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Should we negotiate with terrorists
THE Daily Echo is seeking readers' opinions on an important issue of the moment. This week we want your views on whether we should negotiate with terrorists to save a hostage's life. Vote on the homepage or see Saturday's Echo for details of how to vote
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Trust me I'm a Doc
TELEVISION actor Martin Clunes was in Bournemouth September 23 to help showcase the remarkable achievements of local young people who have overcome barriers to start their own businesses. The star of the hugely successful TV sitcom Men Behaving Badly,
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War heroes get close to enemy tanks
TWO real-life characters from the TV series Band of Brothers got their first close-up look at the Nazi tank that nearly killed them during a special trip to Bovington Tank Museum. Forrest "Goody" Guth and Amos "Butch" Taylor served in Easy Company, 516th
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Tom, 81, to relive school days
A SPECIAL reunion is being staged next month for past pupils who attended Corfe Castle village school between the 1920s and late 1940s. Organiser Tom Cattle, 81, is pictured (top right) in the class of 1937 when the school was then known as Bankes Memorial
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He was the greatest
'MOVING in' is as bad or worse than 'moving out'. The walls are bare, an expert picture hanger is needed, so are a few strong lads. Those books and boxes of glass, china and paraphernalia seem to get heavier with every move. Did you ever dream that crockery
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Cellular (15)
MOBILE phones are the bane of the modern world, chirruping annoyingly in the middle of films and transforming mild-mannered teenagers into frenzied text fiends. One such handheld device takes a starring role in David R Ellis' edge-of-seat thriller, an
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Spreading the news
WE'VE heard about newspapers being delivered late - but this one takes the biscuit! A Poole Advertiser has just turned up in Hamworthy nearly 140 years after it was published, on February 25, 1865. The paper - a snip at just one penny - was published
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The Punisher (18)
WHAT an unpleasant film... soulless, heartless and, indeed, artless. Rootin', tootin' FBI agent Frank Castle (Tom Jane) ticks off his last job and heads off for comfortable retirement with the young wife and child. The thing is, during the course of his
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Origin of Darwin's thoughts
HE was a naturalist who changed the world's thinking with his theory on evolution after voyaging for five years across the globe aboard HMS Beagle. But once Charles Darwin returned to England, he eventually settled with his wife at Down House in Kent.
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Taken
DURING a holiday in Mexico Jessica meets the man of her dreams, Sheldon Patterson. Her marriage seems idyllic and secure. When CJ, their son, arrives her happiness is complete. When Sheldon wants to take him away to Disneyland she reluctantly lets him
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FOOTBALL - FA Cup first round qualifying
Romans Conquer the Bees Citadel Bridport 1 Bath City 4 (at St Mary's Field) BRIDPORT were unceremoniously dumped out of the FA Cup by Bath City in front of a the biggest gate for three seasons at St Mary's Field. The Bees battled hard against their Southern
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Taxi boss says his drivers can protect elderly
WHEN you're elderly and unable to drive, a taxi can be a lifeline for simple tasks like doing your shopping and going to the bank. And across Dorset, taxi drivers are being encouraged to go the extra mile for their elderly clients by watching out for
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BMX
Moore's clean sweep LYME Regis youngster Josh Moore is the new south west champion after a clean sweep at Tiverton. The six-year-old came first in all three heats and was the winner in the final to take the title. His younger brother Eddie, age four but
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Cricket - Newsport Cricket Awards 2004
Whetlor has team of award winners BRIDPORT CC swept the board in the annual Newsport cricket awards this season in defiance of being pipped for promotion from Division Two of the Dorset Saturday League. Skipper Jon Whetlor made 953 runs to take the batsman
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Crackdown on harbour speed
POOLE harbour authorities are cracking down on inconsiderate speeders who break the law and endanger other boat users. They have just successfully prosecuted a further four people for speeding or careless navigation in the harbour. Average fine and penalties
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Delight as skatepark hosts major contest
USERS of an indoor BMX and skatepark in Bridport are spinning and jumping with delight after the venue successfully hosted its first major contest. The professional competition brought with it a fee which has helped go some way to paying for a £1,300
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Village post office at risk
A VILLAGE post office is under threat of closure because it is classified as an urban branch, a councillor claims. Bradpole Post Office had been a rural branch until a change in its designation a couple of years ago, says district and county councillor
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Tributes to boy in rugby tragedy
THE tragic death of a 14-year-old teenager during a rugby match this week has touched a whole community and left family and friends devastated. Family, friends and teachers have been paying tribute to Matthew Bailey, from Broadwindsor, who died during
