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If it's too good to be true, then beware!
CON artists are preying on large numbers of Dorset residents, hoping to fleece them of their money by promising a prize or cash windfall. The extent of the problem - with between 30 and 50 people a month complaining to Dorset County Council trading standards
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Wilts and Dorset takes university bus contract
WILTS and Dorset has snatched the contract from Yellow Buses to run bus services between Bournemouth University and locations across the borough. Members of the general public will also be able to use the new Unilinx service, adding to the hundreds of
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Man fined for dumping trash at Town Hall
AN OUTRAGED Bournemouth man dumped seven bags of garden waste on the steps of Bournemouth Town Hall after being refused entry to Millhams tip. Steve Campbell, 49, from Capstone Road, Charminster, was barred from the site after turning up in his Mitsubishi
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No good comes from a 'no goods' ruling
ANGRY traders in Moordown have expressed their anger over a council ban on putting goods on show outside their shops. Many say their takings have plummeted since they were forced to keep items off their forecourts, and one charity shop says it's now closing
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Half a million to make town hospital cleaner
HEALTH bosses want to spend £450,000 making Poole Hospital a cleaner place and lowering the rates of killer infections such as MRSA. Following the concerns raised by health minister John Reid about the cleanliness of the UK's hospitals and its link to
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Amanda Chennell, De La Salle Theatre, St Peter's School, Southbourne
SHE started making waves on the local theatre scene as a teenager and within a few short years Bournemouth girl Amanda Chennell was enjoying the bright lights of the West End. By the age of 21 she was playing Eponine in the legendary London production
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Chope slams child support blunders
MP CHRISTOPHER Chope has slammed the Child Support Agency for a catalogue of blunders he claims have made life a misery for dozens of his constituents. Earlier this month the Echo reported on the desperate plight of mother-of-two Samantha Trezise from
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RETURN OF BIG FLETCH!
CLUB skipper Steve Fletcher is to make a shock return to the Cherries squad for today's Coca-Cola League One clash at Blackpool (3pm kick-off). The inspirational targetman suffered discomfort in his troublesome left knee following a substitute appearance
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Flaming waste of motor blazes
A STAGGERING £2.9 million went up in flames in Dorset last year because of the action of car thieves and arsonists. This was the huge cost to taxpayers, emergency services and insurance companies as a result of thieves and yobs setting fire to cars and
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He invented the mobile phone (but he still doesn't know how to text)
LOVE them or hate them - one billion of us worldwide are now slaves to our mobile phones. But did you know that the creator of one of the most influential communication creations of the 20th century lives right here in Dorset? And now, thanks to an article
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'I would have told the truth'
HE may have been branded a liar, taken a battering over Iraq and been the subject of intense speculation over the state of his health, especially after Friday's heart operation. But even in their worst nightmares Labour party activists can't see Tony
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Getting back on track
AS a teenager, Lee* often found himself in trouble with the law. His behaviour caused problems to his flatmates and he was not turning up for his training course. He went travelling. His worried parents hoped the experience would help their son sort himself
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Pedersen has a Grand Prix point to prove
BJARNE Pedersen believes he has already performed well enough in this year's Grand Prix series to earn the right for automatic re-qualification into the 2005 World Championship. But he knows he has to finish the job off in the final round, the Norwegian
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ANGRY MUM'S PARKING MAD
FURIOUS residents are calling for urgent action amid claims that traffic wardens are ignoring drivers parking in restricted zones. People in Dorchester claim some motorists are parking for hours at a time in a restricted area and wardens are doing nothing
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Tributes paid to popular vicar and former mayor
TRIBUTES have poured in for former Weymouth and Portland mayor the Rev Ray Weaver, who has died suddenly at his home in the town aged 74. Mr Weaver was elected to the council in 1979 and served as mayor in 1992 before being awarded the title of honorary
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Raft race sinks under red tape
SPIRALLING red tape and insurance costs are killing off charity events in Dorset, fundraisers have claimed. Angry residents at Lulworth have hit out after two events failed to get off the ground this year. They claimed the annual carnival procession and
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We don't want it here
RESIDENTS in a conservation area blasted councillors who gave the go-ahead for a futuristic three-storey high octagonal house to be built in a Victorian square. Thirty-five people living in and around Lansdowne Square, Weymouth, signed a petition to stop
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'Serving Gordon Brown his lunch really isn't the way forward'
NEXT time you're served a coffee, have a close look at the staff. You see that waiter over there, the one with the friendly questioning manner? He could be one. The "ones" are everywhere. Serving lunches, cleaning planes, posing as construction workers
