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1. 5/20/2012 12:01:00 AM CREW SEARCH ABANDONED
   published by Sunday Telegraph (UK)
   The search has been called off for two crew members of a fishing boat missing from Weymouth, Dorset, since Thursday. The wreck of the Purbeck Isle was found 10 miles off Portland with its life raft still on board. The body of David MacFarlane, 37, was found but those of Robert Prowse, 23, and Jack Craig, 22, have not been recovered.
   
2. 5/20/2012 12:01:00 AM CREW SEARCH ABANDONED
   published by Sunday Telegraph (UK)
   The search has been called off for two members of the crew of a fishing boat missing from Weymouth, Dorset, since Thursday. The wreck of the Purbeck Isle was found 10 miles off Portland with its life raft still on board. The body of David MacFarlane, 37, was found but those of Robert Prowse, 23, and Jack Craig, 22, have not been recovered.
   
3. 5/20/2012 12:01:00 AM ROCK 'N' SOLE
   published by Wales on Sunday (Wales)
   THEIR husbands do the world's most dangerous job and they want to sing to help raise money for loved ones left behind. Founder Jane Dolby knows all about the job's dangers after losing her fisherman husband Colin three years ago when his fishing boat was caught in a freak storm just off the Essex coast. Deep sea fishing is one of the most dangerous jobs in the UK-...
   
4. 5/20/2012 12:01:00 AM Sea search called off
   published by Sunday Mercury (UK)
   A SEARCH for two missing fishermen was called off last night as rescue teams found their stricken vessel and its liferaft on the sea bed. The wreck was found ten miles off Portland, in Dorset, at a depth of 50 metres. The body of skipper David McFarlane, 35, was also found yesterday.
   
5. 5/20/2012 12:01:00 AM Search for fishermen called off
   published by Sunday Mirror (UK)
   Skipper David McFarlane, 35, set sail from Weymouth with Robert Prowse, 23, and Jack Craig, 22, on Thursday morning. Mr McFarlane's body was found on Friday. Their boat was discovered in 50 metres of water 10 miles off the Dorset coast.
   
6. 5/20/2012 12:01:00 AM Search for fishermen called off
   published by Sunday Mirror (UK)
   Skipper David McFarlane, 35, set sail from Weymouth with Robert Prowse, 23, and Jack Craig, 22, on Thursday morning. Mr McFarlane's body was found on Friday. Their boat was discovered in 50 metres of water 10 miles off the Dorset coast.
   
7. 5/20/2012 12:01:00 AM Retailers prove there's a hunger for British food brands in China: Middle-class Chinese shoppers are snapping up western goods - and it's good news for UK exports, reports Julia Kollewe from Shanghai
   published by Observer (UK)
   British favourites such as baked beans and cream of mushroom soup have proved an unlikely hit with Chinese shoppers at Marks& Spencer's flagship store in downtown Shanghai. "We're even selling tea to the Chinese- they like the more interesting infusions," says Stephen Rayfield, country manager for China at M&S. As part of David Cameron's "march of the makers", the...
   
8. 5/19/2012 12:01:00 AM Harrison confident Bucks can progress
   published by Sentinel, The (Stoke-on-Trent, UK)
   The odds are stacked against them because they sit bottom of Group Four with two points heading into the final match against Staffordshire at Marlow. Berkshire- who have finished their campaign- Dorset and Staffs have all banked four points and possess superior run rates to Harrison's side. The top two teams progress to the quarter-finals, but Bucks must beat...
   
9. 5/19/2012 12:01:00 AM ON THIS DAY
   published by Birmingham Mail (UK)
   1536: Anne Boleyn, second wife of Henry VIII and mother of Queen Elizabeth I, was executed on Tower Green. 1588: The Spanish Armada set sail from Lisbon. 1906: The 20 km Simplon rail tunnel, between Switzerland and Italy, was officially opened. 1935: T E Lawrence died six days after a motorcycle accident in Dorset. 1982: Italian actress Sophia Loren was jailed for a month...
   
10. 5/19/2012 12:01:00 AM Hopes fade as body is found
    published by Birmingham Mail (UK)
    A BODY believed to be that of one of three fishermen missing since yesterday morning has been recovered from the sea, police said last night. The men, named locally as 37- yearold skipper David MacFarland, crewman Robert Prowse, 23, and Jack Craig, 22, had not been seen or heard from since leaving Weymouth on their 36 ft "potter" the Purbeck Isle. A Dorset Police...
    
11. 5/19/2012 12:01:00 AM Body found in hunt for fishermen
    published by Herald, The (Scotland)
    The men, named locally as 37- year-old skipper David MacFarland, crewman Robert Prowse, 23, and Jack Craig, 22, have not been heard from since leaving Weymouth on the 36 ft "potter" the Purbeck Isle. Searches have been under way off the Dorset coast since they were reported missing at around 6 pm on Thursday night, including help from Navy warships, and yesterday...
    
