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Who’d be a soldier?
DEATHS from "friendly fire", a lack of mental health and NHS care for war veterans, over-stretched troops and a lack of equipment - including life-saving body armour. These are just some of the concerns raised in the four years since Operation TELIC
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Meeting aims to allay fears over school plan
A NEW plan has been put before residents who live next to a school that will be rebuilt. Queen Elizabeth's School in Wimborne has been awarded £33 million under the government's School for the Future programme. Residents living on The Broads in Wimborne
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Core values
PLAYWRIGHT and author Nell Leyshon knows all about a sense of place. Our connections and relationship to the land are of paramount importance to this country girl who grew up running free in what may come to be seen as the dying days of the English rural
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Cars towed in tax crackdown
UNTAXED vehicles were towed away from the streets of Boscombe in a joint police and DVLA operation. They took action after complaints from residents about illegal cars littering the streets. Now they have warned drivers in other areas that they will
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CPR life-savers withdrawn after ambulance trial
LIFE-saving machines that carry out CPR on patients as they are rushed to hospital after a cardiac arrest have been withdrawn from ambulances in Dorset, because the government wants to organise new trials. Dorset Ambulance NHS Trust was the first ambulance
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Queen’s daughter must be a princess!
IF THE name of this year's Corfe Mullen carnival princess has a familiar ring to it, then don't be surprised - because her mum held the honour 16 years ago. Ten-year-old Emily Bowtell will follow in the footsteps of mum Jane, 33, when she officially
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Thirty-something doesn’t scare me
I'll soon be entering the realms of the thirty-something. Hard to believe, I know, with my youthful good looks, trim figure and childlike charm! But it has got me thinking, à la Sex and the City's Carrie Bradshaw, is age really just a number? Leaving
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Green generator could power 5,000 homes
PIONEERING proposals to build a wood-fired mini power station at Hurn are being drawn up by operators of the Eco-Compost concern as a green means of generating electricity. Plans for the bio-mass generator at the composting complex off Chapel Lane were
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Big Brother to watch quay
WAREHAM Quay could be in line for a crime-busting CCTV camera if the town council votes in favour. Plans to install a £4,631 "heritage-style" dome camera on the quay are due to be discussed at a meeting of Wareham Town Council on Tuesday. Spy cameras
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Pubs in crime clampdown
PUBLICANS and police are cracking down on drink-related crime and antisocial behaviour in and around Fordingbridge. The Avon Valley town has now joined the growing list of towns in the New Forest District Council area which operates a Pub Watch scheme
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Explorer's hopes for captured Brits
A NORTH Dorset explorer says he has some idea what five British nationals captured in Ethiopia are going through. Colonel John Blashford-Snell OBE has led 10 British-based expeditions in Ethiopia since 1964. Colonel Blashford-Snell, from Motcombe near
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Square deal for pub
THE landlord of an award winning free house known throughout Purbeck for its fine ales and incredible views is celebrating 100 years of family ties to the pub. Charlie Newman became involved with the Square and Compass in Worth Matravers as an apprentice
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Smart vegetarian
THERE'S no greater sign of success at a dinner party than guests gushing oooh' or aaah' on smelling the sweet aromas, spying the dishes and then leaving satisfyingly empty plates at the meal's end. Rose Elliot, widely acknowledged as one of the UK's
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Milling about
DOCTOR, satirist, actor, author, lecturer, writer, director - Jonathan Miller has packed an extraordinary amount into the past 45-plus years. He qualified as a doctor of medicine in 1959 but changed course for the theatre when he was invited to join
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March of the vegetarians
MARCH is Veggie Month - organised by Animal Aid, which campaigns against animal abuse and promotes a cruelty-free lifestyle. Topping the Vegetarian Society's latest Favourite Celebrity Vegetarian Poll was Sir Paul McCartney, followed closely by singer
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Fans fired up for exciting Journey
Journey, BIC AT LEAST two, perhaps even three, generations of Journey fans hailed their heroes with a warmth and a fervour that matched the sheer artistry of a five-piece that came to rock and succeeded in both excitement and volume. The fans came to
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The very model of modern fun
BSO, Pavilion, Bournemouth I'VE got them on my list, I thought they would be missed, no costumes and no chorus, though no one even hissed. And why not? Because this set of troupers had the ethos of Gilbert and Sullivan's comic operas in their veins.
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Dance takes the breath away
Spiegel Dance Theatre, Lighthouse, Poole MOMENTS throughout this explosive performance left the audience reeling. The beginning sequence confronted us with dancers playing a Russian Roulette with each other, one "sleeping" dancer by chance dodging the
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Special cape
THERE'S a new caped crusader patrolling a North Dorset town, keeping residents safe from danger. Brian Marlow loved his job in the police so much that he became a special constable when he semi-retired, having spent 35 years working for the force. Brian
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Flats plan put on backburner
A HOTLY debated develop-ment in a leafy Ferndown street has again been put on the backburner after a year of wrangling with planners. The developer, Moorcross Homes, already has planning permission to build six flats on land at Beaufoys Avenue, despite
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Moyles and McFly nose a good time!
THE stars came out to play in Bournemouth when Radio One DJ Chris Moyles and crew brought their Rednose Rallyoke to town to raise money for Comic Relief. Guests McFly joined in the fun at the Old Fire Station on Friday for the opening night of a nationwide
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Stream's oil is Bourne to run and run
VISITORS to Bournemouth's award-winning Pleasure Gardens became detectives after a mystery spillage contaminated the Bourne Stream. A thin layer of an oily substance swirled in the water between the Square and the seafront, while a petrol-like smell
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Crime wakes sleepy area
AN EARLY morning ram-raid, a vicious mugging and a brutal robbery in less than a fortnight have tarnished a seaside town's reputation as a safe retirement retreat. Following the mini crimewave, anxious residents and traders are calling for police patrols
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MUM AND CHILDREN IN FIRE RESCUE DRAMA
A young mum and her three children were rescued last night after becoming trapped in the upstairs of their home by fire. Crews were called just after 10pm by the woman saying she and her family - a boy and two babies - had no way of getting out. She
