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Non-league: Devlin at the double to plunder Poole's points
STEVE Devlin’s last-ditch screamer maintained Poole’s perfect start to the season at Chippenham – and silenced boss Tom Killick in the process. Dolphins’ midfield dynamo levelled from the penalty spot before his spectacular 25-yard rocket flew
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Non-league: Bashley score all four in crazy 2-2 draw
STEWART Kearn and Paul Gazzard endured an eventful home managerial debut as Bashley battled back from two down to share the spoils with Truro City – despite scoring all four goals. The crazy clash also featured controversial refereeing decisions
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Smoke detector ‘saved lives' after fire broke out at Swanage house
A COUPLE and their son were able to escape their smoke-filled bungalow thanks to working smoke alarms fitted by the fire service. The occupants of the property in Stretche Road in Swanage called for help at 8.30pm on Tuesday night after a fire
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Loggerhead turtle spotted in Dorset waters - the first since 1938
A SAILOR was astonished to see a loggerhead turtle metres from his boat as he sailed in waters around Portland Bill. Jim Davies spotted the creature on Sunday at about 3pm when it surfaced to breathe. He said: “At one point it surfaced to
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Memories are made of this
EXPLORE the unseen spaces of the Lighthouse in Poole in a groundbreaking performance created by Platform 4, which runs for five days between September 6-11. Wearing headphones, audiences will be taken on a sensory tour of the building, guided by a
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Kris Kristofferson is feeling mortal
GRAMMY award winning songwriter and musician Kris Kristofferson comes to the Pavilion Theatre as part of his UK autumn tour. Kristofferson will play tracks from his latest critically acclaimed studio album Feeling Mortal at the venue on Sunday,
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By Jovi! It’s just like the real thing
IF you missed Bon Jovi at the Isle Of Wight festival this summer, then why not check out the next best thing. Tribute band The Bon Jovi Experience brings their show to the Tivoli on August 30. Throughout their career, the original band has sold
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Think twice about smoking in traffic, parents urged as bank holiday approaches
AS the August bank holiday approaches, smokers are being urged to think twice about lighting up during long journeys and in traffic queues. Smokefree South West is keen to highlight the risks of passive smoke exposure particularly to children during
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Comic Steve has Hughes following
DIRECT from sell-out shows at the Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and New Zealand Comedy Festivals, the sublime Australian comic and ex heavy-metal drummer Steve Hughes returns to the Tivoli Theatre on September 11 to embark upon his second solo tour.
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Want to support the RNLI? Don't donate - just share
A NEW social media campaign to support the work of the RNLI aims to create waves of interest in the charity's work. In a break from the more traditional fundraising campaign, the #SaveWave project isn't asking for cash. Instead, the charity
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UPDATED: Care home evacuated after fire
RESIDENTS of a Poole care home had to be evacuated this afternoon after a freezer fire broke out in the kitchen. The blaze, attended by 20 firefighters, took place at The Laurels and Pine Lodge residential care home for the elderly in Foxholes
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GCSE results day: rise in number of students entering International GCSEs, says Ofqual
GCSE results could look significantly different to last year’s due to students applying for International GCSEs and increased numbers of early and multiple entries, according to Ofqual. The qualifications and examinations regulator said some students
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GCSE results: thousands of teenagers get ready to collect results tomorrow
THOUSANDS of students in Dorset and Hampshire will be getting their GCSE results tomorrow. Anxious teenagers will turn up at schools and colleges to find out how they have fared in the exams. Education experts are predicting that nationally
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UPDATED WITH VIDEO: Bournemouth company’s tribute to Air Festival favourite the Lancaster
The RAF’s sole surviving flying Lancaster, the Second World War bomber, is a frequent visitor to Bournemouth and is expected to grace the skies at the forthcoming Bournemouth Air Festival later this month. Memories of the Lancaster have been kept
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Joseph And The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Bournemouth Pavilion Theatre
I closed my eyes....and in a Pavilion packed to capacity, prepared to witness former Steps singer Ian 'H' Watkins don Andrew Lloyd Webber's famed Technicolour Dreamcoat. As a complete Joseph 'virgin' I was a bit blown away by what unfolded next
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Grandmother on hunger strike for Guantanamo prisoners
A GRANDMOTHER from Dorset has completed a week-long hunger strike to support prisoners in Guantanamo Bay. Margaret Owen, 81, an internationally-renowned human rights lawyer, refused all food for seven days after learning of the plight of Shaker
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Brownsea plays host to scout festival
BROWNSEA Island will soon be home to a new festival to celebrate the history of scouting thanks to one inspirational guide leader from Bournemouth. Amanda Shorey, 25, has been awarded £2,500 of funding by O2 Think Big for her idea to engage a new
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Attorney-General has "no power" to refer sex offender's sentence to higher court