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New waste site battle looming
A WEST Dorset beauty spot is set to become the latest battleground in the county council's struggle to build a waste management centre for Bridport. The greenfield site north of the town's Gore Cross Business Park has emerged as the new first choice location
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Home help
Homeopathic treatment helped a sufferer to beat a rare cancer. Joanna Codd reports HER career as a reporter for national newspapers and magazines has taken her to some of the world's most dangerous places, including Iraq and Afghanistan. But Christine
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So near to reaching Sophie target
OUR campaign for four-year-old amputee Sophie Sivess has reached £2,000 but we need Echo readers to dig deep to reach our target. We need to raise £2,500 towards vital equipment to keep Sophie mobile as well as a new prosthetic leg that looks and feels
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Ryan's best Poole return sets up win
RYAN Sullivan was the star of the show as Pirates hammered Eastbourne in the first leg of the Stan the Stalker Trophy at Wimborne Road on September 23. The Australian ace scorched to 14 points from five rides, his highest return on Poole's track since
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STAGE AND MUSIC (September 24)
POP singer turned award winning star of the musical theatre Marti Pellow heads the cast of the hit musical Chicago as it arrives at the Mayflower Theatre in Southampton for a two week run on Monday (September 28). The show, a cheery tale of murder, greed
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POLICE ACT OVER HUNT CLASH FEAR
POLICE are desperate to avoid a clash between supporters and activists when the foxhunting season starts in Dorset. As the fox hunting debate intensifies, the force's top officers have called meetings with campaigners from both sides to advise on safety
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Soup stock free to a good home
A SUPERMARKET hopes to serve up a treat for a good cause by giving away cans of soup. Staff at Tesco in Dorchester have been told not to sell hundreds of tins of Heinz soup because the company has introduced a different style of packaging. The move has
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Spike promotes healthy life - from beyond the grace
A LEADING health foods company has been branded "sick" for using a picture of Bridport's most famous cat to promote its products - three years after his death. Ginger Tom Spike was the world's oldest moggy when he died in 2001, aged 31 - equal to 217
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Girls bake cakes to raise cash for appeal
IT was a veritable cake-scramble at the Royal Manor Arts College when the girls from Year 8 held a fund raising event in aid of the Dorset Echo Beslan Appeal. Trays of fairy, chocolate chip, coffee and crispy cakes, all made at home with no help from
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Bare-faced cheek of charity cleaner
A BUILDER is downing tools to bare all in the name of a Dorset charity. Cheeky chappie Ian Powell has vowed to strip off and perform household chores in the nude so he can raise money for the Dorset and Somerset Air Ambulance. The 34-year-old plans to
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Controversial loo designers are on a roll
A CONTROVERSIAL, award-nominated public loo has turned out to be no flash in the pan for its architect. The firm behind Brockenhurst's new public convenience has completed plans for a toilet in Milford-on-Sea. John Pardey Architects' design for Brockenhurst
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Crow on cliff is set to rise like phoenix
A CLIFFTOP cafe which burnt to the ground 15 years ago could rise like a phoenix from the ashes under plans announced by Christchurch Borough Council. At the moment a mobile caf positioned next to the public toilets on the clifftop offers visitors teas
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Lyme gets up to speed on the web
LYME Regis is revving up to join the information superhighway - putting it on track for a major tourist boost. The town's broadband campaign took the chequered flag earlier this year - and the high-speed Internet link will be switched on at the local
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GARRETH: NO ROVERS' RESPITE
GARRETH O'Connor climbed down from the cloud of Carling Cup success and warned: "Doncaster will be even tougher." The Irishman, who fired home a fine volleyed equaliser and later tucked away a penalty in the shoot-out in the remarkable Blackburn showdown
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Ticket to ride for Macca PR Geoff
THE Lyme Regis-born publicist who worked for Sir Paul McCartney for over 15 years, has been given a ticket to ride by the former Beatle. Geoff Baker, 48, who went to the old Woodroffe grammar school and did a spell with the Lyme Regis News before becoming
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Tragic death of schoolboy
TRAINED counsellors were this week helping pupils at Woodroffe School, Lyme Regis, come to terms with the tragic death of a 14-year-old classmate during a rugby match. Matthew Bailey collapsed and died from an apparent heart attack while playing at Colyton
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Kids are all right
A YEAR ago, Trade and Industry Secretary Patricia Hewitt was telling us that mothers who refused to go out to work were a "real problem". Now we discover that the real problem is that actually, there aren't enough kids to go round. This week, Mrs Bossyboots
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X-mass hysteria
