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Hockey: Late flurry sees Seasiders beaten by Poole
WEYMOUTH SECONDS 2 POOLE 4 A LATE rally from visitors Poole saw Weymouth’s first game back after Christmas end in defeat. In what is usually a close contest between the two sides, it was Poole who were first on the scoreboard after rounding
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Football: Luckless Trojans made to toil again
JUNCTION Trojans seem destined to finish this season bottom of the league after a fruitless trip to Weatherbury, the side directly above them in the table. The hosts’ 4-0 win at Redlands means there is now an 11-point gap between them and the Trojans
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Bowls: Short-mat stars secure national berths
DORSET’S short-mat bowlers have been busy over recent weeks competing to qualify for the National Championships in Derby this April. With very few places in each discipline allocated to the county, qualifying has been fiercely competitive.
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Youth: Tornadoes clinch fifth place in Arena League
TORNADOES of South Dorset earned equal fifth spot overall after the third and final round of the Arena League. The level of competition was high with City of Swansea and United Bristol swimming clubs expected to battle it out for first place in
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It's a wrap - new shop scheme to deter vandalism
A NEW scheme has been launched in Weymouth town centre to try to cut crime and spruce up the high street. Called the “shopwrapping project”, empty retail premises in the town will have their shop windows “wrapped” with posters and colourful designs
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Charity’s new recruit set to drive success
A NEW face has come on board to help continue the growth of a charity founded in Dorchester. Cavernoma Alliance UK was set up by county town resident Dr Ian Stuart in 2006. Ian had suffered from a cavernoma, a little known brain condition,
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Man dies after fall from multi-storey car park
A MAN died after plunging from the roof of the multi-storey car park in Weymouth. Emergency services attended the scene earlier this afternoon following reports that someone had fallen into Lower St Alban Street. The incident happened at around
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Fresh initiatives to aid modernisation
New events are being launched by the Dorset Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DCCI) as it steps up its modernisation plans for 2015. The business support organisation is improving and expanding its calendar with fresh initiatives, including free
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Dorset village welcomes life-saving defibrillator equipment
A VILLAGE community has welcomed a potentially life-saving yellow box. Briantspuddle Village Hall hosted a special launch event to welcome the arrival of its Community Public Access Defibrillator (cPAD). The piece of equipment was supplied
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Dorchester Arts Centre in talks over possible move
DORCHESTER Arts has confirmed it is in talks with the town council about a potential move into the Corn Exchange. Informal discussions have been taking place between the two organisations and reports are being considered by the town council’s management
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Jurassica to bring in £20m and 600,000 visitors a year to Dorset
PORTLAND’S Jurassica project could attract 600,000 visitors and boost the economy by £20m a year, according to the charity behind the ambitious plans. The £70 million subterranean geological park plan in the former Yeolands quarry on the east side
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Teen singing sensation going for gold in national competition
A TEENAGE singing sensation is aiming to be crowned national champion this weekend when she performs at the finale of a popular competition. Woodroffe School pupil Annabel Davies will go for glory on Saturday when she takes to the stage at the
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TV star Richard Wilson goes On The Road in Dorset
‘I DON’T believe it!’ – TV star Richard Wilson met a Dorset fossil hunter on his trip along the Jurassic Coast. As part of his travels around the UK using nothing but the Shell Guides to help him, Richard Wilson, of One Foot in the Grave fame,
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Miracle of cat who survived being stuck down chimney for SIX weeks
DARING Chloe the cat used up one of her nine lives after surviving six weeks stuck down a chimney. Marianne Wood, 75, went to visit her family in Vietnam in December and arranged to leave her two cats, Chloe and Honey, in a pet cat kennel outdoors
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Politicians need to have a local connection
I learned this week that North Dorset Conservatives are not interviewing any local applicants for their next parliamentary candidate. Is it any surprise that protest parties such as UKIP are becoming more popular? People are now genuinely fed up
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Mayor Albert reunited child with mother
The Weymouth mayor who reunited lost child Dave Ford with his mother (Have Your Say, January 20) would have been Albert (Bert) Biles. Bert was mayor for three terms from 1935-8. It was good to hear the mayor had time to look after young citizen
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Hidden agenda for shut beach?
