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Shootout victory spares Cherries' blushes
BOSS Lee Bradbury knows Cherries must up their game if they are to emerge victorious in tomorrow’s EC Group Cup final against FC Saarbrucken. Bradbury’s men set up a clash with the German outfit after unconvincingly edging past Glenn Hoddle Academy courtesy
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Dudsbury Golf Club fury at planning refusal
DUDSBURY Golf Club owners are angry that a planning application for a marquee on the grounds of the club has been refused. The application for the multi-purpose marquee between April 1 and October 21 went in front of the planning committee
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Reporter pays tribute to armed forces after being taken ill in Afghanistan
I’M writing this to thank the soldiers, nurses and doctors who saved my life in Afghanistan. I’ve written it with a cannulator stuck in my right arm and forearms pinpricked with needle marks and painted with bruises. Three days into
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Thousands of fish saved from River Tarrant in crack operation
A CRACK team of Environmental Agency officers relocated thousands of fish from a shrinking river in North Dorset before they suffocated. In a race against time the fish, including brown trout, pike, grayling, bullhead and eels, were removed from a series
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Former Bournemouth student Natasha bids farewell to The Apprentice
THERE were plenty of fireworks but a former Bournemouth student ran out of steam just before the final hurdle of the toughest job interview in the business. It has been a roller-coaster ride for Natasha Scribbins but she fell just short of a place in
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Constable’s other country
CONSTABLE Country may lie in Suffolk, where the great English landscape painter grew up, but he was also drawn to both Salisbury and Dorset where he honeymooned at Osmington near Weymouth. Today an exhibition called Constable and Salisbury can be seen
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Wessex Way 40mph speed limit to stay
THE controversial 40mph speed limit on the Wessex Way in Bournemouth will stay. The borough council said the restriction, between County Gates and the approach to St Paul’s Roundabout, would be made permanent following “a significant decline in accidents
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Bragg and Benn headline at Tolpuddle Festival
BILLY Bragg and the indomitable Tony Benn are just two of the big names to appear at this year’s Tolpuddle Festival. The men, both regular festival favourites, will be joined by a host of trade union heavyweights from across the UK. This year’s event
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Bob Dylan and Mark Knopfler to play BIC this autumn
TWO of the biggest superstars in music will come together when Bob Dylan and Mark Knopfler play Bournemouth this autumn. The legendary American singer-songwriter will perform at the BIC on October 14 with tickets on sale Monday from 9am priced
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How to make the perfect ice cream sundae
IT’S National Ice Cream month so here’s how to make the perfect Ice Cream Sundae courtesy of Tim Laine at The Chilly Wizard in Christchurch’s Saxon Square Shopping Centre. What you need The imagination, skills and flair to make the ultimate dessert
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Self-indulgent mum lives life in a bubble
GOODNESS knows what possessed Miriam Gonzalez Durantez, better known as Mrs Nick Clegg, to give her interview to Grazia magazine. It can’t be money, because the pair are already rolling in it – he’s Deputy Prime Minister, she’s a hot-shot lawyer. Maybe
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Discover peace at labyrinth
DORSET’S Labyrinth is now officially open. Situated at Holton Lee, near Poole, the Labyrinth is designed as a symbolic form of pilgrimage so that people can walk the path, pray and meditate. I visited the path last year during its construction, when
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Police hunt sex attacker
DETECTIVES are hunting a sex attacker who could be responsible for seven crimes in the Bournemouth area. Police have received reports of seven similar offences in the Alum Chine and town centre areas between January and June this year.
