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You will believe as Depp finds his Neverland
FINDING NEVERLAND Starring: Johnny Depp, Kate Winslet, Freddie Highmore, Julie Christie, Radha Mitchell, Dustin Hoffman, Luke Spill, Joe Prospero, Nick Roud, Kelly Macdonald. GENRE: Drama, 101 minutes CERTIFICATE: PG GUIDE: Swearing, no sex, no violence
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Horrifically bad film sullies the Exorcist's memory
EXORCIST: THE BEGINNING (15, 113min) "Dear Lord, save me from this torment. I have glimpsed into the fiery pits of Hell, otherwise known as Exorcist: The Beginning, a shambolic horror prequel chronicling the early years of Father Merrin (played by Max
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WE'RE SNAP HAPPY
DRIVERS in Dorset have paid almost £4 million in fines after receiving nearly 66,000 tickets in one year for speeding and jumping red lights. New figures show 65,984 offences were picked up by safety cameras in the first full year of their operation.
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Film listings for week of Thursday, October 28
FINDING NEVERLAND (PG) Outstanding drama: See main review. EXORCIST: THE BEGINNING (15) Shambolic horror: See review. LITTLE BLACK BOOK (12A) Predictable comedy: See review. ALIEN VS PREDATOR (15) A crack team of B-list actors is dispatched to dig up
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Wild weather
DORSET has again been battered by storm force winds and lashing rain in the latest in a series of extreme weather patterns. This year the south coast has seen sizzling temperatures in the spring, a soggy summer, a sweltering start to September and ferocious
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Glad to be back
IT was a welcome homecoming for Territorial Army soldiers of the Devon and Dorset's Rifle Volunteers, who returned from their six-month mission to Basra this week having survived several hair-raising attacks. Around 80 volunteers flew back to Chilwell
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Woman's anger at bus 'humiliation'
A VISUALLY-impaired woman is fuming that buses won't stop for her because she can't see them in time to hold out her hand. Caterine Pasquale, 27, who is registered blind, says she has been "degraded and humiliated" by her treatment from local bus companies
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New bid to highlight dangers of fireworks
A HARD-HITTING campaign has been launched in a bid to keep people safe on firework night. More than 1,000 people in England and Wales were treated in casualty departments on November 5 last year. Now fire and rescue teams, trading standards departments
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The day Olive swam in front of Goering
FORMER Bournemouth swimmer Olive Wadham, who represented Britain at the notorious Berlin Olympic Games in 1936, has died in a nursing home in the town. She was 95 and had been in failing health for some time. Mrs Wadham (nee Joynes) was 15 when she joined
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Gig listings for the week starting Thursday, October 28
TONIGHT False Pretences (Mariner's, Maiden Street, Weymouth): A highly promising young rock/pop band with a shedload of quality originals. The Muddy Funksters (Bar Banus, The Esplanade, Weymouth): Jazzy funk from some of the most seriously adept players
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Gallery set for return to quay
AN ART gallery is to return to Poole after 10 years - and will move into a building that housed one of the town's most historic pubs. JJ Murphys, just off Poole Quay in Old Orchard, shut two years ago after being earmarked as part of the second phase
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By hook or by Crook
LYMINGTON and New Milton are hoping to benefit from the inspiration of a former FA Cup foe as they head into their colossal FA Cup showdown with Woking on Saturday. At the fourth qualifying round stage last season, Darren Crook was a Salisbury City player
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Critchley competes against best of Brits
A TRIO of Dorset players are off to major championships this weekend (Oct 30/31) and are all seeded in their competitions. Junior Irena Critchley (Talbot Heath) will compete in the under-17s British Champion-ships in Hertfordshire. The 15-year-old, who
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Record turnout for 420s race at Open
THIRTY-NINE 420s, the largest ever turnout locally, came from as far afield as Scotland for an open at Poole Yacht Club. Three races were scheduled for the Saturday, but unfortunately a lack of wind meant that only two could be completed. The first got
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Civic chiefs in bid to relocate council's HQ
CIVIC chiefs in Ferndown could soon have a much-needed new town hall. Town councillors are applying for permission to convert a shop in Penny's Walk which they think would be suitable as new headquarters. But the proposal has been slammed as a waste of
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Comedy crackers
THIS Sunday catch the fantastic Jongleurs Comedy Club, with their On The Road tour, also at the City Hall in Salisbury. The world-famous hothouse for laughs will be delivering Rudi Lickwood, one of the busiest comedians on the UK comedy circuit with a
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Timely tale of crime
A TIMELY tale of crime in the 21st century, Tagged, is about Chris, who is electronically tagged and on a 7 o'clock curfew. His time to stick to the rules is running out, and if he dares to be late he'll be going down. On at the Lighthouse in Poole, it
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Show songs concert promises to be a belter
MUSICALS have a good knack for transferring their je nais se quoi across any medium, and Christchurch's Regent Centre will prove just that with a concert featuring some of the best songs from stage and screen. The Poole and Parkstone Musical Theatre Society
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Latest arts listings for weekend of october 29
THURSDAY (28) Love Begins At Fifty, Weymouth Pavilion Lunchtime recital, Lighthouse, Poole (1.05pm) John Law and Andy Sheppard, Lighthouse, Poole Vienna Festival Ballet's Coppelia, Octagon Theatre, Yeovil Frankly Sinatra, Melbury Osmond village hall FRIDAY
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This week's gig guide (Oct 28)
THURSDAY OCTOBER 28 Adam Bomb + Cold Earth - Mr Kyps; Rubber Soul - The Marlins + True Swamp Neglect + Dutch Husband + DJ Hot Burrito - King Arthur's Court; Plane Jane - The Malt and Hops; Hard n Heavy - Soulseeker + Black Element + Hidden Agenda - The
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MADNESS!
