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Lads, paddle do nicely for courageous armed forces

PADDLE POWER: Josh Petty and Alan Kell of Sherborne at Sutton Bingham Reservoir ahead of their marathon 125-mile kayaking challenge in aid of Help for Heroes next month. Picture by Len Copland

Monday, March 15, 2010

TWO teenage friends are to take on a daunting 125-mile kayaking challenge to raise money for a forces charity.

Former Gryphon schoolboys Alan Kell, 18, of Longburton and Josh Petty, 19, of Sherborne, are to paddle along Devises in Wiltshire to Westminster from April 2...

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Steam train will stop in town... but in July

RAIL DELIGHT: The Oliver Cromwell arrives in Sherborne last year

Friday, March 12, 2010

A STEAM train operator has stepped forward to help dignitaries in Sherborne celebrate the anniversary of the arrival of the railway in style. Their...

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Shop to move from the heart of town

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Thursday, March 11, 2010

THE owner of a business which has been at the heart of Sherborne life for more than a century has said she is determined to keep going after deciding...

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Ollie, 14, called police while burglar raided family home

BRAVE TEEN: Ollie Lomax, 14, with his mother Sarah and Superintendent Dave Thorp. Ollie called 999 when a burglar broke into his house while he was home alone

Thursday, March 11, 2010

A DORCHESTER schoolboy who hid under a bed and called police on his mobile phone while a burglar searched his home received praise as the raider was...

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Soldiers' mums take on charity challenge

FIGHTING FIT: Soldier's mum Sharron Hudson, who is embarking on a three-day survival challenge with the Riflemums, in the Brecon Beacons Picture by Laura Jones

Wednesday, March 10, 2010

A MUM from Sherborne is leading a group of women in a daunting physical challenge dedicated to the memory of soldiers killed in Afghanistan last year....

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Community split over homes on school land

DEVELOPMENT SITE: The layout of the plot as it currently stands off Bradford Road

Friday, March 05, 2010

COUNCILLORS have backed plans for large-scale redevelopment of land owned by Sherborne Girls School off Bradford Road, despite concerns from...

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Paul brings world experience to band

FULL CIRCLE: Paul Cosh, former BBC Symphony Orchestra musician and now professor at the Guildhall School of Music, has taken over as musical director of Sherborne Town Band

Tuesday, March 02, 2010

A FAMILIAR name has returned to the helm of Sherborne Town Band after a career which has seen him play in concert halls around the world and with a...

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Hip tot's mother slams health workers

AWARENESS CALL: Helen Pearce of Barwick with her daughter Jorja, two, whose hip problems were not picked up until she went to the Little Gryphon Nursery in Sherborne. Picture by Jennie Banks

Saturday, February 27, 2010

A MOTHER has blasted health authorities for failing to spot a rare condition in her baby daughter which has left her at increased risk of contracting...

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Single father avoids forced eviction but says treatment was 'disgraceful'

LAST STAND: Darren Allwood with his son Adam, aged six, and step daughter Jessica, 13, before they were evicted from their home in Greenhill Road. Picture by James Dadzitis

Saturday, February 27, 2010

POLICE were on hand when a man initially refused to obey an eviction order to leave a property in Yeovil's Greenhill Road on Tuesday. Bailiffs working...

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Single father avoids forced eviction but says treatment was 'disgraceful'

Saturday, February 27, 2010

POLICE were on hand when a man initially refused to obey an eviction order to leave a property in Yeovil's Greenhill Road on Tuesday. Bailiffs working...

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