THE sentence handed to sex offender council official Robert Ian Finlay will not be referred to the Court of Appeal, the Attorney General's office has announced today. Finlay walked free from Bournemouth Crown Court on Friday after receiving a suspended
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Diabetes a growing threat to health in Dorset
DIABETES is the fastest growing health threat in the UK and around 17,500 people in Dorset have been diagnosed with the disease. But it is estimated that there are a further 11,000 local people who are unaware that they have diabetes. And with
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Complaints over education official’s sentence for sex offences rise to 12
THE Attorney General has now received 12 complaints about the “unduly lenient” sentence handed to sex offender council official Robert Ian Finlay. Finlay walked free from Bournemouth Crown Court on Friday after being handed a suspended sentence
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Elderly couple tricked out of bank cards by fraudster claiming to be police officer
A fraudster tricked two pensioners into handing their bank cards and pin numbers to an accomplice by pretending to be a police officer investigating a crime. The elderly couple were at their home in Guernsey Road, Poole, on Tuesday night when a
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Daughter's film is hit in Hollywood - but I thought about suing her for making me look an idiot
AN ESTRANGED father has said he was tempted to sue his own daughter over his “idiotic” portrayal in a film she co-wrote and starred in which has premiered in Hollywood. Ieuan Llewellyn, 53, from Bournemouth said he feels humiliated after finding
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Thieves strike at New Forest cycle hire centre
THIEVES have stolen 30 bikes from a New Forest cycle hire centre. Brockenhurst British Transport Police detectives are investigating the theft from Cycle Experience, at Brockenhurst railway station. Officers hope members of the public may hold
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Put a smile on your face with these cheese recipes
We’ve long since been a nation of cheese lovers, but nowadays Britain is well and truly on the foodie map as a great cheese producer too. British producers are not only offering world-beating traditional varieties, but developing their own versions
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Historic Christchurch building to be demolished for sheltered housing
A HISTORIC building in the centre of Christchurch will be demolished to make way for sheltered flats for the elderly. The Cornfactor building which is locally listed, will be torn down and replaced by a three-storey block of 26 apartments for elderly
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UPDATED: Road clear after fallen branch 'missed driver by inches' in Burton
A WOMAN driver had a close shave when part of a tree fell into the road in Burton. Residents said her car came close to being struck when a large branch of a fir tree came down in Salisbury Road. Janet Oliver was at home in Salisbury Road when
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Don't blame us for late-night noise - popular restaurant faces inquiry to decide its future after claims
CUSTOMERS have leapt to the defence of a popular restaurant on the eve of a planning inquiry that could decide its fate. People living near Fine Food 4 Sail are also supporting the waterside eatery, despite claims that householders have to endure
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Get yourself a golden ticket in this year's Air Festival brochure
THE official 2013 Bournemouth Air Festival souvenir brochure, sponsored by the Daily Echo, is on sale now, and 10 copies have fantastic Golden Tickets hidden inside, revealing some top air festival-related prizes. The lucky recipient of a Golden
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Victory in fight for full-time primary education - but will it affect all Bournemouth schools?
A BOURNEMOUTH school will offer full-time places from September after a row over its provision. Schools adjudicator Carol Parsons has ruled that St Mark’s Primary School in Talbot Rise must give children permanent places after mum Andrea Jarman
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EXCLUSIVE: It's official - Mum confirms Perrie IS engaged to One Direction's Zayn
FORMER Weymouth schoolgirl Perrie Edwards IS set to wed pop star boyfriend Zayn Malik of One Direction. The Little Mix star wore the three-stone diamond engagement ring for the first time at the premier of the One Direction film This Is Us at Leicester
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Don't miss out on this year's Child of the Year
THERE are only four days left before this year’s search for the Daily Echo’s Child of the Year closes to entries. Proud parents who think their child has special star quality have until August 24 to enter them into the portrait competition to find
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Police still hunting for sex attacker caught on CCTV
DETECTIVES are continuing to hunt a man who sexually assaulted a woman in the Townsend area of Bournemouth. The incident happened between 11.30pm on Saturday August 10 and 12.15am the following morning when a woman, aged in her 20s, got off a bus
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In the Dock: Ferndown
DAVID MAURICE NEW aged 52 of Elmhurst Road, West Moors, Ferndown. Admitted driving a Fiat Panel Van on the A338 Wessex Way without third party insurance. Fined £90. To pay victim surcharge of £20. Costs £35. Licence endorsed with six points.
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In the Dock: Poole
SANDRA J INGRAM aged 44 of Patchins Road, Poole. Proved in absence that on March 4, 2013 she used a colour television without a licence at the above address. Fined £450. To pay victim surcharge of £45. Costs £90. SUZANNE JONES aged 29 of Trinidad
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In the Dock: Christchurch
KAYLEIGH RENYARD aged 21 of Monkswell Green, Christchurch. Admitted that on January 7, 2013 she used a colour television without a licence at the above address. Fined £75. To pay victim surcharge of £20.
