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'Thought you'd join us for this one'
HIS famously relaxed manner and dry wit on screen have won the man dubbed the Silver Fox legions of admirers, not least among housewives of a certain age. For a glance at a website devoted to Des Lynam shows the veteran TV presenter, who is coming to
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NEW FOREST PLANS (October 17)
Waterhouse Farm, Harrow Road, Bockhampton, Bransgore; 86113, ground and first floor extensions; Mr & Mrs Glew Land adjacent 5 Brookley Road, Brockenhurst; 86112, house; Xspace, 99 Woodlands Avenue, Poole (for: M Matysik) Woodlands Cottage, Balmer
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Bash bow out after Seasiders' treble
STEVE Riley's first game in charge as Bashley caretaker manager ended in a 3-0 defeat after a traumatic week at the club. Player-boss Dave Wakefield was sacked earlier on Wednesday along with player-coach Andy Darnton and both were sitting in the stands
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Hammers' boss dedicates win to his verbal sparring partner
ALEX Pike saw his Hamworthy United side move into fourth place in the table and then dedicated the victory to his verbal sparring partner Pete Moore. The Poppies boss called Hamworthy "one of the form sides of the division" ahead of the Wessex League
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Dolphins victory hailed by Killick
TOMMY Killick hailed an "important" win for Poole Town as they held on for a 2-1 win over a much-improved Hamble side. Killick said: "We really needed to get the three points from that game because a lot of teams around us have games in hand. It was important
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Bid to restore bridge to its former glory
A LISTED bridge could be restored to its former beauty if over £3 million is spent on it soon. Canford Bridge, which carries traffic into Wimborne from the Bournemouth direction, is deteriorating rapidly, with the modern footbridge tacked on to its side
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Mobile home fight rages on
A NEW Forest woman continued her long battle to live in her mobile home at a planning appeal hearing in Ringwood. Jenny Birch, whose four-year-old son Jakey suffers from celebral palsy, started her fight with New Forest District Council's planning department
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HOSPITAL SUPERBUG FEARS FOR AMPUTEE
AN anxious wife fears for the health of her husband as he recovers from devastating surgery in the Royal Bournemouth Hospital. Len Justice was forced to have his leg amputated after a minor accident in his garden this summer led to severe complications
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Region's Tory MPs split over Cameron
DORSET'S most senior Conservative MP today branded the drugs row over Tory leadership contender David Cameron "ridiculous" and branded his main rivals as yesterday's men. Just 24 hours before Tory MPs vote in the first ballot for a new leader, Sir John
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Bar makes changes in bid to stay open
THE owners of a controversial bar say they have introduced changes after being told to shut down because of crime and disorder. Regent Inns has lodged an appeal in magistrates' court against the decision of Bournemouth councillors to refuse Australian-themed
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The sole of the town...
A WAREHAM store with a lot of sole will shut up shop for the final time on Christmas Eve, more than 70 years after it opened. Manager of Guppy's shoe shop 85-year-old Ronald Bailey took over the shop when his wife Marjorie, ne Guppy, died in 1999, but
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Hapless Emo's Madrid misery
FRUSTRATED Gary Emerson saw his hopes of qualifying for this year's Volvo Masters suffer a setback in Madrid following a weekend collapse at Club de Campo. The Broadstone touring professional went into Saturday's penultimate round of the Madrid Open in
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LACK OF TRAINING CAN COST YOUR BUSINESS
TOO many bosses of small firms are failing to invest in skills to meet current and future demands because they are caught up in everyday pressures, warns Business Link Wessex. "Failure to recognise the value of training and skills can be very costly to
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Bus boost for bored children
BORED youngsters in villages around Blandford could soon be making use of an exciting new mobile youth service. Youth leaders in the town have been given a minibus which is being converted before hitting the road to meet groups of young people in isolated
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Traffic chaos fears as A35 closed for works
HIGHCLIFFE Residents' Association is predicting a month or more of traffic chaos in the village centre as the A35 through the New Forest is closed for major roadworks. The official diversion route from Somerford to Lyndhurst is along the A337 via Highcliffe
