock-bottom Hampton &
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Portland punished after switch off
Portland UNITED 1 WINCANTON TOWN 2 TWO lapses in concentration knocked Portland United off top spot in the Magna Dorset Premier League. The Blues “switched off” at two set-pieces and paid the price as Wincanton inflicted a second
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Keeper Weeks stars as Chickens win five on the spin
PARLEY SPORTS 0 CHICKERELL UNITED 3 MAURICE Welch was quick to praise goalkeeper Ashley Weeks after he produced a sublime display to help Chickerell United claim a 3-0 victory at Parley Sports in the Magna Dorset Premier League. The scoreline suggests
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Manuel strikes as Terras run out of steam
WEYMOUTH RESERVES 0 STURMINSTER MARSHALL 1 JAKE Richmond believes fitness is the key to turning the Terras’ fortunes around in the Magna Dorset Premier. His comments came after watching his men dominate the opening 45 minutes against Sturminster
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Oaks chopped down by Dorchester
DORCHESTER 28 OAKMEADIANS 3 DORCHESTER marked the new Southern Counties South season with a hard fought, but well-deserved victory over Bournemouth-based Oakmeadians. The visitors, who were relegated last season, started brightly and opened the
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Wilson steals the show on Weymouth debut
BOURNEMOUTH THIRDS 7 WEYMOUTH 29 DEBUTANT Joel Wilson ran in two tries as Weymouth made the perfect start to their Dorset & Wilts One South campaign. The Monmouth Avenue outfit returned from Bournemouth Thirds with a 29-7 victory and already occupy
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Dorchester’s County Cup celebration
County Cup final DORCHESTER 84 BROADSTONE WESSEX 69 DORCHESTER won the County Cup after beating Broadstone at Wimborne. The county town rink of Gary Mumford, Dave Glanville, George Spracklen and Wayne Garnett had a convincing win over Wilf Scott
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Busiest weekend of year for Dorset ambulance volunteers
ST JOHN Ambulance Dorset volunteers treated almost 1,000 people on their busiest weekend of the year. More than 120 adult first aid volunteers worked a total of 1,028 hours to several events around the county including the Great Dorset Steam Fair, the
