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It’s the teasing of the two thousand
THE 2,000 people who turned up for Bournemouth's non-existent New Year's fireworks have had little sympathy, but plenty of ribbing, from the Daily Echo's online readers. As we reported earlier in the week, people gathered on the seafront at midnight
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Fair trade for town
BOURNEMOUTH town centre has hit back with Christmas shopper numbers up by 26 per cent in some areas. The six weeks leading up to the big day saw people back bustling round the streets after a quiet year. But Castlepoint also enjoyed its busiest ever
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Welcome for status quo on drinking laws
SPECULATION that Gordon Brown will decide not to reverse the 24-hour drinking laws has been broadly welcomed. A senior Bournemouth police officer and the chair of Bournemouth's Town Watch partnerships both agree that a U-turn on round-the-clock licensing
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Naive idea a licence to kill
BABY Archie-Lee Hirst was torn from a relative's arms and ripped to shreds by a Rottweiler. So far, so depressing. Even more depressing is the response I heard on Radio 4, from a bloke who reckons this tragedy should lead to the restoration of the dog
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Going Down?
A FRESH attempt is being made to demolish one of Bournemouth's last remaining Jewish hotels and replace it with flats. The Normandie Hotel in Manor Road, which bills itself as the UK's premier kosher hotel, could be replaced by 43 holiday flats and 10
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Hopes fading of bus strikes being halted
UNION chiefs and Wilts and Dorset bus company managers have reached an impasse and more strikes look certain to go ahead. The dispute over driving hours has raged for almost a year, and strike action over the same issue was planned but postponed last
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Middle-aged bikers ‘crash more regularly’
MIDDLE aged motorcyclists buying high-powered bikes are crashing in increasing numbers. The number of riders aged 40 to 49 being injured on Dorset's roads went up from 20 in 1996 to 48 in 2006. The findings mirror national trends as men hitting midlife
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A third more arrests over festive period
A BUSY Christmas and New Year saw police in Dorset arrest nearly a third more people for violence, antisocial behaviour and public disorder than in 2006. But Dorset's Chief Constable Martin Baker attributes the rise in arrests to early intervention and
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Care with conditions 'difficult to enforce'
PLANS which could see smokers having to quit and overweight people making an effort to diet before they get health care are being studied by Dorset's health chiefs. Gordon Brown is considering introducing a new "NHS constitution" that would enshrine
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Forgotten something?
HAVE you ever left anything behind when you checked out of a hotel - a pair of sunglasses, a phone charger, maybe a cat or perhaps even your children? After speaking to our hoteliers it appears Bournemouth and Poole's tourists have left some strange
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Essential Yogalates (Exempt) Momentum ***
IF you've already tried yoga or pilates and want to combine the benefits of both (inner peace and well-being combined with flexibility, good posture, core strength and muscle tone) this one's for you. Set in the stunning Byron Bay area of Australia,
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Latina Tone (Exempt) Universal *****
IF she can turn macho-man Yorkshire cricketer Darren Gough into a red-hot dancer, just think what she could do for your waistline! Strictly Come Dancing's Lilia Kopylova is just one of the professionals from the hit BBC show to release a fitness DVD
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Highlander – The Source (15) Momentum *
THE franchise that just won't die (unless, presumably, someone cuts off its head) limps on with this baffling offering. More a sequel to the TV spin-off series than the movies, this sees Duncan McLeod teaming up with a bunch of similarly-undying wierdoes
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Sicko (12) Optimum ****
THERE have been times in the last eight years when it has seemed like Michael Moore was the only opposition to the madness of King George Bush. Farenheit 911 and Bowling for Columbine tore holes in the right wing policies of the war on terror and gun
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Emigration not a problem here
CLAIMS that Dorset is witnessing a mass exodus of people moving abroad have been played down locally. A national newspaper, interpreting figures from the Office of National Statistics, said middle class areas were seeing populations dwindle through net
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Poole wait on Ewen answer
TOM Killick's tireless search to boost his Poole Town striking options continues, with the Dolphins boss awaiting an answer from Dave Ewen. Killick, a top non-league forward in his playing days, is expecting a decision from the New Milton Town frontman
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It shouldn't take 24 hours to give a ruling
SPEEDWAY has a long history of shooting itself in the foot and it has done it again over the Craig Watson average row'. Pirates chief Matt Ford was convinced he was able to sign his own club's asset on an assessed 3.00 average as per the figure shown
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A bit of all white
VAUXHALL has pulled the wraps off the Astra Nürburgring special edition, named after the location where much of its pre-production development was carried out. Based on the standard Astra VXR and priced at £20,995, each individually numbered Nürburgring
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Chris is relying on 'guts and bravery'
PIRATES star Chris Holder claims he will need "a lot of guts and bravery" to notch a hat-trick of Australian Championship round wins tomorrow. The 20-year-old leads the series Down Under, having romped to impressive victories at Mildura and Gillman in
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Hants quartet get England call
HAMPSHIRE'S Kevin Pietersen, Dimitri Mascarenhas and Chris Tremlett have been selected to join England's forthcoming tour of New Zealand. Michael Carberry has also been called up to the 13-man England Lions squad to tour India starting at the end of
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Topless Luker takes autotest accolade
