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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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Schools

Find out the performance data, locations and contact details of your local schools. All the vital information you need to help make educational decisions for your children.
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Crime

The Dorset Police force is responsible for policing the West Dorset Council local authority area.
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Council tax

The average council tax per household in West Dorset council is £1,413.00, compared to an average in England of £1,278.93.
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Local news

Son death accused 'drank vodka'

25/11/2009 13:08:52

A man accused of killing his 10-week-old baby son drank a bottle of vodka in the lead up to the death, a court hears.
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Man held for suspected ferry leap

25/11/2009 17:21:36

A huge search takes place after a man says he and others jumped from a cross-Channel ferry as it approached Poole.
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Alert over life raft found adrift

25/11/2009 15:04:48

Coastguards launch a search after an empty life raft is spotted floating about 30 miles off the Dorset Coast.
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Wildlife concern over oil tankers

24/11/2009 15:45:55

Conservationists say oil tankers anchored off the Jurassic Coast on the Dorset-Devon border are an "accident waiting to happen".
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Protest held for at-risk school

24/11/2009 17:00:51

Around 150 children, parents and teachers stage a protest in Dorset amid fears their rural school could close.
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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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Echoes of the past

24/11/2009 14:50:21

Asylum patients' stories told through hospital records
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Railway Stations

Sherborne (0.56 miles away), South West Trains

Thornford (3.65 miles away), First Great Western

Yeovil Pen Mill (4.37 miles away), First Great Western

Yeovil Junction (4.71 miles away), South West Trains

Yetminster (4.80 miles away), First Great Western

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