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RNLI lifeboats, the Coastguard helicopter and a Royal Navy warship are searching for the vessel The body of a man has been recovered from the sea off the Dorset coast. It is believed to one of three missing fishermen from the vessel Purbeck Isle, based in Weymouth, which was reported missing on...
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The weather gods smiled on Christchurch Food & Wine Festival as, after days of rain, the Saturday and Sunday of the International Food Market was blessed with beautiful sunshine. An estimated 70,000 crowded into the town on the two days of the market to see, smell and taste the offerings on sale at...
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RNLI lifeboats have been searching for a missing fishing boat and its three-man crew off the coast of Dorset (FRIDAY MAY 18). The fishing boat, the Purbeck Isle, which is from Weymouth, was reported missing around 6pm on Thursday May 18 after it failed to return to port at its expected time. Weymouth all weather lifeboat, the Ernest and Mabel,...
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Ferndown Mayor Cllr John Muggelton carried out his last official engagement as the Mayor of Ferndown and re-opened Dugdale Park on the Heatherlands after a recent refurbishment on Monday 14 May Community Leader John Hanrahan said “there was a very good turn out by many Councillers, VIP’s along with the Chairman Cllr John Wilson Dorset Council and Cllr D Burt of...
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Police are appealing for witnesses and anyone with information to come forward following a collision involving a pedestrian and a mobility scooter in Christchurch. The incident occurred at about 1.50pm on Monday 30 April 2012 on the High Street outside the Zoo jewellery store. A 63-year-old woman from Christchurch sustained minor injuries to her head...
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Dorset County Council’s trading standards service is warning traders to give consumers the cancellation rights they are entitled to after a man was prosecuted for selling gardening services door-to-door in Dorset. Henry Maurice Black, 50, of Oaktree Field Caravan Site, Salisbury, was given a two-year conditional discharge and ordered to pay £477 costs after...
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Police investigating a distraction burglary in Shaftesbury have issued CCTV images – with officers urging anyone with information to get in touch as soon as possible. The incident occurred at the shop called Leanings, on the High Street, at about 3.40pm on Saturday 5 May 2012. Police Constable Mal Dye, of Gillingham police, said:...
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Police in East Dorset are becoming increasingly concerned for the welfare of a missing 53-year-old man – with a picture of the missing man being released. Nicholas Roberts, from Alderholt near Fordingbridge, was last seen at his home address at 5.50pm, Thursday 10 May 2012. Inspector Roger Robinson, of the Dorset Police, said: “We...
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A 40-year-old man has been jailed for five and a half years after admitting to a robbery at a Ferndown Hotel. Steven Williams, of Wimborne, was one of two men responsible for attacking a member of staff at the Premier Inn along Ringwood Road and stealing £100 from an office safe. The male member...
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Police in Bournemouth are becoming increasingly concerned for the welfare of a missing 66-year-old man, who they believe may be in London. Officers are releasing a picture of Michael Robert Hugh, of Brook Road in the Kinson area of Bournemouth, after he was last seen on Sunday 29 April 2012. Inspector Matt Baxter, of Bournemouth police,...
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