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Lyme Regis: Concern police cuts may lead to more crime
FEARS are growing that crime levels in the Lyme Regis area will increase if community police teams are cut. Dorset Police is proposing to reduce the number of safer neighbourhood teams in the Bridport section – incorporating Lyme, Charmouth and the Marshwood
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Chard: Former Bridport priest dies while giving church service
A FORMER Bridport priest died while taking evensong at his new church in Chard. Father Roger Pittard was at the patronal festival at the Church of the Good Shepherd and had had a busy morning celebration festival attended by the bishop.
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Lyme Regis: Restaurant named best in the South West in Good Food Guide awards
A LYME Regis restaurant has this week been named the best in the South West in a prestigious food bible. The Mill Tea and Dining Room at the Town Mill complex is the regional winner in this year’s Good Food Guide Restaurant of the Year Awards. More
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Lyme Regis: Library is one of six that may survive closure
LYME Regis library has been named on a list of six in the county with a chance of surviving closure, it has been claimed. Campaigners have been told by library bosses that Dorset County Council recognises some threatened libraries are open to challenge
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Lyme Regis: Man claims fugitive wally is his pet
A MAN has come forward to claim Lyme’s fugitive wallaby as his adopted pet – called Wally. The runaway was captured last Thursday when the town’s fire chief Virgil Turner rugby tackled it with the help of two West Dorset District Council street cleaners
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West Dorset: Celebrity chef Lesley Waters is the face of Dine For Macmillan campaign
CELEBRITY chef Lesley Waters rustled up three dishes in less than an hour to prove how easy it is to raise cash for Macmillan’s new venture. The cancer charity asked Lesley to be the ‘face’ of its new campaign Dine For Macmillan. Proceeds will help
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Bridport: Shops left vacant as rents cripple local traders
BUSINESS leaders and traders have blamed high rents for the number of empty shops in Bridport. Bridport Chamber of Trade president Mike Harvey fears high town centre rents are ‘unsustainable and crippling’. Chartered surveyor Lewis Findlay
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Agony for Lyme after Kelly’s fifer
HONITON 183 beat UPLYME & Lyme Regis 172 by 11 runs KEVIN Kelly snared a fifer to condemn Uplyme & Lyme Regis to an agonising 11-run home defeat in the Devon League E Division. Full of confidence following their win over Filleigh last
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Skiers set to make waves at National
LYME Regis Power Boat Club is hosting a National Ski Race event this weekend. The Brit Kids category will be held at 2.30pm on Saturday with the main and support races taking place on Sunday from 3pm. The showpiece will bring competitors from all over
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Senior: I’m not going anywhere
TREVOR Senior has ruled himself out of the running for the vacant hot-seat at Weymouth. The Bob Lucas Stadium outfit are on the hunt for a new manager following last week’s departure of Martyn Rogers. Forty-eight-year-old Senior was appointed joint-caretaker
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McGradys out on top
THE Bridport & West Dorset Golf Club men were confronted with difficult conditions for the Mathews Cup on Sunday, writes Peter Crowter. There was a strong gusty wind with occasional rain for this four-ball-better-ball Stableford competition
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Marshall puts a dent in Bridport’s hopes
SHILLINGSTONE 168-5 (20pts) beat Bridport 167 (6pts) by five wickets NICK Marshall produced a superb display with both bat and ball as Shillingstone inflicted a second successive defeat on to Bridport in Dorset League Division Three.
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Tournament treble for young Bees
Bridport Under-13s landed a third tournament win in succession with a hard fought triumph at the Weymouth Cougars Tournament. The tournament has a different format using three-quarter size pitches and full-size goals. And with 10 teams
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Barracudas earn Jurassic second
Bridport Barracudas performed brilliantly to secure second place in the first round of the Jurassic League at Yeovilton. All swimmers turned in excellent displays, with 38 personal bests obtained – as well as five club records by Rebecca Beal
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Beaminster's batting deficiencies have to be corrected
WIMBORNE & COLEHILL II 182-8 (20pts) beat Beaminster 148 (7pts) by 34 runs ROSS Baker has insisted his side must fix the deficiencies in their batting if they are to experience a turnaround in fortunes in Dorset League Division Two.
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Relief as Bees break their duck
THE Queen Bees finally won their first game this season under the management team of Tom Parkes and Chris Donovan. After a season of hard work and persistence on the part of the players and the coaches, the ladies came together to beat Dorchester
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Cheer for Smyth despite relegation
SIMON Smyth was the big winner as Charmouth FC marked the end of the season with a presentation night at Hunters Lodge, near Axminster. The Robins finished rock bottom in Perry Street League Division One to make it back-to-back relegations,
