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GOING ROUND IN CIRCLES!
COMMUTERS and locals on Bournemouth's busiest road face months of hold-ups when work begins on roads serving a major new shopping park. Preliminary work around Bournemouth's Castle Lane West begins on Monday, with Bournemouth council pledging that disruption
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Hostile public reception for park-and-ride
RESIDENTS rejected a developer's plans for a park-and-ride scheme planned for land near Royal Bournemouth Hospital at a public meeting. The issue was being debated at a meeting of Strouden Park, Muscliff, Throop, Holdenhurst and Townsend Forum being held
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MY GUN SIEGE TERROR
"'I'M going to torture and terrorise you for three days, because that's how long we'll be here before the police come in. So get comfy." Natasha Green told officers she thought she was going to die as her drug-crazed estranged husband ranted and threatened
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'They should have evicted him but they did nothing'
"IT is time we made sure decent, law-abiding people were in charge of their local communities." These are the words of Tony Blair this week as he vowed to clamp down on the neighbours from hell who make the lives of thousands of people a misery. But will
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Tower set to step back from brink
A STONE tower, which has inspired generations of poets and writers, is one step closer to being spared a watery grave thanks to a National Lottery grant. The Heritage Lottery Fund has donated £436,700 to help the Landmark Trust save and restore Clavell
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Shotgun robber threatens newsagent
A NEWSAGENT was threatened with a shotgun by a masked man who attempted to rob his Poole shop. The incident took place at M&J Stores in Winston Avenue, Branksome, around 4.30pm on Tuesday and the man made off empty-handed in a stolen car. "The shop
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AUDIT RULE SPARKS BOARDROOM ROWS
COMPANIES are being caught out by a little-known change in accounting standards which threatens to cause bust-ups in the boardroom, warn solicitors. The problem can affect directors who want to sell their shares in a business. Under some agreements, shareholders
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Parents told 'keep control of children'
PARENTS are being warned to keep their children in check after a large quantity of alcohol was seized from rowdy youngsters in Colehill. Nine police officers and the dog unit were called to reports of public disorder as around 40 youths congregated opposite
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MAKING A SPLASH: NEW POOL FOR TOWN
A £5 MILLION swimming pool and leisure complex in Poundbury could open by 2009. A report on leisure facilities in Dorchester has recommended the closure of the swimming pool at Thomas Hardye Leisure Centre and the construction of a new complex on the
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Shops report a mixed reaction to earthquake
CHARITY SHOP staff say there has been a mixed response from the public to the Asian earthquake disaster. The earthquake which hit Pakistan and Indian and Pakistani-controlled areas of Kashmir has killed more than 23,000 people so far. Oxfam in Abbotsbury
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Minister signs death warrant for 6,000 ducks
SOUTH Dorset MP Jim Knight has sounded the death knell for 6,000 birds in a bid to stop Spanish ducks becoming extinct. The Biodiversity Minister has announced a nationwide cull of the ruddy duck in order to protect 2,700 white-headed ducks native to
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Relief is on its way
COUNTY officials have lodged a planning application for Weymouth's long-awaited Orange Route relief road. The proposed route will punch a 3.75-mile single carriageway from Manor Roundabout to the Ridgeway to relieve the A354 from Weymouth to Dorchester
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'Legend' Mick up for award
A CHRISTCHURCH teacher described as a "legend" by his colleagues and pupils will be travelling to London this Sunday to see if he's won the equivalent of the teaching Oscars. Mick Rothwell, who teaches sport at the Grange School, is already a category
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Drug dealer took his own life after siege
AN OBSESSED man who went on a £1,100 crack and alcohol binge before attacking his ex-wife during a four-day armed siege committed suicide, an inquest jury decided on Wednesday. Drug dealer Paul Green, 44, spent the money in just two days before bursting
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NOW SHOWING (October 14)
A History of Violence (18) UCI (not Sat, Sun), Odeon **** David Cronenberg's most accessible film for years stars Viggo Mortensen as an ordinary guy who appears to have a dark past. Ed Harris and William Hurt are both excellent. The Adventures of Sharkboy
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Flotilla to sail in memory of popular Eddie
A SPECIAL memorial service and boat flotilla is being planned as a mark of respect for a popular Weymouth fisherman who was tragically killed last month. The town was shocked when Eddie Franklin died after he became trapped in the wheelhouse of his boat
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Villagers' concern at 'more aircraft noise'
INCREASING numbers of budget flights in and out of Bournemouth Airport are worrying Bransgore people who claim noisy aircraft are flying over their homes. Now campaigning Bransgore Residents' Association is to investigate their concerns. The claims have
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Jobs saved as expansion plan allowed
A COMPANY which had threatened to decamp to Wales with big job losses looks set to stay after a heated debate in a council chamber. Planning chief Nick Fagan said the Wessex Park Homes factory in Okeford Fitzpaine should not be allowed to double its size
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Historic hotel shock closure
AN HISTORIC hotel in the heart of Christchurch closed suddenly on October 12 with the loss of a dozen jobs while owners pursue an ambitious restoration and redevelopment scheme. Directors of the Christchurch Hotels consortium, which bought the 200-year-old
