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Lingo link Bob is the Volunteer of the Year

VOLUNTEER ACTION: Lingo link student Anna Kaczorkiewicz, with teacher Vee Driscoll from Bridport, and fellow student Agnieszka Polny with Rafal Skarbek and Bob Betts of the Midwest European Communities Association. Picture by James Dadzitis

Wednesday, March 17, 2010

A STALWART Yeovil volunteer has received countywide recognition for his efforts to help homeless people and foreign migrants in the town.

Bob Betts, 70, of Kiddles, was last week given the Volunteer of the Year award by the Somerset Alliance of Councils for Voluntary...

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Councillor declares war on dog owners

FOULING PROBLEM: Councillor Simon Pritchard has criticised North Dorset District Council for failing to clampdown on persistent dog fouling in Grosvenor Ward, Shaftesbury. Picture by Steph Close

Wednesday, March 17, 2010

PARTS of Shaftesbury have been allowed to turn into a dogs' toilet, according to one local councillor. Simon Pritchard, member for the Grosvenor Ward,...

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Sites for 5,000 eco homes revealed

Wednesday, March 17, 2010

THREE areas have been revealed as possible sites for 5,000 new eco-homes in Yeovil – which community leaders say could be built by 2026. South...

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Kathy in appeal for more organ pledges

GOOD CAUSE: Transplant hopeful Kathy Smith wants to persuade more people to become organ donors

Wednesday, March 17, 2010

A WOMAN desperately in need of a double lung transplant is urging people to remember the importance of organ donation. Kathy Smith, 59, of Mere, who...

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'We've saved centre for the community'

Wednesday, March 17, 2010

A TEAM of school governors has taken on the management of Huish Episcopi leisure centre in a bid to save it for the community. The centre near...

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Speedy Dave: 70 is no limit

CYCLING STRONG: Seventy-year-old Dave Smith, main picture, is cycling from Land's End to John-o-'Groats to raise money for the charity Somerset Unit for Radiotherapy Equipment. Inset above, Dave and friends from the 1st Chard Wheelers before a 1960s event. Main picture by James Dadzitis

Wednesday, March 17, 2010

HE may be collecting his pension but one Chard great-grandfather refuses to let age stop him indulging his lifelong passion for cycling. Dave Smith...

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Leader's allowance poised to increase

Wednesday, March 17, 2010

THE leader of South Somerset District Council could be in line for an extra £2,000. While the local authority is undergoing a cost-saving merger...

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Plans being drawn up for new arts centre

Wednesday, March 17, 2010

AN architect has been appointed to draw up plans for the town's new community arts centre. Gillingham firm Phillip Proctor Associates will be...

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Jade's charity show in tribute to grandad

TALENTED TEENAGER: Performing arts student Jade Thompson is organising a fundraising event at Dorchester Corn Exchange in memory of her grandad who died of cancer last year. Picture by Alan McNamee

Wednesday, March 17, 2010

A TALENTED Dorchester youngster is using her skills to raise money for a charity which helped her late grandad. Jade Thompson, 16, lost her grandfathe...

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