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Dorset MP backs calls for ‘PumpWatch’ fuel watchdog to monitor prices

A DORSET MP has backed calls for a ‘PumpWatch’ regulator to be created in a bid to tackle spiralling…

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Aldi ‘Magic Bags’ being rolled out to stores in Dorset, Somerset and Wiltshire

ALDI shoppers will soon be able to pick up bargain bags at stores in Somerset, Wiltshire and Dorset. The budget…

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Claims firefighters shared pictures of crash victims could be probed by police

CLAIMS firefighters photographed women who had died in car crashes and shared them in a WhatsApp group are to…

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Green Comet: How to see C/2022 E3 (ZTF) in Dorset, Wiltshire and Somerset

THE Green Comet is set to appear in night skies tonight. Full name C/2022 E3 (ZTF), stargazers are excited about…

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Hospital order for driver who killed biker on Wiltshire road

A MAN from Mere who killed a ‘beautiful human being’ by deliberately driving into him and knocking off his…

Roisin Murphy and Ezra Collective head latest We Out Here festival announcement

ROISIN Murphy, the Ezra Collective and Black Star have been added to the line-up of a Dorset festival. We Out…

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Paperchase goes into administration – but stores stay open

STATIONARY retailer Paperchase has gone into administration. The firm, which has stores in Salisbury and Ringwood, failed to secure a…

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Tesco hot counters and delis to close – putting jobs at risk

HOT counters and delis will close in Tesco stores – putting more than 2,000 jobs at risk. The supermarket giant…

Jobs could go at ‘unsustainable’ St John’s Almshouse in Sherborne

SPIRALLING costs and the Covid pandemic are behind plans to close the Sherborne Almshouse in its current form. The St…

Somerset schools closed due to strike – full list

DOZENS of schools are set to close – and classes cancelled at others – amid a teachers’ strike over…