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Flood, gust and fears
HEAVY rain and lashing winds of up to 70mph have left fallen trees blocking roads and threats of flooding in Dorset and Hampshire. Debris on the roads made driving hazardous in many areas, with motorists warned to take extreme care. And the Environment
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Tributes paid as footballer, 18, dies in crash
A YOUNG football star's life was tragically cut short by a horrific car crash in West Sussex. Steve Bernard, 18, from Bournemouth, was one of three young people who lost their lives in the collision between the Nissan Micra Steve was driving and a Ford
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Light up your life on Bonfire Night
REMEMBER, remember - just one day to go until the loudest and most sparkly night of the year. Bonfire night in Dorset promises to be a real treat this November 5 with public fireworks displays planned across the county. And those attending two local events
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NOW SHOWING (November 4)
Broken Flowers (15) Odeon **** See review. The Brothers Grimm (12A) UCI, Odeon *** See review. Cinderella Man (12A) Regent (Mon-Wed only) *** Russell Crowe and Paul Giamatti are both superb in Ron Howard's elegant real-life Depression-era boxing story
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Rock School (15)
REMEMBER that Jack Black flick in which a bunch of uptight brats learned how to loosen up with lessons from Hendrix, Plant and Page? Ridiculous, wasn't it? That could never happen, not in real life. Wrong. And here's the evidence. Paul Green set up The
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Swimming 'Kittens' lap it up
SUPPORTERS of Bovington Nursery School took the plunge to raise much-needed funds. Twenty-six swimmers ploughed up and down the Stanley Barracks pool and each length raised money for the refurbishment of the nursery. "It was brilliant," said principal
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Elizabethtown (12A)
ACCORDING to countless newspaper and magazine articles, 21st century metrosexual men are supposed to be far more in touch with their emotions and better equipped to express them. Writer-director Cameron Crowe begs to differ. Since his very first film,
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The Brothers Grimm (12A)
ONCE upon a time there was a brilliant, uncompromising director called Terry Gilliam, whose visually arresting and wildly imaginative films were so often marred by muddled narratives. The filmmaker's soaring flights of imagination reached creative highs
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The United States of Leland (15)
WHEN soft-spoken 15-year-old Leland Fitzgerald (Ryan Gosling) kills his ex-girlfriend's mentally ill brother it shocks his community, affecting both his victim's family and his own. Click here for the movie website Arrested and imprisoned in a juvenile
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Park restaurateur slams plan critics
THE man behind the new restaurant in Poole Park has hit back at "misleading" information and defended his plans. Adrian Forte has been catering in the park for 23 years and is investing £2 million in a restaurant beside the lake and revamp of the caf,
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Scott Walker - Classics And Collectibles (Mercury)
Like rich food and fine wine, Scott Walker is an acquired taste. Possessed of a lush baritone voice and a somewhat flaky persona, he conjured dark soap operas of personal tragedy, loss and despair. This 46-track set provides the perfect introduction to
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The inhuman league
LAST WEEK saw Matt Lucas and David Walliams brought their brilliant stage version of Little Britain to the BIC. Tomorrow it's the turn of The League Of Gentlemen to show just how well TV comedy can transfer to the live stage. It's given them a sensationally
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HOPES FADE FOR MISSING TEENS
HOPES were fading today for two teenagers washed off rocks into heavy seas at Lulworth Cove. The boys, aged 15 and 16, who are believed to be Purbeck School pupils, were fishing or climbing on rocks when they were swept into the sea in front of a third
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Warning issued over fake notes
PEOPLE in Dorchester are being urged to be on the look-out for fake £20 notes. The warning comes after an elderly Weymouth woman was tricked into swapping two £10 notes for a £20 note, which turned out to be fake. The woman was in Acland Road, Dorchester
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Coral on beach may be early 'disaster' warning
WILDLIFE groups today warned of an ecological disaster on Dorset's doorstep after hundreds of rare corals were washed up on Chesil Beach. Shocked volunteers found 577 pink sea fans scattered on a 590-metre stretch of the shoreline near Weymouth while
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Planners to crack down on adverts
PLANNERS are to crack down on unauthorised signs in Weymouth and Portland. Planning manager Simon Williams said the council had tried to strike a balance between the need for businesses to advertise and the need to maintain the attractiveness of the borough
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Toying with retirement
AN AVID toy collector is selling up and collecting his pension. London auction house Christie's will be selling the Philip Dean Collection on Thursday December 1. Christie's describes it as "the finest civilian figure collection ever". Its owner, Ringwood
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FEARS FOR BOYS
FEARS were growing today for the fate of two teenage boys who were swept into the sea last night while playing on rocks on the Dorset coast. A huge air and sea search was sparked around 8pm when the alarm was raised. The two friends, aged 15 and 16, both
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Viva O' Vegas!
