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Noise protests after midnight chainsaw work
BOURNEMOUTH'S parks manager has apologised after residents were woken up by council staff using chainsaws in the middle of the night. Teacher Siv Sears, who lives in Pine Tree Glen, Westbourne, went to investigate the noise at midnight on Monday. "I
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Pendulum swinging high
Pendulum, Opera House, Boscombe. THERE aren't many acts who have the ability to perform live dance music with such a lasting impact in the way Pendulum do. The moment they arrive on stage, the already overly-hyped crowd cannot contain themselves as
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Hard man of comedy
Jeremy Hardy, Tivoli Theatre, Wimborne He's an incisive and uncompromising political comedian, and he loves the grumpy middle-aged man character that he's cultivating. But in the end Jeremy Hardy is a little bit too angry for me. Hardy's two-hour stand-up
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Is your car ready for the big freeze?
THE washout summer caught many of Britain's drivers out, so don't let winter do the same if conditions take a turn for the drastic. A sodden summer doesn't necessarily mean a nightmare winter, but temperatures drop noticeably post-Guy Fawkes night, and
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Only four patients left in crisis-hit hospital
THERE are now just four in-patients left in crisis-stricken Fordingbridge Hospital where two more members of staff were suspended on October 30 as a result of an external investigation. And that means some nursing and care staff are being offered alternative
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Croc and role star
Crikey and khaki... the catchphrase and clothing made famous by the man they called the Crocodile Hunter. Steve Irwin was renowned for his love of wildlife. An all-action, adrenaline-fuelled, modern-day Paul Hogan who wrestled 9ft crocs and dodged the
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Minister leaves school cash idea
EDUCATION minister Jim Knight has abandoned unpopular plans for a retrospective smash and grab on school coffers. The government wanted to claw back millions by forcing headteachers to hand over five per cent of any school savings at the end of the financial
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The brats Brits love to hate
SO now we know; Britain's most infuriating celebrity is Kerry Katona, deemed by responders to a survey of Britain's 100 most annoying things as a worse irritant than screaming kids, novelty ringtones and dog poo. Which is really saying something, when
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County border turns council into ‘robbers’
IT'S highway robbery. That is the accusation being levelled at New Forest District Council after it charged a family double for a bench and permission for putting up a gravestone in memory of a war hero. Edward and Jean Donovan had to pay the council
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Town could bin the bag
LIFE without the unlovely but useful plastic bag is hard to imagine in today's consumer society. We may recycle them as bin liners but billions end up in landfill where they take up to 500 years to rot. Some towns are managing to survive without them
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Making Cents
HE'S a former gun-toting crack dealer who named himself after a New York robber, but these days the biggest battle that American rapper 50 Cent gets involved in is the fight to climb the charts. The 32-year-old singer, whose real name is Curtis James
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Once in a blue moon!
A HUGE and beautiful moth that is believed to be from India was found in Bournemouth. It has a five inch wingspan and its wings have curved extensions which make it look like it has a swallow's tail. Winton resident Ray Coggins noticed it on grass outside
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Horse trainer due for neck surgery
RACEHORSE trainer Robert Alner was due to have a three-hour surgery to realign a bone in his neck on Friday after being involved in a car crash. The Cheltenham Gold Cup-winning trainer was trapped after the red Peugeot 406 he was driving collided with
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Nippy Chris sets 13 quickest times
Creekmoor's Chris Perrett dominated Bournemouth and District Car Club's Slalom at Matchams Park. Driving his Class D Subaru Impreza, Perrett completed the 20 tests 14 seconds clear of his closest rival Steve Candy from Verwood - and in the process set
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BFA deny fines are 'cash cow'
BOURNEMOUTH Football Association president Mike Fowler insists the organisation does not profit from on-field offences, despite claims to the contrary from respondents to the Daily Echo's Red October story last month. Our story detailed events from Harrington
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Music news
GET Cape. Wear Cape. Fly. fella Sam Duckworth will be landing in Bournemouth on Wednesday to do a DJ set for the Robot.Robot.Engage! night at the iBar. Sam will be showcasing the talents signed to his record label Mannequin Republic, in the form of Boom
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Love of the game... or the lure of lucre?
