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Symondsbury Farm Estates are announcing a bold new green initiative which they hope will win them a prestigious European award AND generate green electricity!
Smoke and steam continue to spew forth from Colmers Hill today as engineers from Dorset County Council try and find a solution to a growing vent of bubbling mud at the top of the Symondsbury landmark. WDDC spokesperson Helen Edgecumbe said
Having just had the unfortunate experience of working with several Americans in Asia, I was rather taken aback by their surprise and indignation when I asked them what it was like to be the most despised nation on earth and who exactly was it that said it was alright for them to police force the world.
I wonder just how many people are aware that when we do switch over to digital in 2009, we will only receive 20 out of the 55 freeview channels. This is because a decision was taken to not to give all the channels to viewers on repeaters such as Bridport and Beaminster etc. This combined with the BBC decision not to give Dorset it's own local radio station just confirms what Whitehall thinks about Dorset, especially West Dorset. - TA
The eminent Doctor Malicious has answered a problem posed by andy head, it's about a problem that affects a lot of people and so we have published it here in full for the greater good.
'Today we mourn the passing of a beloved old friend, Common Sense, who has been with us for many years. No one knows for sure how old he was, since his birth records were long ago lost in bureaucratic red tape. He will be remembered as having cultivated such valuable lessons as: Knowing when to come in out of the rain; why the early bird gets the worm; Life isn't always fair; and maybe it was my fault.
Bridport Radio member Goccibos has come up with a good one - A Bridport Dictionary containing all the local phrases and words. (A bit like the Viz profanisaurus). William Barnes made the Darzet dialect famous now you can continue his legacy by documenting these figures of speech that have become common parlance in these parts. Here's a few to start you off...