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TABLE TENNIS: Shipton set for start of season
THIS week sees the start of Shipton Gorge’s matches in the Weymouth & District Table Tennis League. Once again, Shipton has entered a team into all three divisions of the league and some tough matches lie ahead over the coming season. Last
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RUGBY: Bridport display a great Cutting edge
BRIDPORT 21 EAST DORSET 13 NEW Bridport skipper Dave Cutting led the hosts to back-to-back wins in Dorset & Wilts One South and in doing so avenged their heavy cup defeat to East Dorset a fortnight earlier. Full-back Cutting took over the
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ANGLING: Wyvern success for Foot and Joy
THIS year’s Wyvern Division Junior Open Shore Festival was fish-ed on the Mountbatten Breakwater at Plymouth. The competition was fished between noon and 4pm and saw an entry of 48 juniors representing nine clubs plus individuals and included 12
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Coastguard control centre to close in 2014
THE Portland Coastguard control centre will close in September next year, it has been announced. The Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) said yesterday that the closure will coincide with the launch of the new National Maritime Operations Centre
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Pensioners urged to get surfing
DORSET pensioners are being urged to go surfing with more than half of elderly people not online. Around 58 per cent of elderly people in the county do not use the internet, according to figures from Age UK. With internet banking, online shopping
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Tessa set to make a splash
Bridport’s very own Tessa Bide is coming to Bridport Arts Centre with her first devised, one-woman show for children, The Tap Dancing Mermaid. Come along and hear The Moon’s story about a tippety-top tap dancer who he has been watching at night
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Mountjoy School student has world at his fingertips with new tablet
A YOUNGSTER with a rare genetic disorder has the world at his fingertips after a funding boost from Bridport Round Table. Mountjoy School pupil Phoenix Walker, who lives in Weymouth, has been given his own iPad to help with his communication.
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St Mary's Church of England School pupils climb on board for day of pirate action
YOUNGSTERS put the wind in the sails of their newest topic by holding a pirates day. The pupils aged four to seven at St Mary’s Church of England School in Beaminster dressed up and got the chance to try everything from pirate dancing to a boat-building
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Wacky hair day to help hospice
LET your hair down and help raise money for a good cause. Weldmar Hospicecare Trust is asking residents, schools and businesses in Dorset to get out the hairspray for the third Wacky Hair for Hospicecare day to raise money for the Joseph Weld Hospice
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Formula 1 ace in plea for air ambulance cash
A CELEBRITY patron is urging Dorset residents to help out during National Air Ambulance Week. Former Formula 1 world champion Jenson Button is once again throwing his weight behind Dorset and Somerset Air Ambulance. As vice-patron, Mr Button
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Coastguard helicopter staying until 2017
PORTLAND Coastguard rescue helicopter will be staying until 2017 despite staffing difficulties, the transport minister has said. Transport Minister Stephen Hammond has said that the service will continue until June, 2017 as planned despite current
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Funding boost to give signs a fresh look
SIGNPOSTS in west Dorset are to get a makeover following a funding boost. The project is a partnership between Beaminster Town Council and the Dorset Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB). Town councillor Chris Turner is using his woodworking
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Butterflies bouncing back thanks to warm weather
BUTTERFLIES have been bouncing back thanks to warm weather this year. The Dorset-based charity Butterfly Conservation has carried out the world’s largest butterfly count and found that numbers are on the rise after the hot summer of 2013. Dorset
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Charity urging people to support soldiers over Christmas period
A CHARITY is urging people in Dorset to support our troops on the frontline this Christmas. The Dorset branch of Support Our Soldiers (SOS) is launching its Christmas Shoebox Appeal, will see treats and supplies sent out to servicemen and women
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Dire Straits singer plays Bridport ArtsCentre tonight
MARK Knopfler, the songwriter, singer and lead guitarist for Dire Straits is at Bridport Arts Centre tonight. Since disbanding Dire Straits in 1993 Mark has continued to write, record and tour and is currently on a tour of Europe, including six
