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Lifeboat crew to star in television series VOLUNTEERS from Lyme Regis lifeboat crew will feature in the new series of the popular BBC Two programme ‘Saving Lives at Sea’ next month, with footage from one of their recent rescues in Axmouth, captured on helmet cameras, to be screened. REPORT, PAGE 3
Was this the best Candles ever?
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HUGE crowds – the likes of which have not been seen since the Red Arrows last displayed in the town – descended on Lyme Regis on Sunday evening for the spectacular Candles on the Cobb, held for the first time since 2018. See page 10 for full report and more photos. Photo by RICHARD AUSTIN
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POLICE & CRIME COMMISSIONER ADDRESSES ANTI-SOCIAL BEHAVIOUR AND DRUGS POLICING in Lyme Regis requires improvement, amid heightened concerns over anti-social behaviour, drug use and petty crime.
That is the view of Dorset Police and Crime Commissioner David Sidwick, shared in an exclusive interview with LymeOnline. Conservative Mr Sidwick said that tackling anti-social behaviour would be among his top priorities while running for the office of Police and Crime Commissioner in 2021. Since winning
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the election, he said lots has been achieved, but admitted “we have to go far further” in tackling drugs and “we need to improve” with regards to policing in Lyme Regis. LymeOnline requested an interview with Mr Sidwick after receiving increasing complaints about anti-social behaviour in the town in recent months – both in the form of noise and disrup-
tion, underage drinking, graffiti and other petty crime, as well as long-running, continuous antisocial behaviour and drug-related issues suffered by residents living in the town’s main housing estate. Some residents said they have been forced to consider leaving their homes and one described Lyme as a “drugs hell”. They have complained that Dorset Police and Magna Housing Association have taken little action to address the problems.
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