SO John Terry is apparently earning roughly the same amount a day as I rake in over the course of 12 months - fair play to him. The England captain's reported £150,000 per week salary was labelled as "obscene" by sports minister Gerry Sutcliffe. Terry
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Ricko signs up for Pirates gala event
SIX-times world champion Tony Rickardsson has signed up to attend Poole's diamond jubilee gala dinner next year. The legendary Swede, who retired from speedway at the end of the 2006 campaign, is the first big name to confirm his attendance at the event
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Tributes to true friend of town
A HORSE-drawn hearse carried the body of much-loved Lady Jane Hanham through the streets of Wimborne to her final resting-place. The bells of Wimborne Minster rang to mark the funeral of Lady Hanham, held at the ancient church, before a group of mourners
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Let's all go clubbing
THE Mini Traveller is on its way back... although new masters BMW are calling it the MINI Clubman (harking back to the later Clubman Estate) which is slightly confusing. This is one talking point about the third model in the modern MINI line-up which
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Downward spiral
WHAT is going on in the world of ventriloquism these days? Barely two weeks have passed since the trauma of discovering what looked like Orville being used as a fashion garment on Strictly Come Dancing, when, lo and behold, it appears that his very
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Lions For Lambs (15) ***
DURING the Second World War, cinema was a powerful weapon for Britain and Germany in the battle for the hearts and minds of the public. A weekly trip to the local picture house became a simple yet effective way to disseminate propaganda to the masses
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Good Luck Chuck (15) **
MARK Helfrich's misguided romantic comedy will need a lot more than good luck to compete with the hilarious Ratatouille, or even The Heartbreak Kid and Run Fat Boy Run. It will need a miracle. Written by Josh Stolberg, Good Luck Chuck uses the ultimate
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Planet Terror (18) ***
ROBERT Rodriguez's bloody valentine to '60s and '70s horror films was originally released in America as one half of the ill-fated Grindhouse double-bill (with Quentin Tarantino's Death Proof). Planet Terror shoots to kill as a standalone feature on this
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Into the Wild (15) ****
SEAN Penn's fourth feature as writer-director is a moving adaptation of Jon Krakauer's acclaimed best-seller that cements the Oscar-winning actor's reputation as a keen observer of the human condition at its most fragile. Into the Wild is an extraordinary
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’Til Darth us do part...
A SHORT time ago in a seaside town not all that far, far away... The force was certainly with couple David and Sarah Brock when they tied the knot in Swanage. Star Wars fanatic David and bride Sarah, along with a large proportion of their guests, dressed
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Mind Your Language (PG) Network **
"I'M Sikh," declares the Indian student. "Oh dear," replies his tutor. "I hope it's not contagious." Other students enlisting for the English class include a Pakistani who's "hopping to be unrolled in your silly bus". Then there's the humourless German
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Shaun the Sheep: Off the Baa! (U) BBC/2entertain ***
THERE'S surely no grumpy guts who can truthfully say they hate Aardman's most famous sons Wallace and Gromit. So Shaun here, a woolly spin-off from their most recent TV caper, should be a bankable little number, right? Well, sort of. If you're one of
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Doctor Who – Series 3 (PG) BBC/2entertain *****
HAS it really been three series already since the good Doctor returned to our screens in this glossy revamp? This is the best yet, with resident doc David Tennant and the scriptwriters hitting their stride in style. Picking up a fetching new companion
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Flight of the Conchords (15) Warner ****
TUCKED out of the way on BBC4 of a Tuesday night, you'd be forgiven (just) for not having heard of this slice of Kiwi genius. It's your typical fish-out-of-water scenario as folk duo Brett and Jemaine, along with their manager Murray, take their sorry
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McFly - Greatest Hits (Universal-Island) ***
HOWEVER dismissive you want to be of McFly - assembled from the leftovers of the Busted auditions etc - you can't take away the fact they've trotted out more than the average boy band's share of quality pop. Consider also that, including the three he
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Dr Robert & PP Arnold - Five in the Afternoon (Curb) ****
A COUPLE of names that have fallen by the wayside in the last few decades hook up with high-grade acid jazzers, one-time Young Disciple Marco Nelson and ex-Galliano drummer Crispin Taylor, and find they've still got the juice. Recorded in Andalusia, the