FIRST he invented the low-cost airline - now he wants the no-cost airline - all paid for by gambling. Flamboyant Ryanair boss Michael O'Leary this week announced plans to introduce in-flight gambling by 2007 and claimed that within four or five years
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Call for ban on sales of fireworks to the public
A FED-up councillor is calling for a ban on the sale of fireworks in a desperate bid to restore peace and quiet. Cllr Bill Brandwood believes late-night bangs, screeches and explosions are making people's lives a misery. And he said only an all-out ban
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Crafty idea pays off for Warren
IF WARREN Haskins' two sisters hadn't married American men, it might have been a totally different story. But because they "couldn't find good enough men in England", Warren ended up making quite a few friends in America - who gave him a great idea for
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The Brothers Grimm (12A)
ONCE upon a time there was a brilliant, uncompromising director called Terry Gilliam, whose visually arresting and wildly imaginative films were so often marred by muddled narratives. The filmmaker's soaring flights of imagination reached creative highs
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The United States of Leland (15)
WHEN soft-spoken 15-year-old Leland Fitzgerald (Ryan Gosling) kills his ex-girlfriend's mentally ill brother it shocks his community, affecting both his victim's family and his own. Click here for the movie website Arrested and imprisoned in a juvenile
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Broken Flowers (15)
CONFIRMED bachelor Don Johnston (Bill Murray) has enthusiastically embraced his singleton status for most of his life, rejecting the temptation to commit to a long line of adoring girlfriends. As a result, Don spends great swathes of his life alone, welded
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The Brothers Grimm (12A)
ONCE upon a time there was a brilliant, uncompromising director called Terry Gilliam, whose visually arresting and wildly imaginative films were so often marred by muddled narratives. The filmmaker's soaring flights of imagination reached creative highs
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Broken Flowers (15)
CONFIRMED bachelor Don Johnston (Bill Murray) has enthusiastically embraced his singleton status for most of his life, rejecting the temptation to commit to a long line of adoring girlfriends. As a result, Don spends great swathes of his life alone, welded
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Caesar solid
PASS me the hammer and chisel, there's a good fellow. Now, this could be dangerous, so stand well back and be prepared for a dreadful smell. No, I'm not opening next week's EastEnders scripts, I'm reliving the moment when archaeologist Howard Carter found
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The Hert of France
SACRE blooming bleu! Cette semaine, les EndersEst sont alls en France! Well, it was meant to be France, although some of the countryside looked suspiciously like Hertfordshire, but hey, what's a country between friends? Even if, like me, you're right
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Coral is dying off our shores
SHOCKED environmentalists have discovered large numbers of dead coral washed up on a Dorset beach. Pink seafan is one of only two species of fan-coral found in UK waters and stretches along the Purbeck coast, with a few records of single fans in Poole
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HERE WE GO!
WEYMOUTH departed for Nottingham Forest today vowing to attack at the City Ground. Garry Hill and his merry men left for their Nottinghamshire team hotel eyeing a first round FA Cup giantkilling. And the Terras boss insists the Terras will try and beat
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COE AIMING TO CALM FIRMS OVER OLYMPICS
LORD Coe used an Echo-backed business masterclass to try and reassure local firms fearful of missing out on lucrative deals to supply the £2.37 billion London Olympics in 2012. Dorset Business chief executive Peter Scott wants assurances that local firms
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Town now 'haven for drink and drug-users'
CIVIC chiefs in Wimborne are defending the town's picture postcard image amid claims it is fast becoming a haven for drink and drug-fuelled youngsters. The claims come from Park Lane resident Sally Holden following a disturbance at a nightclub in East
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STAGE AND MUSIC (November 4)
League of Gentlemen: Windsor Hall, BIC Last week saw Matt Lucas and David Walliams bring their brilliant stage version of Little Britain to the BIC. On Saturday November 5 it's the turn of The League of Gentlemen to show just how well TV comedy can transfer
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Titanic: Special Edition (12)
ALRIGHT, I know it's very easy to bash this gargantuan pile of soft focus and frozen sailors, but come on - 11 Oscars? No, it's not a brilliant film. Kate Winslett and Leonardo Di Caprio are okay, but Billy Zane is atrocious. It's too long, Celine's song
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Officer tries the beat Down Under
A RAF POLICEMAN from Puddletown has just returned from the 'trip of a lifetime' on a detachment in Australia. Flight Sergeant Barrie Tanswell, now serving at RAF Kinloss in Scotland, was taking part in an annual personnel exchange with Australian and
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Month was wettest in town for 30 years
WEYMOUTH has just been soaked by its wettest October for nearly 30 years. There was no sign of the deluge to come in the first half of the month when the town was actually much drier than normal, with less than a third of its usual rainfall. But the second
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Secretary of club stole RBL's £1,500
A FORMER club secretary of the Royal British Legion admitted to stealing £1,500 from the club. Mother-of-two Sharon Stokes, 36, was a member of the Stickland branch in Winterborne for several years. When the club's treasurer became ill in March last year
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Vandals spoil Priory statue
VANDALS have cut off the noses of three famous figures and spoilt the faces of two others to deface a popular statue in the grounds of Christchurch Priory. Vicar of Christchurch the Rev Canon Hugh Williams and the Priory's 11th century founder Ranulf
