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Riley admires 'great finish'
STEVE Riley felt his side deserved something from their trip to Northamptonshire - but hailed the "great finish" that earned a 1-0 victory for Brackley Town. The New Forest club went into the Southern Premier Division showdown as the form side on the
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Camera-shy Cherries crash out
CHERRIES limped out of the Johnstone's Paint Trophy as their Sky Sports-televised area quarter-final against MK Dons proved a major turn-off. Kevin Bond's troops made a low-key exit after two goals in the opening 14 minutes had put Paul Ince's League
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Croker shrugs off Oaks loss
OAKMEADIANS coach James Croker labelled their 14-13 defeat at high-riding Wootton Bassett as "just one of those days". They trailed 14-5 with Will Croker getting their try but Wootton replying with a touch down and three penalties. Jamie Tryska slotted
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Elford late show for Swans
ROBERT Elford felt Swanage and Wareham's pack "punched above their weight" as they beat promotion rivals Cheltenham 11-5 at home. Flanker Lewis Hughes gave the visitors a 5-0 lead with an early try in their South West Division Two East clash at Bestwall
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Dunn delighted by Cornish coup
BOURNEMOUTH coach David Dunn stressed their "outstanding" scrummaging display laid the platform for a convincing 37-3 triumph at St Ives. Lions crushed the Cornish side by running in six tries as they climbed out of the South West Division One bottom
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‘Positive response’ to appeal
AN APPEAL by detectives investigating the brutal murder of Bournemouth mother-of-two Heather Barnett has led to "a positive response". Senior investigating officer Det Supt Mark Cooper said: "We've had just over 30 calls, resulting in new lines of inquiry
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Students to hit the picket line
STUDENT protesters are planning an open-day demonstration at Bournemouth University. The students' union passed a vote calling for action on November 17 over plans to make up to 50 lecturers redundant. It also passed a vote of no confidence in vice
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Have your say on park’s world-class future
THE Purbeck public are being urged to show their support for plans to turn Durlston Country Park into a world-class tourist attraction. Proposals for the multi-million-pound development are on display in Swanage Library and at Durlston Visitor Centre
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Campaign to rid area of foie gras
RESTAURANT owners across Dorset are being urged to remove a delicacy from their menus for the sake of animal welfare. Campaigners are desperate to see foie gras outlawed due to the "brutal and barbaric" way it is obtained from ducks and geese. Adam
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A pain in the neck
GRANDMOTHER 65-year-old Denise Gill from Ferndown in Dorset knows first hand the devastating effect mouth cancer can have on a family. Her daughter Kezia Beament, 32, lost her husband to mouth cancer three years ago. Paul was an active man who did not
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Mine, all mine
WITH its unique position on the prom, with uninterrupted views and a garden to boot, no other Bournemouth hotel is so near to the sea. But no other Bournemouth hotel is like the Court Royal. It's the town's most exclusive establishment because, to go
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Mouth peace
STUDENTS are being warned of the dangers of binge drinking and smoking following an increase in the numbers of young people diagnosed with mouth cancer. People who smoke and drink face a 30 times greater risk of developing the disease, according to the
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A Lyttel goes a long way
Humphrey Lyttelton and his Band, Regent Centre, Christchurch Hurrah for Humph; at 86 he's still got that swing. The ever popular jazz trumpet star, and host of that incomparable Radio Show, may not have a clue whether he'd been to Christchurch before
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Housing price slowdown is 'pronounced'
THE Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (Rics) reports that the slowdown in the housing market is becoming more pronounced. According to their latest survey of members in England and Wales prices in October fell for the third month in a row, and
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Ears to good elf!
YOU may avoid walking under ladders, hate the number 13 and throw spilled salt over your shoulder, but some celebrities prefer to put their trust in lucky coal, necklaces... and elfin ears. Despite advances in science and technology, most of us still
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Drugs habit killed man found in street
THREE men were caught on camera carrying a drug addict's body from a flat block and leaving him in a Boscombe street. But by the time an ambulance arrived at Sea Road on October 8, two had "disappeared", a Bournemouth inquest heard yesterday. A police
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Christmas lights get a thumbs up
FERNDOWN is set to twinkle and glitter through the festive season after town councillors made an early start to their Christmas preparations. Shopkeepers on Victoria Road have said they will have a Christmas tree and the majority have agreed to supply
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Leap year
B-DOOING! I'm bouncing around the office and I feel 8 feet tall. No, I haven't been given a pay rise. I'm trying out a craze called Kangoo Jumps; a cross-training shoe with a spring system built into the sole. The idea behind them is that you limit
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Opening bands blunt Knives
Young Knives + Pete & the Pirates + The Outside Royalty, Joiners, Southampton IT is commonplace at such a gig to arrive and endure a terrible local band as the opening act. So it made a refreshing surprise to witness The Outside Royalty open the evening's
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Mixing up Easter lambs with Christmas cheer?
OH Lord! The BBC's in hot water again - and this time it's Songs of Praise at the centre of the fuss. The people who organise the filming schedule have been getting the major Christian festivals out of the way with a haste that seems almost indecent.