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The Wombats - Guide To Love, Loss & Desperation (14th Floor) ****
BE WARNED, you won't be able to prise this disc out of the player for at least three hours after you first hear it. And while it's equally true that you may not return to it very swiftly - so instant are its many pleasures - rest assured you will be back
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The Heavy - Great Vengeance and Furious Fire (Counter) ****
HAVING made their pact with The Groove, it sounds like these five West Countrymen have been whooping it up in the palace of excess, having the time of their lives awaiting the arrival of wisdom. The permutations are endless - the Curtis Mayfield fronting
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GRIEVING MUM IN CALL TO BAN BIKES
A HEARTBROKEN mother, whose 18-year-old son lost his life in a road crash, has called for tighter controls on the sale of motorbikes to teenagers. Scooter rider Craig Hallam suffered fatal injuries after being clipped by a motorcyclist on the A35 Upton
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Bond calls on the pass masters
CHERRIES boss Kevin Bond wants his players to stick to their passing principles when they venture into the unknown against non-league Barrow. Bond's troops face the Blue Square North strugglers at their Holker Street headquarters in a potentially-tricky
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Warren looking for Cowes results
CHRISTER Warren's Wimborne Town will have to break Cowes Sports' unbeaten home record tomorrow (3pm) if they are to keep in touch with league leaders Poole Town. Cowes will not be easy opponents on home soil, with seven wins and a draw from their eight
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Potential goal-fest at Tatnam
IN potentially the biggest mismatch since Neil 'Razor' Ruddock was hilariously paired with Pete Burns on Celebrity Wife Swap, bottom-of-the-table Downton visit leaders Poole Town at Tatnam tomorrow (3pm). The teams' records could not be more contrasting
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Swans seek glory
ROBERT Elford has said that title glory is still Swanage and Wareham's aim despite them dropping three points in their last two games. The Bestwall boys followed their 26-18 defeat at Marlow with a disappointing 24-24 draw at Bletchley. Those setbacks
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Lions not thinking of relegation
RELEGATION is not a word being bandied around at Chapel Gate, according to Bournemouth coach David Dunn. The Lions have just recorded their first win in eight games since promotion to South West Division One at the beginning of this season. Dunn's side
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Huggins calls for points
WIMBORNE skipper Dave Huggins has stressed "we need points massively" ahead of their trip to Dorchester tomorrow (2.30pm). The All Blacks were pipped 14-7 by Wootton Bassett last weekend and slipped off the Southern Counties South promotion pace. But
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Defence case could see Bash rising
STEVE Riley thinks Bashley will be a "match for most teams" in the Southern Premier Division - if their defence continues to impress. Bash have conceded just nine goals in 11 league matches this term, a record only bettered by second-placed Team Bath
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JEM'S CUP JOY
CHERRIES loan star Jem Karacan has described making his FA Cup debut for the Dorset club as "an honour" ahead of tomorrow's arduous first round trip to Barrow. And the Reading rookie, who is on a one-month loan from the Premier League outfit, had even
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More at stake for Barrow boss Phil
BARROW boss Phil Wilson could have more riding on the outcome of tomorrow's FA Cup tie than his Cherries counterpart Kevin Bond. Despite guiding the Bluebirds into the first round for the second year in succession, Wilson's tenure at Holker Street is
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Moved by Mandie's heartache
"I FEEL angry that all these years we could have spent together were wasted in one mad moment." Anyone who comes across this line in Mandie Langdown's moving tribute to her son will already be aware of both the facts surrounding his death and the heartache
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Mystery scheme to tempt tourists
A massive mystery structure, billed as a world class tourist attraction, is being proposed for Poole. It would tower 58 metres (195ft) tall, looming over the South Coast skyline and could attract 400,000 visitors a year to the town. Despite its huge
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Trollope warns Bond over tough test
BRISTOL Rovers head coach Paul Trollope is backing Cherries to follow in the Pirates' footsteps by negotiating a tricky FA Cup first hurdle at Barrow. Trollope's charges edged past the non-league outfit at the same stage of the competition last season
