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Landowner's dogs in big cat chase
A LANDOWNER claims he has seen the puma-like creature that is thought to have savaged four sheep in East Dorset during the latest spate of big cat sightings in the county. Nick Morton, who has 10 acres of land near the White Sheet Plantation, responded
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Fear for missing businessman
FEARS are growing for the safety of a Bournemouth businessman missing from his family home for five days. Contract cleaning company boss James Lundberg is said to be vulnerable and his disappearance is out of character. Police have appealed for help in
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Council finds cash to fund Asbo officer
PURBECK District Council is funding its own antisocial behaviour officer to deal with unruly behaviour. Over the past two years, eight antisocial behaviour orders (Asbos) have been secured by the council in partnership with Dorset Police but many more
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The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl in 3-D (U)
IF you've ever sat and watched a movie and thought to yourself, 'Wow, a seven-year-old could have come up with this', you're going to have something to say about The Adventures Of Sharkboy And Lavagirl In 3-D. Because a seven-year-old really did spark
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Cup joy for Magpies
PAUL Arnold heaped praise on his young replacements as his Wimborne side earned a place in the first qualifying round of the FA Cup. Goals in each half from electric frontman Stuart Cooper and the impressive Paul Roast eased Magpies past Western League
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MAGPIES NEED A RUTHLESS STREAK
PAUL Morrell believes his young reserves need to be more ruthless and kill opponents off when they have control of games. Morrell's side ended up hanging on for their second win by 2-1 at home to Blandford on Saturday - a game the former Bourne-mouth
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MINTER ADOPTS WEYMOUTH FOR TITLE BID
A PROFESSIONAL boxer with a big name to live up to has set up a training camp in Weymouth to defend his Southern title. Ross Minter, 26, Southern area champion and son of former world middleweight boxing champion, Alan, will be pounding the pebbles on
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AWAY-DAY TEST
WEYMOUTH Wildcats boss Brian White says his men now need to win more meetings on their travels if they are to capture the Conference League title. "And that starts tonight at Wimbledon," said White whose team's championship chances took a knock on Monday
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PRICE OF MOTORING DOUBLED IN 10 YEARS
RECENT surges in the price of petrol mean that the average annual cost of motoring has doubled in the past 10 years, latest data shows. The average cost is now £2,053 per year with petrol accounting for more than £1,100 of the total, said Sainsbury's
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Police plea to find Zara
POLICE are appealing for help to find a vulnerable woman missing from her Three Legged Cross home for five days. Zara Broughton, 20, who suffers from depression, left home on the morning of Friday, August 26 with a rucksack and sleeping bag. Zara was
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Teenagers' grief for tragic friend Curtis
GRIEF-STRICKEN teenagers have laid floral tributes and kept a vigil close to the spot where their much-loved 18-year-old friend passed away. Curtis Wellington, from Wimborne, was at the wheel of a red Fiat Punto in the Crown Mead Car Park on Saturday
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Museums are top county town draw
VISITORS to Dorchester come for the museums but want to see better parking, a survey has found. The results of a questionnaire, which was completed by 80 people who visited the county town over the past two months, will be incorporated into a draft plan
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Village turns out for carnival fun
MORRIS dancing clowns and an Elton John lookalike were among the highlights of this year's Brockenhurst Carnival held on Bank Holiday Monday. Organisers estimated that around £5,000 has been raised for charity this year and that more people than ever
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It's full steam ahead!
HUNDREDS of thousands of visitors will descend on Tarrant Hinton today for the Great Dorset Steam Fair. A temporary town with its own infrastructure has been established to accommodate them. A free bus service from Blandford, 500 portable loos, stalls
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Bus warning to 'use it or lose it'
A "USE IT or lose it" warning has been sounded by the organisers of a community dial-a-bus scheme in Christchurch. The weekly service now being trialled was set up to meet a demand for easy access transport for elderly and disabled people unable to use
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Teacher died after attack in car park
TRIBUTES have been paid to a lecturer who died trying to detain suspected burglars in the grounds of the college where he worked. Lawrence Hart, who was brought up in Bournemouth and attended the town's grammar school, died after he was attacked at Hawkwood
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Children's beach hut vandalised once again
HEARTLESS vandals have badly damaged a Bournemouth beach hut used by desperately sick children as a holiday retreat. The thugs struck on Friday night, prising dozens of wooden slats off the side of the hut in Alum Chine, which one beach hut owner said
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Bins wheel out in 'green' plan
APPROXIMATELY 20,000 wheelie bins have begun to appear across Purbeck as part of the council's new alternate weekly rubbish collection service. The bins are being delivered over four weeks starting in the north of the district and are for use when the
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The Sisterhood of the Traveling Underpants (PG)
NEVER judge a book by its cover, or a film by its unwieldy title. The Sisterhood Of The Traveling Pants sounds alarmingly like a chick flick about mobile lingerie saleswomen. Although Ken Kwapis' enjoyable feature is indeed a chick flick (targeted at
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There's nowhere to go as 30 bus routes are axed
AXING 30 bus routes in Poole has led to immediate hardship for passengers relying on services running through Parkstone's busy Ashley Road shopping area. Sweeping changes over the Bank Holiday weekend by Wilts and Dorset Buses has left some residents
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Poppies keep the top spot
BOURNEMOUTH Poppies' dream start to the campaign continued as they held on to pole position in Wessex One with a hard-fought victory over Bemerton Heath Harlequins. It was the ever-reliable Karim Benssaouda who bagged a sublime winner as Pete Moore's
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Three amigos
IT'S a dream combination - the world's favourite one-hit wonder, John Otway; former Dr Feelgood/Blockheads guitarist Wilko Johnson and hard- gigging blues rock legends The Hamsters. This extraordinary three headed monster bill - they are calling themselves
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CLAMPED AS HE PAID CLAMPERS
A MAN who went to fetch cash to pay a £100 release fee after his son's car was clamped in Dorchester - was then clamped himself. Peter Holland's own car was clamped in Somerleigh Road as he walked to a cashpoint to get the money to have his son Benjamin's
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'Lost month' after attack nightmare
A WEYMOUTH builder was flying home from Spain today following a nightmare month in which he was robbed twice, stabbed, arrested and forced to sleep rough on the streets. David Batchelor, 40, from Broadwey, had travelled to the Costa Blanca on his own
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Boy walking again after op in India
TEENAGER Elliot Knott is walking again after a successful back operation in India. His mother Karen arranged the surgery when she found he would have to wait at least a year before treatment could become available on the NHS. The cost of the operation
