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Young gives Bond selection problem
BOSS Kevin Bond admits he is facing a "very tricky" selection dilemma ahead of Cherries' League One showdown with Blackpool tonight. Bond must decide whether to change a winning side at Bloomfield Road to accommodate the return of linchpin defender Neil
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Alannah enjoying lighter side of life
ALANNAH Chant is a shadow of her former self - and she could not be more delighted. At 15 she was an unhappy 18 stone girl who was acutely self-conscious about her weight. But since shedding five stone with the help of a slimming club, she has become
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Forgotten victims of crime
MANY firms don't bother to report crimes to the police even though the problem costs British industry billions of pounds a year, according to a report. A study by the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) showed that up to two out of five employers believed
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Sea of tranquillity
WAVES lapping lazily at your feet at Sandbanks, serene walks through Bournemouth Gardens, relaxing rambles on Canford Heath - all paint a peaceful picture of Poole and Bournemouth. Well don't be fooled - according to new research by the Campaign to
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Police plea to missing girl
POLICE have begged a 16-year-old girl missing from her Bournemouth address for two months to get in touch. Qin Wang, a Chinese student, had been in Britain for just three months when she vanished from the home of her host family in Boscombe on January
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Gift scams hit charities on doorstep
UNSCRUPULOUS conmen are stealing clothes from Dorset doorsteps as part of a widespread scam that costs charities millions of pounds per year. The practice involves companies putting leaflets through letterboxes, suggesting they are charities in order
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Garden centre sold for undisclosed sum
DORSET and Hampshire horticultural group Golden Acres has bought Three Legged Cross Garden Centre for an undisclosed sum. The business - known locally as John T Brown's after its founder - will now trade as John Brown's Garden Centre. All staff have
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Major work under way to transform town park
POOLE'S Victorian park is being transformed with a new restaurant, islands in the lake and now a fun ice-rink. Part of a £2 million investment in the popular park by Adrian Forte and his business partner Fidel Jabir has seen the old Cygnet Café turned
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It’s time to sign up for Festival of Running
THE countdown to this year's Poole Festival of Running - one of the biggest running events in the south - began with the announcement of new sponsors for its 26th anniversary. The festival, which starts and finishes in Poole Park on Sunday, June 3, is
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Planners say park can take the plunge
BOSSES at Adventure Wonderland in Parley say they are now riding on a crest of a wave after borough planners agreed to a new water ride at the park against the recommendation of officers. Planners had been recommended to refuse the application for a
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Cameo role for former WI team
OUTSIDERS' perceptions of the WI were changed forever when one branch in the Yorkshire Dales produced a saucy calendar to raise money to support leukaemia research. The move by Rylstone WI inspired the film Calendar Girls which, as well as giving the
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Crews meet challenge of increased 999 calls
DORSET ambulance crews are rising to the challenge of dealing with increased numbers of emergency calls. The volume of 999 call-outs has increased by up to a fifth in some areas of the country, it has been reported. Figures due to be published in April
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Troubled council looks for recruits
A TOWN council struck by controversy is looking for new councillors to join its ranks. Ferndown Town Council has lost two members in the last year - as well as passing a vote of no confidence in its mayor - and wants to create interest in the positions
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Frustrations of the language
WHAT word or phrase really gets your goat? (Let's hope it's not "gets your goat", of course, in which case, just substitute "rains on your parade" or "fails to float your boat", and we've got ourselves a "win-win situation"... unless that also gets your
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Search for loved ones of the dead
A FORMER soldier with the Royal Hampshire Regiment is looking for the relatives of troops who died in the Great War. Roger Coleman, 70, of Leybourne Avenue, Bournemouth, served with the Royal Hampshire Regiment for 30 years and has now dedicated his
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A violent reaction
NEVER one to duck the slings and arrows, Nick Love has placed himself firmly in the line of fire with his latest movie. Outlaw (cert 18), which opens on March 9, stars Sean Bean as a soldier returning from active service who finds England has gone to
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Bus Cango on, if you use it more
A LITTLE-used bookable bus service in the New Forest has been given a three-month reprieve. Now people are being urged to use it or lose it. Hampshire County Council was going to stop subsidising the Lymington-Sway-New Milton Cango bus service in early
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Historic 'fossil house' for sale
A 300-year-old house, rich with an incredible history of Antarctic explorers, fossil hunters, secret tunnels and the stone trade, has gone on sale in Swanage. The three-bedroom, four-reception room terraced house on the High Street dates back to 1703
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Beasties at Besty
THE Beastie Boys and The Chemical Brothers will headline this year's Bestival Festival. The bands will be the highpoint of DJ Rob Da Bank's three-day shindig which runs from Friday, Septem-ber 7, to Sunday, September 9, at Robin Hood Park, Newport, Isle
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MP seeks answer to West Lothian question
NORTH Dorset MP Bob Walter will present a Bill to Parliament this week in a new bid to stop MPs from Scotland and Northern Ireland voting on issues that only affect England and Wales. Mr Walter's Private Members Bill would provide an answer to the "West
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Boss gutted at Magpies show
DEJECTED Paul Arnold offered an honest appraisal of his side's FA Vase exit after watching his Wimborne side bow out at the quarter-final stage "with a whimper". The Magpies boss was left to rue a lethargic performance from his troops as AFC Totton booked
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An Italian in Mexico
GINO D'Acampo, made famous on Ready, Steady, Cook and Saturday Cooks, toured Mexico for his current show on UKTV, An Italian Returns to Mexico, and had first-hand advice in the kitchens of authentic Mexican chefs. Filmed on location in Mexico, each episode
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Topogigio, Mill Court, Mill Lane, Wimborne
THE Topogigio mouse has been smiling on Wimborne for many years. But then so has proprietor Nino, who has been the cheery human' face of the restaurant in Mill Lane since he opened it nearly two decades ago. So, why such enduring popularity? Well, in
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60 years of lunch...
