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Jay leads the way to Buccaneers win
BUCCANEERS captain Jay Herne took his frustration out on Isle of Wight after being dramatically dropped by his Premier League club Somerset yesterday by blasting an immaculate 15-pointer last night. The Aussie was head and shoulders above
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Lightning hits house roof and causes fire
LIGHTING strikes set two homes alight as severe storms battered the county on Thursday night. The Met office issued a severe weather warning for the area, advising of localised thunderstorms with "very heavy rain" - up to 4cm falling within
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Police appeal for infomation on missing Madison, 13
POLICE are becoming increasingly concerned for a 13-year-old girl who has been missing for two days. Madison Jardine has been missing from her home in Ashley Road, in the Boscombe area of Bournemouth, since approximately 2.30pm on Wednesday
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Ex-Bournemouth bank manager drowned partner's puppy while drunk
AN ALCOHOLIC ex-bank manager who strangled and drowned his partner’s puppy during a drunken hallucination has been banned from keeping animals for life. Pensioner David Johnston killed Max, his partner’s Staffordshire Bull Terrier-type puppy
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Care home plan for former Winkton school site
AN attempt to transform an increasingly dilapidated and rundown school in Winkton now lies in the hands of Christchurch Borough Council’s planning department. Revised proposals to transform the school into a 64-bedroom care home have been resubmitted
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Tasty lesson for little pips in Christchurch
IT may have been flaming June, but children from St Joseph’s RC School in Christchurch got pretty chilly when they took a tour of Coastline Produce’s premises at the town’s Airfield Way industrial estate. The youngsters were asked to imagine being an
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Five jobs lost as administrators take over centre
JOB cuts have begun at Broadstone Leisure Centre after the business was plunged into administration last week. Five permanent members of staff have been let go as part of a cost-cutting measure by administrators BDO Stoy Hayward. But the company has
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Mum vs the Phantom Menace...
WHEN I was a boy, we lived quite close to the HMS Daedalus naval airbase along the coast in Lee-on-Solent. And every year, they’d hold an air show at the base, which, for my sister and me, meant an afternoon sat on the roof of my dad’s shed. Given that
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Couch books Manchester spot
JUNIOR star David Couch has booked his place at the National Youth Omnium final at Manchester in August after a successful final qualifying round at Palmer Park, Reading on Saturday. The Rockbourne-based youngster was the fastest in the 200m
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Road petition in fight to cut pony death toll
A GROUP campaigning for traffic calming on the outskirts of Brockenhurst in a bid to cut the animal accident rate has handed a petition in to the area’s top police officer. A total of 1,120 people signed the petition by South Weirs Action Group for Safety
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On course for big ride with the help of some stunning countryside
THE impressive news. I’ve just completed the 40-mile course that I will be tackling on Sunday, July 5. The less-than-impressive news? My wife was driving the car and I was in the passenger seat taking notes. The one thing that strikes
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Police appeal for witnesses to assault on Polish woman in Bournemouth bar
POLICE in Poole are appealing for witnesses and information after a woman was assaulted in a racial attack in a Bournemouth bar. The 28-year-old Polish woman, who lives in Poole, was assaulted on the dance floor in Yates on Saturday.
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Get this site in your sights
ON THOSE rare occasions when we are struggling to find a cracking front page story and have a number of options that don’t quite fill me with excitement, we’ve adopted the latest ‘buzz phrase’. We’ll have to go for the least bad option. We are happy
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Lindsay Cornish quits role as chief executive of New Forest National Park Authority
THE controversial head of the New Forest National Park Authority quit on Thursday morning. Under fire chief executive Lindsay Cornish resigned at the annual meeting of the park authority. It comes after a letter criticising her management
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Pupils’ bid to help Ethiopian children
A TEAM of students from a Bournemouth school aims to help poverty-stricken special needs children in Ethiopia. Seven pupils from Oakmead College of Technology plan to travel to the capital Addis Ababa in October on a week-long mercy mission
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Wimborne woman in A35 collision has serious injuries
THE young Wimborne woman involved in the head-on smash on the A35 near Dorchester on Wednesday sustained serious but not life threatening injuries. She suffered multiple injuries in the collision, which involved two cars near the old Friary
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Many Abbey returns
I WOULD like to thank the kind lady who found £50 on the pavement outside the Abbey branch in Christchurch High Street on Wednesday, June 17. I must have dropped the money along with the withdrawal slip when I got outside. On returning to the Abbey
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Get to the root of allotment problem
I WOULD like to bring up the subject of local allotment sites. Having the position of secretary of the Alder Farm allotments at Parkstone, I have to deal with the waiting list, which is getting forever longer. When people enquire to the council they
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Unique service for disabled children
I am sure that your article about Crispie the duck (Daily Echo, June 18) brought a great deal of joy to many people. The significance of First Opportunities was lost in its description as a play group at Ashley. First Opportunities is an independent
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Staff looked after better than voters in Poole
Where we live in Upper Parkstone we have car parks behind and next to our house and throughout the day there is a lot of traffic and noise. All we ask is that Poole council do their best to maintain our area to a decent standard. But often, when we
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TRAUMATIC END TO INDEPENDENCE
THE case of the “traumatised pensioner” (Too scared to go out, Daily Echo, June 18) has prompted me to write and tell you of another traumatised pensioner who, one-and-a-half years ago, while getting ready for bed, was confronted in her bedroom by men
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Heat is on for animals
Now that summer is here, we should remember that animals suffer and die in hot weather. Already, Animal Aid has had to call the police to smash the window on a car and release a dog sweltering inside. Other animals suffer, too. Rabbits must not be
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Better by design
THANK YOU to all the people responsible for the fantastic arts and crafts show held in Christchurch Priory recently. Not only were the crafts useful and beautifully made, information from the talented designers was also on hand as they explained their
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Is it really better in Two Ticks?
