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Best-seller Jodi Picoult treats fans to reading in Ringwood
BEST-SELLING author Jodi Picoult entertained fans with a reading from her new book. The popular American regaled visitors to the Seven Fish Bar in Ringwood with a few pages from her latest offering The Storyteller and signed copies at the Paperview
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Cherries: Howe voices support for 'integral' player Grabban
MANAGER Eddie Howe highlighted the importance of Lewis Grabban's unsung work and then tipped the striker to soon return to the goalscoring limelight. Grabban has gone 10 games without hitting the net but Howe has moved to praise the 25-year-old's
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Thousands of real ale lovers at Bournemouth Beer Festival
REAL ale fans poured into the BIC for the fourth annual Bournemouth Beer Festival. Thousands flocked to the BIC on Saturday and Sunday for the festivities. Among the 200 beers on offer were two 8.5 per cent brews, which many connoisseurs were
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Poole care services transferred to new provider
ELEANOR Nursing and Social Care has announced that it is taking over SCA’s homecare services in Poole. Eleanor Care, an independent company set up in 1979, provides personal and domestic care, live-in support workers, nursing staff, palliative
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Teachers union vows to press ahead with strike action
A MAJOR 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 there was an
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Security firm G4S pays out £10,000 after Olympics "shambles"
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 £284million trophy contract was “a humiliating shambles” after the government was forced
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Turlin Moor residents enjoy Easter extravaganza
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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Police issue new appeal after Ringwood shop robbery
POLICE have released new information as they search for two masked raiders who robbed a New Forest shop. Officers want to hear from anyone who saw the two men driving a black Vauxhall Astra convertible in Ringwood early on Good Friday. The
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A350 to close overnight for three weeks for resurfacing
ONE of Poole's busiest roads will be closed overnight for three weeks for resurfacing and drainage works. Drivers will be diverted to allow work to be carried out on the A350 Poole Road between the A31 Roundhouse roundabout and the turning to Lytchett
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GCSE students forced to repeat coursework after teachers set wrong tasks
SCIENCE students at Highcliffe School are being forced to repeat time-consuming coursework after teachers set them the wrong tasks. Just weeks before GCSEs begin in earnest, scores of Year 11 pupils have discovered their chemistry and biology assessments
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Missing man Alex Childs is found safe
A MAN who went missing from his New Forest home has been found safe. Police had been looking for 36-year-old Alex Child, of Old Milton Road, New Milton, since he left his mother’s address in Tuckton on Saturday March 23. His Morris Marina was found
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Poole Town: Goal hero Devlin determined to avoid more promotion agony
STEVE Devlin is adamant Poole Town can finally forget the painful memory of their agonising promotion near-miss – by avoiding the same fate this season. The midfielder fired Dolphins one step closer to a place in the Southern Premier when his 49th-minute
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Warning to walkers after man stuck in mud
A SAFETY warning has been issued after a man became stuck up to his waist in mud off the Dorset coast. Other walkers continued crossing the same area of mud at Lulworth Cove even after the man was rescued on Saturday afternoon. A member of
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Crown Prosecution offices in Bournemouth set to close
THE Crown Prosecution Service offices in Bournemouth are to close, it has been announced. The 55 members of staff were told the news last week about the closure, which forms part of a major cost-saving restructuring scheme within the CPS Wessex
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Residents promised help as care home faces closure
RESIDENTS of a Bournemouth care home, which is earmarked for closure, have been promised help and support as they look for new accommodation. Leybourne House in Western Avenue is due to close by the end of May, after operator Care South decided
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Dorset's commissioner reveals plan to keep county safe
DORSET’S Police and Crime Commissioner has unveiled his six-point plan to keep Dorset safe over the next five years. Martyn Underhill stressed he wants to see a more visible force operating in the heart of the community and said he wants people
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MP calls for prostate cancer checklist to be adopted in Dorset
MID Dorset and North Poole MP Annette Brooke has backed a prostate cancer initiative to ensure men get the best care – regardless of where they live. The MP has pledged her support for Prostate Cancer UK’s quality checklist, which follows recent
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Nature diary for 31st March
Dry & sunny conditions. BIRDS ROBIN-BLACKBIRD-FIRECREST-BLUE TIT-WREN-WOOD PIGEON-MAGPIE-HERRING GULL-SONG THRUSH-CARRION CROW-GREAT TIT-REDWING-CHIFFCHAFF-DUNNOCK-GREENFINCH-JAY-LONG TAILED TIT-MISTLE THRUSH-GOLDCREST-GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER-GREEN
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Boscombe councillor faces fears in sky dive for local 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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Spring Market to showcase local products in Pokesdown
A SPRING market will be held by Pokesdown Community Forum on Pokesdown Green, opposite the railway station, on Saturday, April 6. The market and craft sale, which runs from 10am to 4pm, will showcase products from local traders.