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REVIEW: Dragon’s Dogma (PS3, Capcom)
Turns out you can’t fight a dragon with a measly sword, it’ll only rip out your still-beating heart and nick off with it. That’s that lesson well learned then. Thankfully you’re reborn, of sorts, and off you pop to get it back, because
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Bring back our vicar, pleads devastated congregation
A DEVASTATED congregation are calling for their vicar to be reinstated following more than a year of absence. Father Andrew Hawthorne has not been at St George’s Church since February last year following a number of incidents involving Christchurch
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Bournemouth face-biter is sent to prison
A MAN who bit his girlfriend’s face in a Bournemouth bar has been jailed for 10 months. Steven Aitken, 30, injured Lisa Woolley’s eye in the attack on a night out at The Old Firestation, Bournemouth Crown Court heard on Monday. The couple
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Last-ditch call to get help for centre project in Colehill
CAMPAIGNERS for a new youth and community centre to Colehill are launching a last ditch attempt to save the project. Their five years of fundraising, collecting £358,000 towards re-building The Reef, in Colehill Lane, will go to waste if they do not
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Queen’s lifeboat will rule the waves as it sets off from Poole
A VERY special brand new lifeboat got a rousing, patriotic send-off from flag-waving staff and visitors as it set off from Poole. The RNLI’s newest Tamar-class lifeboat, named the Diamond Jubilee, was bound for Eastbourne but it has a very distinguished
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Shock as kids’ play centre in Poole is set to close
STAFF and parents say they are ‘gutted’ by a shock announcement that an indoor kids’ play area in Poole is to close tomorrow. Workers at Monkey Bizness, at Tower Park, on Canford Heath, were told they would lose their jobs at an emergency meeting on
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Headteacher's pride at students response to Ben Andrews tragedy
A HEADTEACHER has said how proud she is of her pupils after a funeral service for teenager killed in a crash. Sally Wilson from The Blandford School paid tribute to their response after former student Ben Andrews, 19, was killed in a traffic
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New community physio-led Pulmonary Rehabilitation Service
Have you been diagnosed with a chronic lung disease? Do you find that normal day-to-day tasks leave you breathless? Why not join one of the new group sessions run by the Royal Bournemouth Hospital’s Pulmonary Rehabilitation (PR) service? The GP referred
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Roofer: I did defraud vulnerable customers
AN ‘IMPOSING’ roofer who used inaccurate and confusing paperwork to defraud customers has pleaded guilty at Bournemouth magistrates’ court. Frenny Jordan, who traded as On Top Roofing and Building Ltd, admitted approaching a number of householders
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Shock as Poole play centre closes with less than a week's notice
STAFF and parents say they are ‘gutted’ by a shock announcement that an indoor kids’ play area in Poole is to close tomorrow. Workers at Monkey Bizness, at Tower Park, on Canford Heath, were told they would lose their jobs at an emergency
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Strawberry Shortcakes
Strawberry Shortcakes (Makes 6) 225g (8oz) self-raising flour A pinch of salt 25g (1oz) ground almonds 125g (4 1/2oz) butter 60g (2oz) caster sugar, plus extra for sprinkling 1 egg yolk To decorate: 150ml (10fl.oz) double cream 1tbsp caster sugar
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Guilty: thug who attacked Good Samaritan warned he faces jail
A Bournemouth man has been found guilty of breaking the jaw of a Good Samaritan who tried to break up a fight with his girlfriend on a night out. Louis King, of Stewart Road, wept as a jury of five women and seven men delivered their verdict
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24 hours left to repair surf reef - but ASR show no sign of coming back
THE contract deadline for ASR to carry out remedial work on the Boscombe Surf Reef expires tomorrow – with no sign, as yet, of the firm coming back. The firm built the £3million surfing reef but the project has been dogged by problems and many
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Karate champ pervert Tim Stephens to be released from prison two months earlier
POOLE karate pervert Tim Stephens, who harboured more than 37,000 indecent images on his home computer, will be free earlier than originally reported. Triple karate world champion Stephens, 50, appeared at Bournemouth Crown Court to hear he
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Three-legged walk for TroopAid
TWO women took on a three-legged walk from Poole to Wimborne for TroopAid. Jasmine Smith and sister-in-law Gemma Trim, both 28, were tied together at Poole Quay before setting out for Wimborne’s Royal British Legion. Their challenge was also a way
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New Forest animals unhurt for five weeks
NEW FOREST: Groups in the New Forest are cautiously optimistic after reporting that no animals have been hurt in the area for a record-breaking five weeks. Sue Westwood, Clerk to the Verderers and Chair of the Animal Accident Reduction Group, said: ‘
