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POLICE SUFFER B-TESTS BLOW
MORE than three-quarters of drivers involved in injury accidents on Dorset's roads escaped being breath-tested. And that puts the county as the second worst police authority in the country for breath-testing drivers involved in injury collisions. But
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Have Cherries got a saviour?
AFC Bournemouth could potentially start next season debt-free thanks to an innovative supporters' pension scheme. Cherries chief Peter Phillips has hailed the prospect of being able to clear almost £6 million worth of debt as "the most significant event
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Winter Garden loses mystery donor
WINTER Gardens supporters have lost the support of their "mystery benefactor" just weeks before a crunch meeting to determine the concert hall's future. The setback, revealed at the Friends of the Winter Gardens' AGM, leaves the Winter Gardens Trust facing
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Classical trio's awards fanfare
MARIN Alsop -Bournemouth's Symphony Orchestra's principal conductor - and Poole cellist Natalie Clein have both scooped top awards in this year's Classical Brits. Meanwhile, another former principal conductor of the BSO, Andrew Litton (now the orchestra's
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Now showing (May 27)
Hitch (12A) Regent (from Mon) *** Will Smith plays to his strengths in this knockabout comedy about a date doctor who can sort everyone's problems but his own. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (PG) UCI, ABC *** Long awaited film version of Douglas
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It's All Gone Pete Tong (15)
GROUND breaking, superstar DJ loses his hearing, goes mad, recovers his brain cells and returns to the decks before disappearing who knows where. You'd think you would've heard about such a story, and you're probably right, but It's All Gone Pete Tong
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It's All Gone Pete Tong (15)
GROUND breaking, superstar DJ loses his hearing, goes mad, recovers his brain cells and returns to the decks before disappearing who knows where. You'd think you would've heard about such a story, and you're probably right, but It's All Gone Pete Tong
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House of Wax (15)
HOLLYWOOD continues to pillage the vaults with this teen-friendly new version of the cult 1953 horror-thriller starring Vincent Price, the first feature produced by a major studio in glorious 3-D. Sadly, Jaume Collet-Serra's bloodthirsty take on House
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The Sea Inside (PG) Preview
THE highly rated new film from The Others director Alejandro Amenabar's not only landed 15 Goyas (the Spanish Oscars) in its native Spain, but also rounded up the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language film. The Sea Inside is based on the true story
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The Pacifier (PG)
ANYTHING Arnold Schwarzenegger can do, Vin Diesel can do it better. That seems to be the message of The Pacifier, a fast-paced family comedy cut from the same cloth as the preposterous Kindergarten Cop. Not content with bulking up as America's newest
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Emo sand stormer sparks a recovery
BATTLING Gary Emerson holed a sensational bunker shot for an eagle to kick-start his BMW Championship at Wentworth on Thursday. Emerson's three on the par five 12th spurred the Broadstone touring professional on to a creditable one-under-par 71 and a
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Waterloo in the kitchen
BLONDES have more fun? Try telling that to Agnetha Faltskg, "the blonde one" from ABBA and subject of many a male fantasy throughout the '70s, who after a series of unfortunate events, including divorce from a fellow band member, her mother's suicide,
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Cricket
Bullish Bridport the team to beat DORSET SUNDAY LEAGUE DIVISION SIX BOSCOMBE 187-7 (9pts) lost to BRIDPORT 190-9 (18pts) by one wicket BRIDPORT are the team to beat according to skipper Chris Backhouse. The bullish statement came after his team won their
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Football
Ted blows the final whistle after nearly 50 years TED MALLOWS has called it a day after nearly 50 years of refereeing. He completed his career with the whistle when he officiated in the South West Under 18s final between Somerset and Hampshire earlier
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HARRISON SPURNS WIMBORNE OFFER
WEYMOUTH owner Martyn Harrison has revealed he turned down the chance to buy Sydenhams Wessex League outfit Wimborne Town. The millionaire hotel tycoon was approached by Wimborne representatives about purchasing the Cuthbury outfit. The move came after
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Online job revolution
IN today's increasingly demanding job market, finding the right job can be difficult. But with the global reach of the Internet and the advances in technology, more and more applicants and employers are taking advantage of the benefits as a conduit for
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Work together, says new mayor
SOME of Bridport's major outstanding issues are set to be resolved in the coming year, Sandra Brown told town councillors when she was installed as the new mayor last night. A site for the town's controversial waste transfer station and a start date for
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£65,000 scheme to curb the school run
CIVIC leaders went back to school this week - for a lesson in road safety. They joined pupils, parents and teachers to try out the new £65,000 traffic calming measures around Bridport Primary School. Introduced as part of the county council's Safer Routes
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TALKIN' 'BOUT THE NEXT GENERATION
THEY'RE The Next Generation of business leaders - TNG has triumphed at the Dorset Enterprise & Skills Awards. TNG boldly scooped the Cobham-sponsored Company of the Year title plus six other awards including finance and best company report. TNG's
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Flyin' Ryan aims for a top-eight GP finish
PIRATES skipper Ryan Sullivan has set his sights on a top eight finish in this year's Grand Prix World Championship competition. The 30-year-old Australian - who received a wild card into this season's series following a 2004 campaign maligned with mechanical
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Your West End chance!
