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Bees thrash Jons for biggest away win since 2019
PLYMOUTH MARJON 1 BRIDPORT 5 BRIDPORT thrashed Plymouth Marjon 5-1 to take their biggest away league victory since September 2019, extending to six games their unbeaten run. Not since a 4-0 victory at Chipping Sodbury had the Bees earned
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Baffins shade Blues in narrow victory
BAFFINS MILTON ROVERS 1 PORTLAND UNITED 0 PORTLAND United were shaded 1-0 as Baffins Milton Rovers did the double over the Blues in the Wessex League Premier Division. While Portland have solidified defensively under new boss Kyle Critchell
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Sheep attacked by dogs at farm in north Dorset
POLICE visited a farm in north Dorset after reports of sheep worrying and two sheep recently being attacked by dogs. Dorset Police’s Rural Crime Team visited the farm in Hazelbury Bryan yesterday (Saturday, February 11) to provide reassurance to
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Woman dies after crash involving car and motorbike in Dorset
A WOMAN has died following a crash involving a motorbike and a car in Bournemouth. The collision involved a grey Volkswagen Polo and a black Honda motorcycle occurred in Castle Lane West at around 6.30pm on Saturday, February 11. The woman
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"We are here for the community" - church offering 'space to grieve' after fatal crash
A SERVICE of prayer and reflection is to be held to allow people the ‘space to grieve’ following a fatal crash in west Dorset. Mosterton Church will host a half hour service today from 3pm with all in the community invited to attend for a time
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Sea swimming gran's starring role in tea firm's new campaign
A GRAN is making a big splash with a starring role in a tea firm's new campaign. Keen year-round sea swimmer and grandmother-of-four Val Hall of Portesham features in Dorset Tea's 'get outside' initiative. Dorset Tea is urging people to get
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"We deserve better!" Residents demand answers over hospital's future
NHS bosses faced a grilling as residents demanded answers over the future of Portland Hospital during a packed community meeting. More than 150 people crammed into Easton Methodist Church hall to quiz representatives from Dorset HealthCare and
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Solar panel scheme for Dorset manor house
A GROUND solar panel system is to be installed at Wraxall Manor to help reduce energy costs. Dorset Council has agreed to the panels in an adjoining field to the listed house, which dates back to the mid-1600s and has been undergoing extensive
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PICTURED: 11 people wanted by Dorset Police - have you seen them?
Have you seen any of these 11 wanted people? Dorset Police have issued images of 10 men and a woman officers are trying to track down. A Dorset Police spokesperson said: "Can you help locate any of these people? "If you have information
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Choral society to perform music with a royal flavour
Soak up an evening of inspiring, reflective and uplifting vocal and instrumental music. Weymouth Choral Society is to perform a Music of Majesty concert at St Paul's Church, Abbotsbury Road, Weymouth on Saturday, March 25 at 7.30pm. Mozart's
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Pictures: Dorset residents battling one of the coldest winters in living memory
For the last time for now we return to the bitterly cold winter of 1962/63 and back into the Dorset Echo archives, which show us how people at the time coped with the big freeze. Each collection of pictures has shown us people battling with the
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Dorset developers face 'shaming' over greener homes' plans
DEVELOPERS in Dorset might soon find themselves ‘shamed’ into making their schemes sustainable. Dorset Council is considering a checklist they will be expected to fill in when asking for planning consent. It comes after years of a lack of action
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Teen drug driver fined £128 after being caught EIGHTEEN times over the limit
A TEEN who was stopped by police at the wheel of a car whilst more than 18 times over the drug driving limit has been disqualified from driving. Harry Dean Hamilton, whose address was given as Briantspuddle near Bere Regis, appeared before Weymouth
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'Only 10 per cent of local councils engaging with climate change plans'
MOST of Dorset’s town and parish councils appear to be voting with their feet over discussion about climate and environmental change in the county. Only around ten per cent attended the last meeting with Dorset Council over the issues, according
