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Dorchester students celebrate Fairtrade accolade
STUDENTS and staff at the Thomas Hardye School are celebrating its recognition as a Fairtrade establishment. The Dorchester school received the accolade from the Fairtrade Foundation. It happened after Hardyes showed its commitment to using Fairtrade
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Disney’s latest volume focuses on kids around the world
CHILDREN will get the chance to learn about youngsters around the globe with the latest edition in Disney’s Wonderful World of Knowledge. Children of the World gives an insight into how others live and contains amazing facts. Youngsters will be delighted
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Soul sensation to play Weymouth
CONTINUING Weymouth Pavilion’s drive to bring big acts to the town, R’n’B hero Lemar will be in the venue’s Ocean Room tomorrow night, headlining an evening of live music and DJs Lemar first found fame with the BBC reality show Fame Academy in 2002.
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Weymouth RNLI presentation in honour of David Cole
THE family of a man who always supported the RNLI honoured his memory by raising £6,400. David Cole died last year aged 58 after a battle with liver cancer. Originally from Bristol, Mr Cole spent the last couple of years of his life on holiday in Weymouth
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Osibisa star Gregg Kofi Brown to perform in Dorchester
TOP GHANAIAN musician Gregg Kofi Brown will perform at an evening of multicultural entertainment in Dorchester to mark Black History Month. He is the headline act of a packed line-up of music, poetry and dance celebrating diversity in the Dorset community
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Portland picnic area to be reinvigorated
AN OVERGROWN picnic area at a Portland nature reserve is set to be ‘reinvigorated’ for the local community. Island Play (iPlay) has exciting plans in the pipeline to restore and improve the site at Verne Local Nature Reserve. The borough council-owned
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Dorchester and Weymouth bike fans open new cycle route
TWO towns came together to mark the opening of the new cycle route along the Weymouth Relief Road. The mayors of Dorchester and Weymouth met in the middle of the 8.5km cycle route along the Ridgeway to declare it officially open. They then joined more
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Portland firefighters seeking new recruits
Portland fire station needs you. That’s the call from island firefighters who are looking for new recruits to join the station. Portland firecrews will be in Easton Square and Tesco’s car park from 10am to 2pm tomorrow to encourage more
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Dorchester Conservative Club calls time due to 'lack of support'
Dorchester’s Conservative Club has been forced to cease trading. The Association of Conservative Clubs (ACC) took the decision to call time on the club as it considered it was no longer financially viable. The South Walks venue was put
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Man injured in daylight attack on Portland
A MAN suffered face and neck injuries after being attacked in a Portland street in the middle of the day. Police said the alleged assault happened following a disturbance in Park Estate Road at Easton. Officers are now appealing for witnesses and anyone
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Top garden designer's work is a stunning treat at South Barn
THE work of award-winning garden designer Helen Elks-Smith MSGD is on show this weekend at South Barn in Langton Matravers near Swanage. The stunning garden surrounding a traditional Dorset farmhouse and buildings was completed in the summer of 2010.
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Experience true magic of Motown and other star acts
EXPERIENCE the true Magic of Motown live on stage at the Electric Palace in Bridport tomorrow at 7.30pm. Featuring the music of the Temptations, Diana Ross and the Supremes, The Four Tops and Marvin Gaye, this smash concert authentically recreates
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Let's choose a fitting monument to Olympics
WHAT a good idea of Councillor Ray Banham for a monument to remind us and future generations of the our Olympic legacy. Can we include in it an image of a roundabout to remind us of when we had close to a carbon neutral traffic system, also a notice
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Olympic no-fly issues leave Red Arrow display in limbo for Weymouth Carnival 2012
WEYMOUTH’S 2012 Carnival could be without the world-famous famous Red Arrows if no-fly zone issues are not resolved in the next week. Event organisers interested in booking the world-famous RAF aerobatic display team next year need to have their applications
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End result in Dorchester will be worth the pain
I have visited Dorchester several times over the last few weeks and on every occasion there have been lots of empty spaces in this car park. Do the retailers not understand that there are plenty of spaces available, therefore there must be another reason
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Good for children to learn about Weymouth MP's fight against slavery
If the plans to erect a monument to commemorate the achievements of Thomas Fowell Buxton were purely a memorial to ‘an obscure long-dead individual’ I think I might agree with GC Lake (Your Say). However, the aims of the society are not so much a marking
