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Beat bin-raiders with shredders to protect your ID
HOUSEHOLDERS are being urged to get shredding in a bid to beat the identity fraudsters. The plea comes from police and crime prevention agencies after a study found that more than 18 million households are failing to protect themselves by throwing away
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GPs braced for battle to ward off flu pandemic
HEALTH chiefs in Dorset are awaiting details of the government's plans to prepare family doctors for dealing with an "inevitable" flu pandemic. Chief medical officer Sir Liam Donaldson has urged all 34,000 GPs in the country to be ready for a massive
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Will it be Roman Dorset?
HE COULD probably buy the whole of Dorset, and still have change for half of Hampshire. With a fortune estimated at around £11billion, Roman Abramovich is one of the richest men in the world. And the Russian oil billionaire is reportedly on the hunt for
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Mr Abramovich can you please spare some cash for the Cherries?
FORGET supporters' pension schemes or sale and leasebacks - little Lewis Hope has gone straight to the top in a bid to save AFC Bournemouth. The Cherries-mad youngster, who will celebrate his fourth birthday this weekend by attending his 150th game, has
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Cash crisis hospital closing down ward
A SURGICAL ward is to be closed and operations delayed at Poole Hospital as bosses battle a £5.8m deficit. The Daily Echo revealed in July how Poole Hospital NHS Trust was struggling to break even at the end of the financial year and had put in place
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Robbie is laid to rest on Brownsea
A TEENAGE boy has become the first islander in 30 years to be buried on Brownsea Island in Poole Harbour, where he lived for all of his 16 years. Robbie Howson's funeral service at St Mary's Church was crammed with around 130 family and friends, paying
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Council tax fight set to go to Commons
CAMPAIGNERS fighting inflation-busting increases in their council tax bills are taking their case to the House of Commons. Members of the Is it Fair action group Dennis Bustard and Brian Jaye presented a petition containing more than 1,100 signatures
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Call for ban on sales of T-shirt
A MAN who was fined for wearing an offensive T-shirt today claimed that trading standards should stop them being sold in Weymouth shops. Adam Shepherd, 19, of Hardwick Street, was given an 80-hour community punishment order and ordered to pay £40 for
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New Bill hits county's 'ramblers on wheels'
A VETERAN trail rider claims that country bikers are being treated as second-class citizens under new Government legislation. Surveyor David Oickle, 60, of Normandy Way, Dorchester, says trail riders are going to be much more limited in where they can
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Objectors block plan to build paper store
A CONTROVERSIAL plan to build a paper store in Crossways has been rejected by planners. Dorchester-based Dorset Press hoped to build the paper store at the Hybris Business Park in Crossways. The proposed plot was on the corner of the road into the business
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Retirement plan gets go-ahead
PLANS for a major retirement complex on an abandoned caravan park in the heart of Old Milton have been approved by New Forest councillors. The district council's planning committee has cleared the way for Lymington-based retirement housing specialists
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Michael wins national award
A FAMILIAR Christchurch figure has been honoured for the fund-raising work he has carried out during the past four years. Michael John has been selling British Heart Foundation badges outside the charity's Christchurch High Street shop since he left school
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'I made bomb hoax threats' admits girl, 15
A TEENAGE girl has admitted making a hoax bomb threat that led to the evacuation of hundreds of children from two Bournemouth schools earlier this month. Poole Youth Court heard on Monday how the 15-year-old telephoned the reception at Kings High School
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Parking ticket was a rude awakening
"TIREDNESS kills" reads the government's campaign slogan - but when Daniel Nash snoozed at a motorway service station, he woke up to a £45 parking fine. He was on his way up north to visit relatives when he stopped at the Wooley Edge Services on the M1
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Teen jailed for attack on firefighter
A TEENAGE attacker who fractured a firefighter's skull and left him with devastating brain injuries has been jailed for 18 months. George Harvey was also ordered to pay £7,500 compensation to his victim who was unable to work for several months after
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PLEASE LET US HAVE A HOME OF OUR OWN
DESPERATE islanders have begged planning chiefs to give the green light for cheap homes to be built on Portland. Developer David Stevens says he is poised to apply for permission to construct 150 homes costing between £70,000 and £100,000. So far 124
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Council workers feeling the strain
WORK pressures and social strains on staff at Dorset County Council are leading to increasing demand for counselling. The number of staff referring themselves for counselling each year has risen from 120 last year to between 170 and 200 this year. The
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WE THINK IT'S ALL OVER
THE company behind Bournemouth's IMAX cinema is out of the building - and the controversial cinema could be transformed into a casino. Operator Sheridan has been shown the door by its landlord after months of the IMAX's giant screen remaining dark. The
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LEGAL BIDS SPARK SMOKING POLICIES
MORE than a third of businesses in England have introduced policies to control smoking in the workplace because of fears of legal action due to passive smoking. That is the result of research conducted by Poole-based business, The No Butts Bin Company
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New bus depot may bring jobs
THREE bus depots in North Dorset could close within the next year in favour of a new, modern depot at the Blandford Heights Industrial Estate. Wilts & Dorset and Damory Coaches plan to relocate their bases in Salisbury Road, the Sunrise Business Park
