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Unlucky Verwood beaten
VERWOOD Town boss Adie Arnold feels his side are "not getting the luck we deserve" after watching them lose 2-0 at Sherborne in the Dorset Senior Cup. Verwood were left chasing the game after the hosts went in front with a second-minute penalty, which
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Cuthbert signs off with a win
WESSEX gave American-bound Dave Cuthbert a winning send-off with a 3-0 victory over Reading Aces at the Carter Community College. It was Cuthbert's final National League game for the Poole-based team before leaving for the USA later this month. Cuthbert's
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Bournemouth on the level
Bournemouth remain unbeaten in Slazenger Womens Hockey League National South, despite having their prospects of a fifth win in seven games denied them in the closing stages. They led Maidstone 2-1 with eight minutes left at Chapel Gate, but were undone
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Ridley's Wayfarers record
Hot-shot Simon Ridley set a new Wimborne Wayfarers record by scoring six times in his side's 9-1 demolition of Portsmouth University in Hampshire Division One. Previous record-holder Paul Randall scored the other three goals as Wayfarers move up to second
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Move to keep out travellers
STEPS have been taken by New Milton Town Council to prevent public land being taken over by travellers. The council has acted swiftly after it suffered a double invasion at Fawcetts Field in late August and early September which threatened parking for
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Chewing the fat with Nigella
LIP-smackingly scrumptious, sexily succulent, and sugary sweet - Nigella Lawson is almost as delicious as one of her indulgent desserts. The culinary queen is back on our screens pouting, puckering, dipping her fingers in her fare and licking spoons
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Women ‘not saving for their retirement’
WOMEN are failing to make adequate provisions for their retirement, with 7.3 million instead relying on their husbands' pensions, research by Scottish Widows has showed. Just 41 per cent of women earning more than £10,000 a year save into a pension,
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New threat to cafe in library plans redesign
COUNTY library chiefs have reopened the controversy over the future of a Christchurch High Street landmark. Revised plans to expand the town's cramped Druitt library into the adjoining Kelly's Kitchen restaurant premises have been drawn up by Dorset
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Tributes to a man with Midas touch
COLLEAGUES and friends have being paying tribute to businessman extraordinaire and founder of the Heavy Horse Centre, Mike Osmond Jones, who has passed away. The well-known East Dorset businessman, known to his staff and acquaintances as "OJ", had the
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Welling up for women
READING Louisa M Alcott's novels as a child, I'm sure I wasn't alone in giving her characters English accents in my head, regardless of the book's New England base. Thus, when all of Theatreworks' performers, save one, speak with such bad American accents
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Singular solution to look-in culture
SO IT'S looking increasingly likely that our beloved BBC will be gone within 10 years - particularly if Labour manages to retain power. And what a travesty this will be for our ever-disintegrating nation. I, however, have had a brainwave on the subject
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Regional chief vows to target illegal workers
THE region's new immigration boss has promised to continue cracking down on illegal workers. Jane Farleigh, the first Border and Immigration director for Wales and the South West, said more staff were being put on the ground to target people flouting
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Rare British bat is an immigrant
A RESEARCH project carried out on Dorset's rare Greater Horseshoe bats has revealed them to be immigrants. It turns out that the UK's population originated from West Asia around 40,000 to 60,000 years ago. By taking tiny tissue samples from the Purbeck
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Policy aim is to fight eco-crime
ENVIRONMENT vandals in North Dorset will find their illegal deeds met with swifter action and more severe penalties, following the rubber-stamping of a new policy. It condenses into a single policy umbrella issues including fly-tipping, abandoned vehicles
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Booth's eye on the future
A RELIEVED Natalie Booth will be going all out to avoid another trip to the Qualifying School after a nail-biting conclusion to this year's season in Italy last week. The 24-year-old Highcliffe Castle player retained her European Tour status after winning
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Apology follows ambulance delay
AN ambulance trust has apologised after an elderly Bournemouth woman was left waiting in agony for hours for an ambulance to take her to hospital. Sarban Bibi's ordeal began on Friday September 21, when pain from a chronic back problem flared up. Her
