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YOU'RE SCUM
A CALLOUS cyclist who sped off after knocking a frail elderly woman to the ground while riding illegally in a pedestrian precinct has been labelled "scum" by witnesses. The partially-sighted victim, 85, was left suffering from head injuries and shock
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Town basks in hottest October for 117 years
IT WAS the hottest October 27 in 117 years. And visitors to Bournemouth on Thursday were basking in higher temperatures than Miami. Bathers took to the sea and sun-worshippers returned to the beaches as Dorset experienced late Autumn sunshine and blue
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Yeah but, no but, it's a superb show
WHAT a show! Matt Lucas and David Walliams brought the long-awaited stage version of Little Britain to Bournemouth's BIC on Thursday night and had the audience shrieking with laughter within seconds. Even more impressive was the fact that, when the final
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NILS LOFGREN INTERVIEW
Daily Echo Editor Neal Butterworth talked to Nils Lofgren halfway through his UK tour in 2005 with Buck Brown that took in 18 dates in just 21 days. I notice that you've introduced a video diary of your UK tour on your website. That's a nice idea. Yeah
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Victorian site's future is left in the balance
A DECISION long-awaited by residents wanting to protect the Victorian character of Swanage has been left hanging in the balance. For five years neighbours near the historic Sea Court house have been fighting proposals for the site. Yesterday councillors
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She fled the squalor, now she's homeless
A YOUNG mum who fled the squalor - and terror - of life on a Leeds council estate is now facing the threat of becoming homeless in her home town. Born and brought up in Christchurch where her family still lives, Tracey Pristo, 28, left to find work with
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Big 'thank you' from boy surfer
A YOUNG lad who nearly drowned in the sea off Bournemouth wants to say a big "thank you" to the two surfers who jumped into the water to save him. Will Cook and his father were surfing near the Pier on Tuesday when the nine-year-old became caught on a
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Care for mentally ill set to change
DORSET Health Care Trust has begun three months of consultation over long-awaited details of its plans to reorganise services for people with long-term mental illness. Its proposals to close the Treatment, Outreach and Rehabilitation Centre at Hahnemann
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NILS LOFGREN INTERVIEW
Daily Echo Editor Neal Butterworth talked to Nils Lofgren halfway through his UK tour I notice that you've introduced a video diary of your UK tour on your website. That's a nice idea. Yeah, my guitar tech put together a pretty cool five minute clip of
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Yeah but, no but, it's a superb show
WHAT a show! Matt Lucas and David Walliams brought the long-awaited stage version of Little Britain to Bournemouth's BIC on Thursday night and had the audience shrieking with laughter within seconds. Even more impressive was the fact that, when the final
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The Legend of Zorro (PG)
MARTIN CAMPBELL'S 1998 action-adventure The Mask Of Zorro was a guilty pleasure. A brilliant, old-fashioned swashbuckler reinventing the myth of Zorro, Campbell's film invested every explosion and fistfight with a sense of humour that was impossible to
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NEW SPONSORS COME ON BOARD FOR BIC SHOW
BOURNEMOUTH Hotel & Catering Exhibition has received major support from the industry in the run up to the 50th anniversary event on March 7-8. New sponsors coming on board include Electrolux and industry networking group Arena, along-side continued
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Health chiefs' U-turn over bed closure bid
NEW Forest health chiefs have backtracked on bed closure plans after a district wide campaign. But despite yesterday's announcement, some of those fighting to keep their community hospitals open consider it a stay of execution. New Forest Primary Care
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Safety device is sabotaged
WRECKERS and thieves are endangering the lives of the elderly by sabotaging safety devices, it is claimed. Dorset County Council has hit out angrily at vandals who ripped up a Vehicle Activated Sign, designed to cut accident rates on rural roads. The
