Day: July 27, 2013

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Ainslie praises WPNSA as the Academy looks back

Now that the Olympic legacy is in full swing, and first anniversary celebrations are taking place, the Olympic and Paralympic Games venue at the Weymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy (WPNSA) is taking a look back to reflect on the pre games training and preparation which enabled the British Olympians to compete on a global…

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Latest ‘wizardry’ benefits water customers

Customers of Sembcorp Bournemouth Water (SBW) are benefiting  from investment in new technology. The company has taken delivery of a Hydrant Wizard which allows water  supplies to be maintained when work is carried out on faulty or leaking fire hydrants. Fire hydrants are fitted in thousands of locations across the water network to allow the…

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Methedrone in bags

Weymouth family sent down for drug offences

Two Weymouth brothers and their father will serve more than two years each in prison after being found guilty of drug offences. Robert John Look, aged 67, and his sons, 20-year-old John Joe Darch and 18-year-old Storm Darch, formerly of Beverley Road in Littlemoor, were arrested on 7 March 2012 after a drugs warrant was…

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£1,000 raised for Breakthrough Breast Cancer

The ladies of Verwood Concert Brass recently formed an all female band, Blushing Brass, who played ‘in the pink’ to raise money for Breaththrough Breast Cancer. Jan Tiller, the driving force behind the initiative commented, “I was inspired by the fund raising activity of another all female band ‘Boobs & Brass’ and thought we have…

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Dorset news

Jailed for rape

A Bournemouth taxi driver has been sentenced to 16 years’ imprisonment for offences of rape and one offence of sexual assault. Terence Collins, 61, was sentenced today for raping a 14-year-old girl and raping and sexually assaulting a 20-year-old woman. The court heard how in March 2010 he followed his young victim before forcing her…

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