FANCY being a local West End idol? For talented youngsters in this area, this dream could become a reality. And it is all thanks to the Daily Echo and Bournemouth's own West End idol Earl Carpenter, who is currently starring as the Phantom in The Phantom
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My Relief, by cleared doc
A DOCTOR today spoke of her three years of hell before being cleared of switching patients' tissue samples to cover up a breast cancer blunder. Dinah Parums, 47, of Poundbury, Dorchester, was accused of a cancer cell switch after her diagnosis led a healthy
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Teen pregnancy still increasing
TEENAGE pregnancy in Weymouth and Portland is rocketing by nearly twice the county average. The number of conceptions in 15-17-year-olds rose sharply by 10.75 per cent from 158 in 1998-2000 to 175 in 2001-2003. Office for National Statistics figures out
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The nesting instinct
SMEAGOL the Seagull is causing a stir on Portland after he and his mate set up home in a flower urn. Low cost homes would appear to be in short supply for birds as well as people because photographer Stuart Fretwell saw the pair chased off several roof
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Charlie spends a day in custody of police
IT WAS a day to remember for Charlie Thomas when he was whisked off in a police car. The Broadmayne youngster did not need to worry as his family had planned a special treat to mark his eighth birthday. Charlie, who has cerebral palsy and attends Prince
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Williams: 'You all risk code breach'
A STUDY of minutes from Lyme Regis town council meetings has revealed there may have been 200 breaches of the codes of conduct by councillors in recent years. Disqualified town councillor Stan Williams came up with the figure after his daughter trawled
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Fundraisers are on fire
LYME Regis Fire Station is on a roll this year - winning two awards. They won the Dorset cup for raising the most money for the Fire Service Benevolent Fund and the cup for the most improved station in the county. The team, along with their families,
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Stolen rabbit could be late for important date
A KNAVE without heart has been blamed for the disappearance of the White Rabbit from the Alice in Wonderland family amusement park. Intruders who broke into the characters' changing room at the complex in Merritown Lane, Hurn, sometime last week made
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Protests over home plans
PLANS to build 60 homes and an employment park on a site in Lyme has brought more than 80 objections to the council and a call for a fight. Sue RedwoodDavies, who lives near Woodberry Down in Colway Lane, which links to the A3052, wants to start a pressure
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IMAX demolition crusade goes on
ANGRY accountant Austin Kinsley's crusade to demolish Bournemouth's most unpopular building, the IMAX cinema, with the help of an explosive new TV show has moved a step closer. Channel 4's forthcoming four-part series Demolition asked viewers to nominate
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Fraud trio pocketed more than £2million
FRAUDSTER Stuart Leary conned more than £2 million out of the government in less than six months, a court heard. The Porsche-driving, Bournemouth-based businessman claimed to be providing education for thousands of students and received the cash after
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Dorset's Five get animated
ENID Blyton's Dorset-inspired Famous Five are to feature in an animated TV serial to be shown around the world. A number of European countries are lined up to broadcast the series and it may also end up being shown as far away as the USA and Japan. It
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Dorset's Five get animated
ENID Blyton's Dorset-inspired Famous Five are to feature in an animated TV serial to be shown around the world. A number of European countries are lined up to broadcast the series and it may also end up being shown as far away as the USA and Japan. It
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Asbo girl taunted over her 'Vicky Pollard' image
AN aggressive teenager who has intimidated Swanage residents for years is now on the receiving end of abuse as she starts a custodial sentence for breaching her antisocial behaviour order. Chantelle Driver, 17, has been at Eastwood Park women's prison
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Birthday tragedy after lethal dose of heroin
A TEENAGER has told a coroner's court how her boyfriend wished her happy birthday before injecting himself with a lethal dose of heroin. Hanna Stange, from Swanage, recalled how her 16th birthday party had ended in tragedy with 34-year-old Simon Harding's
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Millions (12A)
ORIGINALLY scheduled for release late last year, Danny Boyle's charming fairy-tale seems slightly out of place, set as it is in the days leading up to Christmas. It's 12 days until Britain enters the Euro zone and pound sterling is replaced by a new currency
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Lee looks to lay his PGA ghost
LEE Thompson is still in with a chance of exorcising his Wentworth demons after carding a three-over par 75 in the first round of the BMW Championship. The Dudsbury professional put together a solid round that deserved a lower score, but a triple bogey
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Football
Ted blows the final whistle after half a century TED MALLOWS has called it a day after nearly 50 years of refereeing. He completed his career with the whistle when he officiated in the South West Under 18s final between Somerset and Hampshire earlier
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Protests against site plans