IN LIFE they say only two things are certain - death and taxes. But to those certainties you can also add victory for Brian Luker in the Bournemouth and District Car Club New Year's Day Autotest. For as long as anyone can remember the Ensbury Park driver
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It’s costing us all deer
THE New Forest is one of the leading locations for accidents involving cars and deer. This is highlighted in a new study; The Deer Vehicle Collisions project - the first study to centrally collect data on road accidents involving deer. As many as 75,000
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Hants quartet get England call
HAMPSHIRE'S Kevin Pietersen, Dimitri Mascarenhas and Chris Tremlett have been selected to join England's forthcoming tour of New Zealand. Michael Carberry has also been called up to the 13-man England Lions squad to tour India starting at the end of
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Tom Baxter - Skybound (Sylvan/Universal) **
TOM Baxter's debut, Feather and Stone, was weighted with tunes that make you want to stop everything and just listen. Sadly, the songs weren't heard widely enough, or the public just didn't agree, and the record failed to make the impact many felt it
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Various - Now That’s What We Call Music Vol 1 (Fantastic Plastic) ****
HAVING played its part in establishing Ash, The Wannadies, The Guillemots and The Futureheads, Fantastic Plastic rounds up some of its most invigorating 7in vinyl releases on this fine sampler, its 100th release. There will be songs you like more than
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Parking cost could depend on size of car
POOLE has no plans to follow Norwich council's example and link the cost of parking permits to the length of residents' cars. But the Borough of Poole, which operates several residents' parking schemes across the borough, admits it is considering ways
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Sia - Some People Have Real Problems (Monkey Puzzle Records) ***
HAVING arrived on the scene with Zero 7, Aussie singer-songwriter Sia musters her skills for a third solo album. But, overseen by producer Jimmy Hogarth who has previously shepherded Amy Winehouse, James Morrison and Corinne Bailey Rae, things don't look
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Ryan Bingham - Mescalito (Lost Highway) ****
HE'S only 25, moved around a bit, used to be a rodeo rider - Ryan Bingham is the real deal you only have to hear him play to know it. Then he starts singing. He's the kind of guy the Kings of Leon sing about, but never got to know. Remember when the
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PS I Love You (12A) **
WITHIN the first 15 minutes of Richard LaGravenese's tepid romantic comedy, swarthy Irish musician Gerry Kennedy (Gerard Butler) dies, leaving behind his wife Holly (Hilary Swank) to contemplate a bleak future. This involves moping around their Manhattan
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Free disposal of old cars during amnesty
A NEW drive has been launched to help clear up the hundreds of abandoned cars that litter Dorset's roads. A two-month amnesty has just been launched so people with old or unwanted vehicles on their hands can take advantage of a free collection service
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Rock steady
BACK in 1938, the Portuguese ruler António Salazar hit on the idea of celebrating his country's rural way of life and duly sponsored a nationwide competition to find "the most Portuguese of Portuguese villages". The vote was won by Monsanto, a quiet
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Middlo hoping to keep GB job
PIRATES manager Neil Middleditch hopes BSPA chiefs will give him a happy birthday on Monday and confirm him as Team Great Britain boss for 2008. The Poole legend, who will be 51-years-old, is set for talks with the sport's governing body on the future
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Dad, 47, dressed in stockings to flash at teenager
A RESPECTED businessman caught flashing at a teenage girl was wearing white stockings, suspenders and jazz shoes when he was arrested in Swanage. Father-of-one Michael Willshire, managing director of an aluminium products company, also donned a blond
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Warren: Team is the first priorty
WIMBORNE Town player-boss Christer Warren has defended his decision to drop master marksman Scott Joyce, claiming he will always put the club ahead of individuals. The Wessex Premier Division's leading scorer returned to the Magpies starting line-up
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Kemp looking to make double swoop
GRAHAM Kemp is keen to add to his midfield resources after snapping up Ross Edwards and making a move for Andy Borthwick. Former Poole, Bournemouth Poppies and Wimborne Town player Edwards has joined the Hurn Bridge outfit, while boss Kemp is waiting
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Castle back in Bash reckoning
BASHLEY assistant boss Eddie Harper admitted he and manager Steve Riley had a tough decision ahead of them, with star defender Pete Castle pushing for a recall following a one-match ban. Former Reading star Castle missed the 1-0 win over Swindon Supermarine
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RYAN'S ON COURSE
LUCKLESS Cherries star Ryan Garry has been handed a welcome double boost as he continues to make good progress on the long road to recovery. The accomplished defender has been sidelined for almost four months after sustaining a broken right leg just
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Lions face 'massive' game
LIONS will be aiming to complete a vital double when they start 2008 with a trip to Reading in South West One tomorrow (2.30pm). David Dunn's strugglers ended a run of seven straight league defeats when they drubbed the Berkshire outfit 31-17 at Chapel
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Swans return to Bestwall action
SWANAGE and Wareham return to action against Bletchley at Bestwall in South West Two East tomorrow (2.15pm) - after an extended Christmas break. The Bestwall side's league clash against Cheltenham on December 1 was postponed, meaning Robert Elford's
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Fury over pyramid plans
PROTESTERS against a controversial Solar Pyramid proposed for Poole were celebrating on Thursday night after winning the first stage of their fight. Councillors rejected Poole cabinet's decision to approve spending up to £40,000 on a feasibility study
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MORE STRIKES AHEAD
STRIKE action brought Wilts & Dorset bus services to a halt on Thursday - and the disruption is set to get worse. Hundreds of bus drivers across the area went on strike in a dispute over the number of hours bus drivers work without a break. With no
