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The day Jacko played Poole
THE call came on a Friday and the marketing manager of the then Poole Arts Centre simply didn’t believe it. It was 1979 and the voice on the other end was asking him if he’d like The Jackson 5 to perform on Sunday. It had to be a hoax. Several
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Racial attack in Poole bar leaves Polish woman afraid
A young polish woman subjected to a horrific racist attack on a night out in Poole told how she is now too afraid to go out alone. Anna Bartman is in constant pain and struggles to sleep following the ordeal on the dance floor in Yates bar
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Lightning strikes over Dorset
LIGHTNING strikes caused fires at four homes in Dorset as severe storms battered the county throughout the night of Thursday, June 25. The Met Office issued a severe weather warning for the area, advising of localised thunderstorms with “very
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The way you made us feel - an appreciation of Michael Jackson
HE wasn’t always the shuffling, simpering, spectacle who appeared in public with his veiled offspring, or any of the other antics which bloated the tabloids for two decades. Michael Jackson was beautiful, once. Even viewed second-hand through
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Counting The Hours to Southampton Guildhall date
ANT Genn has only just woken up. I know because my phone call roused him from a deep slumber at half three in the afternoon. He sounds groggy, disorientated, but within seconds he’s up to ranting speed. And he does love a rant. “Did
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Run for your Wife, Knollsea Productions, Mowlem Theatre, Swanage
RAY Cooney’s farce about a London cabbie whose double life unravels when he is hit over the head by a handbag is just the ticket for a summer evening’s entertainment. Pat Jones’ highly enjoyable production had many laugh-out-loud moments, many of them
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Town that was too posh for Argos gets 99p store
BARGAIN basement retailer 99p Stores is coming to a town that once was said to be posh for an Argos. Lymington made national headlines three years ago when Pippa Redman of the Amanini boutique said Argos would not be welcome at the former Waitrose supermarket
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PC certificate?
WE often disagree with the classification of films. Controversy surrounded Jackie Chan’s new movie, deemed too violent to be released under Chinese regulations. Before this, the latest Batman film, The Dark Knight, was also regarded as too violent
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Who needs a lesson from master Brown?
AS HE finally starts losing his grip on reality, Gordon Brown says he might become a teacher when he is eventually dislodged from Downing Street. Ain’t it always the way? Those who can, teach. But unfortunately, those who can’t do anything else also
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Performers sought for Bournemouth production
ACT 3 Management and Stagewise are looking for 20 young performers aged between seven and 17 years old to feature in the summer show The Heat Is On! Open auditions will be held at Bournemouth’s Pier Theatre on Sunday, July 5, from 10am to 2pm. For more
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Green dreams as New Forest garden is open to public
IN a little village on the edge of the New Forest, a show is about to take place. Months of work have gone into its preparation. Sets have been moved and improved, time juggled and the central stars encouraged and nurtured. A 15-strong team behind
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Camera bid to target Rossmore estate’s animal thugs
CAMERAS could be installed around Rossmore to stop the horrendous incidents of animal cruelty that have shocked the community. The attacks on animals on the estate came to light earlier this week when a dead rabbit was chopped up and spread
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Bournemouth's got talent as stars arrive
STARS of Britain's Got Talent have arrived in Bournemouth this afternoon ahead of their sell-out show at the BIC this evening. This year's winners Diversity, wearing matching striped outfits, wandered down to Bournemouth Square in the sunshine
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Bosh bash to mark milestone for Hope
HOPE FM, Bournemouth’s community Christian radio station, has been celebrating its second birthday and as part of the celebrations it is holding an evening of music with well-known Bournemouth Christian bands Bosh and Audio1. Many of the 45 volunteer
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Hut’ll do : festival favourites meet fan's fishy request to play at Head beach party
IF you’ve been anywhere near a festival in the last three years, the chances are you’ll have run into Bombay Bicycle Club, the teenage tearaways who first played the V Festival a few days after they finished their GCSEs in 2006. Looking for something
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Cameron Diaz: "You cannot make the decision to let a child die"
