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Made In Britain, (15), Prism Leisure Corporation
CRACKING on a bit now, this one, but 23 years after its release, Made In Britain still packs a mean punch and remains high among Tim Roth's best work. Trevor (Roth) is a skinhead. Although he's an intelligent chap, Trevor's an angry young man whom today
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One Foot In The Grave: Series 3, (PG), BBC
IT'S arguably Meldrew's finest moment, and I was lucky enough to peer through my office window at the Echo and see it being filmed. Our grumpy hero's got a new job as doorman at the Norfolk Royale on Richmond Hill but his very first morning ends in confrontation
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DIVINE INTERVENTION?
GOD works in mysterious ways! The lorry which careered across the Canford Bottom Roundabout demolished one of the few buildings in Wimborne Road West with no-one inside - a church that was due for demolition anyway. Locals say it's a miracle no one was
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Prepare to see Red
THE countdown has begun with just three days until the daring pilots of the RAF's Red Arrows paint Bournemouth's skies red, white and blue. Those magnificent men in their flying machines will demonstrate their full repertoire of aerobatic tricks at noon
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It's just nuts!
SOME would say you'd have to be nuts to need the warning. A consumer has written to the Christchurch-based company which produced a bag of salted cashews with the cautionary message: "Contains nuts". Bob Miles has asked the company where he can buy such
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July was one of warmest since 1900
LIKE June, July was notably warm. The first five days continued the changeable, rather cloudy conditions of late June, although rainfall amounts were small. A large anticyclone spread from the south-west and dominated the next 12 days, with dry, warm,
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'No rush' pledge over seafront development
PLANNING chiefs have acted swiftly to dismiss claims that the controversial Boscombe seafront scheme could be rushed through. Concerns were sparked after Cllr Rob Copeland, the council's Boscombe project champion, said the multi-million pound proposals
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Residents celebrate as Victorian villa saved
A GOVERNMENT planning inspector has refused two planning appeals seeking to turn one of Swanage's Victorian villas into flats and develop a block of eight flats in its garden. The inspector's decision, following a public inquiry, dismissed the appeals
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Joyful championship as Luke secures title
BROADSTONE'S Luke Joy became the first Dorset winner of the South of England Boys' 72-hole championship at Sherborne and Yeovil since Weymouth's Ben Welch eight years ago. And he did so at a canter by beating Swindon's Joe Johnson (Broome Manor) by an
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EAST DORSET PLANS (July 29)
11 Hillside Mews, Corfe Mullen; 3/05/0833/FUL, Erect replacement front wall; Mr & Mrs Bowen. 34 Grove Road, Wimborne; 3/05/0843/FUL, First floor and ground floor extensions to the rear; Mr & Mrs Roberts. Land Adjacent, 45 Cammel Road, West Parley
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Madness - The Dangermen Sessions Vol 1 (V2)
STEEPED in the tradition of their Jamaican ska forebears, Madness turn their scatty attentions to a wealth of classic tunes for this happy-go-lucky covers album. Assuming their Dangermen personas, Madness line up a set list that, while far from obvious
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Editors, The Back Room, Kitchenware
NOW listen up. Editors should be big. Big in Franz-type way. Pretty darned big then. They have that Gang of Four/Psychedelic Furs/Berlin Bowie edge to their songs that come on with a head full of rushing angular charges and a mouth full of doomy words
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The Blue Van, The Art Of Rolling, TVT Records
PICTURE the scene: a bunch of Danish would-be hipsters discover old Who, Small Faces, Creation, Stones and Brian Auger records, play them until the grooves have worn off, track down suitably vintage instruments and clothes and make up their own versions
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Luke Haines, Luke Haines Is Dead, Hut Records
LUKE Haines is a strange cove. Well, maybe not that strange, but certainly unique, having operated both inside and outside the musical mainstream for almost 20 years now. This triptych of discs rounds up the best of The Auteurs' four albums, some solo
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R Kelly, TP3 Reloaded, SonyBMG
NEVER mind he has a bucket load of particularly nasty sex charges hanging over his head, R Kelly has still pulled in hi-calibre collaborators like Snoop, The Game and Twista for this unapologetic essay to the delights of gettin' it on. Put My T-Shirt
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Call goes out for more volunteer firefighters
A BUSY morning in East Dorset on August 8 - including a dramatic lorry crash, industrial estate fire and blaze in a warden-assisted home - has prompted calls for more retained firefighters. Fire crews from Wimborne and Ferndown were scrambled yesterday
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Mint Murray packs 'em in
IT seems that Dorset audiences cannot get enough of comedian Al Murray, alias The Pub Landlord and I'm A Celebrity Get Me Out of Here! star. Owing to the complete sell-out of his forthcoming show on October 29 at Wimborne's Tivoli Theatre, the venue has
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PLANNERS SET TO ACT AGAINST COUNCILLOR
A COUNCILLOR is being threatened with legal action by her own council over claims that structural work on her Tudor period home was carried out without consent. The building at the centre of the row is Councillor Kate Wheller's Grade II listed house in
