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Towns are put under bluetongue protection
BOURNEMOUTH, Christchurch and East Dorset have all been placed in the government's bluetongue protection zone. Now farmers and animal keepers are restricted by DEFRA livestock movement controls. DEFRA says it has extended the existing protection zone
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Supporting role
A SINGLE mum says that without the support of staff at a children's centre she would be suffering with depression. Sarah Morley, 25, from Wallisdown was a teenager when she became pregnant with her son Jack. She said that although she was enjoying being
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Dogs barred from home
THE owner of three dogs that allegedly killed a cat in New Milton last week has been told he can no longer keep them at his home. It is understood that New Forest District Council has written to Ben Moody varying his tenancy agreement at his flat in
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Stage fright
BE AFRAID, be very afraid. For this Halloween there are reports of ghostly goings-on at the Bournemouth Pavilion. Staff at the historic theatre claim there is more than just creaky floorboards and an eerie atmosphere - ghosts have been spotted. Tales
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Unaccustomed as I am
LAST weekend I had the privilege of giving a Best Man's speech at a wedding. It was during this intensely nerve-wracking experience that I confirmed my own worse fears. Whenever I, Patrick Gough, pick up a live microphone in public, I turn into a bingo
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Decision put back on ‘bleak’ flats scheme
THE decision on a 208 flat development on a prime site in Bournemouth town centre has been deferred until next year. Officers had recommended that the scale and design of the development on Terrace Mount car park should be approved but planning board
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CHAIRMAN BACKING BOND
CHERRIES have this evening released the following statement to the club's official website, following intense speculation over the future of manager Kevin Bond. "Cherries chairman Jeff Mostyn has ended speculation over the future of manager Kevin Bond
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Museum’s future safe after £80,000 bequest
THE financial headache afflicting a North Dorset museum has been eased thanks to £80,000 left in the will of a resident. As a result, the immediate future of cash-strapped Blandford Museum looks rosy and secure. Delighted museum bosses also point to
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Minister’s schools cash plan slammed
A POOLE head teacher has attacked a government plan to claw back millions of pounds from school budgets. Ian Carter, head at Poole Grammar School, says the proposals would penalise prudent schools and could usher in an era of poor financial management
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Planners accused of 'fuzzy thinking' over pitches for travellers
REGIONAL planners who want Christchurch council to provide 60 pitches for travellers in the borough have been accused of "fuzzy thinking" by councillors and town hall officers. As part of the evolving spatial strategy for south-west England the regional
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Plans for new store to go on display to public
THE planning application that could create a Waitrose supermarket in Wimborne has gone on public display. The application, submitted to East Dorset District Council for a new retail store, access and associated works and new riverside park, will be displayed
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Going in for the Kel
INTERNATIONAL singing star Kelly Clarkson is returning to the Britain next year as a follow-up to last year's sold out UK tour. She will play eight dates including the Bournemouth International Centre Sunday, March 23. Tickets go on sale at 9.30am
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Performing with verve... and fire
BSO, Lighthouse, Poole YAN Pascal Tortelier stamped his authority on Rachmaninov's Symphonic Dances in a performance of immense bravura. The composer left a big bone for any orchestra to chew on and the BSO's musicians were eager to show they are up
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A classics conundrum
Ian Brown, Southampton Guildhall FOR me there are two artists of the last 20 years who face a happy headache. Oasis come up against it every time they tour and no doubt Ian Brown experiences it whenever he arranges a gig: which, out of the library of
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3,500 - That’s the number of people injured in road accidents in Bournemouth and Poole in the last three years, with 29 dead
AROUND 3,500 people have been injured in collisions on the roads of Bournemouth and Poole in three years. The news comes in figures which spell out the human and financial cost of road accidents to the area. In Bournemouth, 19 people lost their lives
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Bjarne: 2008 place is out of my hands
BJARNE Pedersen has stressed he wants to stay with Pirates next year. But he admitted he knows the decision over his future is not in his hands. Poole Castle Cover's captain has been at Wimborne Road for six successive seasons. However, Jason Crump
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Suspect side of free comment
COMMENT is free, facts are sacred. That's one of the iron laws of journalism. Unfortunately, in this age of rapid technological advance where little if anything stands still for very long, comment is also becoming increasingly worthless, it seems.
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'BACK THE BOYS'
BOSS Kevin Bond is urging the Dean Court faithful to set aside talk of "other issues" as Cherries look to turn around their wretched start to the season. Bond is asking supporters to unite behind the team as Cherries bid to climb off the foot of League
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Tributes to woman drowned in Algarve
A DORSET man has said his daughter-in-law, one of three British holidaymakers who drowned while trying to save children from a rip tide in Portugal, was the best daughter-in-law in the world'. Roy and Jean Dinsmore and their children Alex, 10, and Lydia
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Project is music to ears of the young
YOUTH leaders hope to galvanise Purbeck's unsung army of musical talent in the hope of landing teenagers lucrative careers. Aspiring or accomplished musicians are being urged to drop in to Swanage Youth Centre to take advantage of a new weekly music