After years of playing the ditzy blonde known for having one of the broadest smiles in Hollywood, Cameron Diaz is moving on. Following roles in comedies such as Charlie's Angels and last year's What Happens In Vegas, she admits that it was
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Blood: The Last Vampire (18)
THE live action, English-language version of Hiroyuki Kitakubo’s revered animated film centres on beautiful 17-year-old Saya, who conceals a terrible secret. She is a halfling, the product of a marriage between a human father and vampire mother, doomed
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Awaydays (18)
PAT Holden directs a gritty depiction of 1980s football hooliganism and male bonding based on the acclaimed book by Kevin Sampson, which unfolds through the eyes of a teenager struggling for acceptance in late ‘70s Liverpool. Paul Carty (Nicky Bell)
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My Sister's Keeper (12a) ***
Bringing Jodi Picoult’s challenging novel to the big screen was always going to be a tough task, but director Nick Cassavetes just about pulls it off. My Sister’s Keeper is a moral dilemma for the modern age. Sara Fitzgerald (Cameron Diaz) and her husband
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Year One (12A) *
WHAT do you call a comedy without a single laugh? The punchline is: Harold Ramis’s ramshackle road movie through the Paleolithic era headlined by Jack Black and Michael Cera, two of the most gifted comic actors of their generations. Black is an unstoppable
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GIBSON ON THE BOX: It's the Stig! Or is it?
IT’S one of life’s eternal mysteries, like what came first, the chicken or the egg? Or, why do men have nipples? And will Last of the Summer Wine ever end? I refer to the identity of the Stig, demon driver and perma-helmeted hero of
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MPs will pay back money
BOURNEMOUTH MPs Sir John Butterfill and Tobias Ellwood are among those who will pay back further money that was claimed in expenses. The new repayments, totalling £125,000, are being made by 41 MPs after the Conservative Party’s scrutiny panel reviewed
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David Towers jailed for life for murdering his mother-in-law
BOURNEMOUTH man David Towers has been jailed for life for killing his former mother-in-law Irene Hawkes. David Towers, 51, was told he would have to serve at least 18 years in prison before being considered for parole. Eighty-two-year-old
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Cherries suffer Cooper injury setback
CAPTAIN Shaun Cooper looks to have dealt Cherries a big injury blow with the news that he could be sidelined for six months. The versatile player, who agreed a new one-year contract earlier this month, battled against injury last season. But he looks
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"We're not all idiots": cyclists respond
DON’T let an idiotic minority ruin seafront cycling for the rest of us – that’s the plea from local cyclists, who are concerned that a crackdown on speeding on the prom could lead to tighter restrictions in the future. Cycling groups fear
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Cyclist arrested in seafront drama
A CYCLIST was handcuffed and led away by police after an alleged collision on Bournemouth promenade involving the town’s seafront boss – the latest drama in the controversy surrounding cycling on the prom. Shocked beach-goers told the Daily
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Tragic roofer was one in a million
I was very saddened to read about the death of Stevie Mallon (Roofer dies after attack in Spain, Daily Echo, June 18). I am an old friend from Scotland. I first met Stevie in 1981 when I shared digs with him in Edinburgh until 1982, during
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Let’s keep a sense of proportion here
As one of the organisations that campaigned for cycling to be allowed on the seafront, and for the rules to be consistent along the full length, East Dorset Friends of the Earth would be extremely disappointed if the actions of a small number of
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Only fine will put spoke in wheels
As a cyclist myself, I welcome the clamp down on cyclists who use the promenade (and other pedestrian areas) recklessly (Prom riders caught on camera in speed blitz, Daily Echo, June 25) – it is long overdue. But the blitz will only work
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Use forced delay to get plan right
We are writing to inform your readers that the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government will now not be issuing the final version of the South West Regional Spatial Strategy (RSS) at the end of June, as previously announced.
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Get to the point on mass jabs scheme
EMMA JOSEPH (Daily Echo, June 24), writing about Verwood CE First School’s closure after the diagnosis of one of its pupils with swine flu, at least asks – though does not answer – the crucial question: will we all be vaccinated against this disease
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Suits you to a Tee....