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Five bid for relief road contract
FIVE bidders have been selected to tender for Weymouth's new Orange Route relief road, Dorset County Council announced today. They include Balfour Beatty Civil Engineering-Gifford Partners Ltd, Birse Civils Ltd-WSP Civils Ltd, Carillion Construction Ltd-Capita
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Rock Profile, (15), BBC
MANY moons before Matt Lucas and David Walliams threw us phrases like "bitty" and "only gay in the village", they formed an unlikely partnership with Jamie Theakston and ripped off a stack of pop stars in short "interviews", calling them Rock Profile.
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Alexander - Director's Cut, (15), Warner Home Video
I NEVER got around to seeing the original version, the reviews of which didn't have me wallowing in a pool of regret for missing out. Oliver Stone apparently took a lot of the criticism on board and he re-edited the whole thing, but short of tearing up
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The Magic Roundabout, (U), Pathe Distribution
THE Magic Roundabout was never for adults. Sure, if you're a dab hand with a script, you can spin a few amusements for the whole family, but it's tough when you're not Pixar. TMR got a fair old pasting on its release for a weak script and lack of jokes
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Hide And Seek, (15), Fox Home Entertainment
OH WHEN will this "twist" die... Please write to your MP and stop the boredom. Rob DeNiro is psychologist David Calloway, whose daughter Emily (the ever-reliable Dakota Fanning) gets pretty dark after the suicide of her mum. The pair move away to escape
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Blackpool, (12), BBC
TALK about critical suicide. Let's take a decent crime drama, stack it with musical numbers and have the actors occasionally break into song. Surprisingly, however, this is pretty good. Ripley Holden's (David Morrissey) amusement arcade has been open
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Shows go on despite arts festival flop
TOWN leaders have determined to carry on with community projects - in spite of a failed arts festival. Music in the Meadow - an ambitious three-day event put on as the centrepiece to this year's Charter 400 celebrations in Blandford (July 29-31) - was
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DIVINE INTERVENTION?
GOD works in mysterious ways! The lorry which careered across the Canford Bottom Roundabout demolished one of the few buildings in Wimborne Road West with no-one inside - a church that was due for demolition anyway. Locals say it's a miracle no one was
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Paedophile's bid for Bournemouth
AUSTRALIAN child rape pervert Robert Excell has demanded a four-bedroom bungalow in Bournemouth, it has been claimed. UK born Excell, who was booted out of Australia last Saturday after spending 37 years in jail for his horrific sex crimes against young
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Patients may travel to beat waiting times
PATIENTS from the Bournemouth area could be going to Somerset for treatment in a bid to meet waiting time targets. The arrangement could affect patients awaiting orthopaedic operations, general surgery, endoscopy or eye treatment. The independent treatment
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Top of TV league of shame for dodgers
TV licence dodgers in Bournemouth are being warned they are being watched after new figures showed the town has retained top position in Dorset's licensing league of shame. A total of 599 evaders were caught in Dorset during the first six months of this
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Chillis plan to be a 22-hour hotspot
REVELLERS in Poole could be able to carry on drinking in one of the town's hotspots until 4am every night of the week after bosses applied for a 22-hour licence. Chillis, in Kingland Road, has already been granted a temporary extension from 2am to 3am
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Vandals' trail of destruction
MOTORISTS in Parkstone will have to pay thousands of pounds for repairs after their cars were vandalised. Residents in Archway Road woke on Saturday, August 6 to find yobs had smashed off wing mirrors during the night. Police believe the damage could
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Nikka Costa - Can'tneverdidnothin' (Virgin)
NIKKA Costa's unfussy 2001 debut, Everybody Got Their Something, didn't exactly set the world on fire, but it should have burned a whole lot brighter than it did. This, the long-time-coming sequel, should do better as she has honed her infectious blend
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RISING COSTS COOL HOPES OF FURTHER INTEREST RATE CUTS
HOPES of further cuts in interest rates have been dealt a blow by the rising cost of raw materials - the biggest hike for 20 years. Input prices rose by 13.5 per cent in the year to July - the highest seen by manufacturers since February 1985, said the
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The Ravonettes, Pretty In Black, Columbia
NOT so long ago The Raveonettes looked poised for something approaching greatness, their 50s B-movie sensibilities being propelled by fetishist fuzzbox guitars, black leather, red lips and dry ice. It never quite happened. Such is the way of these things
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Orange Juice, The Glasgow School, Domino
OH THE sheer, unadulterated joy this brings to an ageing heart... Tell all those '80s-obsessed kids just how rubbish a time it was and they take it as an act of sedition. One of the few bands to make it better was Orange Juice whose flighty, flirty, funny
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Mirah, C'mon Miracle, Arrivederci Baby!
