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Councillor fights fears for charity
A BOSCOMBE councillor is taking the plunge with a sky dive this summer to raise funds for a local family support charity. Despite being scared of heights, Chris Wakefield will be stepping out of a plane at a height of at least 10,000 feet on May
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Hundreds of pigs die in West Dorset blaze
ALMOST 1,000 pigs have died after a blaze swept through a piggery at a West Dorset farm. The fire, which gutted the 330ft-ling complex at Seaborough Manor near Beaminster, is reported to have started in the roof early on Friday morning. Despite
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Do It For Dorset campaign boosts stroke club
THE Do It for Dorset Campaign is a joint initiative between the Daily Echo and the Dorset Community Foundation – a registered charity dedicated to promoting charitable giving and grant making for charities and community groups across the county.
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Crash on Wessex Way
The Wessex Way was closed in both directions today (Sat) following a crash involving two cars between Bournemouth and Westbourne. Emergency services were called to the Bournemouth West roundabout at 2.11 pm. Dorset police said two vehicles had
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Students at QE School raise cash for Julia's House
STUDENTS at a Wimborne school will be raising smiles as well as money with their summer prom. The sixth form pupils at QE School are digging deep to raise cash for Julia’s House Hospice in Corfe Mullen at the same time as they fundraise for the
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Spring clean your driving skills
Motorists are invited to give their skills and knowledge a spring clean with a Dorset Driver course. A two-hour theory session costs £5 and covers a range of subjects including new road signs and signals, changes in the law and tips on driving
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Hampshire police to be given taser training
Two hundred more police officers in Hampshire will be trained so they can be equipped with a taser on the county’s streets. Earlier this week, £100,000 was put aside to pay for the training and equipment that will be given to officers in more rural
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Emily Longley’s killer awaits appeal decision
THE self-professed playboy convicted of murdering aspiring model girlfriend Emily Longley will find out next month whether his bid for freedom has been successful. Elliot Turner, 21, will appear at the Court of Appeal in London on April 24 when
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Residents gather for Easter eggstravaganza
RESIDENTS from across Turlin Moor got together to enjoy an Easter-themed gathering at the Poole Housing Partnership backed community garden. The Easter eggstravaganza, organised by local residents and supported by PHP, was enjoyed by almost 70
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G4S pays Dorset police £10,000
A SHAMED security contractor has paid out £10,000 for putting extra pressure on Dorset police during the London Olympics. G4S has admitted its handling of the £284 million trophy contract was “a humiliating shambles” after the government was forced
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Foreign student guilty of sexual assault on buses
A FOREIGN student has been sexually assaulting women on buses. Trunalkumar Patel grabbed his victims on buses at Poole bus station and Bournemouth’s Horseshoe Common before they fought him off and fled to call the police. The 30-year-old told
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Dorset RSPCA pair climb Mount Kilimanjaro
TWO DORSET animal charity workers have climbed Mount Kilimanjaro to raise money. Inspector Jo Story and Inspector Patrick Bailey headed for the hills to drum up £4,000 each for the RSPCA, by scaling the 19,341ft height. Jo and Patrick both
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Domestic Goddess
Queen of crafting, understander of people’s problems and general good egg – no wonder Kirstie Allsopp is so popular, says Faith Eckersall It’s a freezing Friday morning and a vicious wind is whipping round the entrance at B&Q’s Fleetsbridge
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What's it all about Alfie?
