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Escaped criminal held doc hostage
A DANGEROUS criminal who went on the run from a secure mental health unit held a Bournemouth doctor hostage for more than three hours. Shane Cooper absconded from Ravenswood House near Fareham while awaiting sentence for an offence of false imprisonment
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Smoking stubbed out by pizza chain
IT'S ILLEGAL in New York and New Zealand is due to follow suit next year. In Birmingham, Ireland and Brighton groups are already lamenting the many hours they could spend on pavements if campaigners get their way. Smoking is already forbidden in some
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Enterprise centre in second stage
BOURNEMOUTH Enterprise Centre is now in the second stage of development and will be ready for occupancy in November. The centre in Nimrod Way on the Ferndown Industrial Estate, will provide workspace, support and facilities to businesses in Dorset and
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Lorry tragedy witness plea
POLICE renewed their appeal urging witnesses to come forward following the discovery of three illegal immigrants in an articulated lorry in Poole. Officers found one of the men - believed to be an Iraqi Kurd - dead when they stopped the Spanish-registered
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HAWKS GROUND MAGPIES AFTER LATE, LATE STRIKE
HAVANT AND WATERLOOVILLE 3 DORCHESTER TOWN 2 A GOAL off the underside of the bar two minutes from time from Hawks' Neil Davis was a cruel blow for Dorchester after a brave second half fightback in a topsy-turvy contest at Westleigh Park last night. Trailing
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TEST STAR KIRTLEY'S DORCHESTER CONNECTION
JAMES Kirtley's sensational Test debut against South Africa sparked special interest at Dorchester where his father Bob is a vice-president of the town's cricket club. The Sussex seamer grabbed the headlines with second innings figures of 6-34 as England
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RUSSELL DOUBTFUL FOR WESSEX OPENER
STEVE Claridge wants his side to be 'ruthless' against Newport County at the Wessex Stadium tonight (kick off 7.45pm). The Terras player-boss is urging his players to show the Welsh visitors no mercy in front of their own fans. He explained: "Another
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Injured Lukas is flown home
INJURED Pirates star Lukas Dryml has flown home to the Czech Republic to get treatment on his broken ankle. The 22-year-old World number 10 was taken to Poole Hospital on Sunday after he had crashed into the safety fence at Poole during the 2004 Grand
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Brassed off band is axed
MUSICIANS are brassed off about being axed from the Dorchester Show for the first time in 30 years. The Durnovaria Silver Band - a familiar sight at civic and charity events - has been snubbed in favour of different acts like the New Forest Plonkers,
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It's gridlock to kick off carnival week
TRAFFIC was gridlocked in Weymouth after an accident involving a 14-year-old boy. Tempers flared yesterday as vehicles were brought to a standstill at the start of one of the resort's busiest weeks of the year. All routes out of town were jammed and drivers
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Fed-up shopkeeper raises the shutters
SHOPKEEPER Geoff Hill-Walsh is fitting new steel shutters at his Dorchester store after it was raided for the second time in a month. He is taking the action after thieves escaped with £6,000 of clothes from the House of Kings shop in Tudor Arcade. The
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Car park extension is completed early
WORK has finished to create long-awaited car parking spaces at the Top o'Town car park in Dorchester. West Dorset District Council has knocked down garages to create 34 extra spaces at the busy car park near the Keep Military Museum. Council leader Gwyn
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Village delighted as tea room opens up
A NEW Forest village is celebrating after a 300-signature petition helped persuade planners to let a tea room open at its local garden centre shop. The Garden Shop is the only shop in the village of Hyde and when owner Colin Morgan asked New Forest council
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Fury over freezer dumped on Cobb
A LYME Regis woman has rubbished the "abysmal" council services that allowed a freezer to be dumped at the Cobb and pile up with waste for a week in peak season. And Mrs Jacki Philips of Coram Avenue says Lyme Regis is dirtier now than she has ever known
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Compliments for carnival but less cash goes in the tins
THE new-look Lyme Regis carnival has been a big hit this year but organisers say they are disappointed with the amount of money raised through collections. Compliments have been flooding in from visitors who have given the thumbs-up to the new programme
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Don't paint over the mural is committees plea
CARNIVAL organisers at Lyme Regis have again called for the mural painted during carnival week to be allowed to stay up all year. Officials say the town council is wrong to insist that the mural be painted over after every carnival, because it shows what
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Civilians on the beat are a big hit with the public
POLICE Community Support Officers Mark Jones and Esther Osborne say the only time people respond negatively to them is when they are mistaken for traffic wardens. As long as no-one thinks theyre going to get a ticket, feedback has otherwise been overwhelmingly
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Theatre staff defend well behaved discos
STAFF at the Marine Theatre, Lyme Regis, have defended the Friday night discos following last week's lead story. They say the discos are well behaved events attended by far less people now than they used to be. But staff have renewed calls for greater
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Inspector must rule on FC plan
UPLYME Parish Council is calling for the decision on Lyme's controversial Strawberry Field sports ground project to be taken out of local hands. At its meeting on Wednesday the council voted unanimously to make an official request that the planning application
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INCHES FROM DEATH
A BOURNEMOUTH student could have died after he was stabbed in the neck as he walked back to his hotel. His life was saved by his friend who managed to stem the blood flow and phone for help. The attacker just missed a major artery in the brutal assault
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Always the sun
MORE than half of all people living in the south west have never visited Bournemouth, according to research published today. The survey, published by budget hotel brand Travelodge, reveals that more Brits have been to Barcelona than Bath. And those from
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Borders painted out in latest road sign fiasco
THEY'RE at it again! Speed camera workers are making hasty changes to signs in Bournemouth after a Daily Echo story revealed they may be illegal. They were spotted painting over black borders which could lead to hundreds of appeals from motorists. The
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Plan was hot potato of '32
IN its day it was a scheme as controversial as the IMAX, Dolphin Quay or the Winter Gardens. The plan that was the hot potato of 1932 was to develop Bath Hill in central Bournemouth with shops together with a club and "the largest covered swimming pool
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Don't get too het up about it!
