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UPDATED: People allowed back in the Pavilion
PEOPLE are being allowed back in Weymouth Pavilion after it was evacuated when a fire broke out. Police are still on scene. Keep checking for updates.
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Battle for the Olympic winds in Weymouth
THERE is so much going on this weekend that it is hard to know where to start. Maritime Mix, the Cultural Olympiad, has been rolling on for some weeks and comes to its dramatic climax over the next couple of days with Battle for the Winds. Yesterday
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Girl power with Stooshe at Camp Bestival
WITH their sassy brand of pop and distinctive look, Stooshe are the hottest girl band to make it big for many a year. They may have only signed up to a record label less than a year ago but they have already become festival favourites and had several
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Entertainment evening to raise funds for RNLI at Weymouth
THIS Tuesday, the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) will be staging an entertaining evening event to fundraise for the life-saving charity. ‘An audience with award winning RNLI photographer Nigel Millard’ will take place in the ICCI 360
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Fire at Weymouth Pavilion
WEYMOUTH Pavilion has been evacuated after a fire broke out. Fire engines are at the scene. Keep checking for futher updates.
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GOING FOR GOLD: The Paralympic team are training hard
THERE aren’t many world-class athletes who would climb to the top of a hill for an interview with their local paper but Portland ’s Niki Birrell is one of them. “We don’t get a signal here,” the four time World Champion SKUD-18 keelboat sailor
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Gold, saliva, bronze: Triops in the 360 Dome in Weymouth
If only the Olympics had a 3x100m weirdo relay event, then Team GB would climbing the podium to receive its first gold medal this Sunday, July 29. For those of you with a taste in the bizarre, freaky and darkly humorous, all garnished with some
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It's art on the beach
GET creative down at Eype on Sunday for Bridport Arts Centre’s annual event Sculpture on the Beach. This is a great day out for all the family and participants are encouraged to let their imaginations run wild and make wonderful sculptures from
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Weymouth's Castle Cove beach sells for £90k
A BIDDING war ensued over a privately-owned Weymouth cove which will allow its new owners VIP views of the sailing events. Castle Cove Beach at Old Castle Road was auctioned at The Ageas Bowl in Southampton yesterday. It was bought for £90,500
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Coastal restrictions lifted after fatal landslide
DORSET County Council have issued a warning to people to take extra care near cliffs. Restrictions have now been lifted around the Burton Bradstock area following a rock fall on Tuesday which killed 22-year-old Charlotte Blackman. Visitors
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Will it be you? Olympic millionaires being made tonight
THE National Lottery will be making 100 people into millionaires at the opening ceremony of the Olympics tonight. Weymouth residents were given the chance to party like a lottery winner at a celebration in New Bond Street with giant dummy cheques
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Help for Heroes fundraiser in Weymouth
FAMILIES will be heading to the Marsh playing fields in Weymouth tomorrow for a fun day in aid of Help for Heroes. It will take place between 10am and 5pm. There will be 130 rides and stalls, live entertainment and much more. The
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Youth appears at Winchester Crown Court in murder case
A 16-year-old appeared at Winchester Crown Court this morning charged with the murder of Weymouth woman Leah Whittle. The youth, who cannot be named for legal reasons, was remanded in custody. The date of the next hearing has yet
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Portland primary school's final assembly
‘THE end but a new beginning’ was how headteacher Stuart McLeod described the final assembly at Southwell Primary School. The school will reopen as the Southwell Campus of the Isle of Portland Aldridge Community Academy (IPACA) in September. Past and
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Headteacher bids fond farewell to Charmouth Primary School
A HEADTEACHER bade a fond farewell to his school after 14 years and two terms at the helm. Chris Vincent, pictured, hung up his gown at Charmouth Primary School to leave to spread his passion for technology in education. He will become an Apple
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No late buses tonight in Weymouth
FIRST Buses will be running a normal service in Weymouth during tonight's opening ceremony celebrations. Although there will be extra services and capacity buses during the Olympics as a whole, no extra services have been planned for tonight, a spokesman
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Boy, 6, resuscitated on chesil Beach
A SIX-YEAR-OLD boy who stopped breathing was brought back to life by two sunbathers on the beach. The youngster was playing in a rubber ring off Chesil Beach when the drama unfolded. Dorset Police , paramedics and coastguard officers were called
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Leah Whittle inquest opened
DORSET Police have announced today that an inquest into the death of Leah Whittle was opened and adjourned at the coroner's court in Dorchester on Tuesday. The 44-year-old's cause of death was not given.
