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SWR train trials Elon Musk’s Starlink satellite internet to fix New Forest blackspot

A service from London Waterloo to Weymouth used satellite connection on 20 December

The Independent UK

UK school removes all mirrors from toilets because students ‘won’t stop looking in them’

Wey Valley Academy in Weymouth, Dorset, has come under fire after introducing the measure to tackle what it described as “congestion and behaviour issues”

Evening Standard

Supply teacher banned for telling pupil, ‘if you took him outside and shot him, no one would miss him’

Science supply teacher Carolyn Akers also told the pupil he would ‘grow up to be transgender’ and hit him on the head with a booklet

The Independent UK

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Dorset school urged to reinstate banned book about race to reading list

Budmouth Academy in Weymouth removed The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas after complaint from parent

The Guardian - UK

Swimmers protest after Weymouth’s ‘beloved’ sea rafts removed over health and safety fears

The pontoons were removed after risk assessment advice from the Royal National Lifeboat Institution

The Independent UK

What’s in a place name? Reeves seemed to think plenty in her spending review

The chancellor roamed the country from Aberdeenshire to Weymouth, rattling off a rolodex of places along the way

The Guardian - UK

A fine Catch: How a Weymouth fish market became a fine dining destination

In a historic harbour building once steeped in piscine aroma, Liam Murphy meets the chef championing freshness, simplicity and local fishing at Catch – and finds a menu that honours the sea and those who work it

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Father who poured can of cider over police officer at Weymouth protest jailed

Kevin Searle had been returning from a fishing trip when he joined the violent disorder

The Independent UK

Weymouth: Two officers injured and three arrests in beach protest and counter-protest

One officer was hit by a thrown bottle and the other punched in the face

Evening Standard

‘All the elements of the classic British seaside holiday’: five unsung beach towns

Travel writers take a salty, summer saunter through old-fashioned seaside towns that have ‘not yet been Airbnb-brushed out of existence’

The Guardian - UK

A Wessex trail: Dorset’s Hardy Way leads to the historic Smugglers Inn

A circular walk across hills and through picturesque villages known to Constable and Hardy starts and ends at an ancient smugglers’ watering hole near Weymouth

The Guardian - UK

I discovered thousands of fossils after retiring. Now I’m nearly 80 and still going strong

I’ve built up a collection from a beach in Weymouth that could help to establish what biodiversity in the UK was like over the course of millions of years

The Guardian - UK

In UK Seaside Town, Migrants Call Barge Accommodation A 'Prison'

In the damp December cold, a blue bus stops near Weymouth town centre in southwest England.

International Business Times

'Beautiful' seaside town plagued with rotting seaweed sees memories 'shattered' and tearful kids

The once 'beautiful' seaside town of Weymouth, Dorset, has been plagued with a variety of issues and is 'shattering' the fond memories locals and tourists have of the spot

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Daily Record

Tourists left disgusted by 'smelly' beach as children left in tears

A huge "seaweed barrier" on Weymouth coastline in Dorset has put tourists off the famous beauty spot.

Daily Mirror

'Smelly' UK beach leaves kids in tears as tourists vow NEVER to return

A large "seaweed" barrier has caused a rotten smell on Weymouth beach in Dorset and - with the council deciding not to move the unsightly algae - tourists are turning away

Bristol Post

'Disappointed' tourists vow never to return to 'smelly' West Country beach as kids left in tears

“Our memories were shattered with just one look at the beach"

The Independent UK

A-level students still learning about floppy disks but not AI, Parliament told

Labour peer Lord Knight of Weymouth is chief education adviser at TES Global Ltd, a digital education company.

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Evening Standard

Clifftops lodges, Isle of Portland: Relaxed luxury with unbeatable coastal views

A stone’s throw from the ocean, the chic lodges at Clifftops provide absolute comfort from which to enjoy Portland’s stunning natural beauty.

Liverpool Echo

Arrests made as police target County Lines supply between Liverpool and Weymouth

The action was part of a wider operation to disrupt criminality

The Independent UK

Family pays tribute after teenager found dead near railway lines

Roxy Phillips, 15, was pronounced dead at the scene after being found unresponsive in Weymouth.

Daily Mirror

Family of girl, 15, electrocuted on railway line say they will 'never overcome' her death

Roxy Phillips, 15, was pronounced dead at the scene in Weymouth after being electrocuted on a railway line, with her heartbroken family paying tribute to the "beautiful" schoolgirl

Daily Mirror

Mum-of-five killed in suspected murder-suicide called police the day before she died

Sherrie Milnes, 51, was found dead in her home in Weymouth, Dorset, in April 2021 with stab wounds and wounds to her neck, while Steven Doughty was also later found dead

The Independent UK

Climate activist cleared over Sir David Attenborough incident

Emma Smart was arrested after she tried to speak to the veteran broadcaster as he ate at an upmarket Weymouth seafood restaurant.

The Independent UK

Activist on trial after repeatedly trying to talk to Sir David Attenborough

Emma Smart has gone on trial accused of failing to comply with a Section 35 dispersal order in Weymouth, Dorset, which she denies.

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