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Mostyn's plea to floating voters
JEFF Mostyn has urged the floating voters to get behind his consortium ahead of Friday's EGM over the future of AFC Bournemouth. The Hampshire-based businessman, in tandem with associate director Steve Sly, will ask the club's shareholders for a seal
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'Exceptional' Boycey
PIRATES chief Matt Ford has stressed Craig Boyce will have recorded an "exceptional achievement" when he begins his 20th successive British League season on Saturday. The 39-year-old Poole Castle Cover rider will reach that milestone when he goes to
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Cool response to green proposals
IT'S the most ambitious plan yet for cutting pollution in Britain - but is the government letting the air travel industry off the hook? Ministers yesterday published a draft climate change bill which would make the UK the first country to set legally
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Safe intervening is key to staff training
BOURNEMOUTH'S First Stop Security is the first UK company to train on a new course in "safe physical intervention" at work. First Stop provides security staff for nightclubs, bars, car parks, shops and companies. It also does car clamping. The firm
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Ex-councillors hijack community reception
TWO former councillors hijacked a civic reception organised to thank community groups and dignitaries for their work over the past year, to deliver a message from a mayor signed off with stress. Ferndown Town Council deputy mayor Roberta Lovett had just
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Farmers face up to growing pressures
WHEN the bird flu virus was discovered at Bernard Matthews' turkey farm, it could have spelled disaster for Kevin Crocker. The Bere Regis-based farmer was in hospital following a minor heart problem and, having just decided to stock free-range chickens
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Pair told to destroy their 'wildlife haven'
A RETIRED farming couple from North Dorset have been ordered to tear out what they describe as a wildlife haven by today. Terry Kendall and his wife, Theresa, moved from their dairy and poultry farm in Twyford, to Hill View Farm, Shaftesbury, seeking
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Harsh reality for television viewers
SO, some television phone-ins are a rip-off and some companies employ their own staff to act as game show contestants. Blimey, next they'll be telling us that Coronation Street and EastEnders aren't real; and that there is a point to Patrick Kielty.
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How can they sink so low?
A DAILY Echo-backed life-saving group in Bransgore has been stunned by the theft of one of its three charity collection boxes. The box, containing between £40 and £50, was stolen from the bar of the Carpenters Arms pub in Burley Road in the village.
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Residents to meet in fight against vandals
CONCERNED residents worried about increasing antisocial behaviour from youths in their village have called for a public meeting, which is being held this Saturday. More than 70 locals are expected to attend and organisers are calling on more villagers
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The Art of fulfilment
ART Garfunkel is contented. He's at a point in his life where he has achieved a lot musically, is blissfully married and is father to two children. "My life is about my two children," says the curly-haired singer who found fame as one half of Simon and
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Caravan site fined £2,000 over safety
THE owners of Sandford Caravan Park have pleaded guilty to breaching health and safety laws after a visitor broke his leg while staying at the park. Weststar Holidays Ltd admitted contravening the Health and Safety at Work Act after a holidaymaker fell
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Dismay as funds pulled on health advice centre
POOLE could be set to lose a valuable free health information service. NHS Direct is due to withdraw funding for the Healthpoint service at Poole Central Library, which provides confidential health advice, at the end of May. The facility has been in
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On the money
COST me a Bobby that did! Here, lend me a Dudley will ya? That'll be an apple mate.* However you put it the new £20 note hit the high street yesterday. The UK's most common bank-note - there are currently around 1.3 billion in circulation - was relaunched
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Portman members urged to vote 'no' to merger
A BOURNEMOUTH councillor is appealing to Portman Building Society members to vote no to a planned merger with Nationwide. Cllr Ron Whittaker, who has a savings account at Portman, appealed to other Portman members not to be "taken in by handouts". On
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Embassy staff freed in Eritrea
THE five British embassy hostages kidnapped in Ethiopia have been released, Foreign Secretary Margaret Beckett said today. Mrs Beckett said in a statement that the five had been released to the authorities in neighbouring Eritrea. In a statement
