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CC, formerly County Casuals, is offering readers the chance to win an outfit worth £250 from it's newly opened store in Blandford. For more details and your chance to win see the Echo on the 19th December 2006.

PEOPLE in Dorchester are being urged to dig deep and raise cash for the mayor's annual Christmas appeal. Coun Robin Potter has written to businesses across the town urging them to spare a few pounds for the appeal in aid of The Dorset Youth Association

WOW secretary Chris Taylor has stood down after eight years at the post. The Wey Valley teacher, whose daughter Hannah went through the youth musical theatre, is leaving the position of secretary due to the presure of work and organising one of Weymouth's

SCHOOLS Minister and South Dorset MP Jim Knight was put on the spot by parents. He took time out from his Parliamentary duties to host an education-themed question-and-answer session at Conifers Primary School in Weymouth before touring a new learning

A 14-year-old girl was so drunk she collapsed unconscious at a Weymouth beauty spot. Police launched a search after the teenager was spotted alone late at night in the Nothe Gardens. She was taken to hospital. The incident has triggered calls for tighter

INHALING laughing gas at parties could damage your health, Weymouth and Portland environmental health officers have warned. They also warn that people who permit such gas to be inhaled on their premises may be breaking the law. Organisers of one Dorset

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PUPILS from three Weymouth schools who worked on a cross-campus art project together met up again to celebrate their creations. Youngsters from Wey Valley, Wyvern and St Nicholas and St Laurence proudly showed off the three mosaic panels they had jointly

AROUND 200 people flocked to Girlguiding South Dorset's first ever divisional carol service. Eager carol singers braved horrendous weather to pack Easton Methodist Church on Portland for the inaugural event. And they were treated to a service including

SOLICITORS Mustoe Shorter held a competition inviting children from Dorset's refuges to design the company's Christmas cards for them. Staff at the firm, which has offices in Dorchester and Weymouth, organised the contest because they were tired of the

A GOOD Samaritan was set upon by a group of youths in Weymouth as he tried to help out another man already under attack. Police said the victim rushed to the man's aid when he saw him being picked on by a gang of youngsters in Coneygar Lane, between

DORCHESTER Pubwatch chairman Martin West warned today that teenagers are getting drunk on booze from parents and shops. He said action by pubs on underage drinking is working in the county town. But problems with drunken youngsters continue as they

A SCOUT hut on the edge of Dorchester is a hive of activity in the run-up to Christmas. Not, as you may think, with lads tying knots and singing around campfires and other scouting activities. It is in fact with a merry band of volunteers sorting through

STUDENTS put on the razzle-dazzle for a glamorous cocktail party - as part of their studies. The four business studies students at the Thomas Hardye School in Dorchester had to stage an event as part of their A-level course. Melanie Dupr, Emma Dawson

PARENTS are risking their children being gunned down if they buy them replica firearms for Christmas, Dorset Police has warned. The warning comes from the force's head of armed operational support unit Inspector Andy Allkins following a rise in incidents

YOUNG cricketers were bowled over when businessman Mike Runyard stepped in to help. Sports lover Mike, who runs Bridport cleaning materials and workwear firm A J Supplies, heard the boys at the Dorchester-based Wessex Cricket School were desperately

A young man from Weymouth is working his way up the career ladder in the hair industry. Chris Finch, 22, completed his A-levels before realising he wanted to explore a creative vocation. He decided to undertake a hairdressing apprenticeship with the

ROBYN Kiy won her dance in the national section of her age group along with a trophy at the Plymouth Festival. Robyn, aged nine, also recently entered a festival in Leicestershire where she won two golds for her national and tap. Jenny Glover, the principal

PUPILS at a Weymouth school have been treated to a very special tea party to reward them for their recent hard work. The mayor of Weymouth and Portland Howard Legg played host to 19 students from Beechcroft St Paul's Primary School for the event. The

AROUND 2,000 children in Dorset are not wearing their seatbelts on the school run, say new figures. This is despite a record rate of 92 per cent of primary school-aged children now wearing a seatbelt. The annual survey by Dorset County Council revealed

TRAFFIC pollution is so bad along the main A35 trunk road in Chideock that the authorities must now act - by law. Tests by West Dorset District Council - which has to monitor air quality under the 1995 Environment Act - show that while there is some

ELDERLY and disabled people are set to lose a lifeline in a cost-cutting exercise. People who use Dorset's day centres are being told they no longer fit the criteria and must stop going. A social services driver, who did not want to be named, said:

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TEN seconds separated Dorchester from a fourth away win of the season in the Nationwide Conference South as substitute Lee Farrell equalised for Lewes deep into stoppage time. The Magpies came back from a goal down with two goals in three second-half

DEVASTATED Magpies' manager Mick Jenkins was "bitterly disappointed" not to return from the Dripping Pan with all three points after his team's much improved performance in last night's 2-2 Conference South draw at Lewes. The Rooks equalised with ten

REBUILDING for the Conference League is set to begin in earnest for Weymouth Wildcats - on and off the track - after receiving the go ahead from West Dorset District Council's planning committee. The "inconsistent" Radipole Lane track is set to be ripped

A DEVASTATED family today paid tribute to a 'wonderful lad' who is feared drowned in what appears to have been a tragic accident. Fisherman Peter Lynham, 20, of Sweet Hill Road, Southwell, Portland, lived for his job and karate, his family said. He

A MAN is feared dead today in the second fishing tragedy off Portland in two days. The fishing boat skipper was trapped in the wheelhouse as his boat took on water and capsized in seconds in stormy seas off the Bill. Two young crewmen jumped for their

DRUGS dealer Terry Peterson fled the country seven years ago because of threats to his family in Weymouth if he gave evidence in court, a judge was told. The fugitive, who returned last month after a dramatic phone call from Thailand to a Dorset police

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