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Carole to run 1,200 miles
RUNNING 1,200 miles from Lands End to John O'Groats is an incredible feat. But imagine doing it entirely alone and with no back-up team to help if things go wrong. That's what gutsy Carole Loader of Willow Mead Road Throop has challenged herself to
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GRADEL DOUBLE DOWNS LIONS
MAXI Gradel's second-half double continued Cherries' fine run of home form, as Kevin Bond's charges added to Millwall's relegation fears at Dean Court. And with Crewe losing 2-1 at Luton, Cherries' 12-point deficit is now down to nine points. Bond's
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Youth worker fighting for her reinstatement
A YOUTH worker suspended from her duties at a Blandford community centre says she just wants to get on with her job. Michelle Hepple, 38, of East Street, was suspended from her job at the Treads centre on February 7, but cannot say why. Users of the
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Will you please get off my case?
BREAKFAST in London, lunch in New York, luggage in Beirut. Baggage systems at Heathrow have often come in for some stick, but it's hard to believe that anything could have gone more wrong than the opening of the new Terminal Five. Having said that,
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High rolling
IT was the perfect end to a perfect day, looking out of the train at the awe-inspiring 4,478m peak of the Matterhorn. I was aboard the Glacier Express, winding its way up towards Zermatt, when one of Europe's legendary mountains suddenly loomed into
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Time for tea
AFTER years standing in the shade of American-style super skinny lattes, frappuccinos and on-the-run espresso shots, it seems the quintessential English afternoon tea is making a comeback. A recent report by analysts Mintel found that around £115m-worth
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Heroes of the highway
LUNCHTIME and I'm parked up in the corner of a petrol station forecourt with RAC patrolman Matt Wilkinson. As we chat and eat our chicken fajitas, there's a loud knock on the van window. Matt leans out to speak to a distressed motorist who's petrified
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Bond sweating on leading strike duo
KEVIN Bond looks set to conduct a pre-match roll call ahead of Cherries' League One clash against Millwall today - with strikers Sam Vokes and Jo Kuffour both doubts. Teenager Vokes returned from international duty nursing a sore knee, while Kuffour
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Allowances 'may be shown online'
DETAILS of the allowances and expenses paid to each Bournemouth councillor could soon be published online for everyone to see. Following the recent controversy over massive increases in councillors' "pay", it is suggested that the council needs to be
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OK, SO I WAS SPEEDING...
A DRIVER is fighting a speeding ticket after a camera nabbed him dashing to hospital while his wife was in labour in the passenger seat. Chris Walton appeared before magistrates to contest the ticket after being snapped doing 37mph in a 30mph zone just
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Lottery label angers Middlo
NEIL Middleditch has hit back at Alun Rossiter after Swindon's boss had labelled Poole's big home win over his side a "lottery". Rossiter claimed gates two and four "were nothing short of a disgrace" following Robins' 54-39 reverse at Wimborne Road in
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Mostyn: Put up or shut up
JEFF Mostyn has urged any rival bidders for AFC Bourne-mouth to put up or shut up. Mostyn's offer to buy the club was the only formal bid received by administrator Gerald Krasner and was subsequently accepted, in principle. But as the finer details
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‘We’ll be open soon’ pledge pub owners after fire
THE joint owner of the fire-ravaged Woolpack pub at Sopley has promised it will be open again as soon as possible. Di Hankins, who runs the historic pub with sister Jo, said: "We've had fires and floods before and we've been up and running in a day.
