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'Complete' Bash ease past Bromsgrove
BASHLEY boss Steve Riley labelled their big win over Bromsgrove a "complete performance". Two goals in each half, from Chris Knowles, Danny Smith, Richard Gillespie and Ryan Moss, boosted the New Forester's play-off hopes. It left Riley drooling ahead
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Priory denied by defensive magic
A LATE goal line clearance by Kevin Brewster denied Christchurch a surprise point at championship-chasing Vospers as Graham Kemp's men tried to prove their boss wrong. Kemp, who won the Wessex League title with Lymington and New Milton, had torn into
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Magpies throw points away
DEFLATED Wimborne player-manager Christer Warren was not amused after his side failed to defend a 1-0 lead at Grigg Lane in front of a 224 crowd. Goal machine Scott Joyce headed them in front in the 27th minute, but after Steve Whitcher had twice gone
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Poole title hopes in tatters
POOLE Town's title hopes look as though they are in tatters after Taffy Richardson had a late goal' disallowed for offside. The experienced campaigner slotted home with about 10 minutes to go after receiving a pass from Trefor Smith. But the effort
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Strong off in stalemate
POPPIES play-maker Steve Strong controversially saw red in the 15th minute as their title hopes nose-dived at Victoria Park. The former Cherries midfielder got his marching orders for an alleged "two footed" tackle, a decision the home side felt was
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Ringwood keep survival hopes alive
RINGWOOD are hanging on to their top-flight status by the skin of their teeth after striker Dan Baguley hit the winner against his former club. Baguley, released by Hammers earlier this year, headed Mark Burrett's free kick past United goalkeeper Martin
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Murray strike seals Verwood win
MIDFIELDER James Murray grabbed Verwood's late second goal to make this game safe and keep their promotion drive in top gear. The left-sided player, who has just broken into the first team at Potterne Park, added to Paul Arnold's first-half strike for
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Short ’n’ sweet
"Short people got no reason to live." So said Randy Newman in his 1977 single Short People - a song so controversial, it very nearly became illegal to play it in the American state of Maryland. The song is a tongue-in-cheek examination of those shorter
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Cameron and the chain gang
DAVID Cameron's brush with the law over his transgressions while cycling to work are unlikely to affect his chances of being the next Prime Minister. He has probably ensured the vote of the bike lobby is in the bag and at the same time enhanced his green
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Ready to sail into history...
A DORSET explorer is to embark on an epic voyage around Africa in a replica of a 2,500-year-old ship in a bid to solve an archaeological puzzle. Philip Beale, 47, is trying to prove that the Phoenicians, an ancient civilisation that lived around the
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Anger at ‘tiny’ sign of wheel clampers
A COMMUNITY stalwart has hit out after dozens of drivers fell foul of the dreaded wheel clampers behind Parkstone's Ashley Road shops. The only warning in the service area, accessed through Jubilee Road, is a "tiny sign" atop a 12ft post, but unsurprisingly
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Scrubbing up well in top 100
LUSH, the Poole based manufacturer and retailer of fresh handmade cosmetics, is 50th in "The Sunday Times 100 Best Companies To Work For 2008. This is an improvement of 18 places compared to 2007. UK retail director Liz Bennett said: "I'm so pleased
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Spot the difference in Priestfield show
THE great British weather and Cherries on their travels are strange things. As Kevin Bond's charges toiled in deepest Kent on Saturday afternoon, the battle-hardened Cherries faithful sat brutally exposed at one end of a bitterly cold Priestfield Stadium
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BENTLEY DRIVER DIES ON SPUR ROAD
A MAN has died following a collision between two vehicles on the A338 Spur Road on Saturday evening. The smash occurred at around 9.44pm on the southbound lane around 1.5 miles from the Ashley Heath roundabout between a blue Bentley and a blue Toyota
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MAN DIES IN HOUSE BLAZE
AN ELDERLY man has died and his wife is fighting for life in intensive care following a blaze at their Parkstone home. The 83-year old husband died at Poole hospital, half an hour after firefighters rushed to the bungalow in Cynthia Road, Newtown, Poole
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Approval for Triangle plans against advice
Civic chiefs have approved plans for 14 flats and two retail units in Bournemouth's Triangle area which will involve demolishing part of a listed building. Members of the borough's planning board voted against their officer's recommendation that they
