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Plan for gates to help prevent yobs bothering residents

Friday, March 12, 2010

RESIDENTS of an area of Bridport plagued by anti-social behaviour are to take back ownership of their neighbourhood with new entrance gates.

People who live in the Magna Housing Association homes at the Tanyard off South Street have called for help in stopping people...

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'Outrage' over £300,000 price tag for planning bid

Monday, March 01, 2010

DORSET County Council's decision to spend nearly £300,000 on preparing a planning application for a waste management facility near Bridport has...

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£45,000 for paintings by artist killed in car crash

DEVOTED COUPLE: A family photograph of Alastair and Sheila Flattely of Beaminster, who died in a crash on the A37 in May

Saturday, February 27, 2010

WORK by Beaminster artist Alastair Flattely, who was killed in a car crash last May, has sold for £45,000 at auction in Scotland. Mr Flattely,...

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'Staff at home treated our dad like their own family'

STAFF PRAISED: From left, care assistant Sue Clewlow, William Marshall's daughter Janice Williams, son Barry Marshall, assistant manager Lisa Warne, son-in-law Lionel Williams, care assistant Heather Killeen, daughter Rita Marshall and care assistant Liz Kleve at The Hayes in Sherborne where William spent his final days. Pictures by Laura Jones

Friday, February 26, 2010

SIBLINGS have returned to a care home to pay special thanks to staff for making their father's last days as comfortable as possible. William Marshall,...

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Happy with CAB – but where's youth?

Monday, February 22, 2010

NEARLY every single client of Bridport's Citizens Advice Bureau leaves satisfied, according to the results of its annual survey. During January,...

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New face gives pool hope for the future

STEPPING DOWN: Sir James Spicer, chairman of the Beaminster Pool Association, and secretary Sally Samuel, to his left, will be stepping down from their roles at the annual general meeting next week, and are hoping to introduce a replacement

Sunday, February 21, 2010

FRESH hopes Beaminster Community Pool will not have to close following the departure of two pillars of the pool association have emerged this week....

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Future of bar in the balance

CLOSURE THREAT: Owner Paul Hindes says he may have to shut No 10 bar in Bridport if licensing curbs on customer numbers are not relaxed. Picture by James Dadzitis

Saturday, February 20, 2010

LAST-MINUTE bargaining failed to save a Bridport bar from the threat of closure at a licensing meeting last week. Police had asked West Dorset...

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Fire may have been started with fuel through letterbox

PAINTING PROBLEM: The Decorator Centre in St Georges Road, Dorchester, went up in flames during the early hours of Saturday morning. Pictures by Laura Jones

Saturday, February 20, 2010

POLICE are investigating the possibility that a fire at a Dorchester decorating shop may have been started by someone pouring fuel through the...

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Teenager attacked in house burglary

Thursday, February 18, 2010

DETECTIVES are appealing for witnesses after a teenage boy was assaulted by a burglar he disturbed in his home in Dorchester. The incident took place...

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Communities get transport link

Thursday, February 18, 2010

TRAVEL links between Eype and Bridport were back up and running yesterday, after years without public transport. The West Dorset Partnership – a...

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