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Weymouth church's plea for council help
AS secretary of Hope Church, Trinity Street, Wey-mouth, can I say on behalf of our members how concerned we are over the effects of car parking in the Hope Square area since Christmas. Over the years the managers of the previous development
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Police search for armed man near Portesham
A MAJOR search was launched to find a missing man believed to be armed with a pistol. The search operation began yesterday afternoon comprising 30 police officers and 10 Dorset Search & Rescue (DorSAR) volunteers who scoured the ground at Hardy
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Best Kept Village winners announced
VILLAGERS are celebrating after their communities were praised in Dorset's Best Village Competition 2011. A presentation ceremony was held at Frampton village hall on Thursday night for the competition, sponsored by Magna Housing Association and others
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New primeval swamp at Abbotsbury Subtropical Gardens
VISITORS to will be transported to a “different world” at a new primeval swamp at Abbotsbury Subtropical Gardens. The landscape feature is inspired by the Jurassic Coast of Dorset and east Devon and the plants which made up dinosaurs’ food sources as
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It's Dee time
AS FRANK Sinatra always reminded me whenever we were playing golf together, it’s never good form to name drop. But if you were mates with Steve Marriott, on nodding terms with The Beatles and a young David Bowie, played guitar for or worked with
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Killed soldier is repatriated through Carterton in Oxfordshire
A FORMER Weymouth College student who was killed fighting in Afghanistan has been repatriated to the UK. Lance Corporal Jonathan James McKinlay of 1 Rifles was repatriated through Carterton in Oxfordshire yesterday. The 33-year-old, whose family live
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Olympic 2012 updates: Sticker campaign, employment, volunteers and youth opportunities
Sticker Cmapaign A PORTLAND bar manager is celebrating being part of the Bring on the Games sticker campaign. Matthew Shearn, who works at the New Star Inn, Fortuneswell, is welcoming is proud that the island is hosting the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic
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Save our lifesavers: MP and supporters take coastguard petition to Number Ten
THE fight to save Portland Coastguard is going to the heart of Government. On Monday the Echo, together with South Dorset MP Richard Drax and supporters of the campaign will travel to the capital to hand the petition in at the iconic black door of Number
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Vickers looking to get one over former boss
ASHLEY Vickers knows exactly what is in store for his side at the Avenue Stadium tomorrow (3pm) when he goes head-to-head with his former mentor Garry Hill. The Dorchester Town boss played under the Woking manager at Dagenham & Redbridge and Weymouth
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Wingers can give Terras a boost
BRENDON King is licking his lips at the prospect of having Sam Malsom and Jamie Beasley terrorising defences in a couple of weeks’ time. The Weymouth boss has deployed Malsom on the left-flank of late and it has heralded five goals in his last two outings
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Bees look to end their winless run
TREVOR Senior is urging his players to “stick together” as the Bees look to end a run of five straight defeats. Bridport visit lower-league outfit Andover New Street this Saturday (3pm), hoping to record their first win since August 23 and book a place
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Upwey boss Reynolds takes flak after dismal defeat
STOURPAINE 5 UPWEY & BROADWEY 1 STEVE Reynolds has shouldered much of the responsibility for his side’s dismal defeat at Stourpaine. Due to the personnel he had available to him, the Upwey & Broadwey boss chose to revert to a 3-5-2 formation but
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DPL: Portland boss Heath wants great Grove show
MAGNA DORSET PREMIER LEAGUE STUART Heath wants to see his side’s stunning form on the road start to be replicated at Grove Corner (3pm). The Portland United boss has watched his men pick up maximum points in their last three away games, scoring 20
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DSL: Alcock’s challenge as Sports take on high-fliers
DORSET SENIOR LEAGUE STEVE Alcock has challenged his side to take the positives from their previous game into tomorrow’s top-of-the-table tussle at second-placed Kingston Lacy (3pm). The Weymouth Sports boss was delighted with his side’s display
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Weymouth coach Harding confident of beating hoodoo
WEYMOUTH head coach Paul Harding is hopeful that his side’s perfect start to the season won’t be derailed by “bogey side” North Dorset Seconds. The Monmouth Avenue outfit travel to Gillingham tomorrow (3pm) on the back of successive wins in Dorset &
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Duo’s third title after tense finish
THERE was a nail-biting finish to racing at the International 14 World Championships on borough waters. Principal race officer David Campbell-James managed to squeeze in races six and seven before the 1400 time limit, despite a fickle and shifting south-easterly