IF YOU have a working knowledge of Mirah's back pages you're either impossibly hip or you have far too much time on your hands in which to order records on spec from the internet. And the Philly girl has gone all out for beauty with this splendid set
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Poundbury clash over 'monstrosity'
A POUNDBURY man says a black shed that the Duchy of Cornwall has put outside his house is a 'monstrosity'. Nick Hall says the shed, which is just three metres from his dining room window on Beechwood Square, is an eyesore in an area where good design
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Youngster seriously hurt in collision
AN 11-year-old girl was seriously hurt last night after she collided with a car in Weymouth. The girl, who comes from Weymouth, was taken to Dorset County Hospital, Dorchester, with serious leg and hip injuries following the collision in Radipole Park
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Pubs to open until 1.30am
TWO pubs will extend their opening hours despite objections from local residents. Patrons at the Spice Ship at Preston and the Springhead in Sutton Poyntz will now be able to drink until 12.30am on Sundays and 1.30am every other night of the week. Punch
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Vicky's over the moon with her win
ANOTHER lucky winner has scooped £500 in the Dorset Echo's Great Days of Summer competition. Vicky Fletcher was over the moon when her name was pulled out last night after she correctly answered 'two' to the question 'How many industry awards has Dorset
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Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me, (18), Cinema Club
TWIN Peaks was always one of those you're in or you're out TV series. Way too weird for the mainstream, it all boiled down to whether or not it spoke to you on any level. While there isn't very much to suggest anything collectable about this new release
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Tarnation, (15), Optimum
MADE for a mere $218 on iMovie software, Jonathan Caouette's debut is one of the most compelling and difficult features of recent times. Caouette has been recording his life on film and videotape since he was 11 years old, in the mid-80s. By using these
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Bottom: Series 3, (15), BBC
ANYONE who saw Ade Edmondson on Comic Relief Does Fame Academy a few months back, will know that his Bottom character Eddie Hitler, is just himself exaggerated a bit. Him and Rik Mayall, a comic duo who have been together since the unrivalled Young Ones
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Organisers hoping for record-breaking show
ELLINGHAM Show organisers are hoping for a repeat of last year's record-breaking crowd when 19,000 paying guests streamed past the turnstiles for a day of traditional country fun. Since then Ellingham and Ringwood Agricultural Society has given £14,000
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Thieves ruined birthday for sea scout Danny, 11
THIEVES who stole a kayak on Mudeford Quay have left Barton sea scout Danny Tews high and dry without a birthday present. Although his 11th birthday is not until next month, Danny received the gift of a kayak from his parents early, as he wanted to take
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Jail for man who slashed rival in love
A MAN whose girlfriend cheated on him while he was in jail, slashed her new lover's neck with a knife blade, a court heard. Jamie Pavelin, 23, of Berrans Avenue, Kinson, attacked victim Craig Churchill after discovering he had slept with girlfriend Kim
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Author picks up bill for cancer woman
A WEALTHY American author pledged to pick up the bill for a Hampshire woman Debbie Munro's cancer drug - and treated her family to a fairytale weekend in London. Top crime writer Patricia Cornwell contacted the family after reading how 44-year-old advanced
