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Childline spreading word to under- 11s
PRIMARY school heads in Bournemouth and Poole are backing a campaign by the children's charity Childline to raise awareness about its existence among the under-11s. Research claims that 21 per cent of all youngsters counselled last year by the South West
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Resort's hotels given a clean bill of health
A SHOCKING survey exposing some English hotel rooms as potential health hazards bears no relation to what guests can expect to find in Bournemouth, according to local tourist representatives. Spot checks by Holiday Which? magazine in London and Blackpool
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'Squatters shop' boycott is urged
SHOPPERS are being urged to boycott a "squatters' store" operating illegally in the heart of the town centre. Traders took over the vacant Madhouse shop in Commercial Road around two months ago and are now selling cheap watches and clothing from the premises
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Market value
THRIVING markets, good schools, period buildings all set in ravishing scenery make market towns the next big thing in the property market, it is predicted. City dwellers are pouring into the countryside at the rate of 115,000 a year, according to Country
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Villagers rally to raise tsunami aid
AN ISOLATED Sri Lankan village devastated by the Asia tsunami is getting vital help from villagers in Studland, including the legendary former BBC boss Sir Bill Cotton. Studland villagers have come together to help the small fishing community of Welipitiyaniodera
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Football
Lyme take title with Reed's beauty Lyme Regis 4 Farway 0 LYME clinched the Perry Street League title in style after a frustrating first half. It took them 55 minutes to break the deadlock and set themselves up for a grandstand finish to become champions
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Golf
Thorner sticks with old methods MAX THORNER's favourite bedside reading is "Hogan the Modern Fundementals of Golf". The only trouble is that the book is 50 years out of date, that's what his playing partners at Lyme claim. At least they did until Monday
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Heart fault blamed for death after routine op
A YOUNG woman was found dead in her Poole Hospital bed just hours after undergoing a routine operation to remove her appendix, an inquest heard. Voluntary worker Anne Galton, 23, of the Quay Foyer in Hill Street, Poole, had been admitted on March 26 last
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Football
Donovan says back me or sack me A MAKE or break spell has begun at Bridport Football Club according to manager Kevin Donovan. The Bees chief, who offered his resignation after they were relegated on Saturday, says things need to change for the club to
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School Sport
Ladejo gives students a sporting chance STUDENTS at Sir John Colfox School met a sporting hero last Friday as part of the SuperSchools initiative. International 400m runner Du'aine Ladejo took nearly 200 pupils through an exercise circuit before giving
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Cricket
Bridport lose golden start DORCHESTER 223-4 (18) beat BRIDPORT 221-7 (7) by 6 wickets JON WHETLOR was disappointed by Bridport's lack of fight in the field when they were beaten by Dorchester II on Saturday. The skipper top scored with 65 but then looked
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Cricket
Beaminster slip to early defeat BEAMINSTER 170 (10) lost to MARNHULL 198 (20) by 28 runs BEN FREKE'S unbeaten 63 was not enough to give Beaminster the winning start to the season they so desired. Chasing Marnhull's 198 the home side looked comfortable
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Football
Donovan's Bees go down with dignity Bridport 2 Hallen 2 TWO own goals relegated Bridport after a superb performance against high-flying Hallen on Saturday. The Bees took the lead through Pete Copeland but were behind at the break as Dan Wise and Mark
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Investigation into blast may take weeks
THE INVESTIGATION into an explosion on a Poole industrial estate could take weeks. Police, the government's Health and Safety Executive and Dorset Fire and Rescue Service are looking into whether the company Reliance scrap metal merchants in Nuffield
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Fraud trial in probe delay
IT COULD be Easter 2006 before a multi-million pound fraud trial involving two former bosses of failed property and investment company Orb gets under way. The highest profile director of Orb, which was behind the Dolphin Quays apartments in Poole and
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Heroic House gains great Optimist win
JONATHAN House of Colehill helped the Southern Zone Sailing and Windsurfing team to victory in the Eric Twiname Championships at Rutland Water. House, who will be 14 on Saturday, won the Optimist dinghy section of the championships, with a convincing
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Giving up the bottle
MOST new mums will know the mantra that breast is best when it comes to feeding your baby, and yet the majority of mothers in the UK are still using the bottle. And of those that do begin to breast feed, around 75 per cent give up within the first two
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KK's maximum slice of luck
KRZYSZTOF Kasprzak admitted 'Lady Luck' played a big part in his first full Pirates maximum as they crushed Coventry 57-36 at home on May 11. The young Pole reeled off five scintillating heat wins as Poole RIAS came on strong in the second half of the
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Keeping a porpoise watch
A COUPLE on a fishing trip kept watch over a baby harbour porpoise for two hours while it lay in Portland Harbour waters. Professional divers Izzy Imset and Nina Hukkanen feared the mammal was dead or injured when they spotted it floating on the surface
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Lifeboat crews to feature in TV series
HEROIC lifeboat men will be captured on film throughout the summer for a new television series. A BBC crew started filming this week at Weymouth RNLI lifeboat station for the new 10-part Seaside Rescue documentary to be shown on primetime television next
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A piste of the action
A DETERMINED disabled skier from the New Forest is preparing to take on the world in the 2006 Winter Paralympics in Italy. Liz Miller from Brockenhurst lost her left leg below the knee due to medical complications following a skiing accident in 1997.