‘The nation’s tenor’ Alfie Boe returns to Dorset to play the BIC on Wednesday, Patrick Gough reports He might be affectionately known as the “the nation’s tenor”, but Alfie Boe suffered a few jitters when he last performed in Bournemouth. “
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Historic train journey from Bournemouth to Swanage
A HISTORIC rail journey from Bournemouth has been made – 41 years after the tracks were last used. SouthWest Trains ran its first passenger train from Bournemouth to Corfe Castle and Swanage for the first time since New Year’s Day, 1972, when the
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Women's Fellowship raises £1,000
The Women's Fellowship at St Clement's Church has raised more than £1,000 for the building fund in two years. The money was raised through Tuesday afternoon bring and buy sales, gifts, and home made cards sold in church. The fellowship has thanked
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Sunrise services planned for Easter Sunday
A number of special Easter services are being held at various churches around Poole this weekend with outdoor events for early risers also planned. Easter Day Sunrise services are due to take place on Sunday at 6am with a Communion Service at Sandbanks
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Highcliffe therapists to take part in charity firewalk challenge
TWO Highcliffe therapists will be feeling the heat when they take part in a charity firewalk challenge. Friends Gill Taylor and Lis Horwich will be part of a group of fundraisers walking over 600-degree coals – six times the temperature of boiling
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Coppelia, Moscow Ballet la Classique, Pavilion
I HAVE seen numerous productions of this classical ballet, but this has been one of the most enjoyable. Not only have they followed the original story but have enhanced it with superb dancing by the entire corps de ballet. The life-like doll
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One man and his dog
Ruth Meech reports on how the story of a bomb-disposal partnership became a best-selling book, with the help of Dorset author Damian Lewis Stories about the close bonds forged between men and dogs are legion, but some are more soul-stirring than
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Prepare to be tickled by Ken Dodd
There isn’t a book which tells you How To Interview A Living Legend. But if there was it would probably say something like; ‘Ask him a question that he hasn’t been asked before’. Nightmare! Ken Dodd has been giving interviews for more than 50 years
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Can you help clean up Poole?
Volunteers are being sought by Dexter Sports YFC to take part in a litter pick at Learoyd Road, Canford Heath, Poole on Saturday April 6. They will be working with Cllr Sandra Moore and her community team and will meet at the Learoyd Road car park
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Faith Eckersall's column: enemies have a lot to learn from Boris Johnson
IT’S LUCKY you can’t die of smugness otherwise BBC interviewer Eddie Mair would have been fitted up for his wooden overcoat years ago. But I still don’t understand just why 600 numpties rang the Beeb to complain about him asking Boris Johnson a
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Sunrise service on Bournemouth beach
There will be a sunrise service on Bournemouth beach at 6.40am on Easter Sunday, followed by breakfast in Richmond Hill St Andrew's United Reformed Church Hall. The church hosts an Easter celebration including communion at 10.30am.
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Marine’s legacy lives on, five years later
THE legacy of a Royal Marine lives on five years to the day after he was killed in the war in Afghanistan. Lieutenant John Thornton was just 22 and a few weeks away from the end of his tour when he was killed in action on March 30, 2008. Shortly
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Union J to play at BIC
A DOUBLE whammy of TV talent show graduates has been confirmed as the show opener at Wave 105 Live! at the BIC on Saturday, May 25. First will be Loveable Rogues who shot to fame after appearing in 2012 on Britain’s Got Talent. They also formed
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Getting kids on their bikes
Encouraging children to cycle safely is a major aim of Sustrans, their Bike It officer tells Maria Court If you see a child cycling to school, the chances are they have been given a bit of a push by the charity Sustrans. It’s a leading UK organisation
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50 years since railway slaughter
FIFTY years have passed since Beeching’s disastrous slaughter of the rail network, which was supported by both Conservative and Labour parties at that time. We saw in Dorset and Hampshire the loss of the links to the north, be it via Poole to Broadstone
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Plain packaging aids fakers
I READ your article ‘Poole second worst for use of black market cigarettes’ highlighting the growing problem of illicit tobacco in Poole with interest. As someone who has worked in the packaging industry for over 40 years I am clear that the introduction
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Visitors brave coldest March for 62 years to enjoy resort
THE sun made a brief but welcome appearance yesterday – as the coldest March for 62 years came to a close. It was a marked change from Easter two years ago when the beach was packed with locals and holidaymakers enjoying temperatures of a toasty
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Remembering a son and a soldier
ON May 20 a very special book will be published. Called Helmand, Diaries of Front-Line Soldiers, it is described as funny, heartbreaking, absorbing, sometimes shocking and above all, honest. Without doubt, the most difficult and compelling reading
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Show's simply the best
THERE will be some Steamy Windows at the Bournemouth Pavilion Theatre when actress and singer Emi Wokoma stars in a new musical inspired by the life and times of Ike and Tina Turner. Soul Sister runs from April 8 to 13 and follows the highs and
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Why not pay council tax every month?
