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The high life!
ALL eyes turned skywards at 2pm on Thursday when a throaty roar heralded the arrival of the historic RAF Battle of Britain Memorial Flight - and the long-awaited opening of the first Bournemouth Air Festival. The stately Lancaster - one of only two still
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Hopping mad
SUNDAYS are often spent in a pub watching football, where I shout at the supremely fit athletes on TV for not doing what they should, without a single thought for the irony of the situation, with me barking orders from a comfy chair and swilling lager
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Dismay after day nursery ‘goes bust’
A POPULAR day nursery in Christchurch has closed suddenly, leaving many parents without childcare and staff jobless. Unpaid fees and mounting debts have been blamed for the shock closure. More than 25 parents turned up at Amethyst Day Nursery on Tuesday
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Family firm to make way for supermarket
A LONG-running family business in Christchurch is set to move from its premises in Somerford Road to make way for the low-cost supermarket, Lidl. Purewell Electrical will be moving out of its expansive warehouse site in the next two years to make way
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‘The health of our young is a priority’
EXPERTS in Dorset have attacked claims that a "teenage time bomb" is being created because of the government's alleged neglect of young people's health. Data compiled by the Conservative Party says soaring numbers of youngsters nationally are being admitted
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Tower saved from sea set to reopen
A HISTORIC tower was due to reopen on August 29 after it was rebuilt brick by brick to stop it falling in to the sea. Clavell Tower was perched perilously close to the cliff edge at Kimmeridge Bay and was at risk of a watery grave thanks to coastal erosion
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Hunt for pervert who targets lone women
A SCRUFFY sex offender with discoloured teeth is being hunted by police following a series of incidents in north Bournemouth. At least eight women have been targeted by the man whose crimes range from sexual touching to inappropriate sexual comments.
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Steam fair puts on show for mayors
A CHAIN gang was among the guests at the second day of the Great Dorset Steam Fair. The visitors to the 600-acre site near Blandford weren't convicts, however, but civic leaders from across the district wearing their chains of office. The mayors had
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Ace in the sky!
Done anything exciting today? It's a question my husband often asks me because the nature of my job means that I'm never quite sure what each day will bring. On this particular occasion I beamed at him and declared, "Well ... I've looped the loop three
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Misera-Poole?
SANDBANKS, golden beaches, top-class state education and a highly-rated hospital. What's not to like about living in Poole? Plenty, according to its residents, who have just rated themselves among the most miserable people in Britain. According to the
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Darren breaks national duck
DARREN Shepherd (Primera) scored his first ever national level win at the fourth round of the mountain bike National Points Series at Eastridge in Shropshire. After an early season win at Gorrick, Shepherd has struggled against the might of the ridebike.co.uk
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Thank you for the musical
THE makers called it the feelgood event of the summer. But even they couldn't have predicted just how big the film of the smash hit musical Mamma Mia! would become. While the rain poured down, moviegoers poured in to see the musical about a family wedding
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Coffee shop plan sparks row with cafe next door
A CHARITY that supplies furniture to the needy has fallen foul of New Forest planning officers after it set up a cafe in New Milton high street. Dorcas New Forest closed its donated secondhand furniture and white goods shop in Whitefield Road and opened
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South west top of the table for 'vantrepreneurs'
Specialist website, Vansunited.co.uk say females make up a third of the 3.2m entrepreneurs in the UK and over a third of van owners are now women. The new breed - labelled "vantrepreneurs" - signifys a considerable shift in the number of women using
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...and there’s more at night
THE Air Festival fun doesn't stop with the roar of the planes. Entertainment continues into the evening with Flight Nights tonight until Saturday. Following the success of this summer's Friday Night Family Fiesta, superheroes including Batman and Superman
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Zooming in to curb crime in suburbs
Law-breakers in Charminster will run the risk of being caught on camera from October and in neighbouring Winton CCTV cameras will go live by the end of the year. The new cameras in Bournemouth's suburbs will form part of the borough council's £2.2 million
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Fury as clampers catch out shocked pensioners
DOZENS of pensioners and other shoppers have been caught out by clampers in Winton. Clamping has only recently been introduced to a car parking area in Latimer Road, which users claim has provided free parking for the last 10 years. Although signs are
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‘Bridge gap in congested road system’
UPTON residents who fear gridlock on their roads demonstrated in favour of Poole's delayed second bridge. Placard-waving protestors gathered at the Blandford Road boundary between Poole and Purbeck to parade their concerns as lorries thundered past.
