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Top rider Davey hits out at ‘stupid’ rules
DAVEY Watt has labelled the qualifying rules for the Elite League Riders' Championship as "stupid" after only being called up late to represent Pirates because of injury. Poole Castle Cover captain Bjarne Pedersen was originally due to line up for the
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Top rider Davey hits out at ‘stupid’ rules
DAVEY Watt has labelled the qualifying rules for the Elite League Riders' Championship as "stupid" after only being called up late to represent Pirates because of injury. Poole Castle Cover captain Bjarne Pedersen was originally due to line up for the
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Signs look good for an end to rubbish drivers
MERLEY residents sick of rubbish drivers are aiming to confine speeding to the bin with a bold new approach. Speed notices will be stuck to wheelie bins in Rempstone Road to remind motorists of the 30mph limit. Residents have joined forces with officers
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Professor in marks case win ‘should get job back’
A PROFESSOR who resigned after Bournemouth University re-marked work which he had failed has won an employment tribunal. Now the lecturers' union has called on the university to give Prof Paul Buckland his job back. Prof Buckland, along with a co-examiner
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Fears someone will meet their Waterloo
AN accident is waiting to happen on a Corfe Mullen road, according to a councillor. Derek Alcock fears that motorists swerving to avoid standing water from a blocked drainage ditch on Waterloo Road will come to grief. He said that water had been standing
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Landfill fund pays for new play area
A BIG cash hand-out is to pay for a major revamp of a children's playground in Wareham. Viridor Credits, the charitable arm of the firm that runs the Tatchells landfill site, has donated the entire £36,230 cost of improving the play area at Mistover
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Parking ticket refunds brisk business at pub
THE landlady who brought in a company to issue £75 parking charges in her car park has now cancelled more than 800 tickets. Christine and William Shade of the White Heather pub on Ringwood Road, Ferndown, employed NuPark Car Parks Ltd after the car park
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Wild thing?
IT'S more than 150 years since the first recorded sighting of a big cat in Dorset. Still, the possibility of large feline beasts continues to intrigue us and every few months a sighting prompts another cat flap as enthusiasts take to the trailways in
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Grey matter!
I'VE never thought of myself as Mensa material and now I know for sure after I pitted my wits against Reg Noquet from Swanage. Reg is celebrating after being accepted into the high IQ society at the age of 93, which is quite an achievement by anyone's
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MP leads march to save post office
CHARLTON Marshall people will vote with their feet on Saturday against plans to close their post office counter. Villagers will take to the streets in a protest march to the next nearest post office not threatened by closure. Elderly and disabled people
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Man died in fire despite alarms
DISTRAUGHT neighbours of a man who died in a Poole flat fire were woken by the communal fire alarm, but turned it off thinking someone had simply burned some toast. Tragically, toxic fumes from a slow burning fire - sparked by an electrical fault on
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Bournemouth airport owner shows interest in landing Gatwick deal
BOURNEMOUTH International Airport may soon have a sister departure point just two hours away - Gatwick, the world's second business aircraft destination. The association could come about after competition chiefs this week proposed the break-up of BAA's
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Refund proposals are just a gimmick claim
A PROPOSED scheme that could allow householders to claim a rebate if their local council fails to deliver key services has been dismissed as "a gimmick". Tobias Ellwood, Conservative MP for Bournemouth East, said the government should fund all local
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Greyhound meets his s-owl mate
A GREYHOUND and owl have formed a bizarre friendship at an animal centre. The six-month-old dog Torque adopted tiny baby owl Shrek when she was taken from her mother for her own protection aged three days. Keepers feared Shrek's mother would eat her
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Exposing the reality of ‘good’ breeding?
Tuesday night's BBC programme, two years in the making, on the effects of pedigree dog breeding on the animals' welfare revealed what many animal lovers have known for decades. That the interbreeding and/or selective breeding prevalent in parts of the
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School mentors are a mediate success
SCHOOLchildren in Bournemouth trained to be peer mediators and now have special dens in which to operate. At Bethany Junior and St Clement's and St John's Infant School, 30 children have completed the four day training to become mediators, helping their
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Poole fest among holiday highlights
THE summer weather may not have lived up to expectations so far but this weekend the sun is set to shine on a host of activities across the area. The fifth annual Poole Park Fest heads up an impressive array of entertainment designed to ensure holidaymakers
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Gloria’s plea for charity run cash
TV presenter Gloria Huniford has appealed to women who took part in this year's Race for Life events and have yet to send in their sponsorship money. Women and children of all ages took part in the four popular 5km events in Poole Park and Bournemouth
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Missing bassist, er... not missing!
