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Ivan idea to help, says hotels boss
A HOTEL group has offered a lifeline to a young couple who have been trying to reorganise their wedding after Hurricane Ivan put paid to their plans to marry in Jamaica. Trainee teacher Nicky Carter, 21, and electrician Michael Cannings, 22, spent what
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TRAFFIC DELAYS MAY LEAD TO STAFF LAY-OFFS
SHOP staff face being laid off because of rush-hour delays during roadworks on the A338's Blackwater junction, it has been revealed. Retail and tourism chiefs claim the months of roadworks are damag-ing their livelihoods. An urgent meeting with the highways
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BENDALL BLOW
STEVE Bendall's British middleweight title dreams lay in tatters after he lost inside six rounds against Scott Dann in Plymouth on Friday night. But the previously unbeaten Poole-based southpaw had no qualms about the result after referee Marcus McDonnell
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Discovery channel
DORSET has a lot going for it - but how many locals truly appreciate what's on their doorstep? Well, Tim Sanders, for one. Woolborn and bred ("strong in the arm and thick in the head" - his words, not mine), he now lives in Charminster, Bournemouth, and
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Bio-boom heralded in new waste centres
A NEW era in waste disposal has been hailed in Dorset and includes plans for a controversial mechanical biological treatment centre in Ferndown and another at Hurn. When plans for such a centre on Ferndown Industrial Estate were announced a year ago the
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Change is on the cards
ROMANY tarot card reader Tony Grent is fed up with being tarred with the same brush as other travellers. "I'm a Romany and I've travelled all my life," said 45-year-old Tony. He is sitting on the floor of the clean and tidy converted coach that is home
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Mayors see sights of town
MAYORS from across Dorset enjoyed a taste of Dorchester with town mayor Tim Harries. Colleagues from across the county joined Coun Harries and his wife Anita for a tour of the county town. The walkabout was the latest in a series of civic get-togethers
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Knitter is sending gift of warmth
WOOLLY jumpers will be warming Romanian children this winter thanks to a generous knitter from Weymouth. The cosy clothes were donated to students from Wey Valley School who are preparing for a 12-day trip to help street children next month. Susie Colenutt
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Steam Fair shots show safety lapse
THE Health and Safety Executive is to issue a warning to a fairground owner after he breached regulations at Dorset's greatest crowd-puller. The Daily Echo has been handed photographs that show men at the Great Dorset Steam Fair working 50ft above the
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Matchless wit
GIVEN time, I can work most things out. Take the brain teaser I found on the back of a box of matches the other day. There's a chap, call him Fred, who's a regular in a pub, but he's a little on the simple side. Other drinkers tend to take the mickey
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Sittin' on the deck in dismay
NOTHING demolishes your dignity quite so effectively as the chair that collapses underneath you. One second you're the picture of suave sophistication. The next you're an ungainly heap on the floor, colleagues hooting in delight as somebody chants: "Who
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It's tasteless, but live and let tie...
NEVER let it be said that the staff at the Echo are a tasteless bunch! Wear a Tasteless Tie Week is the event they've been waiting for and the chance to dig those old favourites out of the back of the wardrobe. Not only will they have great fun wearing
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A net loss?
UNTIL ten years ago, the term "internet" was not one often heard in day-to-day language. Now there's internet access in every high street and half of all homes in the country. Emma Joseph finds out how the internet has changed our lives for the better
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'Pitch in and help save our stadium'
CHERRIES chairman Peter Phillips is due to go to court in November to fight for the future of the club because one of their secured creditors has applied to repossess the stadium. Although he is says he is optimistic the club will be able to reach an
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'Kids in danger' worry prompts parking move
ROAD chiefs in Bournemouth are introducing additional parking measures near two of Bournemouth's biggest schools following concerns about the children's safety. As reported in Daily Echo, the head teacher of Avonbourne School claimed that 2,000 children's
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Salvation Army faces £9.6m budget crisis
THE Salvation Army is facing a massive £9.6million hole in its annual budget. The crisis means that the Salvation Army in the South has been forced to find savings of 30 per cent to balance the books by the end of its financial year. The news comes on
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Zara's grant lift
ENGLAND and Wessex volleyball star Zara Dampney has received a huge boost with the award of a grant from the Inner Wheel Club of Ferndown. In partnership with SportsAid South West and the Charity for Sport, the Ferndown club will present the talented
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Their fat chance
A LOCAL family is tackling a whole new lifestyle after signing up for BBC's Fat Nation: The Big Challenge. The major new series on BBC1 marks the launch of a two-year campaign of the same name. While the television programme is focusing on an average
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Graffiti may have written off town's award hopes
A YOUTH who scrawled graffiti across Wimborne the weekend before Britain in Bloom judges came for an inspection has been ordered to pay compensation. The 16-year-old, who cannot be named for legal reasons, admitted criminal damage by tagging the words
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Readers' responses to our week of travellers features
THE Daily Echo has received a huge response from readers over the controversial issue of travellers. All this week the we have been running a series of articles and features about travellers and asked for readers' views. We asked readers if the law should
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HE'S CUT OUT FOR THIS ROLE
BRIDE Lisa-Marie Morgan was so disappointed her brother could not come to her wedding that she took along a life-size cardboard cut-out of him. She asked her brother Alan Dyer to give her away to husband-to-be Luke Edwards at a ceremony at Kingston Maurward
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Stars of the show
TALENTED performers showed their star quality in a sizzling round of the Echo Search for a Star competition. Thirteen acts vied for the top slots in last night's heat, but the best was saved for last with the final two performances of the night scooping
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Lights preview to wow public
CHRISTMAS is coming to Dorchester. After months of fundraising organisers of the Decorate Dorchester appeal are set unveil what they hope will help light up the county town this festive season. Supporters of the campaign are taking over the Corn Exchange
