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Lest we forget
AT THE eleventh hour of the 11th day of the 11th month, 86 years ago, the guns fell silent. And at the 11th hour, amidst the simplicity and peace of St John the Evangelist church in Holdenhurst village yesterday, the congregation fell silent to mark the
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People can't afford to be ill says charity
UP to 3,500 of the 4,600 people diagnosed with cancer every year in Dorset could develop financial difficulties as a result of their illness, a major charity has claimed. Macmillan Cancer Relief revealed the figures as it launched its new campaign to
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Swimming pool will close down for maintenance
SWIMMING fans in Bournemouth will be restricted when it comes to taking the plunge this December, by the temporary closure of the pool at the Littledown Centre. With the pool at the BIC closed earlier this year, it means that swimmers will have to travel
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Decision on groynes to kick-start project
TIMBER groynes and not rock groynes will be used to save Swanage beach. Purbeck district councillors have backed plans to build 19 timber groynes and agreed to spend just under £100,000 on getting a detailed design drawn up. Councillors voted in favour
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NEW FOREST PLANS (Nov 9)
Land rear of Rose & Crown, North Road, Brockenhurst; 82939, 5 houses, 2 flats, parking access (amended plans); Jerry Davies Planning Consultancy, Suite 333, 80 High Street, Winchester (for Temple Bar Developments). Badgers Wood, Martins Road, Brockenhurst
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RUGBY: Blues go through
Powergen Junior Vase Round Three South West Bridport 40: Supermarine 5 BRIDPORT entertained the Supermarine club from Swindon in this third round of the competition. The intended opposition were Marlborough, who had beaten Supermarine in the previous
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BMX
A magnficent seven for the BMX brothers YOUNG as they are, brothers Josh and Eddie Moore are no strangers to the competitive world of BMX riding. And after only a season in the sport, they have amassed an amazing seven trophies between them. Josh is six
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Wild that ward will still be called West
PART of Poole is in danger of losing its identity to Bournemouth, civic leaders fear. "There is a real danger that in some people's eyes we will be seen as an addendum to Bournemouth. We are not. We are a clear and distinct borough with a long and proud
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Squash - Dorset league division five
Victory boosts Seconds' morale Barclays I 2: Bridport II 3 BRIDPORT'S second team, struggling in the new division, were in need of a morale boosting win and this closely-contested match at Poole fitted the bill. At number one for Bridport was James Styren
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Zooming around in his sleep rover
IT'S going to be a cold winter for Simon Oldfield who intends to spend three months living on the road and driving around the entire British coastline. His odyssey begins on January 1 and for 15 or so weeks his only home will be a Landrover and a roof
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Killick says clash with Town is 'must-win' game
POOLE Town manager Tommy Killick has labelled tomorrow's (November 13) Wessex Two top-of-the-table clash with Lymington Town a "must-win game" if their dreams of promotion are to remain intact. Third-placed Dolphins meet second-placed Lymington at Southampton
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Swans seek revenge
SWANAGE and Wareham will be gunning for revenge when they visit Oakmeadians in a South West Division Two East local derby tomorrow (November 13 2.30pm). Both sides have identical league results this season, played six, won four, lost two, with the Bestwall
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Several sheep die after lorry overturns
SEVERAL sheep died and others were injured when the trailer they were being transported in overturned on Wednesday. Police and firefighters were called to the garage roundabout on the eastern approach to Bridport at lunchtime. The road was closed while
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Homes plan for former allotments site in town
PLANS have been lodged to build 32 new homes - including 12 affordable ones - in Bridport's rundown south west quadrant. The Thomas-Davies Trust and agents Olorun Planning Partnership from Honiton say their scheme, for land that used to be allotments,
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'Dream cottage' up for sale again
THE winner of a £325,000 West Dorset 'dream home' has put it up for sale just weeks after he was handed the keys. Leat Cottage at West Milton was the first prize in a readers' competition run by the Daily Mail in September. They billed it as their most
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SERVICE TRACES YOUR 'LOST' CASH
YOU'VE moved house and changed your life but you might have forgotten something - a chunk of your money. As your financial affairs get more complicated it's all too easy to lose track of few hundred pounds rattling around in a dusty old forgotten account
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Wish you were here?
POLICE are sending postcards to criminals in a bid to get them to change their ways. Offenders throughout west Dorset will get a shock when they see the images on the postcards are... of local prisons. Dorset Police hopes the 'wish you were here?' invite
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Battle for future of owl centre
THE owner of the former New Forest Owl Sanctuary is fighting to win the planning permission that will allow his business to take off. Falconer Giles Talbot bought the owl sanctuary at Crow, on the outskirts of Ringwood, from former owner Bruce Berry.
