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Thugs kill baby swan
A GANG OF hooligan teenagers battered a cygnet to death when they deliberately rammed their motorboat into a terrified family of swans. The two girls and a boy then spun their white inflatable boat around and pursued the panicked birds along the River
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Harley riders in hog heaven
A DEAFENING roar and a flash of sparkling chrome heralded the start of the Harley Davidson rally in Bournemouth. Between 500 and 600 bikes assembled on the Pier Approach ready for inspection by competition judges and members of the public. The owners
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THUGS KILL BABY SWAN
A GANG OF hooligan teenagers battered a cygnet to death when they deliberately rammed their motorboat into a terrified family of swans. The two girls and a boy then spun their white inflatable boat around and pursued the panicked birds along the River
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Relay funny? Of Corfe it is!
AS if running around the hills of Corfe Castle was not enough, a downpour of rain added to the heavy going during a family fun day and races aimed at raising cash to repair the village's town hall and museum. But the showers did not put off residents
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Going up the wall in row over scaffolding
THEY wouldn't be the first neighbours to fall out over a TV make-over show. Two sisters whose design dreams on their run-down house won them a place on television say their home is at risk of break-ins after neighbours put up scaffolding in the front
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Kenny has to settle for silver
VERWOOD'S Darren Kenny missed out on another gold medal by just five seconds on Monday (September 27). The 34-year-old Bournemouth Arrow club cyclist, a double gold medallist on the track earlier in the Athens 2004 Paralympic Games, had to settle for
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INJURIES HIT BEES' VASE BID
BRIDPORT do battle at Salisbury tonight when they take on Bemerton Heath Harlequins in the FA Vase Second Qualifying Round replay (7.45pm). The Bees were denied a passage into the First Round Proper by a last minute equaliser from the Wiltshire side in
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Basepoint complex set to be fully open
BASEPOINT'S new complex of serviced offices and workshops at Bournemouth Airport will be fully open from next Monday (4 October). The 1.9-acre Basepoint Business Centre in Enterprise Way is now complete after 10 months of construction work. Four tenants
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P & O CUTS 1,200 JOBS
P&O is to axe four of its 13 ferry routes with the loss of 1,200 jobs and the transfer of a further 350 posts. It is cutting its ferry fleet from 31 to 23 ships and dropping all its Western Channel routes except Portsmouth-Bilbao. Tourist traffic
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Max holds nerve to fix up Pirates' title play-off
PIRATES chief Matt Ford believes their win at Wolves earlier this season will have no bearing on the outcome of the Elite League title play-off final between the two sides. Wolves, who finished second in the league table behind Poole RIAS, triumphed over
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Firm's safety breach left worker paralysed
A DEVASTATING accident which left a man paralysed highlighted a number of health and safety failures at an East Dorset firm, a court heard. Rollalong Ltd, which manufactures modular and portable buildings at its base on the Woolsbridge Industrial Estate
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Michael Weston King & Jackie Leven, Club Hobo, The Royal Oak, Bere Regis
DORSET'S newest music club follows its successful curtain raiser in the company of one-time local hero Jackie Leven by bringing in another of Britain's most respected singer-song-writers. Michael Weston King, former leader of alt-country outfit The Good
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MY KOSOVO NIGHTMARE
SOLDIER James McGhie told today how he battled against gangs trafficking young women in Kosovo. He was in the front line trying to stop criminals smuggling victims across the Serbian border to be sold on as prostitutes in western Europe. Corporal McGhie
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Dedicated teacher is best in country
A DEDICATED teacher at Thomas Hardye School has been named the best in the country. Science teacher Julia Harley, an assistant headteacher at the Dorchester school, is celebrating after being named Teacher of the Year by the Institute of Electrical Engineers
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Healthy way to raise money for charity
ENJOY fun, fitness, friendship in the New Forest and raise money for charity on Sunday (October 3). Lymington's Oakhaven Hospice is organising its fifth annual Bike and Hike fund-raiser which starts from Hollands Wood campsite near Brockenhurst. Cyclists
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Woman crushed to death by her tractor
A SHEPHERDESS was crushed to death by her tractor and trailer as she went to close a gate on the remote Rushmore Estate, an inquest heard. Alice Spinney was trapped for more than an hour on December 29 last year after the trailer carrying three tonnes
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Stars come out for film festival
LIGHTS, camera, action! Former Blandford girl Victoria Wood will come under the spotlight when she helps promote the British film industry at a star-studded event in London next month. Victoria, 25, is co-director and co-ordinator of the Notting Hill
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SPICER'S HAVING A BALL
