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Thieves grab motorcycle from Dorchester Learning Centre
Updated 8:10am Sunday 8th November 2009
A MOTORCYCLE used to inspire teenagers has been stolen.
Lifeline for under-threat Purbeck school
Updated 10:10am Sunday 8th November 2009
A VILLAGE school, threatened under Purbeck’s proposed education shake-up, has been lent a hand by one of its neighbours.
'Spend a penny' idea for Weymouth shops
Updated 9:10am Sunday 8th November 2009
CUSTOMERS should be able to spend a penny in Weymouth shops, a councillor has suggested.
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Cat was died in rat trap laid by Weymouth man
Updated 10:00am Saturday 7th November 2009
A MUCH-LOVED cat died a ‘painful and extremely distressing’ death when it was snared in a rat trap.
Terras fans are the club saviours
Updated 8:30am Saturday 7th November 2009
SUPPORTERS of Weymouth saved the club from extinction, director Shaun Hennessy assured Echosport this week.
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It's battle lines after another accident on Weymouth coast road
Updated 7:30am Saturday 7th November 2009
PRESSURE is mounting to bring back the white lines on the Weymouth to Bridport coast road after the fourth serious crash in three weeks.
Weymouth grandmother is a world champion at 81
Updated 8:00am Saturday 7th November 2009
A WEYMOUTH grandmother has become a world champion at the age of 81.
Dorset's bonfire night went with a bang
Updated 8:00am Saturday 7th November 2009
EXCITED youngsters waved sparklers as they watched the fireworks displays in Weymouth and Dorchester.
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Fears for future of Dorset County Hospital
Updated 7:30am Friday 6th November 2009
PATIENTS, staff and supporters told of their fears after the axe fell on the Dorset County Hospital in Dorchester.
Man kicks down door in Weymouth flat fire drama
Updated 9:33am Friday 6th November 2009
BAR staff kicked down the doors of a flat as its windows exploded in a fire in Weymouth town centre.
Weymouth's fireworks night prize guys
Updated 9:38am Friday 6th November 2009
THE sky over Weymouth exploded with colour as the town came alive for Bonfire Night.
Ryan's rescue?
Updated 8:10am Friday 6th November 2009
THIS is the man who wants to rescue Weymouth Football Club from oblivion, Echosport can exclusively reveal today.
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200 jobs to be axed at Dorset County Hospital
Updated 9:00am Thursday 5th November 2009
TWO HUNDRED jobs will be axed at Dorset County Hospital in the next 12 months.
DCH crisis - the cutbacks
Updated 9:10am Thursday 5th November 2009
Echo: Where will the cuts be? Derek Smith: We are having a consultation period with staff today, where we are going to talk about what we are doing and what we have to do to manage the trust finances.
DCH crisis - the staff
Updated 9:10am Thursday 5th November 2009
ECHO: How many jobs will be lost? DEREK SMITH: We think the overall figure will be 200. In the first consultation we expect it to be something like 30 to 40, and then we will go up to 200 in the course of the next year. We will take it in stages because we have to assess at each stage whether we are doing things that are right, and after that we will have to be sure that the changes aren’t having an adverse affect on the services provided.
Wessex Stadium is safe
Updated 8:30am Thursday 5th November 2009
TERRAS’ director Paul Cocks is “100 per cent confident” that Weymouth Football Club will not lose the Wessex Stadium to Wessex Delivery Partnership should the club go into administration, as it is expected to next week.
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Become a volunteer steward for the 2012 Games
Updated 1:00pm Wednesday 4th November 2009
WITH the Olympics creeping closer, it’s not just athletes who are gearing up for the games.
Front-line troops say thanks for the treats
Updated 12:40pm Wednesday 4th November 2009
FRONTLINE soldiers in Afghanistan have received more than 700 morale-boosting shoeboxes in just three months thanks to the generosity of Echo readers.
Seven-up Magpies
Updated 10:53pm Wednesday 4th November 2009
MANAGER Roy O’Brien was delighted with his mixed-strength Dorchester Town side after they proved far too strong for Wessex League First Division outfit Verwood Town at Potterne Park last night.
Leather 3 Piece Suite Taupe colour leather 3 seater settee and 2 arm chairs. Excellent condition no tears or scratches.
Weymouth school hit by swine flu as 50 pupils fall ill
Updated 7:30am Wednesday 4th November 2009
A HEADTEACHER was among the victims in a new outbreak of swine flu which struck down a quarter of her school’s pupils.
Cup tonic for Terras
Updated 10:30pm Tuesday 3rd November 2009
WEYMOUTH won for the first time since August with a comfortable victory over Wessex League champions Poole Town.
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Family's 'neglect' claim over war hero's death in Dorset County Hospital
Updated 9:49am Tuesday 3rd November 2009
A WAR hero who went into hospital with a broken hip died ‘after months of neglect’, his grieving family claimed today.
Scooter rider left battered and bruised after hit-and-run
Updated 10:01am Tuesday 3rd November 2009
A FURIOUS councillor was left bruised, battered and jobless when a hit and run driver knocked him off his scooter in a bus lane on Weymouth seafront.
'Fallen' poem is so much more than just words to our veterans
Updated 12:30pm Tuesday 3rd November 2009
‘AT THE going down of the sun and in the morning – we will remember them’.
Terras' directors feeling positive
Updated 9:06am Tuesday 3rd November 2009
DIRECTORS at Weymouth Football Club are feeling positive about the future, following a meeting between board members, proposed administrators Benedict Mackenzie LLP and a potential buyer.
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Heart attack victim taunted by youths after he collapsed in street
Updated 7:30am Monday 2nd November 2009
A HEART attack victim pleading for help in the street was ignored by passing teenagers who called him a drunk and left him for dead.
Do you want floats at Weymouth Carnival? Vote now
Updated 4:20pm Monday 2nd November 2009
Thousands at big 1,000-day event
Updated 7:20am Monday 2nd November 2009
AROUND 3.000 revellers turned out for a night of community festivities and fireworks to mark the 1,000-day countdown to the 2012 Olympics.
Terras face Magpies in Trophy
Updated 1:14pm Monday 2nd November 2009
WEYMOUTH have been drawn at home to Dorchester Town in the third qualifying round of the FA Trophy.
Thousands at big 1,000-day event
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Magpies can't stop Dover
Updated 6:57pm Sunday 1st November 2009
DORCHESTER Town failed to pile more misery on Dover Athletic as they succumbed to the visitors’ strong second-half display.
Kitchen Sink - Franke Franke stainless steel one and a half sink and drainer. Two years old, some light staining but no damage. Fixed for right hand drain but can be changed. Has contemporary dimpled finish ...