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No take-up for pay as you throw
An emphatic "no" has been given by Poole and Bournemouth councils on charging residents to throw away their rubbish. Councils in England are to be given the power to introduce pilot schemes to charge households according to the amount of rubbish they
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Lisle quits ‘lack of ambition’ Poole SC
POOLE Swimming Club head coach Bob Lisle has resigned after three-and-a-half years in the job, citing a "lack of ambition" among some of the club's hierarchy as the main reason. He has been offered a job coaching Bristol Henleaze in his home city. Lisle
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Williard fifth in Great South Run
WILLIARD Chinhanhu completed a spectacular month's road-racing campaign with fifth place in the Great South Run. The former Zimbabwe international clocked 48 min 36 sec for his 10-mile tour of Portsmouth. Just four weeks earlier, Chinhanhu had finished
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It's got to be lamb
Luscious Lamb Curry - Serves: 4 Preparation: 15 minutes Cooking: 3 hours 20 minutes Ingredients 850-900g frozen New Zealand lamb half leg - fillet or knuckle end 1 tbsp sunflower oil 1 large onion, peeled and sliced 6 tbsp medium curry
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GB soccer? It's 50/50
THE Daily Echo's online audience is split down the middle on the issue of fielding a GB soccer team in the 2012 Olympics in London. Add your vote under editor's choice.
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Making the most of the time she has
JULIE Ritchie-Evans recently ordered a brand new Audi convertible and has booked herself a winter holiday in Canada. Although she is terminally ill with cancer, she has no plans to shuffle off just yet - and when she does, she would like it to be under
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MoD tracking deer at Lulworth
THE Ministry of Defence has invested more than £30,000 in a project to track deer on the Lulworth range. Global positioning (GPS) collars have been fitted to Sika deer to monitor their movement and numbers in the area. Junior defence minister Derek
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Ray of light and hints of an old Bob
Ray Lamontagne, Southampton Guildhall IS this what Bob Dylan must have sounded like when he could still sing? Ray Lamontagne is not a politician but if he were he would be a one-man manifesto, because his rasping, breathy passion stays with you well
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Guilty of cruelty at puppy ‘factory’
A BOURNEMOUTH pensioner who turned her small home into puppy factory has been found guilty of animal cruelty. Johanna Price, 71, stored 59 dishevelled dogs in cramped crates stacked up in her lounge, bedroom, bathroom and garden shed. After advertising
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BARTLEY BACK IN TRAINING
OPTIMISTIC Marvin Bartley is focusing on forcing his way into Kevin Bond's plans after being given the all-clear to resume full training. The rookie midfielder, who is yet to make his competitive Cherries debut after an injury-plagued start to his professional
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Yellow peril for youngsters
IT'S certainly a busy old world. We're juggling all the balls of modern married life and it's not always a haven of domestic bliss. The alarm bell rings in the morning and all hell breaks loose as mum, dad and the youngsters play pinball in the bathroom
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Council’s fears for homes explosion
Civic planners are urging the government to help halt the current flats explosion in Bournemouth. In a letter to Hazel Blears MP, secretary of state for communities and local government, the council's head of planning Mike Holmes said: "Members of the
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IN THE DROP ZONE
MONTHS after the Daily Echo exposed parents' dangerous parking outside schools, the situation has not improved. This week we visited Kings Park Primary School at dropping-off time and witnessed scores of parents' irresponsible behaviour. At least 10
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Brace for Bash in first two minutes
TWO goals inside the opening 120 seconds propelled newly-promoted Bashley to within four points of the British Gas Business Premier Division leadership. Richard Gillespie crashed in the New Forest club's opening goal in the first minute. Then ex-Cherries
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McGrath leg break worry
POPPIES boss James Wood hopes X-rays will confirm defender Joe McGrath did not break his leg during their 1-0 home win over US Portsmouth last night. McGrath went off early during his side's Wessex League Cup second round triumph courtesy of Ben Lucas's
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Dolphins duo dent Hammers' hopes
DAVE Sturgess and Andy Culliford grabbed a goal apiece as Poole Town gained a big psychological boost ahead of their FA Vase tie against Hamworthy later this month. Sturgess hit the net with an impressive strike from 20 yards that took a slight deflection
