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Non-league: Riley's ready for the Rebels
BOSS Steve Riley is hoping Bashley can avoid another slaying when they take to the FA Trophy trail against his former club Worthing tomorrow. Riley, a big favourite with Rebels followers during his playing days in the early 1990s, has already seen Bash
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Woman trapped in car on A31 Wimborne bypass
FIREFIGHTERS used hydraulic cutting equipment to free a woman from a car involved in a collision on the A31 on Friday evening. Eight firefighters and a fire officer from Wimborne are on the scene between the Merley House and Canford Bottom
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Blue badge holder gets parking fine
A TAXI driver for the disabled was given a parking ticket for not showing her disabled badge – despite it being on her van’s dashboard. Christine Cogen, a driver for Disabled Transport Services, drove to the back of the Dolphin Shopping Centre
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Memorial to Peter Bath unveiled
A MEMORIAL paying tribute to the late travel boss Peter Bath was unveiled at Bournemouth Airport on Thursday. The plaque, which is set in stone from a Purbeck quarry, sits between the new arrival and departure terminal at the airport against the new
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Three in court on murder charge
THREE people have appeared in court this morning charged with the murder of Semley man Lennie Adams. The body of 43-year-old Mr Adams, of Station Road, was found in a shallow grave in a field at The Marshes, Semley on Saturday, October 15.
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Traveller site options go out to consultation
THREE options for traveller sites in Christchurch have been approved for public consultation. Councillors at Christchurch agreed to go out to consultation on potential sites in the borough for gypsy and traveller pitches after a vote at full
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Get married on Bournemouth beach from next spring
FORGET Barbados – how about Bournemouth for the perfect beach wedding? From next spring the resort will become the first in the UK to offer beach hut ceremonies. Couples will be able to host up to 400 guests in a marquee on the sand
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Brave, new, but not enough Hawking
I SAT down to watch Brave New World With Stephen Hawking feeling a bit apprehensive. Not, let’s be clear, that the astoundingly clever Cambridge fellow, famed for his contributions to cosmology and quantum gravity theories, would disappoint. Rather
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New Tesco store will create 40 jobs
SUPERMARKET giant Tesco has confirmed it will be opening a store on the site of a pub that closed suddenly in August. Staff and regulars turned up at the Dolphin pub in Holdenhurst Road, Springbourne, to be told it had shut without notice.
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Dorset County Council admits failings led to school bus chaos
DORSET County Council has admitted ‘significant failings’ led to the school bus chaos at the beginning of term. The revelations were made at a packed meeting of the audit and scrutiny committee at County Hall in Dorchester. The school transport system
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Debenhams store to get makeover
WHO says it’s all doom and gloom on the High Street these days? One of Bournemouth’s biggest department stores is to under-go a multi-million pound makeover, bringing 50 new jobs in the town. The revamp of Debenhams in The Square is due to
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Jenny's week: It’s that cake time of year again!
Most unusually, I’ve been baking cakes just recently. We took a trip to Bere Marsh Farm in the Blackmore Vale, and picked up a bag of mixed apples. In it were the most gorgeous Russets, but also another apple - which is apparently a Blenheim
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Review: We Need to Talk About Kevin (15) ****
FROM the moment it premiered at this year’s Cannes Film Festival, Scottish director Lynne Ramsay’s bravura adaptation of the award-winning novel by Lionel Shriver has been generating awards buzz. In particular, Tilda Swinton’s fearless and
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Contagion (12A) ***
DIRECTED by the masterful Steven Soderbergh, Contagion is a stylish thriller, which imagines the panic when a deadly new virus threatens to become a global epidemic. Scott Z Burns’ smart script zigzags from Hong Kong to London, Tokyo, Minnesota and beyond
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Review: Paranormal Activity 3 (15) ***
IN 2009, Israeli-born film-maker Oren Peli wrote and directed a low-budget, supernatural horror at his own house in his spare time. Paranormal Activity became a box office sensation around the world with its deceptively simple narrative and grainy camerawork
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Review: Monte Carlo (PG) **
WHEN you wish upon a teen star like Selena Gomez, you can be sure all of her dreams will come true. And so it is in this lively if improbable fantasy about a down-to-earth American girl who is mistaken for a British socialite and continues the ruse in
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A351 reopening to ease traffic chaos
DRIVERS will get some relief on Sunday when a 24-hour road closure that has caused huge tailbacks and delay is lifted. The A351 between the Bakers Arms pub and Holton Heath near Wareham will be reopened, with a set of temporary traffic lights used outside
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Tyrant Gaddafi dead, but so is my brother
DIAB Alhmeel raised a clenched fist in victory to a passing friend but his face was etched with grief. The 36-year-old owner of Meet@Net cafe was celebrating the death of Colonel Gaddafi along with the rest of Bournemouth’s large Libyan community
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Should symbol of hate be sold or thrown out?
