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'No truth in Norwich rumours'
CHERRIES manager Kevin Bond has scotched rumours linking him with a return to former club Norwich City. Unconfirmed reports suggested Bond could be in the frame to reunite with Glenn Roeder at Carrow Road. Roeder, who was this week unveiled as Peter
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Delight over crackdown of football foul-mouls
MARIE Green is "delighted" that her complaint about amateur footballers' swearing has prompted a crackdown - one which led to five players being sent off in one match. She was featured in the Echo in September after she tried to talk managers into keeping
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Just what exactly is good for us?
BACON butties. Ham sandwiches. Sausages, salt and chips. Alcohol (any alcohol). Sugar. Cake. You name it, it's bad for us. So says the World Cancer Research Fund, which may have thought its new report on how to prevent the Big C would be welcomed with
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The Price is right
SHE may have her knockers (if you'll pardon the pun!), but one thing that can't be denied is that former glamour model Katie Price (aka Jordan) is now one of the richest women in Britain. Be it a book or a bra, everything she puts her name to becomes
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What Katie didn’t do next
IF SOMEONE had told me five years ago that busty model Jordan had just finished her new book, I would have congratulated the person who lent her the crayons. But it's a strange old topsy-turvy world when the post-I'm A Celebrity version of Jordan - the
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Local councils say no to 'pay-as-you-throw'
An EMPHATIC "no" has been given by both 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
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Dismay over sale of historic house
DISAPPOINTED? That's an understatement, say the trustees and friends of historic Sherborne House following the news that it is to be sold on the open market. As reported in the Echo, the fight to save the dilapidated 18th-century property for the public
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Personal savings set to hit £1 trillion mark
THE amount of money Britons have saved looks set to hit £1 trillion by 2012, research by Alliance & Leicester (A&L) has claimed. The level of cash set aside has nearly doubled since the millennium to stand at around £876 billion. A&L said savings levels
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Remakes just infernal affairs
ON WEDNESDAY evening I went to the cinema to see the remake of the classic horror film Halloween. Now the film, while not completely terrible, was never going to match the suspense and chills of the original. Few films have, so why bother? Well unfortunately
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Work has made a real difference
THE tide is turning for a town centre alleyway, lambasted last month as a dingy no-go zone and a haven for teenage tearaways. Mowlem Lane, off Institution Road in Swanage, has long attracted gangs of youths who were making lives a misery for nearby residents
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Festival traders may need permit in safety move
STREET traders wishing to ply their goods during Wimborne's famous folk festival may need a licence next year over concerns bystanders could be burnt by stray flames from pavement food stalls. East Dorset licensing chiefs want to designate part of the
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Child abuse raids lead to 12 arrests
POLICE raided 11 homes in New Milton and Lymington on Thursday morning and carried out searches relating to alleged physical and sexual child abuse in the 1970s and 1980s. A further property in Stevenage, Hertfordshire, was also searched in relation
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The face of fashion
CLOTHES and accessories may have been the focus of London Fashion Week but if you want an insight into next season's looks, the catwalk is The Place to pick up hot new beauty trends. Make-up artists spent the week plucking, preening and beautifying models
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A Zippy placing for Luke
LUKE Gray (Hargroves Cycles/Trant/Next/Specialized) maintained his impressive start to his National Trophy campaign by finishing in the runner-up spot in the second round. Gray was pleased that he was able to use his new Zipp 404CX machine in competition
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Chris gives us a Wave to celebrate £25,000 radio win
A CHRISTCHURCH woman is celebrating after scooping over £25,000 in a radio competition to guess the name of the winning song. Chris Fitzpatrick won £25,500 on Wave 105's Secret Song competition after correctly guessing the song title Change by Tears
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Hospital suspends two more members of staff
TWO more members of staff at Fordingbridge Hospital have been suspended from duty, bringing the total to three. The Daily Echo understands the suspensions took place at the town centre hospital on Tuesday. On October 12 Hampshire Primary Care Trust
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Spoonful of Suga
