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DARKIN DROPPED
MATT Ford has stressed some Pirates' fans have "become very unforgiving" in their pursuit of success after dropping Sergey Darkin and bringing in Craig Watson. The Poole Castle Cover chief took the decision to axe the Russian after he failed to score
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Bond wants instant effect from signings
KEVIN Bond is keen to concentrate on the present rather than the future as he sets about sculpting his new-look Cherries side. The Dean Court boss last week stated that he is hoping to make some "major changes" among the playing staff at the end of the
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Killick not interested in Magpies
TOM Killick has insisted he will not be applying for the vacant Wimborne Town manager's position - ahead of the much-anticipated clash between his current and former club at Tatnam tonight (7.45pm). The Poole Town boss, who has had three spells at Cuthbury
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Someone else is buried in 'my' grave
A GRIEVING daughter who reserved a plot in a cemetery next to where her mother is buried was shocked to find someone else had been buried in the spot she thought would be her own final resting place. Helen James, 42, of Rotary Close, Colehill, is still
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Bridge to be closed for vital repair work
A BRIDGE on a busy main road is to be closed for two weeks for rebuilding work to be carried out because lorries keep smashing into it. Durweston Bridge, on the A357, will be closed on Saturday for two weeks while Dorset County Council rebuilds stone
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Delivery lorries make night-times a misery
LORRIES calling at a New Milton flower nursery are making residents' lives a misery, it is claimed. People living opposite Double H Nurseries in Gore Road have to put up with lorries reversing into the site's narrow entrance 22 hours a day. They have
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MP given assurances over future of Arrows
DEFENCE chiefs have acknowledged the importance of the Red Arrows and confirmed there are no immediate plans to cut the display team's budget. For months, speculation about the future of the Arrows has grown amid fears that the world-famous display team
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Sponsor plea to get jet airborne
A GRANDE dame of Christchurch and British aviation history is all dressed up in a new livery - but has nowhere to go. The last remaining De Havilland Sea Vixen jet still in flying condition has been grounded outside her hangar at Hurn while owners seek
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Handling pregnant pauses
ONLY 40 per cent of mothers believe their bosses know how to manage pregnant staff, according to a new report today. Many complain they have been badly treated on returning to work after maternity leave. A survey of more than 2,000 mothers also found
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We’re all going on a summer holiday
EASTER is just around the corner and, after that - hooray! - summer, hot on its heels. And with summer comes the holiday season and trips away with your loved ones. But, will they still be your nearest and dearest after you've spent seven nights with
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School builds hall of straw
STRAW bales and sheep's wool are the novel materials being proposed for a new sustainability resource centre as part of a £33m new school develop-ment in Wimborne. A new planning appli-cation has now been submitted for the centre at Queen Elizabeth's
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It’s a Safari shake-up as an inspector calls
ANOTHER Bournemouth hotel is set to feature in the Channel Five series The Hotel Inspector. After acting as a referee with feuding mother and daughter Tara and Pamela Howard at the Langtry Manor Hotel, no-nonsense guru Ruth Watson has picked the Safari
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Catherine cycles Sahara after both knees replaced
A WINFRITH grandmother once told she might never walk again has just cycled 250 miles across the Sahara. Catherine Hubbuck Roots, 56, completed the five-day marathon a year after her second knee joint replacement. The independent financial adviser completed
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Campaigners bid to help young people on streets
FORTY people representing a variety of groups and with a wide range of skills met up in North Dorset to see if they can help young people who find themselves on the streets with nowhere to go. Campaigners want to set up Nightstop Dorset, a project
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Paratrooper tried to save drowning man
A COURAGEOUS paratrooper who plunged into icy waters in a bid to rescue a drowning kite surfer will be recommended for a bravery award. Marthinus Prinsloo grabbed a lifebelt from the promenade and managed to drag Charlie Williams to the beach after he
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Elderly woman in rescue
AN ELDERLY woman needed to be rescued using a hydraulic lift after a fall. The woman, who is suffering from cancer, fell over in Carrington Lodge, Lawn Road in Milford on Sea early this morning. Rather than move the woman down some awkward stairs
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The Price is right even now
Arthur Miller's The Price, Lighthouse, Poole FORTY years after it was first written, The Price remains an extraordinary piece of theatre. With dialogue that crackles with anger, pain, resentment and guilt, it examines the need for people to take responsibility
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Head quits troubled school after bad report
THE head teacher of a failing Bournemouth school is leaving for "personal reasons" - days after its management was slated by inspectors. Bournemouth local authority is greatly concerned about the lack of improvement at the Jewell Road school which was
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Torched car sparks church blaze
AN ARSON investigation is under way after a torched car set light to the roof of a church. Around 60 firefighters tackled the blaze at St Mark's Church, Talbot Village, yesterday. Springbourne Fire Station manager Louis Minchella said that firefighters
