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Football: Chances spurned as Bridport fall
LONGWELL GREEN SPORTS 1 BRIDPORT 0 TREVOR Senior was left to rue his side’s missed chances yet again this season, as Bridport were beaten by a solitary goal at Longwell Green Sports. After going in at the break with the scores goalless thanks
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Fire crews tackle West Dorset chimney blaze
FIREFIGHTERS tackled a chimney blaze in West Dorset. Dorset Fire and Rescue Service were called at 12.10pm today to the fire at a property in Stoke Abbot. Two retained crews from Bridport attended and they used a chimney kit and water jets
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Carnival preparations are underway
PREPARATIONS for this year’s Bridport Carnival in August are already underway. The carnival committee is asking organisations if they want funds in exchange for help with the carnival. Those interested are invited to go along to its meetings leading
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Football: Grove corker as Blues sink Swans
PORTLAND UNITED 4 SWANAGE T&H 3 PORTLAND United fans had to wait more than two months for a home fixture at Grove Corner, but they were treated to an absolute corker of a contest between the Blues and Swanage Town & Herston on Saturday
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Dream pub for new landlords
A COUPLE’S long-held dream will be fulfilled in February when they take over as landlords of the Three Horseshoes in Burton Bradstock. The Palmers’ pub, a 300-year-old thatched stone property, is currently closed for renovation and will reopen
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Calling all schools - Weymouth Kite Festival needs you
ORGANISERS behind this year’s Weymouth Kite Festival are calling for schools to take part in the event on Weymouth Beach from Saturday, May 2 to Monday, May 4. Michael McManus, Community Kite Group director, said schools could buy kites for £1.50
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Robbery bid thug sentenced to 15 months in prison
A MAN from Dorchester broke down in tears as he was sentenced to 15 months in prison for attempted robbery after consuming a “cocktail of drugs and alcohol”. Alan Frank Patterson, 22, of Great Western Road, was given the prison sentence after pleading
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Authority in limbo on setting tax rate
TOWN councillors in Bridport are being asked to set their council tax bill – without knowing if they will be forced to hold a referendum if they want to increase it by more than two per cent. They have been left between a ‘rock and a hard place
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Alice Moore's top tips for treating canine's teeth
HERE at the vets I find that dog breeds are like buses – you do not see any for ages and then two come along at once. In my morning surgery today the aforementioned “buses” were Norfolk terriers: I saw two in a row, both very friendly and sweet
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Baby giraffe Zahra is walking tall
I THOUGHT I would share this great picture of Zahra, a two-week-old baby Rothschild giraffe taking her first steps outside at Chester Zoo, watched by her mother Aiofe. YOUNGSTERS at St Nicholas and St Laurence School in Weymouth have been helping
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Mad day out for movie extra Alicia
A WEYMOUTH schoolgirl is waiting to see if she makes it onto screen when Far From the Madding Crowd is released later this year. Alicia Wilcocks, 12, was one of hundreds of extras from Dorset who spent time filming when the Fox Searchlight production
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Wareham road death a 'very tragic collision' inquest hears
A DRUNKEN man was accidentally run over and killed as he lay in the middle of a road, an inquest heard. Bournemouth Coroner’s Court was told that 29-year-old Stefan Noyce, of Stoborough, was more than four times the drink-drive limit when he was