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On the road to Sat Nav defeat
I'M finally giving in, admitting defeat and waving the white flag of surrender - I need a Sat Nav. Call it what you will - a Sat Nav, a Tom Tom - whatever. But the long and short of it is I don't think I can go on any longer without one of these popular
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Star-crossed learners
ONE has a heavenly body. One IS a heavenly body. But according to a new survey, most British children couldn't identify the picture on the left as the moon. But they could identify the other as David Beckham. Researchers working for a British toy company
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A new lease of life
A PART of Poole's history re-opened for Easter with a smart new look. The former lifeboat station at the eastern end of the Quay, now a museum, has been given a £50,000 makeover. All the redecorating efforts were almost undone by the recent storms,
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New appeal to fund Shonia’s Beijing trip
A NEW fundraising drive to enable a nine-year-old Bournemouth girl to have further stem cell treatment for her cerebral palsy is now underway. Last year, Shonia Tahiliani travelled to Beijing in China to receive a series of injections of cells grown
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Link between a Rock and a beautiful place
STRONGER links are being sought between Poole and the sun-soaked rock where Europe meets Africa. The British Dominion of Gibraltar and the South Coast town are proposing to sign a Memorandum of Understanding to develop relations and boost contact. Strong
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Campaign against poachers who kill 50,000 deer a year
A CHARITY is to launch a major anti-poaching campaign following shocking findings that up to 50,000 deer each year are killed by poachers. Increasing numbers of the animals are illegally killed by night-time poachers and also illegal bloodsports fanatics
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Algarve oasis
WE sat in strained silence in the back of the cab, wondering if our Portuguese taxi driver was taking us for a ride in more ways than one! Neither of us had been to the Algarve before, so we didn't know what to expect, and as we'd both forgotten our
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Pure & Semple
STUART Semple, Bournemouth-born enfant terrible of British Art, can't let a day go by without working because a part of him fears it might just be his last. "Well, yes, it's that stark," he says. "I had a really bad allergic reaction to something I
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Mind games
"I AM often dishonest in my techniques but I'm always honest about my dishonesty." So says master of mind control Derren Brown of his unique brand of psychological magic and showmanship. Born in Croydon in 1971, he traces his interest in the field back
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Time called on two town centre bars
TIME has been called on two of Bournemouth's town centre bars amid claims that the effect of the smoking ban has begun to bite. Label, on Old Christchurch Road, and Bar Med, on St Peter's Road, will pull their last pint tomorrow night. Owner Laurel
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Ex-staff will be fired up at news
I remember taking a couple of phone calls at the Echo newsdesk from the new management at Poole Pottery at the time of the controversial takeover in August 2006. Representatives of the owners expressed their displeasure at the negative' publicity in
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Pottery pair spent £50,000
TWO former directors of Poole Pottery were paid tens of thousands of pounds and spent more than £50,000 on company credit cards as the pottery spiralled towards collapse, the Daily Echo can reveal. Documents seen by the Echo show that just days after
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Pirates sweat on Zabik tests
KAROL Zabik could be out for six weeks if doctors confirm he has broken his scaphoid in a Polish hospital later today. Pirates' second string fell heavily and sustained a suspected break during their 51-43 home Craven Shield win over Eastbourne yesterday
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Cold brings a quiet start to weekend
YOU might have been forgiven for thinking the weather forecasters had got it wrong if you were down at Bournemouth seafront yesterday. This year's early Easter has seen forecasts of icy temperatures and even a 40 per cent chance of snow. However, despite
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600 hospital patients hit by sickness bug
MORE than 600 patients at the Royal Bournemouth and Christchurch Hospitals have now been affected by norovirus since the current outbreak began. As the Daily Echo reported yesterday , trust officials are admitting the outbreak has been its most sustained
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'SAM WILL STAY THIS TERM'
BOSS Kevin Bond is confident Cherries can keep Sam Vokes's army of suitors at bay ahead of next week's loan transfer deadline. The sought-after striker has been attracting interest from a number of clubs, with Premiership big guns Newcastle, Everton