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Inspired showing of rare pieces
Sibelius, Southampton University Symphony Orchestra, St Peter's, Parkstone WHAT an inspired piece of concert programming this, giving the all too few people at this concert the chance to hear two rarely performed symphonies. Anton Buckner must have
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Musical mash of magic moments
West End & Broadway Song-Book Volume Two, Regent Centre, Christchurch THIS concert, hosted by musical director Colin Billing (or John Smith, as he wished to be known if we hadn't enjoyed it), was designed to give students on Big Little Theatre School's
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Oh, what a performance from Jo’s young dancers
PUPILS and former pupils from Jo Heynes School of Dance came together to present a spectacular performance at the weekend. The dancers converged on the De La Salle Theatre at St Peter's School, Bournemouth, on Saturday, to present a showcase entitled
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Enter the conqueror
NEVER shy to explore new market territories, Renault is now gearing up for a new voyage of discovery with the launch of the Scenic Conquest - a compact MPV with the looks and some of the driving benefits of an SUV, Renault says that the Conquest is a
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Lord of the rings
AUDI is set to revive its long lamented Coupe model this summer with the slippery shaped, all-new four-seater A5 and its quattro driven sibling the S5. The elegant two-door body transports Audi into territory last populated by the brand with the 80-based
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The constant Gardiner...
IT was fitting that artist Jeremy Gardiner could be found deep in conversation with a leading geomorphologist when the latest exhibition of his work opened at a show at Bournemouth University's Atrium Gallery. For Gardiner's work - long inspired by the
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Holiday on ice
ONE of the most popular venues in Bournemouth on New Year's Eve in the late 30s was the Westover Ice Rink. Strange unrecognisable figures could be seen amongst the crowds wending their way up Westover Road and joining the queue to obtain entrance to
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Two hours in heavenly company
L'orfeo, New London Consort, Lighthouse, Poole. JUST on four centuries ago Monteverdi's opera L'Orfeo received its premiere in Mantua. The great impression made on Duke Vincenzo then was echoed on Monday night in a moving account directed by multi-talented
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BOND: I’M NOT ONE FOR SHUTTING UP SHOP
KEVIN Bond believes chasing those crucial three-pointers is the main reason behind Cherries' perplexing run of results. Since the turn of the year, Cherries have won six and lost six of their 12 League One fixtures. And it is the type of sequence that
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Influential duo set for reserves clash
DARREN Anderton will make his return to action in today's reserve team clash at Dean Court. The former England midfielder only returned to full training yesterday after knee trouble and a virus, but will play his first game since the 2-0 home defeat
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Ford’s difficult Krzys decision
MATT Ford has stressed leaving Krzysztof Kasprzak out of Pirates' line-up this year was an "awful" decision to have to make. The Poole Castle Cover chief also added it was "one of the most difficult decisions I have made" since he took over the club
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Biometrics firm opens franchise
INCREASING demand for fingerprint recognition systems has led security specialist UK Biometrics to open a regional franchise in Bournemouth. UK Biometrics will create five new jobs locally over the first 12 months. The Westbourne firm has identified
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Alliance Boots rejects offer
ALLIANCE Boots has rejected the £9.7 billion offer from its deputy chairman Stefano Pessina and private equity firm Kohlberg Kravis Roberts. The board said the £10-a-share offer "did not reflect the fundamental value of the company or the attractive
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CHILD OBESITY SHOCK
MORE than a quarter of 10- and 11-year-olds in Dorset schools are overweight or obese, county council research has revealed. And shockingly 21 per cent of the county's four- and five- year-olds are already falling into the same category. The figures
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‘We were kept in dark over crimes’
ANGRY residents and councillors in a seaside village have blasted police for failing to warn them about a spate of violent incidents. As reported in Monday's Echo, Highcliffe's quiet reputation has been shattered over the past fortnight by a ram-raid
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Terrified mum tells of blaze ordeal
A MOTHER has told how she had to hand her children out of an upstairs window when she realised her house had caught fire. Jane Lindgren has spoken to the Daily Echo about her terrifying ordeal on Sunday night. She had put her children to bed in their
