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Why Wendy’s set to make a leap of faith for Dorset charity
WHEN Wendy Barfoot takes a plunge from an aeroplane on Friday, it will be a poignant moment in more ways than one. Wendy, who is doing the charity skydive to mark her 70th birthday, has a very special reason for donating the money to her chosen organisation
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Care provider with Dorset sites denies it failed to meet standards
ONE of Britain’s biggest care providers has denied that staff shortages resulted in a cleaner looking after vulnerable pensioners. The allegation is made in a report published by the Care Quality Commission (CQC), which says Agincare UK Ltd which has
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Mc-Carthy & Stone get set for 1,300mile relay challenge
Retirement developer Mc-Carthy & Stone is gearing up to embark on a 1,300 mile relay challenge, which will see 200 employees walk, run, cycle, horse ride and even kayak their way from Newquay in Cornwall to Forres in Scotland, to raise vital funds
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Quick response codes to appear across Bournemouth
QUICK response codes will soon be popping up at libraries and museums across Bournemouth enabling smartphone users to get more information at the touch of a button. Bournemouth’s library services is one of only 13 successful bids to the arts council,
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Lymington waterfront site plan is delayed
PLANS to transform a prime waterfront site in Lymington have been hit by another delay. Council chiefs are still withholding permission for a multi-million-pound proposal which includes 168 homes, a restaurant and a riverside walk. The
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Poole strongman contest makes charity cash
Nine musclemen gave their all to prove their strength and be crowned the strongman of Barclays House at Poole. Staff member Ian Keeling, 52, organised the competition at the car park of the town centre headquarters, to raise money for Cancer
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Jenny's Week: the joys of blogging
My hubby made an observation last night, one that I’ve thought a couple of times in recent months but hadn’t vocalised. He said “we're so lucky, really, in that for the last couple of years almost every night we've had something different for dinner
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Pokesdown traders join forces with residents
A merger has brought together a traders’ group and a residents’ group in Bournemouth. Pokesdown traders and Pokesdown South Residents Association have joined forces. They will now be Pokesdown Community Forum for Residents and Traders. The first unified
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Trapped man released from under car
FIREFIGHTERS were called to rescue a man who got stuck under a car after a collision in Bournemouth early yesterday. Crews from Westbourne and Springbourne were sent to the junction of Madeira Road and Old Christchurch Road, Lansdowne, at 2.14am
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Julia's House warns new tax plans will harm charities
STRUGGLING charities have slammed George Osborne’s plans to cap tax relief on donations and warned that local good causes could suffer. The Chancellor is proposing a controversial cap, set at 25 per cent of a donor’s income, if he or she is
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Spring wildlife: what's in your garden?
SPRING is in bloom and it’s a great time to spot wildlife. This footage of a fox and cubs was filmed in a garden at Constitution Hill in Poole. We’d love to see your sightings of wildlife in your garden, whether its birds, insects or
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Wines of the Times: France's best kept secrets
THEY say that the people of Gascony (les Gascons) live the longest of all the French. The locals will testify that this comes down to their diet of hearty dishes involving duck and garlic all washed down with a glass or two of the local Madiran wine
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Our son the knifepoint robber: social services let him down
THE stepmother of a troubled youngster who has been jailed for robbing a shopkeeper says he has been failed by social services. Stephen Sherwood held up Mehmet Ekinci at knifepoint for cigarettes in the Premier store in Holdenhurst Road, Bournemouth
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Keep students out of Winton, plead residents
BOURNEMOUTH is fighting back against the “studentification” of Winton, with two new applications for student houses set to be refused. Councillors are being recommended to reject two separate plans to convert family homes in Sedgley Road and
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Jubilee celebrations wishes are granted for good causes in Christchurch
A HOST of Christchurch organisations have received money for special Diamond Jubilee or Olympic events. Christchurch council presented the grants of £250 to 20 groups recently. The events range from an indoor Jubilee street party for people attending
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Peace, Love and Gloves named best live act at Dorset Music Awards
THE results are in, as the Dorset Music Awards reached its conclusion for 2012 at the O2 Academy Bournemouth. The main event was the highly coveted Best Live Act award, which gives winners exposure to major opportunities in the industry, festival
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"Help me achieve my stage school dream"
A POTENTIAL star of the future is appealing for help before money worries stop him taking up a stage school place for the second year running. Jackie-Ross Lavender, from West Moors, needs £12,150 a year, plus living costs, for his musical theatre
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Travellers pitch up near AFCB stadium
A GROUP of travellers set up camp at Kings Park yesterday afternoon. Around half a dozen caravans took up residence at the car, coach and lorry park, close to AFC Bournemouth’s stadium. Cllr Nick King, whose ward includes the park, said
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New Assistant Chief Constable for Dorset
Dorset Police has a new Assistant Chief Constable. James Vaughan will take up the role of ACC (Operations) from Monday 14 May. He is currently the temporary Assistant Chief Constable at Wiltshire Police, with a crime, operations and
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Cutting Blandford hospital services will save £2.5m
DORSET County Council has backed the removal of some services from Blandford Community Hospital. The health committee has endorsed changes due in July and designed to save £2.5million a year. Services are being pulled out of Blandford, Sherborne
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VIDEO: TV star Ben Fogle helps clean up Hengistbury Head
PEOPLE young and old joined environmentalist and adventurer Ben Fogle to help clean up the beach at Hengistbury Head on Saturday afternoon. TV presenter Ben, whose exploits include rowing the Atlantic Ocean, was on hand with bin bags and gloves
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Miles Jupp will bowl you over with cricket comedy at the Tivoli
BALAMORY to cricket commentary – it’s quite a leap, but Edinburgh Fringe award-winning comic Miles Jupp is well-known for his versatility. As an actor he is best-known to younger TV audiences as inventor Archie in Balamory and to adults as
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Robber jailed for four years thanks to CCTV
A ROBBER who was brought to justice after his picture appeared in the Daily Echo has been jailed for four years. Yunus Patel, 43, from Churchill Road, Poole, was caught on camera during an armed raid at the Spar shop at Upton Triangle on March 1 this
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Hits of Roy Orbison live on at the Regent Centre
WHEN Roy Orbison died in 1988, it was left to others to bring his music to the stage. No easy task, but thanks to Barry Steele, Roy’s unique sound lives on. Steele, who has performed to rave reviews across the world, not only sounds like the man, he
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Dorset in drought: what you can do to save water
WITH Dorset now official in environmental drought, we're all being urged to use water more wisely. Although Wessex Water says it has no plans to restrict usage at the moment, the Environment Agency says anything we can do to help conserve water supplies
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Should ‘shed on legs’ be replaced?
