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Town hold on for 0-0 draw
LYMINGTON Town were dealt a double blow on the eve of the new season as they lost two centre-midfielders in the space of a few hours, but still picked up a creditable 0-0 draw at Moneyfields. Charlie Balfe signed for Conference South club Bognor Regis
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Treble joy for 'superb' Karim
KARIM Benssaouda gave Poppies the perfect start to the new Wessex League One season as he fired a second-half hat-trick in a comprehensive 4-1 win at Alton Town. The Poppies hitman was in electric form in front of goal alongside strike partner Scott Joyce
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Ex-soldier returns to war scene
IT was an appalling scene, memories of which have remained with Donald Leach ever since. The young tank crewman was in a village in north-east France shortly after D-Day when the group spotted a large excited crowd gathered around the green. "To the sound
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Completely barking?
THERE are probably those who reckon stage hypnotist, mind-reader and magician Hugh Lennon is barking mad. After all this is the man who once claimed to have boosted a young model's bust measurement by several bra sizes just by auto-suggestion. These days
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TOWN'S NEW FACE?
A PRIME town centre site that was once at the centre of a massive planning blunder could be transformed into a £40million landmark development. St Paul's Square is intended to form a "gateway" to the town centre, creating up to 660 jobs and 182 apartments
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Jim fixed it for them!
NOW then, now then. After more marathons than you can shake a stick at, Sir Jimmy Savile fixed it for Bournemouth St John Ambulance to get a fund-raising boost on Saturday. In what he described as the "shortest ever sponsored run ever", the former DJ
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'Elusive' Palma is set to resign
A BOURNEMOUTH councillor who has only attended one meeting in the past eight months will resign today. Cllr Rachel Palma's decision to stand down means there will be a by-election in the ward of Kinson North during September. Cllr Palma was the council's
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Disbelief at children's heart unit cut claims
HEALTH chiefs' claims that cuts at Southampton's paediatric heart unit will not affect patients locally have been received with disbelief by parents of Dorset child heart patients. Angela Coxon, of Sherborne, whose late son, Craig, was treated for 18
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Towns praised for cleaning up act for summer
POOLE and Bournemouth have earned praise from an environmental campaign group for their efforts to keep their streets litter-free. But other resorts failing to crack down on litter louts have been warned they run the risk of losing vital tourist trade
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Julie snaps up English singles title
JULIE Saunders wrote the most glorious chapter in her bowling career when she became English women's singles' champion on Saturday. (August 13) In the final the Richmond Park member beat Sue Davies 21-14, the Hampshire player winning the title in the
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DRINKERS MAY BE BITTER AT LICENCE MOVE
THOUSANDS of drinkers could be affected after some 600 pubs, hotels, restaurants and clubs in the Bournemouth area failed to meet the August 6 licensing deadline, it is now feared. Even establishments that simply want to serve coffee at 11pm may have
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Charity's efforts keep Rwandan college open
TEENAGERS in Rwanda who witnessed mass genocide are a step closer to self-sufficiency after a North Dorset organisation saved their college from closure. Staff at the Subiruseke Vocational Training Centre had been clinging on in the hope financial aid
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Rare spider find weaves a web of great intrigue
A RARE species of spider usually only native to Africa and the Mediterranean has been discovered at an East Dorset garden centre. Naturalist Jonathan McGowan of Hamilton Road, Bournemouth, was strolling around Haskins Garden Centre at Longham, gazing
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Day of victory is remembered
FORTY thousand poppy petals were dropped in the sea at Bournemouth during a service to mark the 60 anniversary of the end of the Second World War. More than 300 veterans attended the open air service of commemoration and thanksgiving at the Pier Approach
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TOWN'S NEW FACE?
A PRIME town centre site that was once at the centre of a massive planning blunder could be transformed into a £40million landmark development. St Paul's Square is intended to form a "gateway" to the town centre, creating up to 660 jobs and 182 apartments
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Cinema told to remove its cube lights
DESPITE a petition signed by over 3,000 supporters, Wareham's historic Rex cinema is to lose its illuminated cube lights. A government planning inspector has dismissed an appeal by the cinema to keep the lights, and has agreed with Purbeck District Council
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Chant stop the rain
RAIN, rain go away, was the children's chant on everyone's lips as the nursery-rhyme-themed Christchurch carnival assembled for Saturday evening's procession. And it worked. The afternoon's downpour abated in time for the procession of more than 20 floats
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Funnell bags a brace as Poole see off VTFC
GARY Funnell picked up where he left off last season as his brace inspired Wessex One new boys Poole Town to an opening-day success over VTFC. The gifted midfielder was a prolific goalscorer during the Dolphins' promotion campaign last term. And he proved
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Pike's men breeze past Harlequins
ALEX Pike's Hamworthy United made an excellent start to the new term as they destroyed Bemerton Heath Harlequins 4-0 at the County Ground. Pike's men sit on top of the embryonic new Wessex One table after Anthony Tilley struck twice while Dan Cann and
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Narrow win for Wimborne
WIMBORNE shrugged off the sending off of Stuart Cooper to grab a narrow 2-1 win over Hamble at Cuthbury. Cooper was shown a straight red card after what manager Paul Arnold described a "reckless challenge" with barely 10 minutes on the clock. Regardless
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Show is jam-packed
ORGANISERS of the 57th Ellingham Show have apologised to the thousands of motorists caught in the massive tailbacks around the event on Saturday. For the first time this year the entrance and exit to the show held in the grounds of Somerley Park were