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Cleveland Motors fire could have "taken out the whole street"
GARAGE staff described how a delivery of potentially explosive bottles arrived just as they werebattling a garage fire in Bournemouth. Two oxyacetylene bottles had caught fire – and seconds later a delivery driver parked outside with around
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Tragic lesson of Derinne's death
THERE is something shockingly sad about a woman dying alone and her body not being found for weeks. It reflects on our society today where people, for example, may have many friends online but do not have regular daily contact in the real world. I have
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Wonderful that we can wander woods
VERY many thanks to the wonderful staff who plan every woodland path/park area of Moors Valley and always make it accessible for the less mobile using mobility scooters. It’s quite wonderful to be able to “ramble” through woodland areas again
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Seeking Symes or Simes or Balston
I WONDER if any of your readers in the Poole/Dorchester/Bridport areas are able to help me. I am trying to see if there is a link between the families of Ann Balston who married Joseph Ricketts (two of my great, great grandparents) in Poole in February
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Marathon effort to clean up for Games
I JUST want to draw your readers’ attention to a pressing need to deal with the litter that is clogging up Poole’s roads. Weymouth is hosting the sailing classes of the Olympic Games in July and in all probability visitors will be staying locally to
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Ashamed at sad state of my region
I VISITED Bournemouth town centre today and saw an amazing amount of litter – papers, food wrappers, drink cans and other rubbish. I feel ashamed to say I live close to Bournemouth! After spending eight weeks travelling around Europe, I saw nothing
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It's not fun in the sun on the beach
I KNOW Bournemouth may have had the world's largest deckchair but what has happened to the rest of the beach amenities? My wife and I visited the town last Thursday and planned to spend the day on the beach at Durley Chine as usual. By mid-morning
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Bid to evict travellers from Haskells Rec, Newtown
POOLE: Borough of Poole officers will go to court today seeking an eviction order for the illegal traveller encampment at Haskells Rec in Newtown. Jeff Morley, council team manager, said: “If successful, we will be serving this order the same day. The
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So much positive to report
IT’S amazing how many critical letters your get about Bournemouth Council from people living in Poole, Burley, Ferndown and further afield. They should concentrate on what is happening where they live instead of ranting about us here in Bournemouth
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I realise now what view we will lose
WHILE the Imax isn’t perhaps the prettiest of buildings, I have always wondered why the council was so keen to spend £8million of our money (or £100 per household) to demolish it and restore the missing ‘view’ it obstructed. Then I realised, it's the
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Cycle lanes on Castle Lane: how Bournemouth's cycling grant will be spent
OUTSIDE London, Bournemouth has the greatest potential for increasing bike use and easing traffic congestion, a new study has shown. The findings of a study by consultants Steer Davies Gleave were revealed after council transport manager Ian Kalra told
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Why afternoon tea is a must for any Diamond Jubilee celebration
Already whetted by the Royal Wedding, our appetite for street parties is back with a bang this year as the Queen's Diamond Jubilee approaches. And there is no more fitting way to mark Her Majesty's 60 years on the throne than the quintessentially British
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Chris Farlowe & Chris Bennett: a night to remember
THE evening started with The Norman Beaker Band performing Can’t Be Satisfied and one of their own compositions before bringing on special guest Cliff Bennett to sing a number of his own hits. He more than proved that he still has one of the best voices
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Family-friendly shows will enchant at Lighthouse
NEXT month sees two enchanting studio shows to keep younger children and their parents entertained over the first two June Saturdays. Sunflowers and Sheds is on June 2 and The Way Back Home on June 9, and both are running at the Lighthouse Poole. Sunflowers
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Eastenders star Michelle Ryan taking to the stage for Cabaret at the Mayflower
SHE first won the nation’s hearts with her gripping performance as Zoe Slater in EastEnders. Then she beat a host of Hollywood names to play the title role in the re-imagining of cult US TV show The Bionic Woman in 2007. Now Michelle Ryan’s latest
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Danny Boyle’s monstrous marvel Frankenstein screened at the Regent
THERE is another chance to see Oscar-winning director Danny Boyle’s production of Nick Dear’s play of Frankenstein. This recorded presentation by the National Theatre will be screened on the Big Screen at the Regent, Christchurch, on June 14 at 1pm.