I WONDER how many Bournemouth folk would like the ‘shed on legs’ replaced? That is, build a new Pier Theatre. I would say that is at present, a lot more ugly than the Waterfront building. RICHARD GRANT Bisterne Close, Burley
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Thorium stations are a way forward
SUSAN Chapman’s letter Global warming “playing havoc” was incredible considering renewable energy remains questionable and has as many critics as supporters. China has considered all the arguments and refused because renewable energy alone could never
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Bike thieves have really affected me
THIS open letter may never be published but it makes me feel better writing it. To the person who stole my bicycle from Castlepoint by shearing through two locks with a bolt cutter. For personal reasons, I won’t bore you by explaining how this has affected
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We should all do a bit to aid water level
IT is, almost stranger than fiction, that this, so called, green and pleasant land is to become, according to the media/experts, drought ridden and subject to diminishing rainfall with hose pipe bans in prospect. The news for many weeks now has shown
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‘Intrusive’ turbines nothing like a farm
I HAVE never understood why a collection of intrusive wind turbines should be described as “a farm” when these unreliable and massively subsidised structures bear absolutely no resemblance to agricultural or animal activity. They are nothing more than
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Plenty of funds for Kinson area
JAMES Smart in his letter of April 9 asks what Bournemouth council does for the people of Kinson. The council has invested millions of pounds in Kinson over the past few years. The Pelhams Park Leisure Centre was completed in December 2010 at a cost
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Reefs should be for protection
That surf reef: I was surprised to read in your recent illustrated article on the reef that the Borough Council are of the opinion that the photograph in the Echo simply shows the effect of the boat strike over a year ago. To me it is obvious that the
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Not rubbish to be responsible
SOME people think that litter isn’t a real problem. They drop it wherever it suits them and without a second thought and believe it isn’t hurting anyone. Yes it is unsightly, they would agree, but apart from that no harm done.
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Woman treated for burns after log starts fire at Charminster home
A WOMAN suffered burns and was left severely shaken after a log fell from an open fire in her home and set furniture alight. She was treated for burns to her hands and arms after the blaze at St Alban’s Avenue, Charminster, Bournemouth, at
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It's official: Dorset is now in drought
DORSET is now officially in environment drought, along with the rest of south-west England. The Environment Agency has declared the region’s rivers are short of water, causing problems for wildlife and wetlands. But this does not mean there are risks
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Oil spill on Poole roundabout this morning
AN oil spill occurred at a Poole roundabout this morning. Workers from Borough of Poole were sent to deal with the spillage on the Holes Bay roundabout at 8am. It has been cleared and the road, between A349 Broadstone Way and A350 Holes Bay
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House wrecked by gatecrashers after 16-year-old posts party on Facebook
A POOLE teenager has told how his plans for the best house party ever turned sour when around 400 people turned up. Two people were arrested in the mayhem that followed, as revellers trashed his Parkstone home and spilled out into the street
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Poole Park runners break new records
COURSE records were shattered and personal best times were achieved as the first anniversary of the Saturday morning Poole Park Run was celebrated in style. Nearly 300 runners of all ages and abilities turned up near the cricket pavilion to run 5km
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Non-league: Kemble injury mars Magpies' success
WIMBORNE’S victory over Southern League rivals Mangotsfield United at Cuthbury was overshadowed by injury to leading marksman Matt Kemble. The striker has been ruled out for the rest of the season after sustaining torn ligaments in his shoulder when
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Non-league: Chudy show keeps Hammers on target for sixth
LEE Chudy’s hat-trick put Hamworthy United on course to equal their highest Wessex League finish – and their best under current boss Simon Browne. Chudy’s exploits helped the Hammers maintain a slender one-point lead in sixth place and also
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Non-league: Referee's 'comical' chaos baffles Bash boss Riley
“YOU don’t know what you’re doing!” Hapless referee Matt Eva unwittingly played the leading role – both on and off the pitch – as this relegation matinee descended into farce. The villain of the piece for applying different rules to almost identical
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Non-league: Tiverton boss tips Poole for success in play-offs
GRACIOUS-in-defeat Tiverton boss Mark Saunders is tipping Poole Town to gain back-to-back promotions – providing they can silence Gosport goal machine Justin Bennett. Saunders, who made more than 250 Football League appearances, was on the receiving
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Rugby: Rampant Lions cut loose to tie up the title race
CAKED in mud, dripping with sweat and grinning from ear to ear, the champions gleefully supped champagne. They deserved it. As the bubbly flowed and the festivities began, it would have been impossible to argue that a big Bournemouth party
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Rugby: Manning hails team effort after championship success
MODEST Alan Manning captained Lions to glory and then gave the plaudits to his title-winning heroes by admitting: I couldn’t have done it without them. Proud Manning thanked his team-mates after writing his name in Bournemouth’s sporting record
