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Builders' vans put Parkstone children in danger
CHILDREN have been put in danger by vans blocking the pavement outside a popular shop, it has been claimed. And a meeting heard there was little that parking wardens could do about the parking outside the watersports shop H20 in Lower Parkstone. The
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Bournemouth council worker caught out
A BOURNEMOUTH Borough Council worker has been reprimanded after being caught parked on double yellow lines. Daily Echo reader Philip Cromie caught the driver in the act in Charminster Road. He said: “I spotted this council van pull up
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Planning refused for Boscombe property due to potential for crime
BOURNEMOUTH Council refused planning permission for a Boscombe property that a meeting heard was linked to crime and disorder. The owners of 11 Westby Road were already using the former care home as a 13-bedroom House in Multiple Occupation
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Discover more about creatures at the Oceanarium over Easter
SOME eggs-tra special activities will be taking place at Bournemouth’s Oceanarium over the Easter holidays. Visitors to the seafront attraction between Saturday March 31 and Sunday April 15 will be able to get up-close and personal and discover
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Christchurch volunteers determined to preserve Tutton's Well
A GROUP of volunteers determined to continue the resurrection of an important part of Christchurch’s heritage have resubmitted plans for their monument. The Friends of Tutton’s Well have worked for years to preserve the ancient historical site in Stanpit
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Could you be part of the Battle for the Winds?
WHILE everyone is getting all steamed up about the opening ceremony of the 2012 Olympics in London, thousands of people are quietly and industriously preparing for a spectacular launch here in Dorset. As well as hosting the sailing and windsurfing
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A Laugh A Minute with Nicholas Parsons at the New Forest Arts Centre
A SPECIAL performance of “Laugh a Minute” will take place at Forest Arts Centre, New Milton, to raise funds for the Red House Museum. For the first time, Nicholas Parsons, presenter of Radio 4’s popular Just A Minute, will hold the show
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Poole Red Cross shop's book success
BOOK sales in Poole High Street’s Red Cross shop have been so successful that an extra set of shelves had to be added to the display. “Since the refit last week, we sold more than £100 worth of books on Wednesday and the same again on Thursday
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Fed up of the Olympics? Try Faith's Olympic bingo
AS YOU may have gathered by now, my fuse is the complete opposite of the one Guy Fawkes laid to blow up the Houses of Parliament. It’s short, permanently burning and liable to go off at any minute.And what’s been setting it off recently is the Olympics
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Wessex Youth Orchestra, Lighthouse, Poole
THE horns have it! A one-horned soloist and an eight-horned orchestra lucidly conducted by Susanna Riddell. There are few more exciting overtures than that to Wagner’s opera Die Meistersingers. As a comic drama the music has magnificence and grandeur
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The Crystals, Tavares, Four Tops and The Temptations, BIC
IT was hit, after hit, after hit at the BIC on Saturday night as The Crystals, Tavares, Four Tops and The Temptations took to the stage. Not all the bands have all their original members, but that didn’t seem to bother the adoring audience.
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East Dorset group helps people cope with life
A NEW group launched in East Dorset aims to teach people the mental skills they need to cope with day to day life. The Steps to Wellbeing service started last month in Wimborne and involves eight 90-minute sessions based on cognitive behavioural
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Most of Dorset set for super-fast broadband
MOST of Dorset is set to benefit from super-fast broadband thanks to an investment of more than £38million. Plans to bring improved broadband to 90 per cent of Dorset by April 2015 have been approved by the government – with work on the ground
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Bournemouth council 'not behind' 20mph zones
BOURNEMOUTH has “not really embraced the idea of 20mph zones”, the town’s cycling forum heard. John Hayter, Bournemouth co-ordinator of the Dorset Cyclists Network, spoke out after the town hall meeting. Delegates heard a scheme for
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Plans to stamp out pub violence in Ashley Cross
CALLS have been made for action against the “horrifying” behaviour of some people spilling out of the pubs and clubs. The demands came as councillors backed extra powers for police to crack down on drinking in public at Ashley Cross.