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Increased shops plan ‘may add to town hold-ups’
PLANS to increase shopping space in Ringwood by developing part of the Furlong car park would add to the town's traffic hold-ups, it has been claimed. Resident John Harwood, of Northfield Road, voiced his fears to the town council on the last day of
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Care home 'outside the council's remit'
A CARE home in Christchurch for half a dozen vulnerable adults with learning difficulties is to close. The Mallards in Stour Road cares for the domestic needs of six adults with learning difficulties aged from 40 to 65. Dorset County Council's head
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Top heavy
Shock rock guru Alice Cooper, legendary British rock 'n' roll hellraisers Motorhead and loud, leather-loving Joan Jett and the Blackhearts storm into Bournemouth tonight midway through their UK tour. They deliver an evening described as a "relentless
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Rod strikes lucky with quality bass
SHORE anglers continue to locate some fine bass with Rod Heath from Poole the latest to strike lucky when he targeted the Sandbanks section where he landed a number of quality fish. The best tipped the scales to 9-13. Using a combination of mackerel
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Bring cheer to children at Christmas
Today we launch the eleventh annual Daily Echo Christmas Toy Appeal. For the last decade we have called on our readers to buy an extra gift for needy children and desperate parents. You have not let us down. This year, our main concern is how to beat
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At-risk centre under spotlight
THE future of a North Dorset day centre has again come under the spotlight at County Hall. A full meeting of Dorset County Council debated the future of the Rawson Court centre in Gillingham. The facility for elderly and vulnerable people could be closed
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Miller range goes online
HAVING taken over the prestigious Sammy Miller products brand in July, Richard Jordan and Jackie Drake have launched an online mail-order website to handle over 2,000 of their current product lines. The well-established brand is traditionally known for
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Dream becomes reality as salon changes hands
ACTING on behalf of Donald and Phillip Stevens, Goadsby has sold D P Hair Design in Wimborne to Andrea Gatefield for £40,000. The premises, in Quarterjack Mews, comprise a ground-floor salon with a net sales area of 503 square feet and a staff room.
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Trolley good!
THESE two trolleybuses, numbers 99 and 297, were part of a fleet used to transport passengers around Bournemouth until the decision to phase out all electric trolleys and replace them with diesel buses in 1963. The photograph, taken on May 27 this year
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Gilbert's glory
Gilbert O'Sullivan, Lighthouse, Poole IT doesn't seem so long ago that Gilbert O'Sullivan was singing about the misery of performing to near-empty halls. So what a joy it was to see him last night acknowledging a standing ovation on the final stop of
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Into the groove
Groove Armada, BIC How many support acts do Groove Armada need anyway? Well I counted two. First up were funky noisemakers Sonny J and a cast of thousands on stage. The many members of the band played hard to a half-empty hall and sounded like an unholy
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PYRAMID SELLING?
THIS is the mystery landmark tourist attraction proposed for Poole - a giant sundial called the Solar Pyramid. Today the Daily Echo can reveal details of the enormous structure, which has been called the world's largest timepiece and the United Kingdom's
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Thanks a million... each month
SO THE Government is supposedly making £1 million every month from motorists who are fined for using their mobile phones at the wheel. Big figures, it has to be said, but should we be surprised, shocked or even sympathetic? Of course not, for when the
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Still hanging on the mobile phone
THE number of motorists caught driving while using a mobile phone has gone up again according to new figures from Dorset Police. And now police are issuing fresh warnings to drivers not to be complacent about the law which can result in a £1,000 fine
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Bond envies Ince's attacking options
KEVIN Bond admitted he would "dearly love" to have Paul Ince's attacking options ahead of tonight's Johnstone's Paint Trophy clash at Dean Court (7.45pm). The Cherries boss knows his team are in for a tough match against League Two pacesetters MK Dons
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WEMBLEY'S IN NEIL'S SIGHTS
CHERRIES star Neil Moss is itching to get his Wembley chance this season, with MK Dons the next obstacle blocking his hometown club's path to London. The veteran keeper, who has been in good form since regaining the number one jersey from Pompey loanee
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Joy for disabled as Remploy is reprieved
DISABLED workers were jubilant yesterday after the spectre of closure finally lifted from their Poole Remploy factory. Staff at the Alder Hills site, whose jobs have been threatened under cost-cutting plans all year, breathed a collective sigh of relief
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The sun’s bin shining on beach
Solar power is being successfully harnessed at Bournemouth seafront to operate new environmentally friendly recycling bins. In a revolutionary scheme, the first of its kind in the world, bins installed around the Pier Approach have been fitted with solar
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Bond envies Ince's attacking options
KEVIN Bond admitted he would "dearly love" to have Paul Ince's attacking options ahead of tonight's Johnstone's Paint Trophy clash at Dean Court (7.45pm). The Cherries boss knows his team are in for a tough match against League Two pacesetters MK Dons
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Youngster Sam out to end double jinx
SAM Vokes is hoping to fire Cherries a step closer to Wembley - and end two personal jinxes along the way. The young star got his chance in the starting XI at Barrow in the absence of the suspended Lee Bradbury, and he is again set to lead the line in
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Youngster Sam out to end double jinx
SAM Vokes is hoping to fire Cherries a step closer to Wembley - and end two personal jinxes along the way. The young star got his chance in the starting XI at Barrow in the absence of the suspended Lee Bradbury, and he is again set to lead the line in
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Davidson the star in youth team victory
JAMIE Davidson fired all four goals as Cherries' depleted youth side secured an impressive 4-0 victory at Cheltenham on Saturday. The result was made even more outstanding given that Joe Roach, Cherries' head of youth, was having to make do without eight