DON'T mention the X-word, but signs are already afoot that the festive season is under way. We've barely stopped moaning about the lack of summer sunshine than advent calendars are beginning to appear in our shops. Festive-shaped chocolates are being
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Phone link will offer advice in emergency
EVERYONE knows to ring 999 for emergency services, but health chiefs in Dorset are hoping people will remember a new number from October 1. That's when a new emergency out-of-hours medical service starts, covering times when people's normal GP surgeries
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ROGUES GALLERY
ROGUES galleries of rowdy revellers are being installed in pubs in Poole and Bournemouth to help them keep barred yobs out. Poole police officers are giving town centre pubs a pack containing mug-shots of six men and two women who have been banned from
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Police struggling with unsolved crimes
FEWER than one in five crimes committed in Dorset are solved, according to alarming figures released this week. Just eight forces in England and Wales recorded a lower detection rate in the first annual official performance reports of all 43 police forces
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Supporters sceptical over child allegations
SUPPORTERS of street children's campaigner Bruce Harris have reacted with sadness and scepticism following allegations of an inappropriate relationship with a teenager. Bruce Harris, from Ridge near Wareham, has won international acclaim for his work
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Travels of a spinster wooed by wonderlust
SHE was a woman ahead of her time and travelled the world before finally settling down in Dorset. Today there is little trace of the explorations and adven tures of Miss Gertrude Benham but her staunch independence helped inspire a new book celebrating
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Workmates' final reunion
A FINAL reunion is being held before a collection of historic artefacts from the former Royal Naval cordite factory at Holton Heath is moved out of Purbeck. Thousands of people worked at the Holton Heath site over the years, from the time of its launch
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Eros for the earl
STANDING in the centre of the fountain in London's Piccadilly Circus is the world-famous statue of Eros, the god of love. And his arrow is deliberately pointed towards a Dorset village. Why? Because the god, symbolising Christian charity, is a memorial
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Testing times for Gregory...
HE was young, free and single and, at the age of 24, his personality had already attracted the attention of thousands due to his sporting prowess. It was his misfortune at having been born in the wrong decade that denied him the status that he barely
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Net profit
ROMANTIC comedies from the Working Title Films stable - Four Weddings and a Funeral and Notting Hill amongst them - generally follow a tried and tested formula. There's a dithering British bachelor, a glamorous yet emotionally scarred American love interest
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Keeping in line
A LINE that ran mainly through Wiltshire and Dorset was the Salisbury and Dorset Junction Railway, from Salisbury to Bournemouth West via Wimborne. The line opened in December 1866, and the heart of the route, between Alderbury Junction and West Moors
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Hero (12A)
TWO thousand years ago, during the height of the Warring States period, China is divided into seven feuding kingdoms, Qin, Chu, Yan, Han, Zhao, Wei and Qi. Decades of death and suffering ensue as these realms fight ruthlessly for supremacy. The powerful
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Fog of War (PG) preview
ERROL Morris' masterly documentary about the octogenarian who served as Defense Secretary under Presidents Kennedy and Johnson and later became president of the World Bank. Presented as a set of lessons he claims to have learned from his rich and varied
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It's pants to be so filthy
WHEN I was wee, somebody said: "Always wear clean underwear, because you never know when you'll get hit by a bus!" It worked. Fear of appearing on the emergency operating table in dirty drawers or a vile vest (being covered in blood would be the least
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Superstar Lovers
MOLLY is a lonely 20 something who trudges to the newsagents every day for her fix of VIP, OK, Hello, anything to give her life a much needed injection of glamour. There's Alfie, burned-out boy-band member, who's kissed the good times goodbye and is now
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No bin there, not done that
THE introduction of Poole's blue bin kerbside recycling scheme has led to the withdrawal of the town's recycling banks. The paper and glass recycling banks are disappearing from store car parks and other sites - to the despair of residents who have not
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Football - FA Cup first round qualifying
Romans Conquer the Bees Citadel Bridport 1 Bath City 4 (at St Mary's Field) BRIDPORT were unceremoniously dumped out of the FA Cup by Bath City in front of a the biggest gate for three seasons at St Mary's Field. The Bees battled hard against their Southern
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Evacuee relishes reunion
WHEN a frightened seven-year-old was evacuated from her London home to live in the country during the Second World War, little did she realise it would lead to a lifetime of friendship. The bond that Doris Daugh, nee Thorogood, now 73, formed with her
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Table tennis
