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Lyme Regis residents queue for the Queen LYME Regis residents have shared their experiences of joining the miles-long queue to see the Queen Lying in State at Westminster Hall. Ian Marshall, vice-president of the Lyme Regis branch of the Royal British Legion, and his wife Annemarie, and Joshua Yelland, leader of the 1st Lym Valley Scout Group, were among those to pay their respects in London. REPORT, PAGE 12
New chief takes over at lifeboat station
LONG-SERVING lifeboat volunteer Mark Colley has taken on the most senior volunteer role at Lyme Regis lifeboat station. Mark, a 58-year-old carpenter, who was at the helm of the town’s lifeboat for 14 years, is the new lifeboat operations manager. REPORT, PAGE 15
Baroness joins fight for improved water quality
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■ BARONESS Jenny Jones of Moulsecoomb, one of only two peers representing the Green Party in the House of Lords, made a visit to Lyme Regis last week to meet Green councillor Belinda Bawden and volunteers who are campaigning to improve the water quality of the River Lim and bathing waters. See pages 10 and 11 for our special feature. Photo by MAX REDWOOD
Cobb’s future secured
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ENVIRONMENT AGENCY TO PAY £2.5MILLION TO PROTECT LYME LANDMARK
DORSET Council has secured £2.5million in funding from the Environment Agency to stabilise, protect and repair the historic Cobb in Lyme Regis.
This will be the fifth and final phase of their long-term Environmental Improvement Strategy in the seaside town. The strategy started with the new sewage treatment works and Gun Cliff Walk, opened in the early 1990s, and has also included stabilisation of Langmoor and Lister Gardens,
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reprofiling of the town’s main beach and an extension of the Cart Road, and the stabilisation of East Cliff and construction of the new Church Cliff Walk promenade. Attention now turns to protecting the future of Lyme Regis’ most famous landmark, the Grade I listed Cobb harbour. The overall cost of the project is expected to
be about £3million, with the Environment Agency offering the majority of this and the rest provided by Dorset Council. The famous harbour and breakwater protect the Lyme Bay area from coastal erosion and flooding. However, structural investigations have shown significant signs of sea-floor erosion, which is gradually destabilising the Cobb. The erosion is so significant that, without inCONTINUED ON PAGE 2
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