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Cigarette display ban 'nail in coffin' for shops
PROPOSALS to ban shopkeepers from displaying cigarettes in a bid to discourage smoking have received a mixed reaction. The Department of Health is launching a consultation later this spring to look at ways to stop people, in particular children, from
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Eye test revealed brave Joe's cancer
JUST a few months ago little Joe Davison was like any other energetic 11-year-old who loved computer games and football. But the family of Hall Road, Kinson, was left reeling after a routine eye test at the opticians at Asda Castlepoint led to Joe being
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My top 10 best-ever world's greatest reasons for taking lists with a pinch of salt
LISTS and surveys, where would we be without them? Certainly the folks at Channel Four would have a hard time filling their Saturday night schedules without the 50 Best TV On/Off Switches; and where would Q magazine be without its latest list of the
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Police catch 450 drivers on phone
DORSET Police handed out 450 fixed penalty tickets last year to drivers caught using a mobile phone behind the wheel. They say motorists who continue to flout the law by using their phones are putting road users' lives at risk. Research has shown that
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Verwood hit by late strike
VERWOOD boss Adie Arnold blasted his side for "wasting a lifeline" after they fell to a last-gasp goal. The visitors had gone ahead with 15 minutes to go as Town struggled badly. But Chris Lynch was harshly ruled to have been brought down inside the
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Taylor gutted with a draw
RINGWOOD boss Jy Taylor admitted he was "absolutely gutted" after he felt they threw away two points at basement boys Downton. Dan Baguley scored with a cracking 20-yard free kick and Dave Sajic restored their lead with 20-yard deflected shot. Baguley
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Glasspool strike dents Linnets
SUBSTITUTE Zac Glasspool got the decider with his first touch as Christchurch sneaked a win at Fawcett's Field. He replaced Russell Cook in the 80th minute and immediately bagged the winner to condemn relegation-threatened New Milton to agony. Christchurch
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Is £7,000 small change?
I WAS sitting in a library in London many years ago, idling through some press cuttings when, idiotically, I twiddled a ballpoint pen in my ear. And that little plastic bit at the top fell down my earhole. Holding back the panic, I ended up in Casualty
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Conman back in prison thanks to his 'staff'
A CONVICTED conman who set up three companies and a string of bogus bank accounts after being declared bankrupt is back behind bars. Smooth-talking trickster Christopher Poulton, 26, admitted 14 bankruptcy, fraud and money laundering offences between
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Foote’s six of the best fells hapless Foresters
WALLISDOWN Liberal six-shooter Terry Foote gunned down Foresters Arms when the Hayward Sunday Premier League leaders handed out an 8-0 trouncing with Mark Reilly and Marc Scrimshaw completing the rout. Reigning champions Bournemouth Electric just got
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Winders treble puts Knob second
UNBEATEN Dorset Knob replace St Andrews in the runners-up spot in Division Three of the Hayward Saturday League after upending the Saints 4-1 courtesy of an Anthony Winders hat-trick and a goal from Wayne Smith. Dorset Knob will turn their attention
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Gillespie dazzles for Bash
BASHLEY'S leading scorer Richard Gillespie turned goal maker as two first-half strikes strengthened their play-off push. Gillespie has netted 17 times this season despite spending a spell on the sidelines through injury. But his dazzling footwork out
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Gillespie dazzles for Bash
BASHLEY'S leading scorer Richard Gillespie turned goal maker as two first-half strikes strengthened their play-off push. Gillespie has netted 17 times this season despite spending a spell on the sidelines through injury. But his dazzling footwork out
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Blowin’ in the wind...
