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Weymouth man hid in his shed for a year

Updated 10:00am Saturday 4th September 2010

A MAN hid in his shed for a year to escape debt collectors.


Fair Votes For Dorset campaign set for launch

Updated 5:00pm Saturday 4th September 2010

CAMPAIGNERS are mustering for a referendum on voting systems to elect MPs.

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Offenders give new look to Purbeck radar station

Roger Senior, chairman of Poole and District Adventure Centre and  Matt Douglas, community payback manager from Dorset Probation Trust outside the David Donald Field Studies Base where  groups of offenders have been working on renovation

Updated 4:00pm Saturday 4th September 2010

A BATTLE of Britain radar station that played a vital role in fighting off the Luftwaffe during the Second World War has been restored by an unlikely source – a group of convicted offenders.

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Dorset fired up for final despite skipper’s absence

TROPHY HUNT: Dorset skipper Tom Hicks

Updated 8:50am Saturday 4th September 2010

SEAN Walbridge believes the blow of losing captain Tom Hicks for the Minor Counties Championship final has been softened by the return of four key names.

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