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Driver rescued from overturned car on the A350
FIREFIGHTERS rescued a driver from an overturned car earlier today. Police, paramedics and two fire crews from Poole were called to the A350 Blandford Road North near Limberlost just after 3pm following reports that a car had crashed into a hedge
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Grabban finalises Sunderland loan switch
SUNDERLAND have recruited out-of-favour Cherries striker Lewis Grabban on a season-long loan deal. Grabban today arrived at the Stadium of Light to put the finishing touches to the temporary move, his second loan switch of the calendar year.
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Burger restaurant at BH2 saved after chain goes into administration
A BURGER restaurant at Bournemouth’s BH2 development has been saved after the chain that owns it went into administration. Nine Handmade Burger Company branches were closed after the business went into administration earlier this month, with the
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Three men in court over alleged murder of Guy Hedger
THREE men have appeared in court via video link accused of murdering a businessman who was shot dead at his home. Insurance executive Guy Hedger, 61, died after intruders entered his £1 million home in Castlewood, near Ringwood, in the early hours
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Bournemouth Uni wants to cut the number of HMOs being used by students
BOURNEMOUTH University is working to reduce the number of houses of multiple occupancy currently used by its students across the town.The Wallisdown-based university, which also has a campus at Lansdowne, currently has 19,829 registered students - 16,788
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Here’s how you can have your say on plan to build 14,200 new homes in Poole
A PLAN outlining sites for 14,200 new Poole homes has been agreed.Borough of Poole (BOP) members backed the proposals for the draft Poole Local Plan, which sets out the authority’s preferred sites for development until 2033.Now, members of the public
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Enough C02 to fill the balloon 50 times over: How much greenhouse gas has been saved in Bournemouth
EFFORTS to clean up Bournemouth’s environment have led to half a million kilograms (500 tons) of damaging carbon dioxide being removed from the atmosphere.Campaigners leading the effort say the amount of CO2 saved would have filled the town’s defunct
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The Red Arrows to a 'global' procession: Swanage Carnival week is almost here!
TENS of thousands of people are expected to pack out Swanage this weekend (JULY 29/30), as the town's carnival and regatta week gets underway.The fun starts on 'Super Saturday' with a packed programme at Sandpit Field, including live music
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Cherries unveil new away kit
CHERRIES have revealed their new away kit for the 2017-18 campaign. Eddie Howe's men will wear a neon blue shirt – designed by Umbro – on their travels. The strip will be available to purchase on Tuesday, August 1. As part of gambling regulations
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New petrol and diesel vehicles to be banned in the UK from 2040
New diesel and petrol cars and vans will be banned from 2040 as part of efforts to tackle air pollution, the Government is expected to announce. A £255 million fund is expected to be unveiled to help councils speed up local measures to deal with
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Woman charged in connection with Guy Hedger murder investigation
POLICE have charged a women with assisting an offender in connection to the Guy Hedger murder investigation today after she was re-arrested. Helen Cooper, also known as Helen Keeping, had previously been arrested on Tuesday May 2 on suspicion of
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VIDEO: A338 reopens after overturned portable toilet trailer causes four hour lane closure
THE A338 Spur Road fully reopened more than four hours after a trailer carrying a portable toilet overturned. Traffic was at a standstill on the A338 Spur Road and surrounding roads after the trailer overturned. The lane of the dual carriageway
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Grabban close to sealing Sunderland loan move
CHERRIES striker Lewis Grabban is a transfer target for Sunderland, as revealed exclusively by the Daily Echo at the end of last week. Grabban is reportedly due at the Stadium of Light tomorrow to discuss the possibility of joining the Black Cats
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'We have our work cut out to beat anybody at home' – Pirates boss Ford reveals track concerns
MATT Ford admitted Pirates' Wimborne Road track had been a hindrance rather than a help and insisted: "We have our work cut out to beat anybody at home."Poole are in the midst of their worst home run in 12 years, a heavy defeat to Swindon
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Letter to the Editor: Dogs should be kept on their leads
HAVING read your story regarding the dog attack in Bournemouth (Echo, July 22), I am outraged that the on-lead policy for dogs in this area is not applied by the council. I am the owner of Nina’s Nannies for Pets, which provides live-in pet sitters
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Starke aims to 'put one over' Somerset after early-season axe
FIRED-up reserve Paul Starke has revealed he is desperate to "put one over" Somerset – after being abruptly axed by the Rebels in May.Starke lasted just eight SGB Premiership meetings for the Oaktree Arena side before being shown the door as
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Camp Bestival 2017: who's performing and what's on for kids?
