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Poole man weeps as dog’s neglect is uncovered
AN unemployed Poole man wept uncontrollably after a court heard how his elderly dog had been so badly neglected it had to be put immediately to sleep. Kevin Rolfe, 47, from Pear Close, was banned from keeping dogs for five years after admitting causing
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New Forest charity members meet Bear Grylls
BEAR Grylls invited members of a New Forest-based charity Pilgrim Bandits backstage when he performed at the Bournemouth International Centre. The explorer brought his Mud, Sweat and Tears tour to the stage last week and afterwards met members
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Volunteer wins national award
A YOUNG Bournemouth man has received a national award in recognition of his work as a volunteer. Daniel Leaver, 20, won the award for Young Shop Volunteer of the Year from the Red Cross, after helping in the Bournemouth branch, on Old Christchurch
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Dorset roundabout sponsors could generate extra £120k income
SEEKING sponsors for Dorset’s roundabouts could generate around £120,000 in extra income, a council report claims. A report going before Dorset County Council’s cabinet next Wednesday states this is a “conservative figure,” based on 40 suitable
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Bournemouth musician in sponsor search for Music 4 Meningitis show
A BOURNEMOUTH School musician who has raised more than £20,000 for the Meningitis Trust is urgently appealing for sponsors for his next charity show. Adam Tuffrey, 17, who survived a deadly strain of the disease as a child, has since performed
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Shoppers hit by hefty parking charges at Turbary Retail Park
MORE shoppers are complaining after being hit with £70 charges at Turbary Retail Park. The charges for staying more than three hours were not applied until the new year and the decision has caught out many long standing visitors. Terri
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Boscombe hotel may be transformed into bedsits
A BID to turn a former Boscombe hotel into 12 bedsits is being considered by Bournemouth council. The former Si Rema Hotel in Manor Road has not been used as a hotel since 2009 and is “no longer viable” according to the applicants Terry Kelly
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Hospital staff play charity gig at Mr Kyps
THREE groups made up of hospital staff will be performing for charity on April 18 at Mr Kyps in Poole. Headlining the gig are the Volatile Agents, a band formed four years ago from Royal Bournemouth Hospital theatre staff, including anaesthetists
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40 firefighters at cliff top blaze
FIRE crews battled a cliff top fire that destroyed 500 square metres of gorse bank in Canford Cliffs on Saturday night. Crews were alerted at 8.15pm by numerous calls from the public. Westbourne and Springbourne sent fire engines but
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£3.4m to improve bus travel across south east Dorset
BUS passengers are set to reap the benefits of a £3.4million investment in improving bus travel across South East Dorset. The government funding will be used to improve real time information at the busiest stops, upgrade key bus stops along
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'My life as a war correspondent'
IT may not be a dream job for many of us, but Laura-Jane Hawkins is thrilled to be working as a war correspondent. The 28-year-old, who grew up in Southbourne and went to school locally, is currently stationed at the British Forces Broadcasting Service
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Man charged after shotgun fired
A MAN has been charged with three firearms offences after a gun was discharged in Poole. The 51-year-old was arrested on Friday. The gun was fired inside a property in a residential part of Rossmore Road, Parkstone, Poole, at around
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Boscombe 'Friends' feel the difference with fewer police
AN area that has been ‘spoilt’ with police is feeling the difference now they have left. The Friends of Roumelia Lane in Boscombe debated the change during their March meeting. Police had increased their presence as the area was regenerated
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West Cliff residents’ anger at flats cash call
RESIDENTS at an upmarket apartment block claim they are trapped in their homes by “excessive” service charges and a “dictatorial board”. The Admiral’s Walk apartment block on Bournemouth’s West Cliff made headlines last year when residents
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Tastes of Thailand at Tiien Thai
“WE will guide you on a magical adventure of tastes, aromas and textures.” That’s what the team at Tiien Thai in Bournemouth promise, and having sampled their culinary delights, I can verify this statement to be true. Having always been hooked on Thai
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Gambia: Smiling Coast of Africa lives up to its name
THINGS started slowing on the ‘M1’. Up ahead I spotted the hold-up – a local bus with four goats strapped to its roof. “This is our National Express," grinned our guide, Mucki, as we stared’wide-eyed out the window. This, after all, was Gambia
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Titanic: Dorset stories uncovered
DORSET is a long way from the freezing depths of the Atlantic Ocean, where the RMS Titanic has lain for the past 100 years. But for more than a year the fate of this liner and those who sailed on her have preoccupied the West Stafford-based screenwriter
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Events worth going out for in April
The Cartshed Gallery’s spring exhibition Two artists who share a studio have joined forces to show their work together at The Cartshed Gallery in Semley, near Shaftesbury. Joanna Sims works in pastels and oils, capturing the chalk downland around Salisbury