Children learn from 'robobat' TABLE tennis enthusiasts at Beaminster School can now put their skills against an unusual opponent - a robot. Youngsters have been trying out the piece of modern sporting technology, which releases balls at random angles
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Future looks red for squirrels
POOLE Harbour's population of cheeky red squirrels is to have its survival prospects enhanced by leaps and bounds. A special partnership of conservation bodies has been formed to help secure the future of Squirrel Nutkin on Brownsea and Furzey islands
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Harry lends a hand
FOOTBALL boss Harry Redknapp held his hands up to help Julia's House mark Children's Hospice Week with a special poster. Callum Nardone, eight, and Harry, Julia's House patron, placed their handprints on a poster which will become part of a national exhibition
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Football - Coronation Cup first round
Seasiders cruise to easy cup victory South Petherton 0 Lyme Regis 3 SEASIDERS served up a master class to sweep aside South Petherton. With new signing Darren Stewart head-teaching and scheming from the deep, the home attack was reduced to a blunt instrument
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'They have sold us out'
POOLE will be spread between three MPs under changes to Dorset's parliamentary boundaries. The Boundary Commission has decided to hive off the two Poole wards of Alderney and Branksome East into Bournemouth, while the Mid Dorset and North Poole constituency
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Star-struck Charlie no casualty of fame
A CHANCE of TV stardom has not turned young Charlie Samways' head. The nine-year-old, from Salway Ash, says he is not ready to turn his back on his "regular life" just yet but admits he had a fantastic time after winning a role in the hit BBC1 show Casualty
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Name sought for new pier
BRIDPORT News readers are being asked to come up with a name for West Bay's new pier. As part of the ongoing multi-million pound coastal defence and harbour improvements scheme, the 240-metre long pier is fast taking shape and will eventually have seating
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Net a new job
RUBICON Staffing Solutions has won a major contract with exciting prospects for those looking for employment in the local area. A Poole-based aerospace company has signed with Rubicon to supply it with CNC Operators and millers, and the positions available
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CRIMINALS ARE TAKING YOUR NAME IN GAIN
IDENTITY theft soared by 45 per cent last year, a new report has revealed. Fraud prevention service CIFAS estimates a 28 per cent rise by the end of this year - around 130,000 reported cases compared with 101,000 in 2003. Britons are becoming increasingly
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Ram-raid men take cash box from store
RAM-RAIDERS fled with a cash machine after breaking into a village shop near Verwood in the early hours of September 23. Police say two men used a vehicle to pull out the double doors at the front of Three Legged Cross Village Stores before escaping with
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Caring heroes face oak panel
TO help mark the 10th anniversary at its Ferndown site, Haskins has joined forces with the Daily Echo to give away 10 English oak trees to deserving people in the area. It's your chance to nominate people who have contributed to the local community or
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Local bands
CIRCA have completed their latest offering, Hate Box, which is due to hit the shops in mid-October. The six-track EP features the forthcoming single, Alive! which the band are currently working on recording a video for. To check out tracks from the new
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53 new homes to get go-ahead for estate
ANOTHER 53 homes have been approved for Poundbury - despite the Duchy of Cornwall slashing the number of affordable properties in the scheme. Councillors yesterday backed the latest phase for Prince Charles' dream village, giving permission for 53 homes
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Spike promotes healthy life - from beyond the grave
A LEADING health foods company has been branded "sick" for using a picture of Bridport's most famous cat to promote its products - three years after his death. Ginger Tom Spike was the world's oldest moggy when he died in 2001, aged 31 - equal to 217
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I'd rather go to jail
A MAN says he will go to jail rather than pay fines for parking outside his own home. George Moore has run up a debt of £3,000 to Dorset County Council for leaving his car in Bell Street, Shaftesbury. But father-of-three Mr Moore says there should be
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'Gurkhas deserve better from UK'
GURKHA soldiers at Blandford Camp should be allowed to become British citizens and not be sent back to Nepal when they complete their service, councillors say. It is appalling that they should be uprooted and sent back after 15 years of "brave and loyal
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Work set to start on low-cost homes
WORK on three affordable homes in Lyme Regis will start within the next fortnight, developers have announced. Stirling Wilson, director and general manager for Mainsail Estates, said this week that builders working on the Admiral's Heights development
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Missing yacht found adrift off Cornish coast
A MISSING Lyme Regis yacht has been found drifting empty 30 miles off the Cornish coast. The 22ft Rhian vanished from her moorings outside the harbour some two weeks ago, sparking a maritime mystery. She had been securely chained and shackled to a buoy.The
