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  • KA-POW!!! YOU'RE NICKED!!

    A POLICE sting' on a house in Weymouth started with officers in fancy dress knocking at the front door - and ended with Batman giving chase to a suspected drugs offender. Sergeant Tony Smith and PC Mike Holman dressed up as the superhero and sidekick

  • Council forced to reverse homes decision

    A SCHEME for 69 new homes in Weymouth has been given the go-ahead - against the wishes of planners. Council planning chiefs rejected the plan for the properties at the former Redlands Farm Caravan Park off Dorchester Road over concerns about open space

  • Adventurer to greet monks who saved him

    A STRANDED adventurer rescued from a dangerous war zone by Tibetan monks was today welcoming them to Weymouth. Martin Foley, 53, a fisherman from Fleet, befriended a group of Buddhist monks from the lost' Himalayan kingdom of Mustang while trying to

  • Head shaved in son's memory

    A GREAT-GRANDMOTHER from Weymouth shaved her head to raise money for a cancer charity in memory of her son. Veronica Cornock, 60, promised her son that she would shave her head in aid of Cancer Research UK when he was dying of cancer of the oesophagus