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Often, many of the people who live in this sort of postcode will be older people living in flats.

Neighbourhoods fitting this profile are found in seaside towns such as Torbay and Worthing, in the Isles of Scilly and the Isle of Wight, as well as in the Cotswolds, Argyll and Bute, Harrogate and Bexley in Outer London.

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Crime

The Dorset Police force is responsible for policing the Weymouth and Portland Council local authority area.
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Council tax

The average council tax per household in Weymouth and Portland council is £1,252.00, compared to an average in England of £1,278.93.
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Local news

Man goes missing on fishing trip

02/12/2009 09:40:32

A search begins after a man in his 30s fails to return from a Dorset fishing trip and his empty boat is washed up.
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Landslide causes long rail delays

01/12/2009 19:55:43

A landslip on railway line near Weymouth - the second in Dorset in the past three days - causes long travel delays.
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Firefighter died in surf accident

01/12/2009 13:20:32

A firefighter drowned in a surfing accident days after being arrested over alleged child porn offences, an inquest hears.
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Breast cancer survivors hold demo

01/12/2009 16:07:49

Dozens of breast cancer survivors protest outside a Dorset hospital over fears their service could be moved to another hospital.
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Great Dorset Steam Fair boss dies

01/12/2009 17:14:39

The founder of the 41-year-old Great Dorset Steam Fair, which attracts 200,000 visitors every year, dies aged 75.
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Pair deny Lapland park charge

01/12/2009 11:34:23

Two brothers behind a Christmas Lapland theme park on the Hampshire-Dorset border deny misleading customers.
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Care staff abused dying patient

30/11/2009 18:02:24

A health worker who, along with a colleague, taped up the mouth of a dying dementia patient in Bournemouth is sentenced.
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Cyclist killed in road collision

30/11/2009 18:27:37

A 40-year-old cyclist dies when her bicycle is in a collision with a car on a roundabout in the Winton area of Bournemouth.
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Verge work to be halted

30/11/2009 14:40:02

Work to clear the verges of a main road into Bournemouth which has caused major delays is suspended over Christmas.
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More news sites

01/07/2009 11:25:56

Links to other local news internet sites in Dorset
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Got a story?

10/06/2009 13:20:53

How to contact BBC News Interactive's Dorset team
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Hardy's local

26/11/2009 14:36:31

Landlord traces his pub's possible link to Thomas Hardy
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Railway Stations

Weymouth (0.77 miles away), South West Trains

Upwey (1.71 miles away), South West Trains

Dorchester West (5.83 miles away), First Great Western

Dorchester South (5.89 miles away), South West Trains

Moreton (Dorset) (8.22 miles away), South West Trains

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