Today, the charity ActionAid launches its first ever PoverTee Day and they asked me and other high profile supporters to get our feelings about hunger and poverty off our chests by designing T-shirts to sell on eBay. On screen you usually see me sewing
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Get region back on the rails....
It is good to see a local councillor weighing in on strategic transport issues (Trains through the New Forest: back on the right lines? Have Your Say, June 19). Cllr Whitaker is entirely right to highlight the continued and understandable pressure
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Street cred for a Dorset icon?
TWO historic Purbeck attractions are vying to be the first tourism landmark in the country to make it on to Google’s Street View website. While across the country’s streets the service has stirred up arguments, Durdle Door and Corfe Castle are hoping
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Injured Baseby likely to miss crunch Weymouth cup tie
BUCCANEERS’ bosses want to be convinced Mark Baseby is 100 per cent fit before he returns to the saddle after he was forced to withdraw after only one ride in their 51-41 home win over Isle of Wight last night. Baseby has not been firing on all cylinders
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Poole: most car friendly town in Brtitain?
MOTORISTS familiar with rush hour may find it hard to believe – but Poole is one of Britain’s most car-friendly towns, according to a new survey. It came in sixth, up from ninth last year, in the poll by Virgin Money Insurance. Bournemouth
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CHERRIES: BLAKE TAKES THE LEAD
NEWCOMER Neill Blake is relishing the challenge of overseeing the day-to-day running of Cherries. Blake, son-in-law of chairman Eddie Mitchell, has been installed as one of two operations directors and he is based at Dean Court to handle club matters
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Non-League: Gillespie set for Eastleigh switch
BASHLEY’S hopes of an improved Southern League campaign appear set to suffer a serious setback – with star player Richard Gillespie on the verge of joining Eastleigh. The prolific striker, a Bashley legend with 173 goals in 308 appearances,
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Widow backs safety plans for notorious A35
A WIDOW who lost her husband on one of Dorset’s most dangerous routes has backed bold plans to tackle road safety in the area. Janet Wiles’s husband Peter died in a collision on the A35 near Bloxworth in 2005. She has been calling for action to improve
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VIDEO: New Forest boss quits role after critical letter
CAMPAIGNERS were today calling for a fresh start after the boss of New Forest National Park Authority sensationally quit. Under-fire chief executive Lindsay Cornish dramatically announced her resignation to a shocked annual meeting of the authority
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Canine Cupid
LONELY hearts looking for love in Bournemouth are literally being encouraged to “take the lead” on their first date and enjoy a bit of “petting” too. For a new introduction agency has teamed up with a national animal welfare charity to launch a joint
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It’s plain sailing as Max pops question
A Poole couple are hoping for smooth sailing after an unusual marriage proposal on the high seas. Businessman Max Walker popped the question to long-time girlfriend Rebecca Vowels with a giant message on the sail of his yacht Pavlova as the pair and
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Polish woman hurt in race hate attack
A Polish woman was kicked in the head and body by four women in a serious racist attack in a Poole pub. The 28-year-old woman from Poland, who now lives in Poole, was assaulted on the dance floor of Yates bar on the High Street at 11pm on Saturday, June
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Neal desperate to start winning
BASHLEY skipper Andy Neal has urged his men to “dig deep” as they look to end a three-match winless run tomorrow. Neal insists his side have been performing well in recent weeks, without converting those efforts into victories. Having drawn the past
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Are we on the right road?
THE words of great philosophers, including Jean-Paul Sartre, Einstein and Gandhi, are to be used by tube drivers in London to communicate with passengers. Drivers stuck in jams at Poole may also come out with some choice phrases on hearing
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Michael Jackson dies aged 50
Michael Jackson has died at the age of 50 after suffering a suspected heart attack. Paramedics were called to the singer's Holmby Hills home in Los Angeles and he was taken to the UCLA medical centre. The king of pop was pronounced dead
