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PEOPLE & PLACES
Review of the decade in Dorset
Homer Simpson next to the Cerne Giant, Olympic athletes' homecoming in Weymouth, Bournemouth Air Festival, World Nettle Eating Championships, Ironman Triathlon, Great Dorset Steam Fair
A look back over the years 2000 - 2009, and some of the stories making the news in and around the county.
Rifleman Philip Allen Mother says 'support our troops'
The mother of a soldier killed in Afghanistan urges people to support British troops, regardless of their political views.

Football in a net Dorset face Jersey in Systems Cup
Dorset Premier League face Jersey Football Combination in the FA National League System Cup quarter-finals.

Beach huts The Guide: Weekend things to do
A few ideas to help you plan your weekend (19 - 20 December).

MORE LOCAL NEWS
Woman fends off mugger with punch
First wave of hospital jobs axed
Missing man was dead in harbour

MORE LOCAL SPORT
Cornwall lose at home to Dorset
Morecambe 5-0 Bournemouth
Yelling wins but Farah collapses

THINGS TO DO
The Guide: Christmas panto special
Christmas trees: To rent or buy?

PEOPLE & PLACES
Defence Medal for war firefighter
Charity trek in Peru for Yvonne


NATURE & OUTDOORS
On the beach at Lyme Regis, looking west towards Charmouth Dorset in winter
Our gallery of some of your photo of the county through winter
HISTORY
Electric street lamp in Lyme Regis, 1909 Electric Lyme Regis
It is 100 years since electricity first arrived in Lyme Regis
RELIGION & ETHICS
Ruth Ashdown, manager of Magna Housing's anti-social behaviour team Improving the 'hood
A woman wins an award for tackling Dorset's anti-social behaviour
ARTS & CULTURE
Busby in his kilt at Loch Lomand, Scotland Busby, 'wonder dog'
A trick-performing Parson Russell terrier inspires his owner to write books
BBC INTRODUCING
James Findlay Award for fiddler
Dorset-based folk singer James Findlay is Young Folk Musician of the Year

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