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Hoard of attic treasures revealed during office move in Sea Road
A SOLICITORS firm moving office after 77 years discovered a historical treasure trove in the attic. Staff at QualitySolicitors D’Angibau were clearing their building on Boscombe’s Sea Road. They discovered law reports dating back to the 18th century
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Bionic eye could give hope to the blind
NEWS of an experimental ‘bionic eye’ that could restore sight to thousands of blind people, has been welcomed by Dorset Blind Association. It follows initial clinical trials of two sufferers of retinitis pigmentosa (a condition which causes the photoreceptor
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Buteyko Breathing Technique changed my life, says asthma sufferer
FOR more than 40 years, John Bailey suffered with severe asthma and relied on a daily cocktail of medication. Now he has thrown away his inhalers after learning about the Buteyko Breathing Technique (BBT). John, 60, who lives in Lower Parkstone, said
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Cristallo: Stylish, yes, but small portions and high prices lead to disappointment
IT all looked quite promising when we went into Cristallo on Bournemouth’s West Cliff Road. The Romanesque statues outside have always made me a little sceptical for some reason but once inside the bright and smart restaurant we felt glad we had finally
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Parked Sunseeker yacht brings traffic to a standstill on A31
A parked Sunseeker yacht has brought traffic to a standstill on the A31. Drivers on the A31 approaching Ringwood from the east have found themselves in traffic queues as people slow to look at the yacht, parked in a layby. Delays have
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UPDATED: Is this the face of God in a mixing bowl?
NOTE: Since our original story on Ruth's face of God was posted in the features section of the site, her photo has been seen around the world. This is the version of the story that appears in the Daily Echo on May 30. IS this God’s face found
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Woman lay dead for six weeks
THE body of a woman found in a Bournemouth flat could have been there for six weeks before it was discovered. Derinne Atkins, 44, was found dead at an address in Southbourne on Wednesday May 23. Tests are now being carried out to establish
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Traffic lights and 2,600 homes without power after cut
A LARGE power cut left 2,600 homes in Bournemouth without power and stopped traffic lights working this morning. Traffic lights on the Cooper Dean roundabout on the A338 and A3060 Castle Lane West failed following a power cut at around 6am.
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Cherries: Boss Groves backs McQuoid to boost goal count
BOSS Paul Groves is hoping Josh McQuoid’s return to Dean Court will pep up Cherries’ firepower options. The 22-year-old has been drafted in as part of a player-plus-cash deal that saw Scott Malone move in the opposite direction to Millwall. A product
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Pirates: Hancock fears title 'threat' Holder
GRAND Prix master Greg Hancock predicts Pirates star Chris Holder will be a “real threat” to his World Championship crown. Hancock has enjoyed unparalleled success on the big stage, the American a two-time winner of the coveted title and ever present
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Cherries: McQuoid vows to impress Dean Court fans again
JOSH McQuoid is vowing to give his all to win over the Cherries faithful after telling his Dean Court detractors: I want you on my side. The striker yesterday sealed a return to Cherries as part of a player-plus-cash deal that saw Scott Malone move in
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Bashley close in on new boss
CHAIRMAN Richard Millbery says he has been impressed by the standard of applicants as Bashley close in on selecting a new manager. Millbery confirmed that the Bash hierarchy met on Monday evening to discuss the 12 applicants for the vacancy. Bash are
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Pirates: Hancock would like to see Ward in GP series
GREG Hancock says swashbuckling Pirates star Darcy Ward would be a welcome guest at speedway’s top table. Ward turned down an invitation to join this year’s world championship series as it would have compromised his commitments in Poland with
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Gill set for Magpies switch
PROMOTION hopefuls Poole Town have signed Will Spetch and Marvin Brooks for another season – but Kevin Gill has left Tatnam. Spetch and Brooks were stars of Dolphins’ play-off near miss in Southern League Division One South & West last term. However
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Ferndown edge narrow win over title rivals
FERNDOWN Wayfarers stole a march on Swanage by claiming a narrow two-wicket win over their arch rivals for the Division One crown. The Sunday heavyweights enjoyed a battle royale for the title last season, with Ferndown Wayfarers prevailing following
