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Song remains the same
NOT a single Dartford warbler showed its head above the gorse as we strolled across the heath in the sunshine. But we knew that hidden among the purple heather, a gem among many gems in the Purbecks, were around 60 pairs of the long-tailed bird. This
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Mum speaks out on son's cliff fall death
THE mother of a Poole-born butcher who plunged 800ft to his death down a cliff in Antigua has dramatically accused his wife of involvement in his death, an inquest was told. Peter John Beament, 35, was found at the bottom of cliffs at popular tourist
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Coach fears for athlete
A WELL-known athletics coach who has lived in Africa says Zimbabwean asylum seeker Williard Chinhanhu will certainly be killed if he is forced to return to his homeland. Jim Bailey from Christchurch, who has coached numerous African athletes, including
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Daniel Powter - Daniel Powter (Warner Bros)
THAT Jimmy Blunt has got one hell of day of reckoning ahead of him, for in the wake of his blander-than-tofu warbling there's a whole army of woolly-hatted young chaps clutching guitars and plying greetings card emotions. Here's one now. He goes by the
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Farming row family may lose home
A YOUNG family fear they will be thrown out of their home - with their 30 sheep, 15 pigs, four goats, 20 geese, 10 ducks, 25 stud dogs, assorted chickens and turkeys - because they are not farmers. Jane White's father - a smallholder - built the house
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Twisted sisters
GIRLBAND Twisted Angels storm into Bournemouth on August 11 midway through a major tour to promote their new album Alter Ego. These edgy teen-dreams, who play the town's Opera House, originally got together in their school music room three years ago.
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Lights display work begins
CAMPAIGNERS hope to trip the light fantastic with Dorchester's 2005 Christmas display. Plans are already well in hand for this year's festive lights. Specialists will be in town later this month to check the wiring at the points where lights were installed
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Brainiac - Best Of Series 1 (12) - Granada Ventures
I ENJOYED the hell out of science when I was at school. If you didn't make anything explode there was little point. One time our class shattered half the school's entire supply of little ceramic pots after adding too much sulphur. Brainiac, for those
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Dukes Of Hazzard - Season 1 (PG) - Warner Home Video
AUSSIE rules players had nothing on Daisy Duke's shorts, and this show pushed all the right buttons for us kids whose parents weren't sure what manner of morals were being passed on. Car chase by banjo was never so recongisable as cousins Bo, Luke and
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Coach fears for athlete
A WELL-known athletics coach who has lived in Africa says Zimbabwean asylum seeker Williard Chinhanhu will certainly be killed if he is forced to return to his homeland. Jim Bailey from Christchurch, who has coached numerous African athletes, including
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Grounds of stately home getting set for fundraiser run
CANCER Research UK is calling on runners of all abilities to take part in their latest fundraising initiative. The charity is taking its UK10 series to Kingston Lacy, near Wimborne, on Sunday, October 30. Organisers hope the 1,000 participants will raise
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Treasure chest sets a record
A POOLE saleroom has achieved a record price for a piece of English furniture. During a day-long sale at Davey & Davey in St Peter's Road, a handsome George III chest of drawers sold for £135,000. "I was gobsmacked," said auctioneer Neil Davey, as
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Blazing row over fire control plans
A CONTROVERSIAL decision to close Dorset's fire control room and open a South West control in Somerset could have life or death implications - according to the Fire Brigades Union. On Wednesday the government announced the venue for the new South West
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Get caught red handed for the Red Arrows!
IN JUST 24 hours the daring pilots of the world's most famous aerobatic display team will be painting the skies above the town red. The RAF's Red Arrows' flying visit starts when the jets land in Bournemouth Airport this evening to regroup, refuel and
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Cherries see winding-up order quashed
A WINDING-up order hanging over AFC Bournemouth was formally struck out by the High Court on Wednesday. The football club successfully applied to the court to quash the winding-up order brought by former company secretary Andrew Noonan. The Cherries have
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Scared of flying? Thought so.
PROBABLY best you don't get stuck in to Lost (Channel 4, Wednesday, 8.30pm) then. Apparently, this tale of 48 people stranded on a desert island after a plane crash is the "new Desperate Housewives". I wouldn't say that. Sure, there's a hunky doctor (
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Morris takes half-marathon glory
IT is only a few years since former international runner Williard Chinhanhu caused a stir on the Dorset road-racing scene by winning the Sturminster Newton half-marathon at a canter. Despite being in the middle of a protracted battle for asylum to prevent
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Supergrass, Road To Rouen - (Parlophone)
Golly, but Supergrass have had to work hard to shake off the sound of I Should Coco... and for their fifth album they've really let themselves go. And it works. Opening with the Tales of Endurance triptych which manages a slack funk riot tempered by shards
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Pensioner in bid for a new public footpath
A PENSIONER is fighting to have a stretch of land near his Portland home registered as a public footpath. Bob Herring, 74, claims the 250- yard path, between his home in Weston Street and Haylands, was once a popular right of way. And now he has applied
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Flood work might be a mistake
A WIDOW claims a dam-like structure built in her garden to tackle flooding may actually make it worse. Margo Corbett-Matthews, 79, of Preston Road, Weymouth, is upset at the work being carried out by Weymouth and Portland council for the Preston Brook
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Twice the work - But double the fun!
