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Mystery of the man with blood on his head
PARENTS from Poole told of their shock at finding their 28-year-old son with blood on his head on their doorstep. JP Morgan employee Neil Compton was at the Little Britain gig at Bournemouth International Centre on Thursday night. He went to a friend's
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Saddle sore?
IT'S 10am, and although there are only a few shoppers browsing through Old Christchurch Road, the pedestrian precinct is already littered with bicycles, chained to gates, bins and trees as their owners shop or work. As the street starts to get busy, a
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ROCKING ALL OVER THE PUBS
A PUB band will be rocking all over Weymouth in a record-breaking attempt to raise money for charity - by playing the same song in 30 different venues. The members of Methane 57 hope to make the winter of '05 as memorable as the summer of '69 as they
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Dynamite is found near town centre
POOLE town centre was brought to a standstill yesterday evening by its third major "bomb" scare in 15 months after a workman found explosives near a busy supermarket. The man used his mobile phone to report the potentially deadly discovery to the police
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Vic's Comforting voice
HE'S a raucous rodent tipped to be the hot new favourite in the latest outing of cult TV animation show, Creature Comforts. The cheeky clay character Geordie Mouse makes his first appearance tomorrow evening on ITV, as the series created by the Wallace
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Conspiracy theories
WITHIN hours of a horrific helicopter crash near Bournemouth Airport conspiracy theories were circulating that one of the occupants had been assassinated due to links with the murky world of international oil deals. Before formal identification of the
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'Clubs' duty to tackle thugs!'
A SUNDAY League referee says it is the job of the clubs to stamp out the "bullying" of abusive "thugs" after he was the target of a sickening threat last weekend. This week, the Daily Echo reported how referees are turning their back on Bournemouth's
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Kachepa friends in plea to MP
SUPPORTERS of the Kachepa family today pleaded with their local MP: "Please talk to us." Campaigners say they need the help of South Dorset MP Jim Knight to bring some of the Kachepa children back to the UK. Family spokesman Ralph Johnson said the campaign
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Plea for park and ride - by railway
DESIGNERS of the new Weymouth park and ride scheme should consider using trains instead of buses, according to Councillor David Mannings. He suggests that the proposed park and ride scheme make use of the existing railway track between a site near north
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Charity CD is poised to enter pop charts
A SONG penned by a mother with terminal cancer looks set to enter the charts next week and raise hundreds of pounds for charity. We Laughed was written by Maxine Edgington, 47, from Portland, for her daughter Jessica, 16, with some help from musician
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Prison ship in refurbishment
A SECOND wing of the controversial prison ship HMP Weare is now being refurbished, it was revealed today. Island civic and business leaders have called for the Home Office to reveal more details about the jail and end the confusion about its fate. The