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Fashion is getting all fruity
Here’s the juice…. What better way to jump into full summer than with a fruit print outfit – one of this season’s biggest trends. The fashion pack went bananas for fruity print thanks to Prada who wheeled out a banana crop top on the catwalk
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Call for reasonably priced dances
I FEEL the published reply on July 2 from Steve Piper to the recent letter ‘Let’s see dancing in the ballroom again’ has in my opinion missed the point. I believe the original letter was probably referring to the regular Saturday or mid week ballroom
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£1 scoop from my trolley tidying
WE go every Monday to the High Street of Christchurch, where there is an open street market and it is all very colourful, and my wife does her shopping in the local supermarket. Being the dutiful husband that I am, whilst my wife went to do more shopping
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Must be proud of the visual impact
THE letter regarding the revised Pavilion scheme concentrates yet again on the content rather than the visual effect of the proposal. The latest submission not only raises the overall height of the structure but more importantly moves a substantial
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Thanks to firm for its kindness
I WOULD like to publicly thank Damory Coaches for the kindness that they showed my six-year-old son after he left his first ever disposable camera on their coach after his school trip to Brownsea Island. When I rang their office on the off chance that
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Small print should be made clearer
SOME two weeks ago I bought a coach ticket at Poole bus station. I didn’t see the small print saying the coach could be boarded at Seldown coach park and didn’t know where it was anyway. I waited in the bus station where it used to go from and missed
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The days when conflict was so rare
FORTY years ago, my grammar school education afforded me the opportunity to witness first hand how teachers ‘transformed conflict’ in the classroom. In the case of the PE teacher, it was to pick up a bolshy little oik by the scruff of the neck and hang
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Appeal to say hello to Mrs Lambert
I AM trying to contact a family with whom I stayed with as a language student from July to August in 1988. At the time the family was living in Cornish Gardens. Their surname was Lambert, Mrs Lambert was living with her son and her cat Fluffy. I have
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Do not listen to the left's siren calls
YOUR correspondent of July 8 who believes the endemic theft of valuable metals began in 2010 must have done a Rip Van Winkle for 13 years. In similar vein the collapse of world banking in 2008 merely exacerbated the already perilous state of our economy
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Justified in calling 999 for help
I WAS sorry to hear that Derek Puttick had to wait 23 hours for a doctor to visit his sick wife. However, as she was 77 years old and obviously quite ill, he would have been fully justified in dialling 999, in which case an ambulance crew would have probably
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What is your issue with bus passes?
FURTHER to Mr A Gerault’s letter in ‘Have Your Say’, I would like to ask him: what is your problem regarding senior citizen’s bus passes? To my knowledge, this is at least the second time he has written to Have Your Say on this subject. He is probably
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Praise for politicians
FOR the first time in half a lifetime I am very heartened indeed by political leadership in the Houses of Parliament. Well said David Cameron in the House of Commons: “Democracy is government by explanation”. I thought that was outstanding – not dogma
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Police station custody suite to effectively close
THE custody suite at Poole police station will effectively close this summer as part of ongoing £18million cost-cutting measures, the Daily Echo can reveal. Bournemouth’s recently-opened station on Madeira Road, which boasts 34 new cells, will
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Cherries: Mitchell splashing the cash on new changing room
EDDIE Mitchell has unveiled a new bargaining tool in Cherries’ bid to attract players to Seward Stadium – a luxury changing room. The Cherries chairman revealed that the club had finished around six weeks’ work on a £20-30,000 revamp of the home dressing
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Poole Town: Joyce delighted with start of Dolphins spell
NEW boy Scott Joyce opened his Poole Town account against Cherries and then admitted he was relishing the opportunity of a fresh challenge at Tatnam. The experienced striker this summer called time on his five-year spell at Wimborne Town to link up with
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Cherries: Win the cup and cash will go into playing budget says Mitchell
CHAIRMAN Eddie Mitchell has given Cherries a major incentive to triumph in the EC Group Cup – by vowing to pump any potential winnings into Lee Bradbury’s transfer war chest. Cherries will attempt to claim the £80,000 top prize when they host this weekend
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Cherries: Bradbury determined to win cup cash
BOSS Lee Bradbury believes the competitive nature of this weekend’s EC Group Cup will provide an ideal step up in his team’s pre-season programme. Cherries have been involved in two entertaining friendlies since returning to action following their summer
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Cherries: Purches keen to play a big role
DETERMINED Stephen Purches vowed to do everything in his power to claim a regular starting place after admitting his comeback campaign in Dorset had proved frustrating. The experienced utility man was restricted to just 13 appearances having rejoined
