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Helping to save lives
DONATIONS have already started to arrive in response to our Unicef South Asia Earthquake Children's Appeal. UNICEF say they are delighted with the response but have urged readers to dig deep to help them continue their life saving work. Currently more
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Domino (15)
"MY name is Domino Harvey. I am a bounty hunter." Tony Scott's fast-paced crime thriller is inspired loosely by the true story of Domino Harvey, the one-time model and privileged daughter of actor Lawrence Harvey and socialite Sophie Wynn, who rebelled
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Lord of War (15)
DRAWNING inspiration from real life events during late 80s and 90s, writer-director Andrew Niccol takes aim at the contentious subject of international arms trade in his latest feature. Mixing political satire with explosive action, Lord Of War offers
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BIRD FLU COULD HIT 175,000 IN DORSET
UP TO 175,000 people could be affected if a pandemic sparked by bird flu hits Dorset, it was warned today. Experts issued a 'don't panic' plea and stressed that contingency plans were being put in place in case of an outbreak. The comments came after
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Floating jail will stay closed - MP
SOUTH Dorset MP Jim Knight today ruled out the re-opening of the Weare prison ship to beat prison overcrowding. He dismissed speculation that the controversial jail off Portland would be brought back into use to ease a crisis nationwide. The Home Office
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Bid to help Dorset folk love 'lumps and bumps'
A NEW project aims to increase people's awareness, knowledge and appreciation of the amazing landscape between Weymouth and Dorchester. It is being launched on November 5 by the Dorset Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty team which hopes the project will
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Police cells help bobbies on the beat
DORCHESTER is to get new police cells to ensure more bobbies stay on the beat. Siting a new block in the town would prevent officers having to make the eight-mile trip to deliver a prisoner to the western division custody suite in Weymouth - a trip that
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FILM FEST (Oct 14-29)
PURBECK Film Festival, Britain's longest running rural film festival, has launched its ninth season. Once again, it offers a wealth of vintage titles as well as a smattering of recent hits and a broad selection of films that haven't been seen in this
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YOUNG FACE A LONG WAIT FOR PROMOTION
YOUNGER workers could have their promotion hopes dashed by new age discrimination rules. New legislation coming in next October would mean some older workers staying longer at firms. "If older workers are not moving on there's a risk that the younger
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Jobs hopes at garden centre
UP to 30 new jobs will be created when a new garden centre opens at Poundbury in the spring. Workers are on site refurbishing old farm buildings for the garden centre, which is being opened by the directors of Castle Gardens of Sherborne and Brimsmore
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GO AHEAD SHOOT ME
A HEROIC shopkeeper, who was threatened at point blank range with a sawn-off shotgun, foiled an armed robbery by refusing to hand over the contents of his till. The plucky 36-year-old owner of C&J Stores in Winston Avenue, Branksome, managed to repel
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Helping to save lives
DONATIONS have already started to arrive in response to our Unicef South Asia Earthquke Children's Appeal. UNICEF say they are delighted with the response but have urged readers to dig deep to help them continue their life saving work. Currently more
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Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (U)
IN the wonderful world of film, it's not often you can say with any degree of certainty or pride that British is best. But in the painstaking field of stop-motion clay animation, Bristol-based Aardman Animations, creators of Creature Comforts, Wallace
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Palindromes (15)
TODD Solondz is unquestionably one of the most brilliant and dazzlingly original writer-directors currently working on the American independent scene. His deeply disturbing character studies - Welcome To The Dollhouse, Happiness and most recently Storytelling
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Campaign groups unite against road
A DORSET transport group has launched a campaign to collect 1,000 letters opposing the Weymouth relief road. The Dorset Sustainable Transport Group, a newly-formed committee representing groups across the county, hopes to gather enough opposition to make
