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Weymouth: Opportunity for young people to take part in sailing race
A large fleet of sail training vessels will race to Portland in the summer of 2012. On the second weekend in June, 300 young people from Dorset and London will gather in West India Docks to prepare for the London to Portland Small Ships Race. Twenty-five vessels ranging from 100-year-old pilot cutters to modern ocean racing yachts are due to take part in an offshore race from London to Portland, and each boat will be crewed by young people from [...]
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Weymouth’s Christmas lights to be switched on in town
Christmas will be officially launched in Weymouth when the town lights up. Traders are planning a festive spectacular that will involve music, entertainment and fun for children to coincide with the switch-on of the Christmas lights in Weymouth town centre on Saturday November 26. The event has been organised by the Weymouth and Portland Chamber of Commerce in conjunction with Weymouth and Portland Borough Council for a number of years. This year, members have decided to make it an all-day [...]
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Generous Weymouth pensioner gives £100 to Poppy Appeal
A generous pensioner has donated £100 to the Poppy Appeal years after she received a much needed boost from the Royal British Legion. Margaret De La Haye, 77, has given £100 to the appeal for the second year running after it helped her family decades ago. Preston resident Margaret says she is still grateful to the Legion for helping to pay the rent and for buying an interview suit for her husband Paul – a Korean War veteran – after [...]