HE was already a famous author when he agreed to speak at the Bournemouth Literary Luncheon club, 60 years ago this year. Dennis Wheatley's occult thriller The Devil Rides Out had made him a top attraction and a big coup for the newly-formed society.
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Outstanding piano quintets
Bournemouth Chamber Music Society, Talbot Heath School THE wonderful Wihan String Quartet, partnered by gifted pianist Martin Kassik, brought two outstanding piano quintets to the BCMS. Schumann's Piano Quintet in E flat major has a vitality and
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May I be excused?
WOMEN wearing the trousers and men carrying the shopping bags? It might sound like some peculiar parallel universe or bizarre alternate reality but according to new research from Sainsbury's almost a third of men are now taking control of the family
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The Texans hold ’em with smoke
Black Angels, The Old Firestation, Bournemouth YOU don't get much blues-tinged psychedelic rock in these parts, so the crowd are rammed up against the stage when this gaggle of Texans get up to play. It looks like there's about seven of them up there
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The Gold Rush
INSPIRATIONAL skipper Steve Fletcher led from the front as Cherries climbed out of the danger zone before sounding out a relegation warning: "We're far from safe". Fletcher played a starring role as Cherries ruined Sean umph over League One promotion
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Boyce has belief in team bonding
CRAIG Boyce has stressed Pirates' "team spirit will be a different story this year." The evergreen Aussie, returning to Poole Castle Cover for a second successive season, said: "With last year's team, we struggled with not having a full team all the
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Roche is starring with Bendall
FORMER British welterweight champion Derek Roche will be one of the star guests at Poole Amateur Boxing Club's Lighthouse Show on Friday. Roche, who beat Charlie Kane, Georgie Smith and Scott Dixon to claim the title and a Lonsdale belt in 1999, returns
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FLARES HOAX
MALICIOUS hoaxers are putting lives at danger by setting off distress flares as a prank. Coastguards spent hours searching Poole Harbour for a vessel in trouble in the early hours of Saturday morning but eventually found a group of young people they
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Shipping worse than planes for emissions
SHOCK revelations that CO2 emissions from shipping are double those of aviation have come just months before Poole announces its latest plans to expand the port. New studies by oil giant BP claims CO2 emissions from shipping are much higher than previously
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I’m just looking for a kickabout
IT WAS Jimmy Greaves who supposedly coined the phrase "It's a funny old game" but there's not a great deal to laugh about in the beautiful game these days. Overpaid primadonnas scrapping on the field of play, supposedly "professional" players diving
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Teenage girl dies after river incident
A TEENAGE girl died in hospital today after being swept into a rain-swollen river on Dartmoor during training for the annual Ten Tors expedition. The teenager - around 14 and understood to be from the Torrington area of north Devon - died in Derriford
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Protest bid to save hospital
"PUBLIC health, not private wealth". That was the chant from protestors who took to the streets of Lyming-ton on Saturday to get their campaign against the privatisation of the NHS noticed. The event was organised by public services union UNISON as part
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I guess that's why they call it the blues
MUSIC fans from across the globe flocked to Swanage's seventh annual Blues Festival at the weekend. Fans packed 11 venues across the seaside town, including pubs, bars and hotels, with landlords even suggesting they were busier than New Year's Eve.
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Veteran sports writer loses cancer battle
VETERAN sports journalist Ian Wooldridge who began his illustrious career in the New Forest has died in hospital aged 75. Mr Wooldridge, regarded as one of the greatest sportswriters of his generation, died peacefully after a long battle with cancer
