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TRIBUTES have been paid to Portland Port director and decorated Royal Navy commander, Rupert Best, who has died at the age of 76. Commander Best, who was a director of Portland Port UK, commanded the nuclear-powered submarine HMS Courageous during the Falklands conflict in 1982. He retired from the Royal Navy during the 1990s and would be instrumental in persuading Langham Industries to privately take over Portland Port from the Ministry of Defence in 1996 - and the subsequent formation o...

Rupert Best, who lived near Melplash, died last Wednesday aged 76. Mr Best had a distinguished career in the Royal Navy and commanded the nuclear-powered submarine HMS Courageous during the Falklands conflict. After retiring from the Royal Navy he went on to become a director of Portland Port. He was instrumental in persuading Langham Industries to privately take over Portland Port from the Ministry of Defence in 1996 - and the subsequent formation of the Portland Harbour Authority a co...

Stoneleigh resident Mia Ye is a gifted pianist and ballet dancer, but it’s singing that is really getting this 12-year-old Roland Park Country School student noticed, locally and internationally.

Tim Dixon Traders in Axminster are determined to bounce back after lockdown - Credit: Barrie Hedges Axminster traders have been hit hard by the third lockdown but they are showing ingenuity and determination to keep going as best they can. And the prospects are bright in a town in where there is, against all odds, plenty of evidence of investment in the future. The assessment comes from Totally Locally Axminster, the traders’ group that has emerged over the past 18 months to run a series of �...

Kenneth and Shayla Fuller are shown with their goddaughter, Heaven Hollis, and daughter, Kaloni Fuller. By CAITLYN BURCHETT / Staff Writer “Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and everyone that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God.” – 1 John 4:7 One local minister and community leader has made it his mission to pour God’s love into Taylor County through personal outreach and youth football. Kenneth Fuller, 34, dons many hats, including: minister of Perry’s Trinity...

The evolution of Falmouth Docks is a subject very close to my heart having spent decades researching all aspects relating to the facility. The building of the old wooden wharves is of particular interest. Silley Cox purchased 98 acres of harbour fundus from the Duchy of Cornwall estate during the economic slump in the early 1930s. Falmouth Harbour Commissioners gave approval to docks plans for building the new Empire wharf in November 1931. A month later the heavy lift vessel Belpareil ar...

Roy Admiral Waller tributes as king of Hull trawler skippers dies aged 90 He first went to sea at the age of 15 Updated The late Roy Waller (Image: The Waller family) Sign up to the Hull Live newsletter for daily updates and breaking newsInvalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Sign up here! When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Sometimes they’ll include recommendations for other related newsletters or services we offer. Ou...

Memorial to lost trawlermen set to move to Hessle Road Its been in the city centre for four years The Last Trip Memorial in Zebedees Yard (Image: InterTech Media) Sign up to the Hull Live newsletter for daily updates and breaking newsInvalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Sign up here! When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Sometimes they’ll include recommendations for other related newsletters or services we offer. OurPri...

Yachting World 0shares A true working yacht, the 112-year-old Golden Vanity has a new role for 2021, as Nic Compton discovers The lockdown of spring 2020 prompted all kinds of unusual purchases. People bought puppies, bikes, hot-tubs… Not many opted to buy a 23-ton, 112-year-old wooden cutter, yet that is exactly what Southampton-based charter operator Charlie Tulloch did when he purchased Golden Vanity. “Everyone’s got a lockdown story,” he says. “Mine was ...

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