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Young: We must halt run
NEIL Young has issued his Cherries team-mates with a captain's rallying call: "It's time to stand up and be counted." Kevin Bond's troops have again been plunged into the mire following two potentially-damaging defeats at Blackpool and Northampton.
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Shareholders will have the final say
SHAREHOLDERS in AFC Bournemouth will meet Friday night to make a crucial decision on the ownership of the club. They will be asked at an extraordinary general meeting to cast their votes on whether a two-man consortium can gain a controlling interest
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Crump’s ‘ready to race’
JASON Crump has revealed that a major change in his mental approach to speedway has paid dividends - but he's remaining tight-lipped on his secrets to stay ahead of his rivals. The world champion looked relaxed and focused at the club's press day as
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Bjarne: Time was right for changes
BJARNE Pedersen believes the 2007 season is a "clean slate" for the revamped Poole Castle Cover Pirates. Although Pirates carried off the Craven Shield last term, ultimately it was a season of underachievement as illness and injuries hampered the cause
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MP joins Judy after break
A Poole MP has become the borough's second high profile casualty after falling and breaking her hip. Annette Brooke, MP for Mid Dorset and North Poole, has joined the mayor, Cllr Mrs Judy Butt, and is now also in a wheelchair - a day after sitting next
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Town should embrace eco-tourism says Rabbi
ECO-tourism could safeguard Bournemouth for future generations, according to the UK representative of environmental campaign The Earth Charter. Addressing an interfaith conference on the environment at the resort's Carrington Hotel, Rabbi Jeffrey Newman
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So who can you trust
ACCORDING to the Chinese philosopher Confucius, there are three things needed for government: weapons, food and trust. If a ruler can't hold on to all three, he should give up the weapons first and the food next. Trust should be guarded to the end because
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Tasty topic with a sting in the tail
HAVE you been able to track down a jar of Guinness-flavoured Marmite yet? Ever since I read about this new "limited edition" taste sensation in the Echo on Monday I've been scouting supermarket aisles in the hope of tracking some down. You see, I've
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Green light for social housing
MORE than 20 new low cost homes will be built in New Milton to help overcome a desperate shortage of social housing. New Forest District Council's housing development control committee has just approved Western Challenge Housing Association's scheme
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Now you can sing it with the band...
MOVE over Karaoke, there's a new form of entertainment belting out the tunes and threatening to take away the spotlight. Fifteen years ago, when it was first introduced to the UK, karaoke was a nation-wide phenomenon. Pubs and bars were packed to bursting
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Prince arrives for six-month training
PRINCE William has arrived in Purbeck to begin a specialist training course in how to command reconnaissance units. The 24-year-old, who is a member of the Household Cavalry's Blues and Royals, is moving to the officers' mess at Bovington Army Camp from
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Inquiry over plan for retirement homes launched
A DEVELOPMENT it is feared could cause major traffic problems in Gillingham went to a public inquiry this week. Churchill Retirement Living has taken North Dorset District Council to appeal after being refused permission to build 21 retirement flats
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Skipper calls UK as yacht burns in Italy
A Dorset yacht skipper who phoned UK coastguards for help when his vessel caught fire off the Italian coast has spoken of his ordeal. David Fuller, 44, had just bought the 30ft boat Kratos in Italy when fire broke out 13 miles off the coast of Rimini
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Beer money saving lives
WITNESSING the aftermath of Rwandan genocide at first hand has transformed Dorset businessman Chris Brickell, changing his perspective of money dramatically. He used to think of currency in terms of notes, coins and - being a rugby fan - their purchasing
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CAB service is facing axe in funding crisis
AN eight-year-old Citizen's Advice service will be axed this month, unless extra funding is found. Poole's CAB branch will be forced to withdraw its welfare benefit advice and support service, which has helped more than a thousand people to claim nearly
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Anger over tip closure
GREEN campaigners have criticised county advice to Christchurch residents that they should use the Wimborne household recycling centre when the town's own tip is closed from March 20 to 22. The Wilverley Road site, Somerford, is being shut temporarily
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Lifesaver machine shelved
A GRANDFATHER of five who helped raise thousands of pounds to buy a life-saving machine has spoken of his shock after the devices were withdrawn from local ambulances. Two years ago, a LUCAS resuscitation device saved the life of Ron Knight, 71, from
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Age no barrier, says council candidate, 18
A PROSPECTIVE councillor believes age is no barrier to representing the public. Richard Booth, 18, is one of the youngest candidates standing in May for election, where he hopes to be chosen to represent the public on Wimborne Town Council and East Dorset
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Nauendorf gig called-off
MUSICIAN Derrin Nauendorf has pulled out of a date at The Courtyard at Lulworth Castle on Monday following the death of his father in their native Australia. After hearing the news Derrin cancelled all gigs for the immediate future and caught the first
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Support of Kings
BOURNEMOUTH will be treated to its own special July 4 party for American Independence Day this year when US rockers Kings of Leon play the BIC. The Tennessee boys' eagerly-awaited third album, Because of the Times, is out on April 2 and they're returning
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Vassily's triumph
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Lighthouse, Poole Charismatic conductor Vassily Sinaisky left the concert hall hands happily held aloft in triumph from this magnificent concert. There were laurels for David Pyatt, horn and Mark Padmore, tenor in
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Operatic openers
WIDELY touted as this year's next big thing, Birmingham band The Twang are all set to open the refurbished Opera House in Boscombe on June 1. With their debut single Wide Awake out on Monday, and having landed the prestigious Philip Hall Radar Award
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Rise in profits for Cobham
WORLD class Dorset aerospace group Cobham today reported a 9.5 per cent rise in underlying pre-tax profit to £182.9 million, despite a fall in revenue. Wimborne-based Cobham saw its revenue drop 6.9 per cent to just over £1 billion for the year ended
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Putting turkey back on the table
TURKEY'S have received some pretty bad press recently. But with the Bernard Matthews bird-flu fiasco brushed firmly under the carpet it seems turkeys are trying to make a come back. Phil Vickery, a favourite on BBC2's Ready Steady Cook and ITV's This
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MADNESS
A TEENAGE driver who struck a milkman and killed him while sending a text message to a girl he had just met has been jailed for four years. Tony Revell's distraught family and friends were in court to hear Judge Samuel Wiggs tell the 18-year-old: "It
