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Kelly's Kitchen seeks library rebuild date
THE owner of Kelly’s Kitchen in Christchurch has asked Dorset County Council for a date for work to start on the proposed library extension. The High Street library is due to expand into the eatery following a High Court action, which saw the contested
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Warning issued to look out for rogue traders
TRADING standards officers have reported a sharp increase in the number of rogue tarmac gangs operating in Poole. They’ve issued a warning to residents to be on their guard against door-to-door salesmen offering to replace paths and driveways. “They
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Wimborne Wetherspoons designs approved
WETHERSPOONS is a step closer to opening in Wimborne after district planning bosses approved its designs on Tuesday. But before the first pint can be served at the old Conservative Club, in West Borough, the national chain still needs to get the green
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Our beaches are top notch!
TOURISM chiefs are celebrating after 14 beaches in Bournemouth and Poole were given top Good Beach Guide awards for their bathing water quality. The Marine Conservation Society has announced that 461 UK beaches have won the “recommended” accolade
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Palm oil demand is ruining rainforests
INDONESIA. Home of the orangutan, Sumatran tiger and clouded leopard but for how much longer? As demand for palm oil soars, the country’s precious rainforests are being ripped up and replaced with monoculture palm plantations, displacing some
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Could you be a columnist for the Daily Echo?
THE Daily Echo is running its annual competition to give readers a chance to have a piece of writing published in the Echo. We call it the I’m a Columnist, Get Me In Here competition and we will publish the five entries that are judged to be
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Daily Echo wins top newspaper award
WE reckon your Daily Echo is the best newspaper in the country… but you needn’t just take our word for it. For the Echo is the 2011 Regional Newspaper of the Year. The accolade was announced at the glittering 2011 Newspaper Awards at
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Correction to Adventure Wonderland article inside Christchurch, Bournemouth and Poole Advertisers
AN article in this week’s Christchurch, Bournemouth and Poole Advertisers wrongly stated that Adventure Wonderland in Bournemouth is celebrating its 20th anniversary this Saturday (May 28) and charging 1991 prices. In fact, the celebratory
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Police ‘keeping open mind’ on woman's death
POLICE investigating the death of a woman in Somerford on Monday evening are understood to be looking at the possibility she could have taken her own life. The woman, named locally as Elizabeth Perkins, was in her 60s, and was pronounced dead
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Gale force winds cancel Poole to France ferries
GALE force 10 winds forcing the cancellation of Poole to France ferries scuppered the plans of holidaymakers today. Condor Ferries bosses pulled its crossing between Poole and St Malo in the face of strong winds on the French side of the English
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Hunter’s Chicken
Hunter’s Chicken Serves 4-6 1-2 tbsp olive oil 1 onion, peeled and chopped 200g chestnut mushrooms, halved if large 1 garlic clove, peeled and crushed 4 chicken thighs 4 chicken drumsticks Salt and freshly ground black pepper 400g can chopped
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Is there trouble brewing?
STUCK in a job you hate? Desperate for a pay rise or more recognition? Don’t waste your time working hard, go and stick the kettle on. Odd as it may sound, that is the latest advice from an office supplies firm which says there is actually, believe
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I am disgusted by the new office plans
FOLLOWING the recent reports over the closure of the community centre in Somerford to make way for Sovereign Twynham new offices, as a local resident (I live opposite the site) I write to register my disgust that the scheme seems set to go ahead. It
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Government plans to hit older people hard
PEOPLE aged 56 or 57 (or indeed younger) are going to be hit hard by the government’s plan to speed up increases to the State Pension Age (SPA). SPA was scheduled to increase to 65 for women by 2020 and to 66 for both men and women by 2026.
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Airlines under a cloud
I don’t know whether the boss of Ryanair and the joint managing director Bath Travel have ever met, but they certainly one thing in common. They both call a spade a spade. Michael O’Leary has long been the most outspoken chief executive in the airline
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Fined driver blasts police and council for parking double standards
“ONE rule for us and one rule for them!” That’s the view of a retailer who was hit with a £35 parking charge while loading. He went to pay, and found a van parked up on the pavement to help council ticketing staff move office.
