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Council invests £1m to protect the Cobb PLANS to future-proof the historic Cobb harbour in Lyme Regis took a step forward last week, as West Dorset District Council agreed to invest £1million in the scheme. The council’s Strategy Committee agreed to contribute £1million towards the £2.3million total cost of Phase V of the Lyme Regis Environmental Improvements Scheme, which will focus on the Cobb. The remaining funding is expected to come from the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (Defra). REPORT, PAGE 3
Plans to form new Army Cadet Force
ATTEMPTS are to be made to form a detachment of the Army Cadet Force (ACF) in Lyme Regis following news this week that the Combined Cadet Force (CCF) will not be saved at the Woodroffe School. There was an active ACF in Lyme Regis for many years after the Second World War, based in what was known as the Army Cadet, later to become accommodation for the town council’s outside work staff. The Woodroffe School’s CCF has been closed due to a lack of staff available to run it. REPORT, PAGE 7
Jill hangs up her ballet slippers FOUNDER of Lyme Regis Ballet School, Jill Chase, has retired after 42 years of teaching young people to dance. A tea party was held in her honour at the Woodmead Halls on Sunday afternoon - see page 3 for full story
The Thin Blue Lyme
POLICE OPPOSE SETTING UP OF ‘TOWN WATCH’ TO COMBAT CRIME POLICE - under fire from local councillors for lack of cover in Lyme Regis - are opposed to the setting up of a ‘Town Watch’ in a bid to make the town safer. The idea of setting up an organisation similar to Neighbourhood Watch but which will enable Lyme to have a greater influence in reducing crime is being promoted by town and district councillor Cheryl
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philip@lyme-online.co.uk Reynolds, who is also chairman of the Lyme Regis Residents’ Association. Councillor Reynolds has called a public meeting this morning (Friday) at Halletts Court to give local people the opportunity to consider the proposal. She had hoped the scheme could work hand in hand with PSCO Amanda King but, according to
sources close to Councillor Reynolds, the police are not in favour of this scheme because "because it sounds like a vigilante thing". The suggestion to have a point man in every area of the town who would then report neighbours' fears/suspicions to the police "is not allowed". Strong criticism of the police presence in Lyme came at Wednesday’s meeting of the Town Management and Highways Committee
when residents from Anning Road called on the council to address serious anti-social behaviour at the teen shelter on the playing field. They were told that drug-taking and under-age drinking were rife at the shelter, adjacent to the basketball net, intended as a meeting place for children under the age of 16. But the shelter was often occupied by older youths, some of whom regulary turned up in their CONTINUED ON PAGE 2
Orange cricket ball for Amsterdam match
IN keeping with the national colour for the Netherlands, an orange ball was used when Dutch touring team VRA Amsterdam were played a 30-over friendly at Uplyme & Lyme Regis Cricket Club on Wednesday. The home team won by 60 runs. REPORT, PAGE 28
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