RE-ENERGISED pop poppets Sugababes have extended their sell-out 20-date UK tour next year, announcing eight extra dates including the BIC on April 21. Tickets go on sale on November 2 at the BIC box office and online as the 'Babes celebrate their recent
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Soul catcher
A HAPPY face, a thumpin' bass for a lovin' race There was a real exhilaration in Soul II Soul's crossover from the capital's underground party and warehouse scene to the pop charts. Just for a brief moment in the early 1990s, it felt like a new day was
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Transports of sheer delight
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Lighthouse, Poole BLUE shirt hanging outside his trousers fresh-faced Benjamin Grosvenor plonked himself down in front of the Steinway. Just what sort of trick was this teenager about to pull? A rare treat that
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Three down
THEY say ill luck comes in threes and Pirates certainly found that out to their cost this year. The outcome of just three races all-but decided the destiny of Poole Castle Cover's season as they were left looking in from the outside as Coventry swept
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On me ned, mate
"Does anyone fancy popping over these?" There was a long silence as six of us looked down from the backs of our horses at a scary ensemble of cross-country fences. "I will." Who said that? Oh God, it was me. No-one else spoke. "Er, perhaps I won't
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Take the plunge
THERE'S a definite feel of Hollywood glamour about Chadham House. A truly magnificent five-bedroom family residence which enjoys a slightly elevated position on one of Branksome Park's most sought-after, tree-lined roads it's got more luxury trappings
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New Milton homes targeted in police raids
POLICE investigating allegations of child sex abuse carried out a series of raids in Hampshire this morning. Officers involved in Operation Crossbow targeted 12 homes in the New Milton area, plus a property outside the county. The simultaneous raids
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STONE ME!
A COUNCILLOR is set to be ousted from a key position after he reignited a row about the state of Southbourne beach. Roger West stands accused of making "irresponsible comments" about the shingle, stones and flints left on Southbourne shoreline. He now
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Fury as OAP stops charity from helping stricken pets
A FORMER nurse who turned her small house into a squalid "puppy factory" has refused to give the 65 animals seized from her the chance of loving new homes, the Daily Echo can reveal. Conditions at the house in Shelley Road, Boscombe, Bournemouth, shocked
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Tenants set to get CCTV cameras for protection
VICTIMS of anti-social behaviour could be given CCTV cameras for their homes under new measures drawn up by Bournemouth council. One of the proposals set to go before councillors today is that council tenants suffering intimidation or harassment be offered
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Tanks a lot, mate!
A BLANDFORD man has told of his lucky escape when an Army tank squashed his car as he was driving to work. As reported in yesterday's Daily Echo, Paul Taylor, 42, watched in horror as the 20-tonne machine driven by a trainee soldier veered out of control
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DOUBLE BLOW FOR BOND
KEVIN Bond's fragile resources look set to suffer a double blow due to the probable loss of loan stars Marc Wilson and Adam Lallana. Bond's chances of keeping Wilson for a second month appear to have bitten the dust, while Lallana has been added to Cherries
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Hopping on the stony beach
SOMEONE put out a challenge to walk the beach at Southbourne barefoot. So I did. And it hurt. I took off the shoes and socks at Boscombe Pier and headed towards Hengistbury, test-driving the soles of my feet. And, after a prickly start, it was okay
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Historic fiver’s up for sale
A BANK note from the Great Train Robbery, bought as a souvenir by a Bournemouth detective who helped catch two of the culprits, is set to go under the hammer. The faded fiver, DS Stan Davies' notebook, old press cuttings and photographs taken following
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Holder chasing national crown
PIRATES new boy Chris Holder flies out to Australia tomorrow determined to mount a serious bid to win his first senior national title. Poole Castle Cover's latest signing finished seventh in the Aussie championship last year. But with reigning champion
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Not to be sniffed at...
PET Chihuahua? Over. Third-world orphan? Soooo last year. No darling, the must-have accessory for any self-respecting celebrity is the signature scent. Not content with hogging every magazine cover in the universe, style icons such as Kylie, Sarah Jessica
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Red hot
THE Red Fort is the largest monument in India's Old Delhi. It was built in 1638 by one of the greatest rulers of the Mugal dynasty - the emperor Shah Jahan. This massive, historical building also gives its name to a rather intriguing little restaurant