COASTGUARDS today hit out at people who risked their lives as a huge storm battered the Dorset coast. They said that they were inundated with reports of people dodging giant waves all along the coast. In Weymouth and Portland dozens of people gathered
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Sexuality of Hardy is cast into doubt
A HANDWRITTEN message in a poetry book has raised doubts over Thomas Hardy's sexuality. The volume has come to light bearing an inscription from Dorset's most famous author to homosexual writer Siegfried Sassoon. The book of poems by Dorset author William
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Workers at JobCentre facing axe
MORE than 70 jobs could be axed at Weymouth JobCentre. Seventy-six benefits processors based at the JobCentre Plus in Westwey Road face relocation or redundancy in a cull of 100,000 government posts across the UK. The staff process thousands of claims
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Forest wins acclaim for wildlife policies
THE NEW Forest has come up smelling of roses from a scathing report slamming Europe's woodlands for being too tidy and endangering insects and plants. The World Wide Fund (WWF) for Nature claims Europe's foresters are clearing out too much deadwood, which
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Plea to alter admissions to schools
CHRISTCHURCH schools for Christchurch children - that's the message from borough councillors to Dorset education chiefs reviewing admissions policies to the town's three secondary schools. The current system, unchanged for 30 years since the pre-comprehensive
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Going old school
REUNIONS are all the rage at the moment. I can see the point when you haven't seen a friend or a family member for a long time. That must be great. But school reunions? Somebody must be having a laugh. I know someone once said they were the greatest days
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WADE SETS SIGHTS ON TYKES TONIC
WADE Elliott says Cherries are "looking forward to getting back in the saddle" following their disappointing Carling Cup exit. Elliott played a starring role as Sean O'Driscoll's side were edged out by Cardiff City after a dramatic penalty shoot-out at
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A limp morality tale
LITTLE BLACK BOOK (12A, 106min) Little Black Book is one of the most unconventional romantic comedies you are likely to see all year. It's almost one of the least engaging or likeable. Aimed at the Sex And The City crowd, Nick Hurran's morality tale of
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Pub brawl was a 'well-planned' attack
SOCCER thugs from West Ham United hired a coach and travelled 115 miles to spark a mass brawl with rival fans - before a game their team were not even playing in, police say. In a well-planned attack, the 50 hooligans drove to AFC Bournemouth's home game
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Dental patients lose NHS status
MORE than 1,000 patients have lost the services of their NHS dentist in the last six months, it has been revealed. The high number of "de-registrations" are mainly due to dentists moving into private practice or leaving work and not being replaced. The
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Appeal as rare puppy is stolen from breeder
POLICE in Swanage are appealing for information after a thief stole a rare and valuable puppy from a dog breeding kennel at Studland. A man aged 35 to 40 deceived the owner of Greenlands Cottage Kennels into parting with a rare black and white Papillion
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Hankering for some country?
EVERY now and again, someone comes along with a CV so perfect that you just have to sit down and mop your thighs in admiration. Just such a person is Hank Wangford (with Reg Meuross, Powerstock Hut, Friday and Winterborne Whitechurch Village Hall, Sunday
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DEVASTATING EFFECT OF HOUSEHOLD DEBT
HOUSEHOLD debt is set to explode in the next 10 years with devastating consequences, financial analysts have warned. Britain's debt mountain will rise from £1 trillion to £1.6 trillion over the next decade, according to a report from the Skipton Building
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We'll silence the doubters says skipper
PIRATES captain Magnus Zetterstrom is quietly confident his Poole charges will prove their double doubters wrong on Sunday and cap their season off by retaining the BSPA Knock-Out Cup. The Dorset side take on Ipswich in the second leg of the final at
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From Russia with love - 1917 style
THE SIXTIES are often credited as the age for free love, but over in Russia at the time of the 1917 Russian Revolution a serious competitor to the title was causing a stir. At the time 'punk poet' Vladimir Mayakovsky was attempting to live out his ideal
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Pair of charmers
LONG-STANDING duo Foster and Allen are coming to Salisbury's City Hall next Tuesday. Mick Foster and Tony Allen have played together for more than 25 years, filmed more than a dozen hit videos and recorded 18 gold award-winning albums. The success of
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Top musicians to jazz it up at arts centre
A TASTE of some of the most innovative jazz to hit the music scene in recent months is on the menu at Dorchester Arts Centre on Saturday. Several months ago violinist Simon Swarbrick, pianist Julie Lewis and electric bassist Rodney Teague got together
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'Depraved' rapist is jailed for 12 years
A FORMER nightclub boss is today starting a 12-year jail term for 'continuously' sexually abusing a girl from the age of six. Christopher Martin Ward was yesterday convicted of nine sexual offence charges against the girl - including three of rape. A
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Talks on ferry's future
CRUNCH talks about the future of Weymouth's ferry operation are to take place. Senior borough councillors will meet with Condor Ferries management to review the viability of the business's long-term future. The move comes after it was revealed six developers
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Objections to mast pour in
OBJECTIONS are pouring in against plans to house a mobile phone mast near the centre of Blandford. Aimed at enhancing their coverage within the area, 3G have lodged an application to erect a 20m-high telecom mast at the Telephone Exchange in Shorts Lane
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CRANIE POISED FOR LOAN MOVE
CHERRIES are set to ease their defensive worries after agreeing to sign Southampton defender Martin Cranie on a month's loan. With Warren Cummings expected to be out until the middle of November at the earliest and Eddie Howe due to return to Portsmouth
