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Twenty20 Ashes clash tops Hants show
THERE'S a global cricket flavour to Hampshire's 2005 campaign including the introduction of a new international membership category for their supporters. In addition to 22 home games, The Rose Bowl's fixture list next season also includes two outstanding
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Man jailed for killing friend with hammer
A man provoked into bludgeoning his friend to death with a sledgeham-mer in a "blind rage" has been jailed for six years. Thomas MacDonald, 53, was convicted of man-slaughter last month after he admitted attacking Roger Wilton in August in a house on
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Just £1,600 recovered from conman builder
A CONMAN who made more than £85,000 from fleecing the elderly for unnecessary house repairs has had his assets taken from him - but the courts were only able to confiscate his £1,600 pension. Anthony Bolt, 52, along with his partner-in-crime Roy Williams
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New stars are born
STARS in the making celebrated victory in the final of the Dorset Echo-backed Search for a Star Competition. Contestants performed in front of a sell-out audience at Weymouth's Prince Regent Hotel with more than 15 acts taking to the stage. Judges picked
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Pub landlady is jailed for benefit fraud
A SCHEMING pub landlady who together with her husband fraudulently claimed almost £48,000 worth of benefits has been jailed for three years. Elizabeth Jayne Lewis, 57, former landlady of the Royal Oak in Bere Regis, was labelled as "the prime mover" behind
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Drama students land key roles in television series
THE bright lights are beckoning for two Bridport teenagers after landing 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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Author savages art museum collection
BOURNEMOUTH'S Russell-Cotes Art Gallery and Museum has been savaged in a new book as a collection of 'tourist miscellania' and 'poor works by inept artists'. Author Mark Fisher, a former Labour arts minister and current MP for Stoke-on-Trent, describes
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Soccer club faced winding-up threat
AFC BOURNEMOUTH was threatened with a winding-up order if it did not pay the £80,000 they owe to Customs and Excise in three days. The letter followed a visit by two VAT officers who turned up at the club and demanded immediate payment. But following
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TIME AT THE BAR
A SCHEMING pub landlady who together with her husband fraudulently claimed almost £48,000 worth of benefits has been jailed for three years. Elizabeth Jayne Lewis, 57, former landlady of the Royal Oak in Bere Regis, was labelled as "the prime mover" behind
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Princess in Poole
The height of luxury cruising sailed into Poole Harbour and tied up at the dockside to pick up its passengers. Top of the market Hebridean Princess is the type of small cruise ship Poole Harbour Commissioners are keen to attract to the port. Akin in furnishing
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Yet another twist in saga of rat-run road
The on-off closure of a Poole residential rat-run road has taken another twist and is now back on. But the fat lady has still not finally sung over Coy Pond Road, Bourne Valley, because Liberal Democrats are so incensed with the decision they are to call
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At £2,352, it's just the ticket for a collector
A USED railway ticket for a seven-mile journey from Poole to Wimborne has just been sold for a staggering £2,352. The second class single was issued in 1863 and has been snap-ped up by a railway enthusiast at an auction in Wiltshire. Auctioneers had estimated
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CATCH HIM!
SPORTS swindler Adrian Voss was being sought by police today after he failed to turn up at a crown court for sentencing. Voss, a cricket official from Dorchester, was warned at a previous hearing that he could face jail after he pleaded guilty to 20 offences
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Biker calls for united safety effort on roads
WEYMOUTH biker Roy Hills is urging drivers in Dorset to make safety their number one priority this winter. The Dorset representative of the Motorcycle Action Group (MAG) has called for all road users to look out for each other as dark nights draw in and
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Street bench tribute to Big Issue seller
A BENCH has been dedicated to the memory of a popular Big Issue seller who died earlier this year. Garry Hook, 33, was a familiar face in Dorchester town centre where he sold the magazine for four years until his sudden death in June. Customers and passers-by
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Pups need a home sweet festive home
THESE cute pups hope to celebrate Christmas in a new home. Sheba is hoping a kind-hearted Echo reader will come to the rescue after her elderly owner fell ill. The 10-month old German Shepherd bitch is currently being housed in a foster home. But now
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Eddie will boost promotion push, says Karl
CHERRIES skipper Karl Broadhurst has welcomed defensive partner Eddie Howe back to Dean Court, insisting he will add "that bit extra" in Cherries' promotion push. Howe's permanent move from Portsmouth was confirmed yesterday following a three-month loan
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POMPEY PRAISED
CHERRIES chairman Peter Phillips today expressed his gratitude to Portsmouth for their co-operation over the deal that brought Eddie Howe back to Dean Court permanently. The club received clearance from The Premier League yesterday in time to complete
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Has care of the elderly become a taboo subject?
THE old man was confused and unable to say who he was. He was dumped at an Essex Hospital with the words "Please take care of him, we can't any more" scribbled on a note round his neck. The people who left him there, believed to be his wife and daughter
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Remember - and this time mean it
TOMORROW, as flags fly at half mast and we bear solemn and silent witness to those servicemen and women who have fallen in the line of duty, we will remember. We'll remember not only their sacrifice, but also the sacrifices still being made in the towns