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PET CAT WAS SET ON FIRE
CRUEL animal-haters have heartlessly torched a pet cat, abandoning the animal's mutilated remains in woods. A member of the public made the gruesome discovery of the tortoiseshell's battered body at West Moors Plantation at about 9am on Monday. The female
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Arsenal fan gets his very own 'Highbury'
CHILDBIRTH has a reputation for being a long and painful process, but when little Hibrey Ainjel Cumming decided she wanted to enter the world, she was in too much of a hurry even to wait for the midwife. Mum Lesley Coppen, 25, went into labour at 6.30am
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Admissions policies 'killing school ethos'
MORE than 40 per cent of pupils attending Bournemouth's two grammar schools don't even live in the town and this is destroying community spirit, claimed parents. They also told education bosses last night that current admissions policies at Bournemouth
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Elderly forced to tackle stairs after lift breaks
ELDERLY residents in Parkstone have been forced to walk up and down three flights of stairs to get a glass of water after the lift stopped working. Residents of 35-room Dalcross House on Ashley Road were informed two months ago that refurbishment to their
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Boss blamed in Lions loss
BOURNEMOUTH'S Powergen Intermediate Cup dreams died amid controversy at Chapel Gate, with Lions manager Steve Buffery at the eye of the storm. An absorbing, see-saw tussle saw South West Two West outfit Brixham net a dramatic 32-31 second-round victory
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GIG GUIDE (October 20-27)
THURSDAY OCTOBER 20 Budgie + Big Nun - Mr Kyps; Rubber Soul - Spider Jerusalem + Penny Come Quick+ Numidian Wish - O Neills, Bournemouth; Dubcatz - The Salisbury Arms, Purewell; Paul Hammond - The Cottonwood Hotel, Bournemouth; Boscombe Community Fair
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Waking up to a timeless ballet
AN ACCLAIMED production of Tchaikovsky's ever-popular ballet, The Sleeping Beauty, opens its European premiere at the Mayflower on Friday, and runs until October 29. Sir Kenneth MacMillan's production, with new sets by Peter Farmer, is being performed
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£5m pool scheme is moving nearer
A MULTI-MILLION pound swimming pool for Poundbury has moved a step nearer. A £5 million pool is being proposed to replace the Thomas Hardye Leisure Centre, which members of West Dorset District Council's community overview and scrutiny committee found
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Residents' wheelie bins petition protest
A GROUP of Portland residents have started a petition to move their new wheelie bin collection point. Residents in Hambro Road have collected more than 100 signatures so far as they try to persuade Weymouth and Portland Borough Council to move their collection
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Brewers badger public for development views
A MAJOR North Dorset employer is inviting all the neighbours in to have their say on its future. Brewers Hall & Woodhouse based in Blandford St Mary - but also clearly visible from Blandford on the opposite bank of the Stour - is proposing to drop
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'Pragmatic' decision on filling station site
PLANNING councillors have overruled their officers and committee chairman to approve a controversial redevelopment of a filling station and car lot in Christchurch. Owners of the Priory Motor Works concern on the corner of Bridge Street and Stony Lane
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ROMAN HOLIDAY HOME?
MULTI-MILLIONAIRE Roman Abramovich could this very moment be sifting through a property magazine looking at some of Dorset's most desirable homes. The Chelsea Football Club owner and Russian oil tycoon has been hand delivered a copy of Lloyds Property
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CCTV on buses plan in bid to stem rowdiness
A BUS company is considering using vehicles equipped with CCTV to take children to school in a bid to curb rowdy behaviour. Wilts & Dorset Bus Company are contracted by Dorset County Council to pick up and drop off more than 500 children from the
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Sixth win for the Hammers
ALEX Pike is proving a hard man to please, criticising his side for "lacking passion" despite a sixth consecutive Wessex One victory at Lymington Town. Goals in either half from John Waldock and Kevin Gill consolidated Hammers' spot in the top four but
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Linnets' jinx strikes again
LYMINGTON and New Milton's centre-back jinx reared its head once again as they crashed out of the Westview Cup at the second round stage. Having already lost skipper Paul Towler to an ankle ligament problem and been turned down by Hamworthy United's Steve
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TAX RELAXATION WILL BOOST APPEAL CASH
A RELAXATION in the rules for tax relief on telephone donations made by individuals is due to come into effect on November 1 in response to the growing number of international appeals for help - highlighted by the recent Asian earthquake and Tsunami on
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Death of former skier and society beauty, 83
SOCIETY beauty Elizabeth Tyser mixed with European royals, counted the Duke of Kent among her friends and heard Mussolini speak in pre-war Rome. She skiied for Britain as a young woman and even a devastating car accident in her 40s could not keep her
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Advertising boards are 'hazard in the street'
SHOP boards are cluttering pavents, causing a hazard to disabled people and should be banned, a Dorchester group warned today. Dorchester Civic Society chairman Derek Beauchamp said that A-boards positioned around that town had become a hazard. Mr Beauchamp
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Memorial for sailor lost on epic voyage
A MEMORIAL service will celebrate the life of a Dorset sailor who died attempting to fulfil his lifelong dream of sailing the world's oceans. Ken Halls, of West Moors, was on the final leg of an epic round-the-world trip on board his yacht Mystic Lady
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NEW HOPES FOR KIDNEY PATIENTS
DORCHESTER'S flagship hospital is set to become a centre of excellence for kidney patients. Executives at Dorset County Hospital have unveiled plans to more than double the number of renal patients that can be treated at a time. Under the proposals, which
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Speedway plans are put on hold
WEYMOUTH speedway bosses have withdrawn their planning application while the site is assessed for noise reduction measures. Club Chairman Brian White said the track may be fitted out with acoustic netting to limit noise and ensure it is allowed to open
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Rescuer home after saving quake lives
RESCUE worker Ian Ablett has returned home after a six-day search for survivors in earthquake-torn Pakistan. He today told how he helped pull seven people alive from the rubble of a multi-storey block of flats in Islamabad in the aftermath of the disaster
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Kids losing to 'pointless paperwork'
A HEAD teacher in the New Forest has accused Hampshire LEA of wasting valuable education money on pointless paperwork, after her school was rapped on the knuckles by the Office of the Schools Adjudicator. Schools adjudicators have decided that Burgate