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Man fails in bid to prove royal blood
A NEW Forest man has failed in his bid to win permission to exhume his grandfather's body in an attempt to prove he has royal blood. Former New Forest district councillor and mushroom farmer Nick Locock wanted to prove that Henry Locock was the secret
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'Nightmare' of vandal culture
A CULTURE of not "getting involved" is responsible for rampant vandalism in Dorset towns, a community leader has claimed. Blandford councillors regularly hear a litany of "mindless vandalism" across the town as workers check sites daily. In the last month
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Community rallies behind its centre
CONCERNED residents vowed that they will fight to safeguard the future of a community centre they fear is under threat from its housing association owners. At a meeting on Wednesday night (November 10) Twynham Housing Association announced plans to spend
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Gifts that meant so much stolen in raid
DEVASTATED Simone Emes has appealed for thieves to return two pieces of precious jewellery given to her by her seriously ill husband. Burglars stole the 81-year-old's jewels from her Highcliffe home, including valuable gold necklaces and rings, while
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Pupils who can rise to the challenge
YEAR 10 pupils from Woodroffe School in Lyme Regis have beaten other South West schools to win the regional heat of a business development competition. Woodroffe took the title this week in the Lionheart Challenge with their vision for a school of the
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Fears for the Tolkien Hotel
A MEMBER of the Tolkien Society has set up an internet campaign to save the Three Cups Hotel in Lyme Regis - once a favourite holiday destination of the Hobbit author, JRR Tolkien. Andrew Townsend from Manchester has created a 'blog spot' on the web at
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In one fell swoop her children lost their mother, home and way of life and I lost my sister
THE sister of Bournemouth murder victim Heather Barnett has spoken of her family's continued distress as her killer remains free. It's two years to the day that the 48-year-old seamstress was brutally attacked with a knife and hammer in her home in Capstone
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'SAVAGE' KILLER IS JAILED
EX-SOLDIER Michael Hill today (November 12) starts a life sentence for the "savage and vicious" murder of a defenceless old man. Hill will serve at least 15 years behind bars after dramatically changing his plea to guilty of murder during a trial at Bournemouth
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Down and dirty with Harry
ISN'T it weird how people eventually start to look like their transit vans? And how strange that although more folk are killed by domestic toasters than sharks each year, we'd still rather risk having a two-slice griller than a Great White sitting on
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Schools' Championships
Colfox goes for the lot in finals BRIDPORT'S Sir John Colfox School lived up to its reputation as it became the most successful school at the 2004/5 Southern Schools Regional Championships, staged at the Northcroft Leisure Centre, Newbury, Berkshire.
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Repairs reveal more damage to lifting bridge
REPAIRS to halt the underwater corrosion of Poole's 77-year-old lifting bridge have revealed unexpected further damage. A programme of underwater surveys and work has been taking place since February to fill in holes found in the substructure of Poole
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You've saved it - People power saves village post office from closure
BRADPOLE Post Office has been saved from closure after a fight by villagers and customers. Mike Chivers, who has run the post office and shop in the village for the past 16 years, was told the news this week. "They rang me to say we have been taken off
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Poet Laureate to judge prize
POET laureate Andrew Motion has signed up to judge the poetry section of next year's Bridport Prize. His involvement was announced at a lunch to celebrate the 2004 competition which attracted over 8,000 entries from 63 countries. Short stories by an American
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Only way is up for model high flyer
TEENAGER Peter Roper has mastered the art of model aircraft flight to such a high standard in such a short time that an international company is sponsoring him to the tune of £5,000. Proud dad Trevor, who in his spare time is a British Model Flying Association
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Teenagers star in hit TV comedy
THE bright lights are beckoning for two Bridport teenagers who landed key parts in the hit TV show Teachers. Jason Boyd, 15, a student at Sir John Colfox School and Ziggy Gray, 14, who attends Beaminster Comprehensive, are both pupils of the Stagecoach
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Road plans spark traders' concern
CONCERNED traders fear they could lose out if proposals to close a road through Verwood are given the go-ahead. The 2002 East Dorset Local Plan included a proposal to close the top section of Manor Road upon the opening of the Verwood distributor road
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Workers down tools to aid charity
SCIENTISTS and office workers staged a walk-out over pay while raising thousands of pounds for charity. About 50 staff at the government agency Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science in Weymouth took a half-day holiday yesterday in
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Petition calls for tip site rethink
A 400-name petition protesting against a proposed tip has been handed to Dorset County Council. People living in Fordington gathered at County Hall in Dorchester to present the petition to council officers, asking them to reconsider plans to site a new
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EDDIE AGREES NEW DEAL
EDDIE Howe has admitted he found it "impossible to say no" when he discovered Cherries wanted to bring him back to Dean Court. Howe, a lifelong Cherries fan, is today (November 12) due to return to the club on a permanent basis when he completes a free
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'Fossil vandals' jibe leads to showdown
TWO Lyme Regis nature lovers are at loggerheads over how a distinctive sunstone came to be 'ruined.' Lyme Regis News columnist Clive Spencer (aka Clive of India) told in his column recently how fossil hunters had recently ravaged one of the unusual stones
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Freshly-milled treats laid on for all visitors
Volunteers at the Town Mill in Lyme Regis celebrated ten years of the National Lottery with homemade biscuits and cake using flour fresh from the mill. So many visitors came to look around the mill and feast on the free nosh, that millers ran out of flour
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Heirloom taken from woman, 91
A 91-year-old woman from Lyme Regis had jewellery she was planning to leave as an heirloom stolen from her bedroom while she watched television on Tuesday evening. A burglar stole four rings from the woman's bungalow on the east side of Lyme Regis at