12. 5/19/2012 12:01:00 AM Hopes fade for missing seamen
    published by Western Daily Press (UK)
    The men, named locally as 37- year-old skipper David Mac-Farland, crewman Robert Prowse, 23, and Jack Craig, 22, have not been seen or heard from since leaving Weymouth on their 36 ft "potter" the Purbeck Isle. Two Royal Navy vessels, an American supply vessel and local boat owners joined the Coastguard helicopter, Weymouth's all-weather RNLI lifeboat and local...
    
13. 5/19/2012 12:01:00 AM Jailed for armed raid on post office
    published by Western Daily Press (UK)
    A pair of armed robbers who held up a post office with a sawn-off shotgun have been jailed. Stephen James McCourt, 49, and James McMillan-McHendrie, 59, appeared before Judge Samuel Wiggs at Bournemouth Crown Court for sentencing. They were jailed for robbing Linda Dickason of ?2,055 from the post office in Weymouth, Dorset, and possessing a firearm with intent...
    
14. 5/19/2012 12:01:00 AM Alliance upset at 'political' prosecutions
    published by Western Daily Press (UK)
    Four members of the Heythrop Hunt are facing a total of 52 separate charges relating to what prosecutors say are numerous breaches of the Hunting Act in its Gloucestershire and Oxfordshire "hunting country". The private prosecution by the RSPCA has been branded "political" by the Dorset- based executive chairman of the Countryside Alliance, who claims the...
    
15. 5/19/2012 12:01:00 AM Jury sent out in model murder trial
    published by Western Daily Press (UK)
    The jury has retired to consider its verdicts in the trial of a man accused of the murder of his aspiring-model girlfriend. Elliot Turner, 20, is accused of strangling 17- year-old Emily Longley in the bedroom of his house in Bournemouth, Dorset, while in a jealous rage. The jury at Winchester Crown Court are also deliberating whether Turner's parents, Leigh, 54,...
    
16. 5/19/2012 12:01:00 AM ON THIS DAY
    published by Birmingham Evening Mail (UK)
    1536: Anne Boleyn, second wife of Henry VIII and mother of Queen Elizabeth I, was executed on Tower Green. 1588: The Spanish Armada set sail from Lisbon. 1906: The 20 km Simplon rail tunnel, between Switzerland and Italy, was officially opened. 1935: T E Lawrence died six days after a motorcycle accident in Dorset. 1982: Italian actress Sophia Loren was jailed for a month...
    
17. 5/19/2012 12:01:00 AM Hopes fade as body is found
    published by Birmingham Evening Mail (UK)
    A BODY believed to be that of one of three fishermen missing since yesterday morning has been recovered from the sea, police said last night. The men, named locally as 37- yearold skipper David MacFarland, crewman Robert Prowse, 23, and Jack Craig, 22, had not been seen or heard from since leaving Weymouth on their 36 ft "potter" the Purbeck Isle. A Dorset Police...
    
18. 5/19/2012 12:01:00 AM SWAMPED
    published by Mirror (UK)
    As experts prepared to send a minisubmarine to investigate reports of a wreck lying on the seabed 10 miles off Portland Bill, Dorset, coastguards made the grim discovery. Locals named the skipper as David MacFarland, 37, and his two crew as dad-of-three Robert Prowse, 23, and 22- year-old Jack Craig. Dorset police inspector Geoff Hicks said: "The body of a male has...
    
19. 5/19/2012 12:01:00 AM SWAMPED
    published by Mirror (UK)
    Yesterday experts were preparing to send a mini-sub to investigate reports of a wreck lying on the seabed 10 miles off Portland Bill, Dorset. Locals named the skipper of the Purbeck Isle as David MacFarland, 37, and his two crew as dad-of-three Robert Prowse, 22, and Jack Craig, thought to be in his 20 s. Robert's mother Maxine Prowse, 45, of Plymouth, Devon, sobbed: "I'm...
    
20. 5/19/2012 12:01:00 AM SWAMPED
    published by Mirror (UK)
    Yesterday experts were preparing to send a mini-sub to investigate reports of a wreck lying on the seabed 10 miles off Portland Bill, Dorset. Locals named the skipper of the Purbeck Isle as David MacFarland, 37, and his two crew as dad-of-three Robert Prowse, 22, and Jack Craig, thought to be in his 20 s. Robert's mother Maxine Prowse, 45, of Plymouth, Devon, sobbed: "I'm...
    
21. 5/19/2012 12:01:00 AM National: Body recovered in search for missing Dorset fishermen
    published by Guardian (UK)
    A Dorset police spokesman said: "The body of a male has been recovered from the sea by the coastguard- at approximately 5.30 pm today. The three men have been named locally as skipper David McFarland, 37, and crewmen Jack Craig, 22 and Robert Prowse, 23. Prowse's mother, Maxine, said: "I'm just listening to the news now and waiting." A spokesman, Fred Caygill, said: "What we have...