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HOCKEY: Seasiders storm up to second after Salisbury show
SALISBURY V 0 WEYMOUTH LADIES II 2 WEYMOUTH moved up to second in Channel Division Two with a solid away win in Salisbury. With a strong team consisting of forwards Jo Brazier, Chloe Carter-Miles and skipper Liefy Hendrikz, the Seasiders
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Grace to fight for rights of youngsters in Dorset
A NEW batch of young people have been elected to represent Dorset in the UK Youth Parliament. The winners include Grace van Zyl, aged 13, a pupil at Dorchester Middle School. More than 12,400 young people headed for the ballot boxes to vote
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TABLE TENNIS: Maganti magic at League show
THE annual tournament for players in the Weymouth and District League was held at Westfield Arts College in Preston. The tournament was hosted by Preston Table Tennis Club and attracted close to 80 players in a day-long competition in nine different
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CRICKET: Martinstown ready to make a big hit
MARTINSTOWN Cricket Club is looking forward to hosting Premier Two cricket this season at their Lower Ashton ground. With two adult Saturday teams and an abundance of youth cricket, the club continues to go from strength to strength and boasts
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We Will Be Free! set to hit the stage
WE Will Be Free! the acclaimed play about the courageous struggle of the Tolpuddle Martyrs will be performed at Dorchester Corn Exchange tomorrow at 8pm. It tells the story of Methodist preacher George Loveless, his wife Betsy and the farm labourers
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Have your say on Chesil Cove works
FINAL plans for a project to repair Chesil Cove after major storm damage will be unveiled next week. Dorset County Council’s Coast Forum is hosting a drop-in session at The Little Ship pub on Thursday, March 6. The event will bring together
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Local Estate Agent's 2nd Year celebtrations
Austin Property Services are delighted to be trading now into our second year “Sean Austin Director says” the market place is absolutely flying, everything appears to be selling with a huge demand for new property’s coming to the market, we have seen
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Royal appointment for HMS Portland
PORTLAND’s namesake warship visited Nigeria on its latest adventure. The frigate HMS Portland left the UK last month for a seven-month mission in the South Atlantic carrying out maritime security operations including counter-narcotics and anti-piracy
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Hip hop stars to headline Camp Bestival
EXPECT an evening of the hippest hip-hop when De La Soul take to the stage at this year’s Camp Bestival. One of the most popular bands from the golden age of 90s hip-hop, the American band have been unveiled as the festival’s Saturday night headline
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One half of award winners make rare solo appearance at Marnhull Acoustic Sessions
STEVE Knightley, one half of award-winning band Show of Hands, is making a rare solo appearance at the Marnhull Acoustic Sessions on Sunday. The performance is part of Steve’s Grow Your own Gig scheme, whereby promoters set up their own concerts
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Get in tune for the Weymouth Music Festival
LOVERS of fine music of all sorts will be in their element tomorrow when Weymouth Music Festival takes place at Wey Valley School. From 9am until 5pm, musicians of all ages and standards will gather to play at this non-competitive event. There
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Aid available for Dorset's flood victims
HELP is available for Dorset residents, farmers and businesses hit by the winter floods. The Government has announced a range of measures to aid those affected. A number of packages, including business rate relief, council tax rebates and a
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Parents urged to support campaign to improve care for children with diabetes in school
PARENTS in Dorset are being urged to support a campaign to improve care in schools for children with diabetes by taking part in a government consultation. It follows the first draft of new guidance to ensure schools support children with long-term
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Take on a triathlon in the build up to Challenge Weymouth
A POPULAR Dorset club is urging people to take on a triathlon, in the build up to Challenge Weymouth. Organisers at BustinSkin have tailored their jam-packed series of events for 2014 around one the country’s top triathlon events. And BustinSkin
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Dorset County Hospital patients set to benefit from new pacemaker technology
CARDIAC patients at Dorset County Hospital are set to benefit from the very latest in pacemaker technology. Consultant cardiologist Dr Tim Edwards has performed the first implantation in the UK of the new hi-tech Kora 100 pacing system. The
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Drivers warned of roadworks set for Monday
MOTORISTS are being warned of roadworks in Weymouth on Monday evening. Wessex Water is carrying out repairs in Lanehouse Rocks Road from 7pm to 10.30pm. Traffic lights will be in place and motorists are advised to use an alternative route to
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Richard Drax MP writes: We all need Union vote
TOGETHER we stand, divided we fall. That’s my view on the Union and continues to be. The fact we’re only months away from a vote which could shatter it is depressing, to put it mildly. A clever politician, it has to be said, Alex Salmond exploits
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Let Weymouth have a swimming pool with terraced restaurant
So it has finally happened: the council is clearing out lock stock and barrel, and moving up to Dorchester, a town which is on the up. So much better shopping for the councillors, and leaving us taxpayers to drown in the misery they have created
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Fears over future of hospitals
Early in February, Sally Cooke of Stinsford warned in a letter on this page of an amendment to the Care Bill that would give the government powers to close any English hospital at very short notice. The Care Bill is due to be considered in Parliament
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Wind farm supporters 'overstate their case'
It never ceases to amaze me how supporters of wind farms overstate their case. In his letter on February 26, Pete West states that ‘last year the USA generated 16 per cent of electricity from renewables’, whereas figures from the US Energy Information
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UPDATED: Woman injured in Owermoigne crash
A WOMAN was injured in a crash on the A352 at Owermoigne. Emergency services were alerted to a two car collision in Wareham Road near Owermoigne garage at around 10am. The road was closed at the garage and at Warmwell Cross roundabout.