YOU need to buy two or more of everything, and a supersize buggy, and trips to the swimming pool can be out of the question. Just some of the every day challenges in the life of a multiple-birth parent who has to look after two, three or even four children
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'Even though it has been six years, it seems like yesterday'
SHE did not delete the answer machine message for some time. The last three words on the tape, 'Love you mum', were the last Jane Brine would hear her son say. Smiling through her tears, she added that she kept the last Mother's Day card Nick sent her
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Judges back alcohol alert
JUST days after a judge blasted Bournemouth's binge drinking culture the Council of Her Majesty's Circuit Judges has warned that alcohol-fuelled violence will soar when round-the-clock drinking is legalised this autumn. Sitting at Bournemouth Crown Court
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Coach fears for athlete
A WELL-known athletics coach who has lived in Africa says Zimbabwean asylum seeker Williard Chinhanhu will certainly be killed if he is forced to return to his homeland. Jim Bailey from Christchurch, who has coached numerous African athletes, including
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BRAVE DEBBIE LOSES BATTLE
A CANCER patient whose family home had to be sold to raise funds for her treatment has lost her brave battle for life. Charity worker Debbie Munro, 45, passed away peacefully just days after best-selling author Patricia Cornwell gave her and her family
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Grounds of stately home getting set for fundraiser run
CANCER Research UK is calling on runners of all abilities to take part in their latest fundraising initiative. The charity is taking its UK10 series to Kingston Lacy, near Wimborne, on Sunday, October 30. Organisers hope the 1,000 participants will raise
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No punishment after booze sales to teens
A LICENSEE whose staff twice sold alcohol to 15-year-olds has escaped punishment after satisfying a court he did all he could to prevent such sales. Dorset County Council's Trading Standards carried out a test purchase last October when a teenage girl
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Mum speaks out on son's cliff fall death
THE mother of a Poole-born butcher who plunged 800ft to his death down a cliff in Antigua has dramatically accused his wife of involvement in his death, an inquest was told. Peter John Beament, 35, was found at the bottom of cliffs at popular tourist
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Games trials end in trying time for Alex
ALEX Savage's rollercoaster Commonwealth Games trials ended with another near miss at Sheffield's Ponds Forge pool on Tuesday. Savage, 19, continued the form which had produced a string of personal best times in her first four events with another huge
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Justin and Simon lift 29er youth world title
JUSTIN Visser and Simon Wheeler, from Royal Lymington Yacht Club and Parkstone Yacht Club respectively, have won the 29er Youth World Championships in San Francisco. The duo also tied third in the open competition. Visser and Wheeler, sponsored by Musto
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Various - Ibiza Annual 2005 (Ministry of Sound)
THREE CDs, 60 tracks and loads more killer than filler - can't go wrong If you're still holding out for summer, you have my sympathy, but this may cheer you up. Three discs - one for the club, one for the bar and one for the beach - and a whole mess of
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Syd matters - Someday We Will Foresee Obstacles (Third Side/V2)
ENTHRALLING second album from the Parisian art-pop folkie Syd matters warrants your attention... and that of all your mates. His second album drips with invention, beauty, melody and sonic challenges - all of which are a pleasure to play. Calling on influences
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REGULATION CHANGES FOR HOTEL STAR RATINGS
HOTELS will no longer be able to call themselves "four-star" if they are three-star in some aspects and five-star in others. Under new rules, all key aspects of the hotel must meet the four-star requirement if they are to describe themselves as such.
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CRASH TRAGEDY OF LEUKAEMIA GIRL, 4
A FOUR-YEAR-OLD girl suffering from leukaemia died after the car she was travelling in was hit by an inexperienced driver who had been smoking cannabis, an inquest heard. Isabella Anya Hill and her three-year-old brother were returning to their home in
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Tory quits over Kylie concert election barbs
A leading politician has quit 'under duress' after being slated for taking time out from election campaigning - to see Kylie Minogue in concert. The pop temptress unwittingly sparked a leadership row within the South Dorset Conservatives after deputy
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Fire control is to move out of county
A PROPOSED new regional fire control centre will not be built in Dorset, it has been confirmed. Instead, the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister (ODPM) has announced that the South West Fire and Rescue control centre will be based at Taunton. The control
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Notre Musique (12) - Optimum Home Entertainment
OOOOHH... I feel dizzy. Jean-Luc Godard is a strange fish at the best of time but he's really outdone himself here. Notre Musique is divided into three kingdoms: hell, purgatory and paradise. All lovely, then. Hell get us under way with about 10 minutes
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Terry & June - Series 1 (PG) - Cinema Club
WELCOME to the sitcom world of the Medfords. It's bland, gentle and (apart from a non-PC exchange in the very first episode) inoffensive. Scott and Whitfield had begun their TV partnership in 1968, but the "Terry and June" title didn't come into play
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Notre Musique(12)
OOOOHH... I feel dizzy. Jean-Luc Godard is a strange fish at the best of time but he's really outdone himself here. Notre Musique is divided into three kingdoms: hell, purgatory and paradise. All lovely, then. Hell get us under way with about 10 minutes
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Brainiac - Best Of Series 1 (12)
I ENJOYED the hell out of science when I was at school. If you didn't make anything explode there was little point. One time our class shattered half the school's entire supply of little ceramic pots after adding too much sulphur. Brainiac, for those
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Volunteers clean up in war against litter
MORE than 20 New Forest organisations and numerous individuals have been taking part in the area's annual war on litter. Operation Clean Sweep, which started at the weekend, and will end with a celebration for families at Whitefield Moor near Brockenhurst
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Dinosaurs and snow leopards uncovered
A DORSET explorer has just returned from an expedition to the Gobi desert where he found rare dinosaur remains and evidence of highly endangered snow leopards. Simon Hampel trekked across the southern part of the Mongolian desert with academics from capital
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Dismay as flats plan approved
HIGHCLIFFE residents who filed hundreds of objections, canvassed thousands of signatures on a protest petition and packed the public gallery of an appeal hearing last month have failed to stop plans for a single block of 55 sheltered flats overlooking
