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  • DAZZLING DIXON

    JON Dixon rewrote Portland Red Triangle's record books at Reforne on Saturday. The veteran all-rounder smashed an awesome double century to help his side record their first Dorset Division One win of the season over neighbours Bridport. Dixon plundered

  • Robin is not a happy camper

    RV: Runaway Vacation (PG) FEW recollections of childhood bring a chill to the bone quite like those summer holidays spent crammed in a tent with your family, suffering the whims of the British weather. Those same nightmarish memories flood back during

  • Something vaguely evil this way comes

    RELEASED worldwide on June 6 (06-06-06 no less), John Moore's remake of The Omen remains faithful to the 1976 horror classic starring Gregory Peck and Lee Remick. The underlying plot and characters are the same; so too are most of the grisly death sequences

  • Raising the roof Pasadena-style

    ONCE again this summer the gates of Kingston Maurward will be thrown open to welcome a horde if picnickers and music lovers. Next month sees the eighth annual Lakeside Magic series of al fresco concerts take place, complete with awe-inspiring firework

  • It’s all Greek at culture festival

    THE fourth annual Weymouth Festival of Greek Wine and Culture is being held on July 21 to 24. Organiser George Afedakis says that the event on the Weymouth Pavilion forecourt will be the biggest and best so far. The extravaganza, held in a marquee,

  • Mosaic find halts work

    WORK has stopped on a new Italian restaurant after builders uncovered a high-quality Roman mosaic floor. The patterned floor was revealed as trenches were being dug for a new kitchen at the Trinity Street, Dorchester, premises. Restaurant owner Luciano

  • Pop Idol guest at Weymouth wedding

    POP star Will Young joined guests for a wedding at a church in Weymouth. Will, 27, was among the friends and family at the marriage of Weymouth couple Mark Franks and Shonagh Doyle. The singer, who leapt to fame after winning TV talent competition Pop

  • Tourists plucked from side of cliff

    TWO men had to be airlifted to safety after they became stuck halfway up a cliff. The men, who were on holiday in Dorset from London, had begun their climb from the beach at Lulworth Cove last night. Their plight was spotted by crew on the ferry boat

  • Readers gather to save libraries

    OSCAR winner Julian Fellowes called on the Government to cut quangos and put a library in every village. The actor, screenwriter and author was at Crossways to help villagers in their campaign to save their library listed as one of 13 in Dorset under

  • Patient joins staff who saved her life

    A CANCER survivor was so impressed with the hospital that treated her she decided to get a job there. Fiona Hill, a former Weymouth College student, has decided to make nursing her career after being treated at Dorset County Hospital. She was diagnosed