JOHN Spicer has handed Cherries a real boost ahead of their LDV Vans Trophy clash at Shrewsbury tonight (Gay Meadow, 7.45pm kick-off) by revealing he wants to extend his stay at Dean Court. The skilful midfielder, on a month's loan from Arsenal, has already
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Bus boss says sorry to mother
BUS company Wilts and Dorset has admitted a driver was wrong when he turfed a mother and three of her children off after trying to charge them full fare. Alison Wilkinson says on another occasion she was unable to get on a bus because she had a pushchair
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Concern over vessels' deadly nuclear cargo
A POTENTIALLY deadly cargo of weapons-grade plutonium - enough to make 40 nuclear bombs - is to pass along the Dorset coast on its way to France. Two armed British ships are said to be carrying the world's first seaborne cargo of the material, from US
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Buried treasures
STROLLING through the grounds of St Peter's Church is a landmark that you could easily miss but has a highly important position in the history of Bournemouth. It is a tomb that was built soon after the arrival of Sir Percy Florence Shelley in this area
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Occupancy boost for new centre
BOURNEMOUTH'S new Clarendon Enterprise Centre has secured 60 per cent occupancy within six weeks of opening. The newly refurbished business centre, situated within Bristol & West House, Post Office Road, contains two floors of furnished and unfurnished
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ON YOUR MARKS TO DO BUSINESS
JUDGES in the Echo-backed Dorset Business Awards are poised to begin scrutinising entries for the county's "business Olympics". Up to five judges will read and evaluate each entry to produce a shortlist of finalists for each award category: KPMG Company
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Luke has American dream
DORSET JUNIOR Luke Joy could be on his way to America this winter after being handed a wild card into the Faldo Series finals at Burhill in Surrey in October after two outstanding rounds. Joy, a member at both Canford Magna and Broadstone, was only able
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EAST DORSET PLANS (Sept 24)
98 Dewlands Road, Verwood; 3/04/0968/FUL, erect detached double garage within the front garden; Mr Gittins. 9 Saxon Way, Alderholt, Fordingbridge; 3/04/1185/FUL, erect double garage; L A Maidment, 7a Edmonsham Road, Verwood (for: Mr & Mrs Porter).
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Mirror, mirror on the wall
A GROUP of artistic youngsters put their creative talents to good use when they scooped first prize in a local art competition. The young people created a huge mosaic dragonfly from mirror tiles as part of an environmental day at Bourne Valley Youth Centre
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HARRISON WARNS UNDER-FIRE TERRAS
WEYMOUTH chief executive Martyn Harrison has held talks with manager Steve Claridge about the club's disappointing start to the season. Defeat at Thurrock on Saturday saw the Terras plummet to 15th in the Conference South table having taken just 14 points
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We need to find a way to utilise immigrants
IT seems impossible to talk about immigration these days without everyone getting hot under the collar. The tabloid press constantly frighten us with tales of alien invasions, and while their tone is distinctly xenophobic there is no escaping the fact
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So, what are your children doing this weekend?
DO YOU know where your children are? That's the question being asked by police to parents in East Dorset after seeing what they describe as dozens of children aged 14 to 17 drinking in and around Wimborne at weekends. Police described seeing children
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MY KOSOVO NIGHTMARE
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Inspector's concern at prison's overcrowding
DORCHESTER Prison is struggling to provide a positive and challenging environment for inmates because of overcrowding, government inspectors said today. HM Chief Inspector of Prisons Anne Owers also raises concerns about the prison's ability to cope with
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Balloon race is a soaraway success
THREE hundred balloons have raced off from a Weymouth supermarket to raise money for charity. Bosses at Asda in Newstead Road let the barrage go with prizes for both the finder and owner of the balloon which travels furthest. Proceeds from the venture
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Disabled patient's hospital virus fear
A DISABLED patient claims he was put at risk of catching the deadly MRSA superbug while in Dorset County Hospital. Polio sufferer Ian White, 55, said he had to wait an agonising month to find out whether he had contracted the highly contagious virus after
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Residents protest over housing plans
A CAMPAIGN to block housing development in a popular Bransgore pub car park moved a stage further with a protest outside the premises. Pints have been pulled at the Carpenters Arms for more than a century. But protesters say the pub's days will be numbered
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Rowing hero to visit school
OLYMPIC rowing star Matthew Pinsent will be turning the tables when he visits a North Dorset Primary school this weekend. The four-time gold medallist and three-day eventing silver medallist in Athens William Fox-Pitt are set to receive a thunderous reception
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The class (war) of 2004
IT was one of those laugh-out-loud moments, all the more memorable because I was stuck in a traffic jam on the M25 at the time, which is not usually the sort of situation that puts me in a good mood. I was listening to Jonathan Ross's Saturday morning