ONE of my constituents is registered disabled and has had great difficulties, when applying for jobs, in securing interviews. Under the Two Tick system, a job interview is guaranteed to registered disabled people. Any company or public body that signs
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Salute to Gander, well-loved Bournemouth pub
I WOULD just like to say thanks to all the people over the years who have made The Gander on the Green pub such a special place. Travel anywhere in the country and whenever you met people into decent solid live music, especially rock and metal
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Two seriously injured in A30 collision
TWO female drivers were seriously injured after a collision on the A30 Sherborne causeway, Shaftesbury on Wednesday afternoon. Both drivers were trapped in their cars and had to be cut free by fire fighters. The driver of the blue Renault Clio, a 56
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Woman beaten and left to bleed to death by son-in-law
A MAN has been found guilty of beating his mother-in-law during a row and leaving her to bleed to death. Eighty-two-year-old Irene Hawkes was left with a broken nose, jaw and eye socket and fractures to her sternum and seven ribs in the brutal
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After all that, Bournemouth still doesn't have a site for travellers
A WEEK is a long time in politics – just ask Bournemouth council. Seven days ago, land at Cambridge Road and Suffolk Road was being touted as “the least bad option” for a travellers’ site by council leader Cllr Stephen MacLoughlin. But
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WHERE NOW FOR BOURNEMOUTH TRAVELLER SITE?
“JUST call it a day.” That’s the advice being given to Bournemouth council after yet another travellers’ site bit the dust. A shock U-turn by council leaders yesterday saw plans for a travellers’ site in central Bournemouth unanimously rejected
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Are friendly visitors set to stick around Dorset coast?
CLEAR blue skies and a pod of dolphins playing in calm waters. This may sound like a scene in the Mediterranean, but it could easily be witnessed along the coastline of Dorset. Just last week a pod of between 12-15 dolphins were sighted off
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CHERRIES: OUTCOME SUITS DANNY
DANNY Hollands has welcomed Cherries’ new owners with open arms – revealing that the club’s long-running takeover saga came to the conclusion he wanted. The central midfielder was delighted to see some familiar faces return to the Dean Court hierarchy
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Golf: Thompson in two minds over Open quest
DORSET’S Martyn Thompson is undecided whether to pursue his bid to qualify for a third Open championship next month. The Parkstone professional won the opportunity to add to his 1995 (St Andrews) and 1999 (Carnoustie) appearances by winning one of the
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Wight test for Buccaneers
BUCCANEERS will be aiming to bounce back from their cup defeat at Weymouth when they host Isle of Wight in the National League tonight (7.30pm). Bournemouth Castle Cover, who crushed the Islanders 64-29 at home in a challenge match in March
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Defiant Hans says Pirates can turn cup-tie around
HANS Andersen has sent out a defiant message to Belle Vue after their 49-44 triumph at Poole last night – “Don’t write off our Knockout Cup chances just yet.” Andersen reeled off three of his side’s six race wins on his way to a superb 15-point
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Prom cyclists caught on camera in Bournemouth speed blitz
SPEED cameras set up to catch cyclists going too fast along Bournemouth seafront caught 69 offenders in four days. Riders travelling above the 10mph limit were given safety advice during the operation, carried out jointly between Bournemouth
