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Car park re-opens, but mystery remains
CASTLEPOINT car park is fully reopened and preparing for a bumper bank holiday - but bosses are no nearer to solving the mystery of the falling concrete. This week saw the reopening of the final few spaces at the beleaguered car park, which has been beset
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Cash winner put in a spin
TRIPS to the launderette will be a thing of the past for Daily Echo reader Terry Burroughs who scooped £42,000 in our Find the Ball contest. After a tough few years with little money, the 59-year-old former builder from Wimborne can afford to splash out
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More using cocaine as prices fall
MORE and more young people are using cocaine when they get ready for party nights in Dorset's pubs and clubs. The alarming trend is happening up and down the country as a fall in the price of the class A drug has brought it within reach of young professionals
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JET BREAK-IN
QUESTIONS are being asked about security at Bournemouth Airport after a man succeeded in breaking into a plane. An investigation is under way after the man gained entry into a business jet which was parked at the airport. The pilot of another plane saw
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The penny drops
SHE'S hit people, sworn at people and intimidated people in her home town of Swanage, but now the teenager nicknamed "the real Vicky Pollard" is getting a taste of the world of adult criminals - and she doesn't like it. Chantelle Driver's abusive behaviour
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West Course woe for Emo
DORSET'S Gary Emerson fought a losing battle to keep his cool as he crashed out of the BMW Championship in the sweltering heat at Wentworth on Friday (May 27). A disastrous six-over-par 78 wrecked Emerson's good work of the opening day as the Broadstone
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Lee's bid wilts in heat
LEE Thompson's hopes of making the halfway cut of the BMW Championship withered and died at sun-drenched Wentworth. As temperatures soared the Dudsbury touring professional struggled with his game and eventually slumped to a seven-over-par 79 to end on
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NEW FOREST PLANS (May 27)
Salmons Service Station, Southampton Road, Boldre; 84864, use as car was; V Gashi. Land of 109 Burley Road, Bransgore; 84874, 2 detached cottages (Outline application with details only of siting and means of access); Mr & Mrs S Whipple. 39 Auckland
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Town loses top spot for £1m house sales
FOOTBALLERS flashing wads of cash when they go house-hunting in the North West have pushed Poole off the top spot for £1 million property sales. But the town has hit back by attracting more super-rich buyers in the £2 million-plus bracket. The allure
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Duchy's land is 'ideal' site for waste tip
POUNDBURY would be the ideal site for a household waste recycling centre, a public inquiry heard. Campaigners battling proposals to relocate the Dorchester centre from the end of St George's Road to near its junction with Eddison Avenue yesterday urged
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Bid to steer teenagers away from the booze
POLICE have unveiled plans to stamp out teen yob culture with a new offensive to steer youngsters away from the booze. Operation Blitz, which will go live in Weymouth later this year, will be the first scheme of its kind in the country. If the pilot project
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It's nearly the last post for fence builder
A SHOCKED builder dug up more than he bargained for when he uncovered a hand grenade in a friend's garden. Stuart Drummond, 35, was digging holes for fence posts in Dawlish Crescent, Wyke Regis, when he found the device. He said: "It's not something you
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SEAN CONFIRMS INTEREST IN JOE
CHERRIES boss Sean O'Driscoll has confirmed he has had preliminary talks with out-of-contract Colchester star Joe Keith. But O'Driscoll has also stressed the 26-year-old is "one of a number" of players he has spoken to as he steps up his search for a
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Three reasons why this mum deserves scorn
THERE are three very good reasons why arguably Britain's most rubbish parent, Julie Atkins of Derbyshire, should be held up to public contempt and hung out to dry. These reasons are her grandchildren, all born, as you should know by now, to her three,
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Tightening the belt
DEFIANT councillors have joined together to warn regional government: "Hands off our green belt". Plans to build 43,000 homes in South East Dorset over the next 20 years have been reduced to 42,000 after Bournemouth councillors refused to accept the idea
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Three youths in assault on Germans
A GROUP of German teenagers were assaulted and verbally abused while on an exchange visit to Poole. Police are appealing for witnesses to the incident which took place at about 9pm last Friday (May 20) when the teenagers were at Burger King in the High
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Parents to be taught sex issues for teens
PARENTS are to be taught how to talk to their children about safe sex on a special course aimed to cut down on teenage pregnancies. The free Sexual Health and Relationships Parenting Course will look at what teenagers are being taught about sex in schools
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I'm running for my mum
EIGHT-YEAR-OLD Rebecca Goldsworthy is preparing to run a charity race for her mum who is dying of cancer. She is one of the youngest entrants in this year's Race For Life at Kingston Maurward College and has already raised £500 in sponsorship for Cancer
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Bacon roll rounds off walk
PARENTS and children taking part in Walk to School Week found they had a tasty incentive when they arrived at St John's School, Weymouth. Headteacher John Horrell was there to welcome them with a delicious bacon roll and bananas. He said: "We have always
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Soldier's special day
STEPHEN Rolfe has become the latest of five generations in his family to serve in the forces. The passing out ceremony marking Stephen's entry into the Devonshire and Dorset Regiment saw him follow in the footsteps of his father, grandfather, great-grandfather
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SEAN CONFIRMS INTEREST IN JOE
CHERRIES boss Sean O'Driscoll has confirmed he has had preliminary talks with out-of-contract Colchester star Joe Keith. But O'Driscoll has also stressed the 26-year-old is "one of a number" of players he has spoken to as he steps up his search for a