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CONNELL DUE TO SIGN
CHERRIES are today expected to complete the signing of Brentford striker Alan Connell. Connell is set to rejoin Cherries, coming in as a straight replacement for Bristol Rovers-bound Jo Kuffour. It is understood Cherries have agreed a deal with Brentford
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Flight or fright?
"THE best thing to eat before you go up is a banana because they taste the same when they're coming back out." Unsurprisingly this piece of belated advice from pilot Jez Hopkinson wasn't what I wanted to hear while I prepared for the flight and, as I
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Fear over fall in migrant workers
FARMERS and food and drink producers in the region are warning that a fall in numbers of migrant workers is threatening the stability of the £3.3 billion industry. A new study published by Improve, the food and drink sector skills council, reports that
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Rocking all night long
TO witness a 1950s style rock n' roll band at half-one on a Saturday morning at a pub in Bournemouth is no common occurrence. To see them sandwiched between 1920s swing tunes and a burlesque dancer makes the experience even more surreal - especially if
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Air Festival special!
COME and visit one of our Daily Echo sellers stands* and you could buy any of the following merchandise to celebrate the More Bus Bournemouth Air Festival! Any Air Festival Programme, Limited Edition Poster, a Glider and a Daily Echo for just £6.
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We’re chuffed to be at steam fair!
VISITORS and exhibitors have journeyed from near and far to the Great Dorset Steam Fair. Over 200,000 people are expected at the site near Blandford over the next four days, with steam engines, country crafts, rock bands and a fun fair among the attractions
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Where in the World is Osama Bin Laden? (12) Optimum ***
I LIKE Morgan Spurlock. I liked him when he ate everything off the menu in Mcdonald's for Super Size Me. Now he's an expectant father and the horrors of the world scare him. He wants to make the world a safer place for the new arrival. So he sets out
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Snap up £100 for the best photograph
OUR Daily Echo photographers and video teams will be capturing all the excitement of the More Bus Air Festival this week... but one reader can also cash in on the event. We're offering a £100 prize for the best photograph taken during the four-day event
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Look what’s taking flight...
Today's flying display includes the Lancaster, Spitfire and Hurricane of the RAF Battle of Britain Memorial Flight, the Yakovlev display team, Blue Eagles, the Hawk, Black Cats, the Eurofighter Typhoon and the RAF Falcons from No1 Parachute Training School
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Navy’s nautical treat may float your boat
IF you don't mind a bit of sea spray, the Royal Navy has a free treat for you during the Air Festival. You can have a tour of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary ship Mounts Bay, which is moored off Bournemouth Pier. The ship itself is designed to offload troops
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Save water, cut costs
Dorset companies are being encouraged to sign up for a new government- backed water saving campaign that gets underway next month. Sustainable business experts Envirowise are urging businesses to join The Rippleffect, a free resource efficiency initiative
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Davidsson urges caution
DANIEL Davidsson has called for Pirates' fans to delay dreaming of title success just yet after they secured a coveted home draw in the play-offs with this easy win last night. The Swede was on top form as he scorched to seven paid eight from three completed
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KUFFOUR DEAL COULD BE HIJACKED
JO Kuffour is refusing to rule out the possibility of a dramatic Cherries swansong as speculation continues to mount regarding his immediate future. Kuffour was understood to be on the verge of joining League One outfit Bristol Rovers after the two clubs
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Pledge over speedy action on travellers
SENIOR Bournemouth councillors have pledged to tackle the delays which mean travellers cannot be evicted for more than a week. Legally, there is nothing to stop them being moved on within hours. But the logistics of getting a court order, bailiffs, police
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Bournemouth set for take-off
JOURNALISTS are rarely, if ever, first in the queue when it comes to handing out plaudits to local councils. And that's how it should be. When it comes to the activities at town halls, we're here by and large to criticise, hold to account, dish out the
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We are what we are… just British
IT may have escaped your attention - it did mine - but August Bank Holiday was meant to be Britishness Day. In what appears to be an increasingly neurotic need for this country to define its identity, immigration minister Liam Byrne suggested we hold
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Government blamed for credit crunch
NINE out of 10 small business owners are blaming the government for the credit crunch - according to a new survey. A study carried out by one of the Forum of Private Business's partners, UK200 Group, which represents lawyers and chartered accountants
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Rock with Emotional Magic
REM, Rose Bowl, Southampton RETURNING to rock relevance thanks to dazzling new record Accelerate, the question is now whether REM's new-found verve translates live. A band with more than 25 years in their legs, can three middle-aged men muster the energy