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In the Dock: Bournemouth
ARTHUR MASON aged 75 of no fixed abode. Admitted failing to comply with a direction given by a police constable in uniform to leave the locality of Ashley Road, Bournemouth and not return for a period of eight hours. Fined £50. To pay victim surcharge
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The real problem with A31
MOST public authorities with an interest in the matter seem to accept that concern is rising about the A31 and that something needs to be done. Yesterday’s crash near Ringwood was just the latest in a very long list of accidents along that stretch
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Kindness of strangers
YESTERDAY morning we were awoken at 4am by the police telling us my son's motorbike had been stolen, and where we could recover it. Not a good start to the day! During the afternoon I went to B&Q to purchase a security light and a big padlock
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Town has got it right
I WANT to share with readers the positive feedback I am getting from my family, visitors and local friends and acquaintances – and, of course, my own view – all in one voice – Bournemouth’s Got It Right. We are having a fabulous time. The Pier
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Child parking spaces great
I FEEL I must write in response to Colin Pipe’s letter, entitled ‘Badges there for older folk’, which appeared in the Echo on July 19. I personally took great offence at Colin Pipe’s comments regarding the placement of parent and child spaces,
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Pharmacies acquisition boosts presence on the high street
The acquisition of three pharmacies in Bournemouth has given the expanding Avicenna group a major high street presence. The three pharmacies — locasted at West Howe, Bearwood and Talbot — were sold by specialist property adviser Christie + Co on
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Aircraft company hoping to save lives with vital heart equipment
Bournemouth Airport-based JETS has bought a portable defibrillator after two of its employees suffered heart attacks. The aircraft maintenance and overhaul company’s health and safety co-ordinator, Kayleigh Garlick said: “Two of our engineers have
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Prezzo still reasonably priced and full of character
FULL of character, with a varied menu and reasonably-priced food, Prezzo has always been one of my favourite Christchurch eateries. I hadn’t been for a while, so was looking forward to a night out there again with friends. We had booked well
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Wreaths laid at Jon Egging Memorial to mark two years since his death
A WREATH was laid at the Jon Egging Memorial this afternoon, two years to the day after his death. Flt Lt Egging, 33, was killed after his Hawk T1 aircraft crashed in a field near Throop Mill following a display at the Bournemouth Air Festival
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Calls for urgent action on A31 after four-car crash results in eight-mile tailbacks
A RINGWOOD councillor has called on the Highways Agency to install new signs on the A31 as a matter of urgency. Ringwood councillor Michael Thierry was speaking just days after receiving a letter from roads minister Stephen Hammond, dismissing
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Cherries: Harry happy to kill his card count
HARRY Arter has hailed the help of boss Eddie Howe as the midfield maestro attempts to halt his calamitous card count in Cherries colours. Arter, 23, picked up no fewer than 27 yellows and one red in his first three seasons at Dean Court and was
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Bournemouth begin pre-season preparations
NEW-look Bournemouth made an encouraging start to their warm-up campaign with a convincing victory in a pre-season trial match on Saturday. The Chapel Gate outfit ran in eight tries in a 52-25 home hammering of Glamorgan Wanderers. Dan Connolly
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Men's bowls: Bournemouth back in the big time
CHAMPIONS Bournemouth ensured their first dip into Section Two proved brief as they secured an immediate return to the top tier. This was the first season in Bournemouth’s 110-year history where they had found themselves outside of Section One.
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Cricket: Lack of promotion puts Parley on sticky wicket
PARLEY chairman Graham Stickland is urging the English Cricket Board to carry out a further review of its Premier League structure. His comments come just days after Parley were crowned Dorset League champions – a competition which has no provision
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Non-league: Wimborne's win is costly for Davidson
WIMBORNE Town striker Jamie Davidson has sustained a fractured wrist – but could still play on Saturday. The former Cherries trainee suffered the injury when landing awkwardly following a heavy tackle in Magpies’ 2-1 home win over Godalming yesterday
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MCCA Championship: Dorset end dismal season with another defeat
DORSET brought down the curtain on one of the most dismal seasons in their long and proud history with another demoralising defeat this week. A comprehensive 10-wicket hammering at the hands of Wales saw them land the dreaded wooden spoon in the
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Dorset Sunday: Corfe fall short despite Jordan's stoic show
MICHAEL Jordan’s late scoring spree proved in vain for Corfe Mullen as second-placed St Georges emerged from a tight clash with a 13-run victory. An 87-run partnership between Sam Goodhew (55) and Rob Cole (25) laid the foundations for the visitors
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Driver error, not speed, causes A31 collisions, say police
HAMPSHIRE Police told the Transport Minister it is driver error that causes most collisions on the A31, not excessive speed. The findings came in a report written for the Highways Agency, and sent to Transport Minster Stephen Hammond, who had the
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JAILED: Gang who ran £2m "fraud factory" from Bournemouth
AN organised crime gang who ran a "fraud factory" from Bournemouth and stole more than 3,000 identities in an attempt to defraud at least £2 million of income tax has been jailed. The four men, all Eastern Europeans, played different roles in the
