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Switch in style can make a difference
STEVE Fletcher insists that Kevin Bond's gradual switch to a more direct style of play can see Cherries claw their way out of relegation danger. The 34-year-old remains a focal point for the team and his influence will have a major bearing on the outcome
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Chelsea stint can be benefit says Luke
NEW signing Luke Summerfield believes his stint training with the Premiership champions can be a major benefit to Cherries. The 19-year-old midfielder signed on a month's loan from Plymouth, having spent a week training alongside Argyle team-mate Dan
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Dunn goes spying in bid to beat Gensians
DAVID Dunn endured a bitter-sweet day last weekend. The Bournemouth coach was left fuming after South West Two East basement boys Aylesbury pulled the plug on their league clash at Chapel Gate at 11am on Saturday morning, meaning Lions go into next weekend's
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Ford was offered acting chairmanship
MATT Ford has confirmed he was offered the acting Cherries chairmanship but declined the invitation because he felt he wasn't the right man for the temporary role. The Pirates chief also revealed he had already handed in his written resignation before
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WHAT A WELCOME!
I'VE had a real red carpet welcome back to the Pirates after 10 years away from the south coast. To be honest it feels like a decade since I last rode for the club. The management has changed, the track has a new shape and there are a lot of new faces
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Crash father may have had heart attack at the wheel
A FATHER who died in a head-on crash which also claimed his three-year-old daughter's life may have suffered a heart attack at the wheel. An inquest heard on Thursday how Mike Thompson, 40, from Woodlinken Drive, Verwood, had suddenly veered across the
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Caution call over £90m investment in schools
A BOURNEMOUTH council chief has urged caution from rushing headlong into the government's Building Schools for the Future (BSF) scheme. The project, aimed at updating schools for the 21st century, would see all of Bournemouth and Poole's schools rebuilt
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Town’s Healthcare set to escape job losses
STANDARD Life's Bournemouth-based Healthcare operation is expected to escape the 1,000 job cuts threatened across the group. The Richmond Hill firm is still "actively recruiting", having taken on 100 staff since April 2006. Standard Life Healthcare
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Trews sorry now?
AH, THE Bay City Rollers... the very mention of their name transports laydeez of a certain age back to a time of tartan wrist-scarves, stripy socks and trousers wider than the River Clyde. A time when Edinburgh lads Woody, Eric, Alan, Derek and Les were
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Rogue $500 credit card charge shock
A FERNDOWN man is warning others to look at their credit card statements before paying the requested sum. Colin Dennard was stunned to find a 500 US dollar charge on his bill, for a company called Naylor SA. He contacted the company, in Luxembourg,
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Educate children to save animals
A FORMER teacher has called for children to be taught New Forest road sense at school in a bid to cut the death toll of commoners' animals. Last year 131 animals - ponies, cattle pigs and donkeys - died after collisions on the area's unfenced roads
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Will pub jobs here go up in smoke too?
PUBS and bingo halls in Dorset are preparing for tough times as figures are released showing the effect of a year's smoking ban in Scotland. Monday will be the first anniversary of the ban north of the border and the signs are not positive for the hospitality
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Coroner questions snowmobile safety
A DEPUTY coroner has questioned safety instruction at a French holiday resort after a woman died when she lost control of her snow mobile. Sharon Stacey, 35, who had been planning to move to Wareham with her family, received multiple injuries after colliding
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Parking issues scupper plans
TWO proposed developments in an area of Blandford plagued by parking problems have failed to win the support of the town council. Residents came along to a planning meeting at the town hall on Monday to raise their objections to the plans, which would
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Arrows display backers named
ORGANISERS of Bournemouth's annual Red Arrows display have announced this year's financial backers. Every year thousands of onlookers crowd the town's clifftops and pack the beaches to watch the world- famous Reds perform their jaw-dropping aerobatics
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Something for you to consider...
THE other day my husband and I were left gobsmacked while queuing in a shop when a woman walked right past us, to the front of the counter, and proceeded to place her request in front of us. So shocked at what she had done, we were unable to get words
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Plan to put vicar behind bars!