SUPPORTERS of the planned East Stoke wind farm launched their campaign to champion green energy on Saturday. The "Say Yes to Wind Power" group, who are backing plans to site six turbines at Masters Pitt, Puddletown Road, hosted an awareness day in Wareham
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Idol worshipping
After the resounding success of 2004's Breakaway album, Kelly Clarkson is back with her long awaited new album My December. Although sporting a new sound, she is still just as popular with her fans, evident from hits like Breakaway and a breathtaking
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Below-inflation wage rises ‘norm’ for most
PAY rises in Dorset have remained at an average of 3.5 per cent in recent months, "firmly parked" below headline inflation, says a new report. Pay analysts IRS said below-inflation increases appeared to be the norm for most workers because of the economic
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Warning of 'green crunch'
A RAFT of new "green" regulations mean the property sector should brace itself for a year of "double crunch," according to a leading expert. Dr Angus McIntosh, head of research at international property consultants King Sturge, warned an audience of
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Youngsters shine in Rovers victory
IN a season of few highs, Cherries fans may have been treated to a glimpse into the future as some of the club's fledglings hatched an Easter cracker yesterday. Four of Joe Roach's current crop of impressive youth team players featured as Cherries pulled
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In Dodd we trust
Ken Dodd Happiness Show, Pavilion, Bournemouth DODDY'S recent TV exposure marking his 80th birthday has attracted a broader and younger audience to his shows with both Easter weekend Bournemouth dates totally sold out. And despite recent surgery for
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BODY FOUND IN RIVER
POLICE were called to the River Stour at Iford on Sunday afternoon following reports that a body had been spotted in the water. A police dinghy was launched at around 4pm and found a body underneath the old Iford bridge by Old Bridge Road at Iford Bridge
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Lunch money
DO you know how much you fork out for your lunch? Based on an average outgoing of £4 per day, you'll spend £20 each week, nearly £1000 each year and over £38,000 on midday munchies during your working life. That's more than our average annual national
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All the latest food news
Fancy a slap up meal at the F Word restaurant? Gordon Ramsay's hit television series is back for a fourth series on Channel 4 and they're looking for the nation's liveliest and most enthusiastic food lovers for an incredible evening of food and entertainment
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Amalfi, The Wessex Hotel, Bournemouth
GENUINE Italian restaurants owned and run by Italians are few and far between, but the Amalfi, tucked underneath the Wessex Hotel on West Cliff Road, Bournemouth, may just be one of the great undiscovered secrets in the county. Mind you, undiscovered
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Trapped woman freed from burning house
A WOMAN was led to safety by firefighters after calling them for help while trapped in a burning house. Firefighters were alerted to the blaze at around 2.12am yesterday in the house in Gladstone Road West, Boscombe, by quick-thinking police officers
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FIRE TRAGEDY
AN ELDERLY man has died and his wife is fighting for life in intensive care following a blaze at their home. The 83-year old died at Poole Hospital half an hour after firefighters rushed to the couple's bungalow in Cynthia Road, Newtown, Poole. The
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Zabik key to Shield quest
PIRATES chief Matt Ford has stressed Karol Zabik is "crucial" to the club's Craven Shield aspirations. But at the same time Poole Castle Cover's co-promoter admitted he wants the injured Pole to make sure he is fully fit if he declares he can return
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Parents urged to look for support
PARENTS whose children "rule the classroom" with manipulative behaviour are being encouraged by South Dorset MP Jim Knight to seek support. A report by the National Union of Teachers revealed that a minority of youngsters threw tantrums, swore and were
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HIT BY THE RULES
BOSS Kevin Bond has expressed his "frustration" at the game's rule-makers over Cherries' hectic Easter programme and Sam Vokes's international call-up for Wales. Bond is unhappy that today's opponents Tranmere Rovers were allowed a four-day break between
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Bond's tactical choices of two halves
KEVIN Bond did not need reminding. As he headed back to the ground floor after giving his post-match press conference, Bond wisely opted to take four flights of stairs rather than the lift. It was understandable because, following this latest defeat,
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£500,000 bridge over little-used rail track
It may be used by only two trains a week, but a branch railway line in Poole will have to have a £ million bridge to enable pedestrians to cross. Hamworthy residents have long been awaiting a crossing of the track that leads to the port but Network Rail