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Good news is delivered at Dorset County Hospital's maternity ward
A DOUBLE dose of good news has been delivered at Dorset County Hospital’s maternity ward. The Dorchester hospital’s maternity staff are celebrating after being recognised for the quality of their care as well as winning funding to improve facilities
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UPDATED: Cheese and cat food among new items washed up on Dorset beaches
PACKETS of cheese and cat food are some of the latest items to have washed up onto Dorset beaches. The products are suspected to be from the same cargo that led to thousands of cigarettes being washed ashore Chesil Beach earlier this week.
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GIG GUIDE: All set for Swanage Blues Festival and Hell's Bells at Finn's
Well, I woke up this morning, mah woman gone told me it’s the Swanage Blues Festival next weekend. I said, I woke up this morning, she gone told me there’s 60 great gigs with 30 top bands in 15 different venues, all for a £10 wristband, over Friday
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Ten years of dance celebrated
BRIDPORT Youth Dance presents Rewind 10x, a celebration of 10 years of their productions. Rewind 10x is a production by Nikki Northover, with additional choreography by Aimee Symes, Matt Flint, Carrie Willis, Niki McCretton and Anna Golding.
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MAGPIES: Massive aim for Simkin's men
REVENGE will be on Phil Simkin’s mind tomorrow when the Magpies lock horns with Staines Town in another massive Skrill South fixture for the county town side. Former Wimbledon striker Marcus Gayle brings his Swans to the Avenue (3pm) having got
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£100,000 donation will help hundreds of youngsters learn to sail
THE memory of a ‘generous’ and ‘kind’ man will live on thanks to a £100,000 donation to the popular Sail for a Fiver’ scheme. The Chesil Trust, which oversees the scheme, was presented a cheque from Elma Shipley in memory of her husband Rod who
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TERRAS: Walker and Joyce in fitness fight
SCOTT Walker and Ben Joyce are facing a race against time to be fit for the Terras’ clash with Biggleswade Town at the Bob Lucas Stadium tomorrow (3pm). Both appeared in the midweek defeat to Cambridge City but player-manager Jason Matthews is
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AFTER THE STORMS: Cigarette packets washed up on Dorset beaches harmful to wildlife, says conservationist
A CONSERVATIONIST says the number of cigarette packets being washed up along the Dorset coastline is harmful to wildlife. As reported in the Echo, a cargo ship lost a number of containers as it crossed the channel in storms earlier this month.
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AFTER THE STORMS: Boulders there to protect repairs from future storms, says Environment Agency
THE Environment Agency has revealed the purpose of the Chesil Beach boulders. A spokesman said: “The rock which has been delivered to site will be used to create a temporary access to allow the repairs to go ahead. “The rock may be used to
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AFTER THE STORMS: Work to strengthen South Dorset's sea defences
EMERGENCY repair work costing hundreds of thousands of pounds is being carried out to strengthen Dorset’s sea defences. The Environment Agency is working to protect the sea defences at Preston Beach and Chesil Beach on Portland. Work at Preston
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AFTER THE STORMS: Weymouth and Portland residents told lessons will be learned
LESSONS will be learned – that was the message to Weymouth residents following weeks of severe storms and subsequent road closures. Scores of people from the Preston area attended an open event to share their concerns and find out more about sea
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FOOTBALL: Cup showdown as Bees face Blues
BRIDPORT Reserves and Portland United put the bread and butter of the league to one side tomorrow as they go toe-to-toe for a place in a cup semi-final. The sides face each other in the last eight of the DPL League Cup at St Mary’s Field (2pm)
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Swimming coach loses appeal to clear her name
A SWIMMING coach has lost her appeal against a conviction for assaulting a child. Janet Hewitt, the former head coach of the West Dorset Warriors, wept as she was told by Judge Peter Johnson today that the appeal had been dismissed following a
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FOOTBALL: Skipper's return boosts Upwey
PHIL Anderson is back from suspension for Upwey & Broadwey’s home clash with struggling Okeford United tomorrow (3pm) – and the skipper’s return couldn’t come soon enough for boss Steve Reynolds. The Upwey manager was without his captain for
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RUGBY: Peel hopes to get that Friday feeling
FRIDAY night rugby is on the menu for Dorchester tonight with a tough test awaiting them at Sherborne (7pm). Head coach Martyn Peel and his county town side haven’t had the best of luck in their normal Saturday fixtures, so maybe the change of
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VIDEO AFTER THE STORMS: Row grows over boulders on Chesil Beach
COUNCIL chiefs are being urged to remove tonnes of boulders from Chesil Beach as Portland residents claim they are being washed into the sea. The boulders, which were put in place on the pebbles on Saturday, are set to be used as part of emergency