PLANS to build 60 homes and an employment park on a site in Lyme has brought more than 80 objections to the council and a call for a fight. Sue RedwoodDavies, who lives near Woodberry Down in Colway Lane, which links to the A3052, wants to start a pressure
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£0.25m tax help for elderly
Charity in windfall to expand services A PIONEERING Bridport organisation set up to help low income pensioners balance their books has been given a £254,000 grant to expand the service nationwide. TaxHelp for Older People (TOP) which operates from the
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Road rage driver flees A35 incident
A ROAD rage driver fled the scene of an incident leaving his victim in a mangled car and lucky to be alive. Police are appealing for witnesses after the man who caused the incident drove off from the scene, on the A35 near Long Bredy, leaving an injured
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Overnight park fees scrapped
Council facing refunds backlash WEST Dorset District Council is facing a flood of compensation claims after admitting it was wrong to impose overnight parking charges in The Square at Beaminster. In a humiliating climbdown officials conceded yesterday
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Artistic tributes to founder of town's Minster
FOUNDER of Wimborne Minster St Cuthburga is getting a lot of coverage this year and two artists have responded to 1,300 anniversary celebrations in their individual ways. Alison Board needed the patience of the saint to fulfil her commission - The Cuthburga
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STAGE AND MUSIC (May 27)
Bournemouth Music Competitions Dance Festival: Oakmead College of Technology The annual Bournemouth Music Competitions Festival kicks-off on Sunday (May 29) with five days of dance competitions staged at a new venue - the town's Oakmead College of technology
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Storm over plan for waste plant
PEOPLE living near a household waste recycling plant say they could be forced to suffer its expansion because planners see them as 'less articulate'. James Wells, who lives in St George's Road, Fordington , Dorchester, says plans to build rubbish facilities
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Old friends celebrate 50 years at care home
TWO old friends celebrated half-a-century of living in a Dorset care home with a shared party. Gerald Dempsey, 73, and Anthony Vos, 77 - who both have learning difficulties - first met at a home in New Milton, Hampshire, in the early 1950s. They moved
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Big Lottery windfall is top news for charity
A PIONEERING Bridport organisation set up to help low income pensioners balance their books has been given a £254,000 grant to expand the service nationwide. TaxHelp for Older People (TOP), which operates from the Pineapple Farm business estate at Salway
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New mayor targets yob behaviour
MAKING Weymouth and Portland safe for all ages and beliefs will be new mayor Les Ames' main task for his coming year in office. Coun Ames took over the mayoral chain and duties from outgoing mayor Lynne Herbert at last night's Weymouth and Portland Borough
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Coast wins out in beach guide
BEACHES in Dorset have come out tops in a guide highlighting the best seaside spots in Britain. Thirty-four county beaches were given the 'recommended' rating in the Marine Conservation Society Good Beach Guide. This year 427 of the 811 beaches monitored
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Mini-beasts take over the school curriculum
CREEPY-CRAWLIES have taken over the classrooms and corridors at Wyke Regis Junior School. Year three and four pupils have been studying mini-beasts this term and transformed themselves into the creatures for a show called Mini-beast Madness. The 190 seven
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Anger at road 'blunder'
ANNOYED residents feared their water supply would not be turned off in an emergency after road workers covered over vital access points. People living in Mayfield Close, Southill, Weymouth, say contractors carrying out resurfacing work on behalf of the
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Town businessmen tackling MRSA bug
A NEW Milton business which cures sick building syndrome has now turned its attention on the hospital superbug MRSA. Julian Laws, who runs Air Ion Technologies with brother Keith, is celebrating obtaining trials with Southampton University, Southampton
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A town in turmoil?
TURBULENT times are plaguing Shaftesbury with the loss of a major tourist event, a parking crisis, lack of affordable housing and the threatened closure of its advice centre. Earlier this year the town was crowned one of Britain's top five property hotspots
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'Temporary' classrooms replaced after 40 years
CLASSROOM huts erected at Lyme Regis's Woodroffe School as a 'temporary measure' 40 years ago are to be replaced. Two new temporary classrooms will be sited on the green in front of the main school, along with two additional art rooms, this summer. "Though
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TOP TRIO SIGN
SEAN O'Driscoll has reached the halfway point in completing his negotiations with Cherries' 10 out-of-contract players when he agreed terms with Karl Broadhurst, Marcus Browning and Steve Fletcher. Defender Broadhurst, midfielder Browning and striker
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RNLI stalwart retires after 12 heroic years
AFTER 12 years of saving lives from the sea around Lyme Regis' lifeboat station chief David Manners is calling it a day. Mr Manners, 44, who retires at the station's annual meeting on June 8, has seen 446 callouts and 84 lives saved since joining the
