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UPDATED: A31 reopened after serious collision
THE A31 has reopened following a serious collision between two cars on Sunday lunchtime. The collision took place between A350 Poole Road, Roundhouse roundabout at Sturminster Marshall and the B3075 Worlds End Pub, Winterborne Zelston.
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£3.4m is spent on bus service
BUS passengers in South East Dorset are set to reap the rewards after the Department of Transport awarded £3.435million of Government funding towards improving local bus travel. Cllr Michael Filer, Bournemouth council’s Cabinet member for transport,
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Transport budget suggests Bournemouth is bike-friendly
BOURNEMOUTH is spending more on cycling than even some of the most cycle friendly cities in the country. The town spent nine per cent of its transport budget on cycling in 2009/10, then 13.5 per cent in 2010/11, and around 16 per cent in 2011
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Police blitz on bad driving in Purbecks to improve road safety
A road safety operation was delivered in Purbeck as part of a campaign to reduce the number of road casualties. Special constables carried out the safety operation as a direct result of concerns from the local community, and in order to raise the profile
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Bournemouth hospital staff get on board with green scheme
STAFF at the Royal Bournemouth Hospital had the chance to sign up for a greener future at the first NHS Sustainability Day. They were invited to Do One Thing in April by pledging to make a difference, for example by cycling or walking into
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Join Dorset explorer on Bolivia trip
A renowned Dorset explorer, who will be travelling to Bolivia later in the year is looking for adventurers to join him on the expedition. Colonel John Blashford-Snell will be going to North Eastern Bolivia to provide aid and study some archaeological
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Poole sisters raise £1,460 to help patients with kidney problems
TWO Poole sisters have raised more than £1,460 to help hospital patients with kidney problems. Karley, 25, and Kirsty Jones, 23, held a disco and raffle to collect the sum in memory of their grandfather David Hedgecock. Mr Hedgecock
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Wimborne to party for Diamond Jubilee and revamped Square
WIMBORNE will be well and truly in the party mood with a double celebration for the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee and the Square re-opening, it has been announced. Businesses have put together a busy programme of flower festivals, entertainment and
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Story Lab project helps raise literacy levels
SEVEN schools in Poole and Bournemouth have signed up to a Story Lab project aimed at developing literacy skills. Between April and October this year, library staff, teachers and artists will work with children aged between four and 14 and
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Chance to audition in front of talent scout from The Voice
BOURNEMOUTH’S Academy of Contemporary Music is offering young people the chance to audition in front of a talent scout from BBC’s The Voice. Auditions for the academy’s full-time diploma in music performance will take place in front of a panel
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Shock as needle found on Bournemouth beach
A FAMILY day out on Bournemouth beach was cut short after a used hypodermic needle was spotted sticking out of the sand. Jemma Traves, 38, from Parkstone, was horrified when her six-year-old son Samuel drew her attention to the needle near
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Campsite tragedy: barbecue fumes could have poisoned six-year-old
TOXIC fumes from a barbecue could have killed a six-year-old girl who died on a family camping holiday, police have revealed. Six-year-old Isabelle Harris and her parents, Tracey and Lee Harris from Gosport, had a barbecue at Holmsley campsite
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Campsite tragedy: Parents pay tribute to their "special girl"
THE devastated parents of a six-year-old girl who died at a New Forest campsite in the early hours of Good Friday have paid tribute to her. Lee and Tracey Harris, the parents of Isabelle Harris said: “We are all absolutely devastated about
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MP Tobias Ellwood calls for Big Ben tower name change
A BOURNEMOUTH MP is leading calls to rename the tower containing Big Ben in honour of the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee. Tobias Ellwood, Conservative MP for Bournemouth East, wants the clock tower renamed Elizabeh Tower. He has tabled an early
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Launderette business moves out of Adastral Square
ANOTHER business has been forced out of a beleaguered Poole shopping precinct, that’s struggled since losing its main supermarket last year. The manager of Ad Adastral Laundrette, David Spencer, says he’s moving on because of spiralling costs
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Launderette business moves out of Adastral Square: Your reaction
• CANFORD Heath resident Julie Wollington said: “My daughter uses the launderette, so we’ll be sad to see it go. It has been a lot quieter since Somerfield closed.” • JON Fell, of Ad Adastral Square’s PramaCare charity shop, said: “The rents