Why does the council have to make things so complicated? Surely simple wooden steps could be erected to get to Castle Cove beach? Why does the council always talk doom and gloom? I am a bit of a cynic, and with others I have talked to who
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Can't council borrow cash to keep Condor?
Why can’t the council borrow the money to keep Condor? I am struggling to understand why Weymouth and Portland Borough Council is allowing three quarters of a million pounds a year to slip through its fingers with the sad departure of Condor from
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Independent shops in the limelight with new initiative in Dorchester
A NEW initiative to recognise and reward independent shops in Dorchester has been launched. The Dorchester Independent Retail Awards have been launched in a bid to recognise the businesses that are “extremely important” to the county town’s local
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Expert backs call for dig of historical site
AN ARCHAEOLOGY expert has challenged the findings of a report into Dorchester’s controversial Charles Street development. Former county archaeologist Laurence Keen is backing a campaign which has attracted thousands of signatures calling for a
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BSO and Venetian pianist play Nordic dance concert
BOURNEMOUTH Symphony Orchestra, together with the young American conductor Joshua Weilerstein and prize-winning Venetian pianist Alessandro Taverna, bring a concert of Nordic dance and yearning for spring to Lighthouse, Poole’s Centre for the Arts
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Stunning adaptation of Birdsong
THE 2015 national tour of Rachel Wagstaff’s stage play Birdsong, adapted from the novel by Sebastian Faulks, will visit Lighthouse, Poole’s Centre for the Arts, from Tuesday, March 24 to Saturday, March 28. Touring during the 100th anniversary
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Magpies: Reserves' Challenge Cup clash off
TONIGHT'S Wyvern Challenge Cup tie between AFC Portchester and Dorchester Town Reserves is off. The game at the Wicor Recreation Ground has been postponed because of a waterlogged pitch.
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VIDEO: See the moment a driver narrowly avoided causing a three vehicle smash
THIS is the moment a driver on Portland narrowly avoided causing a three vehicle collision. The footage was recorded by a Dorset Echo reader of a silver car overtaking them on New Road in the opposite lane. On the approach to the roundabout
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Wassailing to ‘wake up’ apple trees for the spring
BRIDPORT residents got into the celebratory spirit with their seventh annual wassailing ceremony in the town’s community orchard. Over 170 people turned up to the orchard on Priory Lane to sing during the ceremony, playing their own musical instruments
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UPDATED WITH VIDEO: Five vehicles involved in crash near Dorchester
A FIVE vehicle crash closed a road between Piddlehinton and Dorchester. Police said the crash, involving five vehicles, took place on the B3143. Officers have closed the road between the show ground and Snowdrop Corner. Police and ambulance
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Attacker avoids prison after breaking man’s jaw
A DEFENDANT who broke another man’s jaw in a late night attack in Weymouth has avoided an immediate prison sentence. Kelvin George Simmons, pictured, of St Mary Street, Weymouth, was given an eight-month prison sentence, suspended for two years
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Terras: Matthews hails Weymouth spirit
MANAGER Jason Matthews hailed the heart shown by his Terras’ charges as they returned to the league summit after their triumph over St Neots Town last night. A Stewart Yetton winner proved enough for Weymouth to record a 1-0 with at the Bob Lucas
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Weymouth College set to face ‘criticism’ in report
WEYMOUTH College is expected to be severely criticised in its forthcoming Ofsted report due to leadership and management problems, the Echo has learnt. The college, which is facing financial pressures and suspended principal Liz Myles before Christmas
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Magpies: Heath hails a Jem of a decision
DORCHESTER Town’s players have two men they are going to “run through a brick wall” for in new boss Mark Jermyn and his assistant Nick Crittenden, according to Stuart Heath. First-team coach Heath, deputy to the Magpies’ two previous managers,
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Win family tickets to Thorpe Park Resort!
Explosive, electric and eccentric, Brainiac Show Live! returns to THORPE PARK Resort for a nine-day thrill spectacular over February half-term from Saturday 14 February. Strap on your safety goggles and join Brainiac Live’s mischievous band of