THE recent hot weather has given us more excuses to criticise our public services. The need for trains to drive slowly has been seen as yet another indication of Britain having a third world infrastructure. Yes, I agree the trains ought to be able to
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Pregnant gypsy mum faces homelessness
A GYPSY mother and her seven children are facing homelessness after council chiefs refused them permission to live on a site near Wareham. Nella Hughes, who is heavily pregnant, is now facing legal action because she and her children moved on to the official
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Pullen's back nine wins cup
RICHARD Pullen shot a remarkable six-under-par 28 on the back nine at Torquay to win the club's annual Pro-am with a round of four-under-par 65. The Ashley Wood touring pro enjoyed his best day on the West Region as he also led home the team that finished
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Tracy's high ambition
TRACY Loveys steps back onto the big stage of women's professional golf this week after qualifying to play in the Ladies European Tour WPGA Championship at Royal Porthcawl that starts on Thursday. The total prize money is a juicy £400,000 so if she makes
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Unveiled: plan for 534 homes
A HIGH-DENSITY development of 534 dwellings has been unveiled for the highly contaminated Pitwines site in Poole town centre. Housebuilder Crest Nicholson has submitted a full planning application for a mix of apartments and a few houses on the 4.3 hectare
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AUSTIN ON CALL FOR BUOYANT BEES
TABLE-topping Bridport travel to Screwfix Direct Premier Division new boys Exmouth Town in buoyant mood tonight (kick-off 7.30pm). After trouncing Dawlish Town 5-2, the Bees will be brimming with confidence but manager Peter Conning is not expecting any
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TURRELL WILL HAVE TO WAIT HIS CHANCE
FORMER assistant boss Andy Turrell returns to Portland United's squad for their Sydenhams Wessex League trip to Downton tonight (7.45pm). The ex-Weymouth defender was unavailable for Saturday's opening day victory at Cowes Sports and is not guaranteed
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ORMEROD HOLDS HIS HANDS UP
MARK Ormerod admitted he is struggling to explain his poor form after making two more blunders in Dorchester's 3-2 defeat in a roller- coaster Dr Martens Premier Division game against Havant & Waterlooville last night. "The first two goals were definitely
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Pavilion to be pulled down
A CRICKET pavilion which has provided the centrepiece to a picturesque East Dorset beauty spot for almost a century is set to be pulled down to make way for a new building. The Bankes family formed Pamphill Cricket Club at Kingston Lacy at the turn of
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Australian adventure is a rum deal for Tamsin
BOURNEMOUTH'S Tamsin Skan, 26, is the star of a new multi-million pound advertising campaign by Bacardi Breezer. The prestigious TV and radio campaign has proven so lucrative she has just bought a swanky new flat in London's Notting Hill but she revealed
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Just pulling in
SOLDIERS went full steam ahead putting their weight into pulling 90 tons of steel in order to raise money for charity. Sixty soldiers aged 17 to 28 from the 11 Signal Regiment of the Royal Corps Signals based at Blandford raised £2,000 by hauling two
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Gardens to star in BBC period drama
ABBOTSBURY'S popular Sub-Tropical Gardens have been chosen as one of the filming locations for a new BBC period drama. Camera crews will be on site on August 27 because the exotic plants at Abbotsbury most closely reflect the planting around the Governor's
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Furlong goes metric for European Day
A FURLONG was converted into 200 metres when Ringwood's shopping centre was turned into a continental flavour piazza for a European Day. Boulevardiers sipped their caf latte under parasols outside Frampton Mill while leggy can-can dancers provided ooh-la-la
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Racing ace to attend steam rally
DOYEN of racing drivers Stirling Moss will act out every little boy's dream at the 35th Great Dorset Steam Fair. Sir Stirling will become an engine driver on the Saturday of the five-day event at Tarrant Hinton which begins on August 27. Steam yachts
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Alert over travellers
COMMUNITES across West Dorset are being put on high alert for a possible invasion by a group of travellers this weekend. It is thought a party from Dublin may return to the area where one of their number died in a car crash a year ago next Monday. Police
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No wonder actors go into politics
ON the eve of Iain Duncan Smith's big speech at last year's party conference in Bournemouth, the Tory leader rehearsed his entrance into the hall. His advisers told him how to stride purposefully, how to pause and wave to the audience, even how to climb