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Controversial plan is a bridge too far
ENGINEERS have been sent back to the drawing board and told to redesign a controversial replacement bridge over the River Avon on the road between Sopley and Hurn. Dorset county councillors rebelled against their officers who had recommended giving planning
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WE WON'T STAND IN THEIR WAY
PETER Phillips insists Cherries "will not stand in any player's way" if an offer from a higher division club is tabled - after he responded to rumours of interest in John Spicer. Fears have been raised among Cherries fans at the prospect of losing several
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KICKED IN THE TEETH?
THREE badly-needed dental surgeries which would cater for 6,000 NHS patients are set to be refused planning permission - because they haven't got enough parking spaces. Funding is already in place for three new surgeries in Kinson and dentists are eager
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Shopping centre reopens spaces
HEALTH and safety inspectors have approved the reopening of 500 spaces in the troubled Castlepoint car park. A third of the lower deck level opened to the public yesterday and the car park at the major out-of-town shopping centre is now operating at two-thirds
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Investigation into blast may take weeks
THE INVESTIGATION into an explosion on a Poole industrial estate could take weeks. Police, the government's Health and Safety Executive and Dorset Fire and Rescue Service are looking into whether the company Reliance scrap metal merchants in Nuffield
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Poptastic!
HE'S been lauded, lampooned and left to eat maggots in an Australian jungle. But the veteran radio DJ from Poole is revelling in a new lease of life after surviving more than 40 sensational years in the cut-throat world of broadcasting. Local lad Tony
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MANURE STEALTH TAX IS A MUCKY BUSINESS
A LEADING business pressure group is warning that the horse industry is to be hit with a new stealth tax - on horse muck. Under legislation to be enforced this July by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, equestrian businesses - from
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Roll-up for KK show
MAN-of-the-moment Krzysztof Kasprzak performed the trapeze as he stormed to his first full Pirates maximum.The young Pole showed he could quite clearly have been a circus showman if he was not already a speedway ride with an astonishing balancing act
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HOMELESS ARE DOWN AND OUT
HOMELESS people have been evicted from a Weymouth church because the vicar believed they were taking illegal drugs. The Rev Tim Greenslade asked rough sleepers to leave the porch of St John's Church at Greenhill after he found discarded needles and saw
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Kinky the cat owes 999 lives to PC
A MANGLED moggy left for dead by a hit-and-run driver has survived against the odds, thanks to a quick-acting police officer. Kinky the cat got flattened while crossing the road near his home in South Street, Bridport,. A passer-by picked him up and put
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Island's liner is to renew port links
THE liner RMS St Helena will renew its links with Portland Port with two visits during the next year, it was announced today. The cargo-passenger ship from the South Atlantic island of St Helena docked at Portland seven times between 2002 and 2004, and
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Privy pride
NOW, here's an engaging topic. Entries are now being received for the 2005 Loo of the Year Awards - the annual competition to lift the lid on the best places "to go" throughout the UK. Among those trumpeting the cause are the British Toilet Association
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Petals fall for tsunami dead
A PETAL in memory of Dorset's Clare Jackson was among 300,000 scattered in St Paul's Cathedral during Wednesday's tsunami memorial and her family was there to witness it. This was the first time her father Peter, mother Doreen, sister Petra and boyfriend
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County's youngsters show how it's done
DORSET claimed second place in the under-11s' singles regional team badminton challenge in Stroud, Gloucester. Margaret Bainton's youngsters were a player short, but still managed to secure the runners-up spot ahead of Wiltshire, Avon, Somerset and the
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BRIDGER CAN BE ACE IN THE PACK
BRIAN White reckons teenager Lewis Bridger could be the Wildcats trump card as his men look to underline their standing as favourites for the Conference League title at home to Boston tonight. "He's only 15 but he's absolutely on fire at the moment and
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Rethink over £2.5m centre
CONCERNS that the new Verwood Community Centre will be a magnet for antisocial behaviour and out of keeping with the area have resulted in plans being tweaked. Although the majority of residents have welcomed proposals for a new £2.5 million building
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Star pair reunite
TWO towering musical talents - bluesman Dave Kelly and singer Christine Collister - join forces for a must-see concert at the Tivoli Theatre in Wimborne on Saturday night (May 14). The gig is part of a brief tour which finds them performing in a classic
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Teenager attacked by gang of men
A TEENAGER had to be taken to hospital after being attacked by a gang of six men. The 19-year-old was set upon in in Heathlands Close, Crossways, in what police are calling a 'sustained assault'. The man, who lives locally, was taken to Dorset County
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Dismay as plug pulled on plan for Cinemobile
ANGRY film buffs in Dorset have been dealt a major blow after the Arts Council pulled the plug on a £400,000 grant for a mobile cinema. But project organisers insist they will carry on fighting for the 100-seat Cinemobile - the first of its kind in England
