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Dorset County Council pensions black hole ‘more than £300m’
DORSET COUNTY Council’s pension deficit has been revealed to stand at more than £300million. The figure was revealed in a report slamming local authorities for the huge black hole in public sector finances. The TaxPayers’ Alliance has
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25,000 expected at Blandford's Georgian Fayre
Blandford will again be packed with visitors for the town’s 20th Georgian Fayre from 10am on Bank Holiday Monday, May 7. Around 20,000 to 25,000 people will enjoy everything from farm animals and birds of prey to traditional stalls, children
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Trio set to run Race for Life for Chris
THESE three women will be among thousands descending on Poole Park in June to take part in Race for Life. Katie Sutton, 25, of Wallisdown, will be pushing wheelchair-bound mum Peggy Sutton along the 5km route to raise money for Cancer Research UK – a
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Extraction of payment angers dental patient in Christchurch
A 69-YEAR-old man was left fuming after an NHS dentist in Christchurch charged him for paying with a debit card. Keith Boughton, a retired health and safety adviser from Burton, was paying for a routine dental inspection at the Avon Dental
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Pamper evening in Canford Heath to raise roof repair funds
A GROUP of 40 women attended a pamper evening at the Pilot pub on Canford Heath to help repair a damaged roof in Romania. Volunteers from the Poole branch of The Biggin Hill Romania Group (BHRG) visited the country just before Christmas to
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Tapper Funeral Service to sponsor Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
TAPPER Funeral Service has agreed a year-long sponsorship deal with the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. The orchestra’s musicians work with youth orchestras, the elderly, school pupils, special needs groups and amateur enthusiasts. Rosa
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School children experience the magic of the Olympic Games
A DORSET charity gave schoolchildren and two local companies the chance to feel the magic of the London Olympics. Pupils, families and staff from Yarrells Preparatory School, Lilliput First School, Baden Powell and St Peters School, and Canford
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Video images trigger concerns over effects of Navitus Bay windfarm
CONCERNS about the potential effects of the proposed Poole Bay windfarm have heightened after councillors were shown video images of what it could look like. Challenge Navitus, a group opposing the Navitus Bay windfarm plans, showed their 3D
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Meet the Angels watching over the people of Boscombe at weekends
TERRIBLY polite voices ring out through the air on one Bournemouth’s most notorious streets. Walking up Roumelia Lane come the Boscombe Angels, not the sort of folk usually seen on this reputed drug-dealing hotspot. They are grey-haired