A FEW eyebrows were raised recently when it was revealed local new wave group Tours could reform - 28 years after they split. And the band's guitarist Richard Mazda got in touch with the Echo to say they'd lost their bass player, Steve Jeff. It came
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Striking pier into the heart of community
THE new "boss" of Bournemouth's pier complex Steve Cutbush felt his world crashing down as he received a text message reading: "Pier burning down - turn on BBC news now!" Fortunately for him it was Weston-super-Mare pier that the message related to.
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Motoring misery after crash
Check latest traffic news in Dorset MOTORING misery descended on drivers bound for the Gillingham and Shaftesbury show today after a section of the A350 near Blandford was closed for more than two hours. Traffic ground to a halt after police closed
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Food for thought
Alcohol: are you a binger? Warnings about excessive binge drinking abound but social drinkers' like to comfort themselves by claiming that wine may reduce the risk of heart disease. The reality is that in 1997 the World Health Organisation concluded
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Centre cash plea to keep the past alive
"INVEST in the future, preserve the past." That's the message from staff at a museum in the centre of Wimborne hoping to persuade the business community to back its campaign for a new learning centre. Volunteers at the Priest's House Museum on the minster
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Springboard to being greener
SMALL businesses in Dorset with innovative ideas for combating climate change are being urged to enter a programme which could see them gaining £40,000 of funding to realise their vision. Shell, the global group of oil, gas and petrochemical companies
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Software firm boosts portfolio in takeover
BRITAIN'S largest privately owned software company has expanded its business acquisitions to boost its Bournemouth-based financial management systems division. Iris software has taken over Kent-based 5 Star Computer Systems Limited, a leading reseller
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More mileage yet in dating songbook
The Bachelors: Pier Theatre, Bournemouth. Why wait for Charmaine when there's always Marie, Ramona, Diane and all the others. Anyone who remembers the sixties will know those girls' names as the titles of the Bachelor's hits that followed one after
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Almost tatty bye for Gary’s gang!
GOODNESS, Gracious, Great Balls of Fire! The cast of That'll Be the Day (TBTD) are often billed as the hottest show in town but when their theatre dressing room went up in flames this week it was not the blaze of glory that they welcome. In fact as the
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Hard work ahead as £1m hall is approved
THE dilapidated Druitt Hall in Christchurch town centre will be demolished and replaced with a brand-new two-storey building after getting the go-ahead from Christchurch Borough Council. Councillors on the planning control committee gave their unanimous
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FLOOD RISK HITS HOME
HUGE swathes of Poole could be out of bounds to developers due to the threat of flooding related to climate change. With sea levels predicted to rise significantly in the next century, prime development hotspots such as the town centre, Hamworthy and
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U'S JOIN KUFFOUR CHASE
COLCHESTER United look set to join the race for Jo Kuffour, with the Essex side likely to battle it out with Bristol Rovers for the Cherries star's signature. Kuffour, who was the club's leading goalscorer last season, handed in a transfer request on
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Roadside ad for fair sparks driver fears
TRAFFIC chiefs are investigating an illegally placed trailer advertising Funderworld theme park, which one road expert has branded a traffic hazard. Anxious drivers contacted the Daily Echo after spotting it in a layby southbound on the spur road just
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Carr debt blamed as firm goes bust
A BUILDING firm has gone bust, blaming unpaid money owed by Richard Carr's collapsed property empire. TW Building Southern Ltd was put into administration on Monday with debts estimated at around £500,000. Former owner Paul Rumble, 43, told the Echo
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Demand to reform tax system
A BUSINESS forum is urging the government to reform the tax system in a bid to help small businesses in Dorset tackle the credit crunch. Research undertaken by the accountancy information provider CCH indicates that tax professionals believe the government
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Housing plan ‘tragic attack on green belt’
PROTEST groups have launched a campaign against government plans for nearly 50,000 new homes in South East Dorset, which they say would be a "tragic attack" on the area's green belt. Hazel Blears, secretary of state for communities and local government
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Bad luck Liz's downfall
BRAVE Liz Yelling remained in good spirits despite the only eventuality she hadn't planned for - back luck - ruining her Olympic marathon dream. The Parkstone-based athlete had enjoyed a perfect preparation for the gruelling event and was hopeful of
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Grossly tarnished Glitter
TO my eyes, the sight of Gary Glitter makes a gutter slug look lovable. It's not his appearance that makes me recoil. It is the knowledge that he molested children, aged 10 and 11. Once people looked up to Glitter (who has just been freed from a Vietnam
