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Rampisham transmitter site to close by Christmas

Published on 20 August 2011 by Knobby in Dorset

BBC World Service transmitter site at Rampisham will close with the loss of 19 jobs according to BECTU trade union web site. The site is run by Babcock Engineering. © Image Copyright Nigel Mykura. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.0 Generic Licence

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Gold Miner Game

I’ve wasted far too much time playing this online game. Give it a go and let me know what you think. Free Flash Games
Dorchester parking prices

I had an outpatients appointment at Dorset County Hospital earlier (well posting at 00:45 it was technically yesterday) and got to Dorchester early. I parked in a car park in the middle of town and paid 60p for an hour. Moving on to the hospital for my appointment I had to pay £1.60 to park

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Just discovered “Pumpkin FM Old Time Radio Network”

I recently came across Pumpkin FM an online radio network. The station that actually caught my eye was British Comedy which plays old BBC radio comedy shows, but they also have channels dedicated to American Comedy, Crime, Drama & Western and Science fiction. .

Carberry & Katich see out a draw 19 May 2012
Michael Carberry and Simon Katich both make half centuries as the final day ends in a rain-hit draw at Headingley. […]
Missing fishermen search halted 19 May 2012
The search ends for two fishermen missing off the Dorset coast, after a life-raft was found on-board the wreck of their boat. […]
VIDEO: Minute's silence for fishermen 19 May 2012
A minute's silence has been held in Weymouth for the three crewmen from fishing boat, Purbeck Isle. […]
Sub disaster remembered 80 years on 19 May 2012
Relatives hope to visit the site of the world's first underwater aircraft carrier which sank in 1932 […]