IT’S ONLY a few square metres of fabric with a striking red, white and black design. But for some the very sight of this flag offends, as a symbol of the Nazi regime which attempted to wipe the Jewish and Gypsy races from the face of the earth. Auctioneer
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Bloxworth robbery trial: ‘I just waited in lane’ accused tells court
A BOURNEMOUTH dad accused of violently robbing a 78-year-old man in his own home has told a court he did not enter the property. Michael Seddon, 22, told Bournemouth Crown Court he waited in a lane near Leonard Langdown’s remote Bloxworth farmhouse
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Developers guilty of killing trees to build £11.2m Sandbanks homes
TWO property developers have been found guilty over the deaths of five protected trees standing in the way of their £11.2 million Sandbanks housing scheme. Alistair Collier, 41, and Harvey Lee, 66, were convicted of five offences of causing or permitting
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Family favourites and generous portions at Lynton Court
WE have driven past the Lynton Court pub restaurant on Christchurch Road in Bournemouth many times and barely given it a second glance. But ever since we ate at the Bailey Bridge in Christchurch – which is part of the same Table Table restaurant chain
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Surf Reef update due today
WILL they – or should they – come back to finish the job next year? Bournemouth Borough Council is due to provide an update today on what will happen next with the Boscombe surf reef. As reported in the Daily Echo, the council has admitted
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Reginald D Hunter, Bournemouth Pavilion
HE has got one of the most distinctive voices on the comedy circuit. Perhaps nowadays more famed for his appearances on Have I Got News For You and other panel shows, Reginald D Hunter’s stand-up show is a stark departure from those laid-back quips that
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How can he be so certain on this?
LIAM Fox stood up in the Commons to claim he had “done no wrong”, though he may just have linked his personal life rather too closely to his professional one. Arrayed behind him were the baying Tory backbenchers claiming they were ‘certain’ he was correct
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Please help to find Cookie the cat
NOT such an unusual tail – Cat on the loose Please help me find my way home. Me, Cookie and pal Max were obliged to up-sticks, or paws in our case, when our owners decided to move from Throop to Cowper Road, Moordown, near Bournemouth. Now the problem
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Mouchel group £87m in debt
THE troubled private company running some of Bournemouth Council’s services is £87m in debt, it has been revealed. Controversial infrastructure and maintenance group Mouchel has agreed to sell its rail business to an Australian rival.
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Thank you for help through my grief
MAY I, through your paper, express my sincere thanks to Denise and team, in the resuscitation unit at Bournemouth Hospital where my husband died on October 13. Their care and kindness helped me through the saddest day of my life. Thank you all, from
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Empty bag in the waste container
AS a rule of mine, I do not respond to any comment I have had published in the Echo. I have said my bit and that’s it. However, in the case of GM Foulds from Upton, I feel I just have to reply. The case was brought up concerning those plastic expensive
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Get travellers to pay council taxes
IF Councils are forced to find sites for travellers, then these travellers must pay council tax, not expect the rest of us to support them. Also their vehicles must carry legal tax discs, be in roadworthy condition and be insured, in line with the rest
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Council services are protected
YOU have published some anonymous online comments (Daily Echo, October 10) about Bournemouth Council’s partnership with Mouchel. I do not know what other comments there have been online but I would like to correct the allegations made and remind
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Do we really need so many MPs?
IN 1935, we had 618 MPs to run an empire of 600 million. Today we have 650 to run a nothingness of 70 million. All major laws are passed by Europe. With income and money depleted, our MPs can neither raise nor lower taxes. They can neither
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That's just stereotypical, that is
MY wife claims that I am no Gok Wan when it comes to consulting about fashion. More of a Wok Pan. Indeed she still harps on about how, after she met me, she saved me from a lifetime of being mocked for wearing shapeless jumpers by introducing my favourite
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‘Magic’ moment as Twin Sails Bridge raises sails
Smoothly and with barely a sound the, until now, largely static Twin Sails Bridge proved it had plenty of life in it. The triangular sails glided across a blue sky to open and close in around two minutes, signalling a significant stage as it
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Cyclist hit in the face by thug with catapult
A CYCLIST is lucky to be alive after a sick attacker shot him in the face with a ball bearing fired from a catapult. The 21-year-old man was cycling along a road in daylight when a man got out of a pick-up truck to take a shot at him. The traumatised
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Pirates: Split us if you dare warns jubilant Holder
PIRATES star Chris Holder threatened to chain himself to the Wimborne Road starting gate if he isn’t reunited with his turbo twin Darcy Ward in the skull and crossbones kevlars for 2012. But if that’s not enough to keep one of the greatest
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Poole Town: Killick riled by Magpies' Joyce approach
TOM Killick admitted he would have been “astounded” if goal machine Scott Joyce had returned to Wimborne Town. Killick yesterday confirmed Joyce had turned down the chance to return to Cuthbury, after the striker had been the subject of an approach from
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Vaughan delighted to land Wimborne legend
POPPIES manager Ken Vaughan has hailed the arrival of Wimborne Town stalwart Paul Roast as “a great coup” for the ambitious Wessex Premier outfit. Linchpin defender Roast has dual signed for Poppies and is set to make his home debut in tomorrow’s FA
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Kemp looking for home rule
BOSS Graham Kemp hopes home advantage will prove decisive when Wessex Premier high-fliers Christchurch host Western Premier Division strugglers Bridport in the first round of the FA Vase at Hurn Bridge (3pm). Kemp said: “The players know what the Vase
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Arnold facing tough choices
VERWOOD’S impressive form has left boss Adie Arnold facing a tricky selection dilemma ahead of their Wessex League clash with Division One new boys Team Solent at Potterne Park (3pm). A 3-1 home win over Andover New Street six days ago saw the Potters
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Cherries: Bradbury believes side can reach the play-offs
OPTIMISTIC manager Lee Bradbury is convinced Cherries can still feature in the League One play-off picture – providing they can restore home rule. A dismal record at the Seward Stadium has checked Cherries’ progress this season with just one win and
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Upton and Lytchett Minster celebrate lotto success
Upton and Lytchett Minster aim to put their communities on the map after receiving a major financial boost. Following a consultation of the 8,000 residents, 31 project schemes were put forward in a successful lottery application, which bagged