There's just one day to go until the 10th annual Camp Bestival and the line-up is rocking. A host of names including Mark Ronson, Louisa Johnson, All Saints, Madness,The Lightening Seeds, Brian Wilson, Julian Clary and kids' favourite Mr Tumble
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WEDNESDAY BOSS: Film producer Adam Merrifield goes from kebab shop horror to futuristic Brexit thriller
“THE movies we make have to achieve two core goals,” says Bournemouth film producer Adam J Merrifield.“One of them is social comment on the way we live, or a comment on British society. The other one is that it’s entertainment.”Those two aims came together
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Steam locomotive suffers “bent buffers” after collision at Swanage Railway
ONE of the steam locomotives involved in a collision at Swanage railway station suffered damage to its buffers, rail bosses say.Swanage Railway Company chairman Trevor Parsons said one of the engines will be going into the workshop after suffering "
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"They've taken my baby": Mum's tears for son who viciously blinded stranger with belt buckle
A MOTHER sobbed "They've taken my baby" as her teenage son was detained after blinding a stranger in one eye. The 17-year-old, who cannot be named, was cuffed and taken to the cells after attacking Amreek Maan in Bournemouth's Lower Gardens on
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Revealed: The winners in our Capability Brown photo competition
HERE are the Capability Brown Photographic competition 2017 winners!A team of judges had the challenging task of looking at an outstanding array of images to choose the 10 finalists whose images will go on display in the Capability Brown exhibition at
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1,300 young people’s dreams come true thanks to John Thornton foundation
MORE than 1,000 young people have been able to follow their dreams thanks to a charity established after the death of a Royal Marine from Ferndown.The parents of John Thornton, who was 22 when he died in Afghanistan, have now given almost £500,000 away
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Dorset duo heading to America on football scholarships
DORSET'S Nicole Greenwood and Kelly Snook will head to the USA next month to take up prestigious football scholarships.Greenwood, who attended Queen Elizabeth's School in Wimborne, plays for AFC Bournemouth women and will link up with Cardinal
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"It's greedy": why residents are objecting to new plans for flats and shops
OBJECTIONS have been made over plans to build more flats at a major development in Highcliffe.A handful of residents have voiced concerns over the proposal to rebuild part of Highcliffe's shopping area in Lymington Road.They claim adding an extra
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PICTURES: Day one of the New Forest Show gets off to a flying start
A SPECTACULAR motorcycle stunt display opened the 97th instalment of a landmark event in the New Forest calender. Every seat surrounding one of the two main arenas at the New Forest and Hampshire County Show was taken as this year's headline act
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200kg of clothes handed out to children during “emotional” trip to Tanzania
AN INTERNATIONAL children's charity based in Wimborne has returned from a trip supporting people in Tanzania - and the organisation's trips for 2018 are already fully booked. Adventure Aid UK, which is managed by founder Ashley Platen-Mills, continued
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E.coli outbreak: “We’ve been treated like a statistic since the beginning”, say families
FAMILIES whose lives have been devastated by the dangerous E.coli bug have slammed Public Health England for keeping the public in the dark about the harmful bug and instead accusing devastated parents of ‘leaking’ details to the media. They say it was
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E.coli outbreak: Families were ‘forced to jump through hoops’ says health watchdog
PUBLIC Health England has come under fire from a health watchdog and a Dorset MP who have demanded lessons are learned from the E.coli outbreak. They say families feel that Public Health England bosses "did not take them seriously enough in the beginning
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Picture of the Day: Towsend School litter collection in 1988
After seeing the recent article on fly-tipping near Jewell Academy, Bournemouth, Heather Trenchard of Mudeford sent in a photograph of pupils from Mr Priest's class collecting litter when it was called Townsend School in 1988. Her eldest daughter
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Holder's world under-21 bid off to solid start but Kurtz struggles
JACK Holder banked a 10-point return and narrowly avoided a hefty crash in the opening round of the World Under-21 Championship at Polish venue Poznan.On a tricky track, Pirates' rising star did well to stay upright in his semi-final when Andreas
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Disappointed Lahti ready to step up
