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Spatial delivery for town future
REGIONAL plans for the future development of Christchurch have been met with a mixture of relief and disappointment at the Civic Offices. The panel which heard last year's long-running examination in public of the south-west regional spatial strategy
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Attraction needed to improve tourism
POOLE'S head of tourism believes the town must look to a major new attraction to enable it to compete with local rivals and cheap trips abroad. Graham Richardson said he remained "open-minded" to what type of attraction may be suitable after plans for
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A fair Exchange...
Dorset, My Dorset - Bonny Sartin, The Exchange, Sturminster Newton BEST known as a founder member of veteran Dorset folk group The Yetties, Bonny Sartin proved a popular attraction when he appeared at newly opened Sturminster Newton venue The Exchange
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Nothing ‘wobbly’ about jokes
Francesca Martinez, Tivoli Theatre, Wimborne I'VE discovered I like nothing better than laughing at disabled people. Trouble is that for many years it has been socially unacceptable. Well it's not. Not if the self-proclaimed "wobbly" comedienne is
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Quiet beauty
APPLES and walnuts - a strange combination maybe, but that's how I'll remember the Limousin area of France that I first visited last autumn. Limoges, the main town of the region, is famous for porcelain, but the area, like most parts of France, is very
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Home grown
FOR The Beatles, it was John and Paul's meeting at a Liverpool garden fete; the Sex Pistols, the Kings Road in Chelsea; Radiohead, public school in Oxfordshire. If the start of the Air Traffic fable can be pinpointed to a specific location, Mudeford
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Non-residents tip ban set to be lifted
RESIDENTS from all across Dorset are set to be re-admitted to Millhams tip - four years after they were controversially banned. The decision to ban non-Bournemouth residents from using the tip caused uproar when it was first introduced in 2004. Under
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FREE FOR ALL?
"PUT a million pounds in the pot and scrap town centre car park fees." That's the suggestion put forward by a Bournemouth trader as the council considers how to entice more shoppers to the town centre. In a bid to halt the loss of customers to Castlepoint
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Zorro ready to answer call
POOLE chief Matt Ford believes Magnus Zetterstrom will help the club if they get into a tight squeeze this year. The Wimborne Road supremo revealed the Swede was in a pool of riders who he could turn to for help if Castle Cover Pirates were hit by injuries
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'LET'S STICK TOGETHER'
WARREN Cummings has emphasised the desire of Cherries' players to remain unified in the face of the ailing club's off-field difficulties. Former Chelsea trainee Cummings, who signed a permanent deal with Cherries in 2003 after two loan spells on the
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Partington's push for senior start
EMERGING talent Joe Partington says he is determined to fulfil his burning ambition and break into Cherries' starting line-up. The 17-year-old central midfielder has produced commanding performances for the youth team this season and is highly thought