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Traffic chaos on King Street
MOTORISTS are being reminded about road closures after traffic chaos on King Street in Weymouth. Council officials have been drafted in to direct traffic, with cars turning around in the train station. King Street is open for access to the
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South Korean sail team coach sent home after being caught drink-driving
A SOUTH Korean national sailing coach has been home after being caught drink driving. Jae-Cheol Lee, 38, who gave his address as the Olympic village on Portland when he appeared before magistrates at Weymouth, was more than two times the legal alcohol
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Olympic Games patrol numbers 350 officers in Weymouth and Portland
THE biggest policing operation Dorset has ever seen is under way as security is stepped up on a massive scale to ensure a safe Olympics in Wey-mouth and Portland. With 350 officers on patrol at any one time – at the sailing venue, on the streets and
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PROUD TO BE PART OF THE OLYMPICS: Last time for Dempo and Bryony
WEYMOUTH’S Olympic windsurfer Nick Dempsey has quashed rumours that he will be teaming up with his wife to campaign for the 2016 Rio Games. The Athens bronze medallist revealed that his double Olympic gold medallist wife Sarah Ayton was ‘keen to
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PROUD TO BE PART OF THE OLYMPICS: Residents embrace Games
SEVEN years of planning have come to fruition for those working hard to make the sailing events a success. And everyone is now looking forward to he games being a great success. Di Ludlow, who along with her late husband Bill helped develop
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Olympic opening celebrations in Weymouth and Portland
10:41pm The day is drawing to a close. Beach events have been a huge success and Team GB given a rapturous reception on the beach. Join us again tomorrow for live coverage of all that's happening in Weymouth and Portland
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Dorset County Hospital is fabulous
Having just spent the last five days in Dorset County Hospital I had to write to say what a fabulous place it is. I would like to thank Dr Witherow-Fraser and his team for the way they performed my operation. I would also like to thank the
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Dismayed at litter on Chesil Beach
Having just returned from my nightly walk to Chesil Beach, I’m dismayed at the amount of rubbish people leave on the pebbles. On Saturday there was a tent pitched. They also had a dog. I don’t know why they have to spoil such a beautiful peaceful
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My thanks to kind stranger
Having recently returned from holidaying in Weymouth, may I through your columns offer a grateful ‘thank you’ to the person who picked up my postcards (which fell from my pocket) and posted them in the nearest post-box. It is good to know there
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Responsibility of personal safety
Those fighting for the Portland SAR helicopter use every local maritime incident to support their campaign. However, once sentiment is put aside and the facts analysed, these events actually validate the decision by the Secretary of State.
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OLYMPIC WEYMOUTH AND PORTLAND: Your guide to what's on today
2pm: Maritime Mix Intro 2.05pm: Movement in Blue 2.30pm: Videos: The Greeks, The Helpful Dead and Tidal Processions 2.40pm: Gale Force 2 3pm: Chalk Legends 3.10pm: Oriel Delage-Pandeli 3.30pm: Maritime Mix promotional film –
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Island folk must have seen us coming
Amazing! Miracle! Were two words that sprang to mind when I began to read that someone somehow had floated a previously unknown island from the depths of the Arctic across the oceans to spend a few days with us moored off shore at Bowleaze Cove.
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OLYMPIC WEYMOUTH AND PORTLAND: The Dorset Echo says...
TODAY’S the day. It is just over seven years since the announcement that the Olympics were coming to London, and the sailing events to Weymouth and Portland . The news was greeted with unrestrained joy; it would be a chance to showcase Weymouth
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Bells ring in the Olympic Games
BELLS were rung across Weymouth and Portland today to mark the official start of London 2012. Chimes were heard at 8.12am including at Furzy Cliff near Bowleaze close to where where the art project Nowhereisland is moored. Bells rang everywhere
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Terras’ boss eyes performance
BRENDON King has played down the importance of tomorrow’s result against the Robins, claiming his side are on a hiding to nothing – win or lose. Last pre-season, expectations went through the roof at the Bob Lucas Stadium following a 3-0 victory
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Striker Ben returns for Devon trip
Dorchester Town welcome back star striker Ben Watson for tomorrow’s trip to Bideford (2pm) – but will be without the services of goalkeeper Jason Matthews and wing wizard Nick Crittenden. A calf injury has restricted Watson to just 45 minutes
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Gow’s Gate gathering
AFTER a 21-year wait, ex-Terras’ boss Gerry Gow returns to Ashton Gate tomorrow for his long-awaited testimonial (3pm). Gow, who managed Weymouth from 1989 to 1990 and now lives on Portland , made 445 appearances for the Robins between 1969 and
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Richards’ men out to wreck Wimborne’s bid for Premier League crown
Dorchester will be aiming to blow the Dorset Premier League title race wide open tomorrow – even if they are not in the running themselves. The county town outfit welcome table-topping Wimborne & Colehill to the Rec tomorrow afternoon (1.30pm
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Seasiders wary of ace Eric
LAURIE ‘Cube’ Whyte is under no illusions about the identity of Ferndown Wayferers’ key man ahead of tomorrow’s clash at Redlands (1.30pm). Dorset ace Eric Linge is regarded as one of the top players in the county and last weekend he showed exactly
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Bees' Halloran hammer blow
BRIDPORT have lost out in the race for ex-Weymouth man Alex Halloran. Despite appearing for the Bees in last week’s friendly defeat to Portland United, the former Blues’ midfielder has instead opted to join Wessex Premier League outfit Hamworthy
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Tom finds his Way home
AN EMOTIONAL reunion marked the return of Portland sailor Tom Way to English shores after almost a year at sea. Way, 22, arrived into Southampton last Saturday on the yacht Derry-Londonderry as part of the 10-strong Clipper 2011/12 Round the World