VICAR of Christchurch Canon Hugh Williams and other prominent Priory figures could end up behind bars - to deter vandalism at a much-loved local landmark. Council parks chiefs - and their insurers - want to cage the effigy of the vicar and other characters
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CRUMP WRITES IN THE ECHO!
DON'T miss speedway world champion Jason Crump's exclusive new newspaper column in the Echo tomorrow. And don't forget... you can also view the Poole Castle Cover Pirate's column on our website - and add your own comments!
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Runaway strain
CORPORATE stressbusting looks set to become big business following reports that a record number of office staff are feeling the strain. Around 10 million working days were lost last year due to stress, according to a GMTV survey. Ros Saunderson, fitness
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Small explosions in Boscombe
SEVERAL roads were closed in Boscombe this morning after flames were seen leaping from pavements. Inquiries revealed underground cabling was alight and had caused a number of small explosions. The incident started in the area of Glen Road, Percy Road
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Traffic lights
AS the saying goes, there's no place like home. For Air Traffic this certainly rings true ahead of their home-coming gig at the Old Fire Station on Sunday. The boys are fresh from visiting Austin, Texas, for industry showcase festival South By South
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Ghost with the most
The Ghost Train, Kinson Community Centre Writen back in 1923 by Arnold Ridley - the doddering Godfrey in Dad's Army - The Ghost Train is a good old spooky comedy. The setting is in a dismal station waiting room somewhere in the middle of Cornwall, where
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A talented threesome
Betrayal, The Hub, Verwood I found this play deeply disturbing to watch in several ways, yet deeply satisfying in others, but I am not casting aspersions on the production itself. The crux of Harold Pinter's play is the betrayal of and by friends and
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Searching for meaning
Oleanna, Lighthouse Studio ONE has to wonder at a play that explores the ambivalent, extrapolates confusion and sends the audience out into the cold, with the phrase "Do you see?" ringing in their ears. Performed in the intimate studio space, with one
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Praise for premiere
BSO, Lighthouse, Poole From the stirring brass fanfare that opens and quickly melts in whimpering distress, Alsop's cogent direction had the quieter episodes of Tchaikovsky's Symphony No.4's first movement prolonging the despair. Fate dominates Tchaikovsky's
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McLoone with a view for reformed five-piece
The Undertones, The Old Fire Station, Bournemouth As a general rule pop bands that reform without their original lead singer tend to be something of an anti-climax but in the case of The Undertones it's a triumphant success. Just ask the sell-out crowd
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So, what price my life?
A GRANDFATHER who is suffering from inoperable cancer says the NHS is denying him a drug that could keep him alive. Ron Illingworth, 59, of Holdenhurst Avenue, Bournemouth, says he was told at Poole Hospital that he needs the bowel cancer wonderdrug
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Good breakfast key to long life says Ella, 106
A GOOD breakfast is the secret to a long life according to a 106-year-old. Ella Redmond celebrated her birthday with her grandson William Knight and friends at Riseborough Care Centre, Branksome Wood Road, Bournemouth. She said: "I had a marvellous
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SMOKING BREAKS TO BE STUBBED OUT?
IS the cigarette break about to be stubbed out? Town Hall staff in Bournemouth will be among the first to be denied the privilege of smoking breaks when a nationwide ban on smoking in public places is introduced on July 1. The council's 6,000 employees
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Librarians strike over cuts
LIBRARIES in the New Forest will be hit by strike action today and tomorrow. Staff belonging to the union Unison throughout Hampshire are withdrawing their labour in protest over £1.25 million cuts in the service and a reduction of £25,000 in the book
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Darkin fails to score in Pirates victory
SERGEY Darkin suffered a Pirates debut nightmare as they held off a strong Eastbourne challenge to win on opening night. The 33-year-old, the first Russian to wear the skull and crossbones race jacket, only gained entry to England following visa problems
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Craig calls truce in feud with Nicki
CRAIG Boyce stressed he believed his bust up with Nicki Pedersen was already "history" after Pirates had beaten Eastbourne 49-41 at home on Wednesday night. The veteran Poole Castle Cover rider had punched the Dane in retaliation for an alleged head