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Common sense is called for at garages
ON Sunday I visited a garage in your area and the attendant insisted that we remove our helmets, despite them being the ones used by the police which flip up so the entire face is visible. Would you ask a lady with only her eyes showing to remove her
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Thatcher's plan was not a political stunt
IN reply to PJ Littlefield’s letter of May 10 re: Owning your Council House. You have obviously been brainwashed by your Labour diehards. It was the best thing the Thatcher government did. It gave people an incentive to do something for themselves for
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Glad to have our ice rink back this year
I AM really pleased that Bournemouth council has decided to give us back our ice rink for the summer. I am sure it will prove to be as successful as the winter rink was. Lots of holiday makers that we talked to at last summer’s rink were very happy
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Now is the time for my balancing act
MR Dixon’s letter under your banner heading last Saturday requires some balancing from that age group that he pillories. In the sixties you could only borrow less than three times the male’s salary. So his £25,000 house could only be bought by
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Fired up by talk of torch relay
I READ today that the Olympic torch will be arriving in Bournemouth on Friday, July 13, 2012, as part of a nationwide tour prior to the Olympic games. How wonderful. Yet again Bournemouth Council has another excuse to spend taxpayers’ money
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Jenny's week: rhubarb glut & school snacks
I had been pondering over what to do with the rhubarb glut that would happen when hubby decided to crop Ruby, our Timperley. One bagful has definitely got to go to my parents, as we forgot to give them the last one. Other than that, I needed
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Isle of Wight Festival line-up is a summer sizzler
THE line-up for the Isle of Wight Festival has now been confirmed and it looks set to be a vintage year for the three-day music event. Forecasters say the good weather is set to continue but even if their predictions are wrong, rain couldn’
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Bath Travel boss says ash cloud is a ‘phantom’
THE boss of Bournemouth-based Bath Travel has hit out at the latest volcanic ash cloud problems. Stephen Bath, joint managing director of the firm – whose sister airline, Palmair, had to close in the wake of the 2010 ash crisis that paralysed
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Case of sacked railway worker going to Parliament
THE case of a sacked railway worker is to be aired in Parliament after South West Trains refused to grant an audience to supporters armed with an 8,000 signature petition. New Forest MP Desmond Swayne led a delegation of around 10 people
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Cherries: Bradbury boosted by Lovell deal
BOSS Lee Bradbury has described as a “big boost” Steve Lovell’s decision to commit himself to Cherries for at least another 12 months. Bradbury (pictured), who played alongside Lovell at Portsmouth, told the club website: “In the last few games, Steve
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Cherries: Club complains over Galpharm shootout
CHERRIES have complained to the Football League over the staging of the penalty shootout during their League One play-off semi-final at Huddersfield. The club has written to competitions manager David Cookson to express its “dissatisfaction” after claiming
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Bournemouth MP's rethink call on airport charges
A Bournemouth MP is to raise the issue of controversial new drop off arrangements at Bournemouth Airport. Tobias Ellwood will meet airport officials next month and ask them to rethink the arrangements introduced in April. Manchester
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Cherries star Lovell: I feel at home here
STAR striker Steve Lovell put the finishing touches to his new contract with Cherries and then vowed to continue to pull out all the stops in a bid to rediscover his best. Lovell yesterday penned a one-year deal with a 12-month option and admitted his
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Cherries: Baudry keen to tie up new deal
MATHIEU Baudry insisted he had more to offer as he set his sights on repaying Cherries’ faith. The Frenchman confirmed his desire to remain at Dean Court after he was offered a one-year deal during Friday’s end-of-season debriefings with Lee Bradbury
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Walbridge expects big guns to bounce back
TEAM boss Sean Walbridge expects big guns Darren Cowley and Glyn Treagus to come out fighting after the pair were surprisingly omitted by Dorset for their crucial Minor Counties Trophy tie at Bedfordshire. Cowley and Treagus, both Dorset stalwarts, have