TIMO Lahti hopes his bedding-in period is over after admitting he had been "pretty disappointed" with his first two Pirates meetings.The former Finnish champion emerged with a haul of five paid six points from his Poole debut against Wolverhampton
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Some of the best #makeanafcbmovie titles (including some of our own)
AFC Bournemouth fans have been busy entertaining the Twitterati with some epic suggestions for #makeanafcbmovie. The hashtag has been rife with brilliant ideas from Cherries fans for movie names. We've pulled together some of our favourites
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In The Dock: 13 people from Bournemouth who have appeared in court
TIMOTHY BAKER aged 51 of St Swithuns Road, Bournemouth, admits to possession of six wraps of diamorphine, a controlled drug of class A, at Alexandra Road, Poole, on 3/7/17. Community order made. To be under a curfew for six weeks with electronic monitoring
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Debra Stephenson: ‘I wanted to make a show that has something for everyone’
SHE claims she has 100 voices, and Dorset’s own Debra Stephenson will be sharing them with an audience at Wimborne’s Tivoli Theatre this Friday.The Dead Ringers and Newzoids star, who lives in Poole, is staging a night of live music and comedy entertainment
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Trout with cigarette in its mouth posted through shop's letterbox (yes, you read that correctly)
A SHOP owner smelled something fishy after discovering a trout with a cigarette in its mouth had been posted through his letterbox. Darren Burns, who owns Safercigs in Blandford, fell hook, line and sinker for the “practical joke gone wrong”.
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Revealed: What Public Health England didn’t tell you about the E.coli outbreak in Dorset
PUBLIC health bosses did not inform the public about a deadly strain of E.coli in Dorset for 140 days - despite it already infecting 21 people, a special investigation has revealed. The first outbreak of its kind in England, E.coli VTEC 055 struck
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96% of patients seen within four hours at A&E as Dorset’s health and care partnership is rated “outstanding”
MORE than 96 per cent of patients in Dorset were admitted, transferred or discharged from A&E within four hours, new figures show.It comes as the Dorset Sustainability and Transformation Plan (STP) health and care partnership is one of only five areas
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St Michael's School pupils identified
RITA HALL (nee Stott) of Bournemouth, recognised herself as well as some of her friends in Stanley Pretty's picture of the boys and girls choirs of St Michael's Primary School, West Cliff, Bournemouth, after they won major wins in the Bournemouth
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Thatched cottage in Poole High Street is recognised
Peter Horner, Patricia Taylor, Teresa Tilikos, Alan Richards, Douglas Pollock, Doreen Harding and Mrs M Partridge commented on Martin Huse's picture of Poole High Street thatched cottage printed on June 23.Teresa's great grandfather had an old
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Remembering Passchendaele: Special event to mark 100 years since battle started
This month sees the start of the centenary of Passchendaele, from July until December 1917.At the 'Local heroes: Words and Music' event, part of the Stone & Voice project funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund, at St Peter's Church, Hinton Road
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GALLERY: Did you go to Leeson House? 50 years of memories from popular education centre
FOR tens of thousands of Dorset children, a stay at Leeson House was one of the highlights of their schooldays.The education centre at Langton Matravers last week celebrated half a century of inspiring young people – an anniversary which it once seemed
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Shutters installed at car park in town centre after concerns raised over "aggressive" beggars
A CAR PARK in Bournemouth town centre is being overhauled after customers raised concerns about "aggressive" beggars.Shutters have been installed at the NCP car park in Richmond Hill as a result of complaints.As reported in the Echo last September
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‘We weren’t paid money’, says promoter behind Bournemouth’s cancelled Olly Murs concert
POP fans embroiled in the axed Olly Murs concert debacle are still suffering, despite the X Factor star offering tickets for alternative gigs. The singer, who was due to perform at Bournemouth's King's Park on August 5, offered up tickets to shows
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Missing Love Island? Some of the stars are coming to Bournemouth...
Love it or hate it (or passionately ignoring it), Love Island has been the popular hit TV show of the summer. And with the final wrapping up the third series on Monday, many viewers will be missing their fix of fun in the sun. But some of the