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Vicious lies drove brother to suicide
FALSE child abuse and drug dealing allegations drove a tormented father-of-three to kill himself, an inquest has been told. Disabled Bob Newman, 41, bled to death in his grandmother's bath after slitting his wrists and severing arteries in his arm. Alan
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Probe into Cherries' trust fund takeover
AN INVESTIGATION is being carried out into the events surrounding the Trust Fund's takeover of AFC Bournemouth in 1997, it has been confirmed. Cherries chairman Peter Phillips said the club was currently gathering evidence before deciding what to do next
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Charity challenge takes yachtsman round Britain
A RETIRED architect has achieved his goal of sailing all round Britain to raise thousands of pounds for his daughter's charity. Douglas Addison, 68, is safely home in Swanage having set off three months ago and experienced everything from gales to thick
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Hicks' heroics not enough for Dorset
SKIPPER Tom Hicks's heroics with the ball were not quite enough as Cornwall clung on for a draw on the final day at Dean Park. Hicks ripped through the Cornish batting line-up, taking 6-60 as the visitors chased 246 for victory. Their bold attempt stuttered
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WHAT A BUGGY SHAME
A TERMINALLY-ill Burma war veteran has been banned from using his mobility scooter to get him to his front door. Since learning he had motor neurone disease, after moving in to his £300,000 flat a year ago, James Lawrence has relied on his electric scooter
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Residents calling time on pub and club hours
PEOPLE worried about binge drinking, noise and anti-social behaviour in their neighbourhoods are taking advantage of new licensing laws to voice their concerns. The new laws mean pubs and clubs can apply for an extension to their opening hours, but for
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Hicks' heroics not enough for Dorset
SKIPPER Tom Hicks's heroics with the ball were not quite enough as Cornwall clung on for a draw on the final day at Dean Park. Hicks ripped through the Cornish batting line-up, taking 6-60 as the visitors chased 246 for victory. Their bold attempt stuttered
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WALBRIDGE DELIGHTED DESPITE DRAW
SKIPPER Tom Hicks's heroics with the ball were not quite enough as Cornwall clung on for a draw on the final day at Dean Park. Hicks ripped through the Cornish batting line-up, taking 6-60 as the visitors chased 246 for victory. Their bold attempt stuttered
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TERRAS READY FOR THE BIG TIME
STRIKER Dan Webb reckons Weymouth can follow Yeovil Town into the Football League - and the summer signing is well qualified to make the prediction. His dad David managed the Glovers when they turned full-time five years ago, starting their meteoric rise
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History of demolished church in parish mag
THE history of a Stapehill church demolished by a lorry this week has been revealed in parish magazines dating back to 1931. David Peverelle, 82, remembers the attention his father the Rev Francis Peverelle, of the Hampreston Rectory, paid to founding
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Eddie having it Large
ANYONE who has played Twisters Comedy Club knows all about slogging their way to the top. There are an awful lot of stairs! So when Eddie Large arrives at the club on August 10 you could be forgiven for thinking that the roly-poly funnyman might find
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Why Porridge will always be on the menu for the Prime Minister of Siam
HE is best known to TV viewers as McLaren, the aggressive Scots inmate banged up with Fletch and his chums in the ever-popular sitcom Porridge. But actor Tony Osoba has a CV that takes in everything from Coronation Street to Macbeth, from Dr Who to The
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Nice little urn, eh?
SHARP-eyed residents will have noticed an antique urn reappear above a much-faded sundial on the parish church. Blandford and District Civic Society decided to restore the time keeper and the missing vase as its contribution to Charter 400 - the celebrations
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HITTING NEW HEIGHTS AS 90,000-PLUS USE AIRPORT
BOURNEMOUTH Airport is celebrating after clocking up record numbers of passengers last month. In total, 90,246 passengers used the airport in July - the first time the airport has ever handled that many in a month. "Load factors were healthy and above
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Big shock in store for troublemakers
A CONVENIENCE store in the centre of a teen trouble spot has become a convenient cop shop for Christchurch police. The town's northern beat team has joined up with the supermarket to open a part -time police station in the Tesco Express outlet at Jumpers
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Pump action
PETROL prices across the UK have soared, rising above 90p a litre for the first time in the wake of the latest oil crisis in the Middle East. Fears of imminent terror attacks in Saudi Arabia, the world's largest producer of crude, sparked a surge in oil
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Human rights group backs Daisy's case
A HUMAN rights advocate is campaigning for jailed Bournemouth backpacker Daisy Angus. Kay Danes, of Foreign Prisoner Support Services, is calling for those detaining her in India to ensure basic human rights are upheld. On the organisation's website it
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First round to residents in fight over pub licence
ANGRY New Milton residents objecting to extensions to a pub's entertainment licence for karaoke and live bands have won a temporary victory. But the landlord of the Oak and Yaffle at the junction of Ashley Common and Oakwood Roads says that although he