LIKE most people, my budget is geared to monthly payments, and monthly income. So why can't we pay our council tax over 12 months of the year, with any increase (or decrease!) adjusted each April. At present we get a 10-month standing order
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Celebrate the most joyous day in the Christian calendar
CHURCHGOERS will come together to celebrate the rising of Christ at a wide variety of Easter Sunday services tomorrow. The day is the most joyful in the Christian calendar, a reminder of the love shown by God in allowing his son to die on the cross
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Teachers vow to continue battle with Gove
THE opening day of a teachers’ conference in Bournemouth saw union leaders vow to press ahead with strike action. Delegates at the NASUWT annual conference at the BIC were told that cuts to education were damaging teaching and learning and that
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Review: Rapunzel
It's three months since panto season finished, but with temperatures still struggling in the doldrums what better way to celebrate a chilly Easter than with a cracking production of Rapunzel? Bournemouth Pavilion was packed on Friday afternoon
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Expert column: Travelling a healthy way
Sustrans’ vision is a world in which people choose to travel in ways that benefit their health and the environment, and this applies to children just as much as it does to adults. The positive experiences of all the children are the culmination of
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Royal appointment for Boscombe flat developers
BOSCOMBE’S Royal Arcade is again being promised a long-awaited restoration by new owners Oram Moss. The Dorset-based developer have plans to re-point the Victorian building’s brickwork, decorate windows and facades and refurbish 32 two-bedroom
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Fresh hopes for future of Royal Arcade flats
BOSCOMBE’S Royal Arcade is again being promised a long-awaited restoration by new owners Oram Moss. The Dorset-based developer have plans to re-point the Victorian building’s brickwork, decorate windows and facades and refurbish 32 two-bedroom
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Cherries: Win over Colchester one of our best says Howe
BOSS Eddie Howe guided Cherries to a fourth successive victory and then praised his players for producing “one of our best performances of the season”. Howe was delighted by his team’s efforts following yesterday’s comfortable 1-0 success at Colchester
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Longing for a taste of spring
So, apparently, this is spring? You’d expect with March being all but over that we’d have more green shoots around. But alas, winter has extended her stay, leaving us longing for some of our favourite seasonal ingredients. Our chefs at The Italian
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Dorset Snails, Puy Lentils & Black Pudding Snails
Jenny Jones from the Farnham’s Museum Inn serves up a snail starter Jenny Jones is the head chef of the Museum Inn in Farnham. Jenny has been recognised as Pub Chef of the Year by the Morning Advertiser, cooks inspired modern British dishes sourced
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Expert column: you need a plan to achieve your fitness goal
So, are you still working out to that soggy old workout card that’s been in the local gym file for months or even years? Or are you the type that runs out to buy the latest fitness or running magazine to see what’s in vogue with new buzz word workout
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One man's obsession with Dorset's tin roofs
Dorset’s corrugated iron buildings are celebrated in a new book, Faith Eckersall reports There’s a strange thing about tin buildings. Once you’ve had the first one pointed out to you, you start to see them everywhere. Michael Russell Wood certainly
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Expert column: get planting for a beautiful summer garden
Act now to achieve a vibrant and colourful summer garden, says Kevin Holmes from Haskins Ferndown A very happy Easter from all of us here at Haskins Ferndown. Spring is finally upon us, and the long Easter weekend is the perfect opportunity to
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Everything's coming up roses
If you want your roses to produce fantastic blooms later in the season, you may need to prune some of them now, Hannah Stephenson reports They are the quintessential English plant, with unrivalled fragrance, beauty and variety of colours, shapes
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Put your feet first
Around 15 million people suffer from bunions in the UK and a staggering 85 per cent of those are women including celebrities Victoria Beckham, Gwyneth Paltrow and Nigella Lawson. Consultant orthopaedic surgeon Heath Taylor has been a specialist
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Enjoy city and country life in Wiltshire
It may be only a short drive away, but Salisbury is whole new world for Steven Smith. Pictures Sally Adams When it’s so easy to go abroad for a break, often you can forget what’s practically on your doorstep. I grew up in Winchester and have