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Squirrels to be put on the pill?
SCIENTISTS want to put grey squirrels on the pill to stop them taking over our countryside. The rodents, introduced to Britain from America in 1876, have bred so successfully that they have had a devastating effect on our native red squirrel. Now government
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Living in a box
A HOUSE measuring just 9ft by 9ft by 9ft has been created by a Poole architect. The development, called a micro compact home (m-ch), is the brainchild of internationally-renowned Prof Richard Horden, who also created Poole Study Gallery and the ultra-modern
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Cameron makes bid for the Tory X-Factor
TORY leadership hopeful David Cameron brought his campaign to Bournemouth on Monday night in a bid to prove he's got the "political X-Factor." The leadership contest was likened to Simon Cowell's television talent show by Bournemouth East MP Tobias Ellwood
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Does an elected mayor get your vote?
LONDON'S got Ken, Middlesbrough's got Ray 'Robocop' Mallon and Hartlepool has a man formerly known as H'Angus the monkey. Elected mayors, once a novelty, are now running councils and taking control of multi-million pound budgets all over the country.
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Warwick is batting for a home century
CRICKETERS could be granted one final innings to ensure that an historic recreation ground can celebrate its 100th anniversary. The sport was due to be relocated from Winton recreation ground at the end of this season - the 99th year cricket has been
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County chiefs called to account over school
HIGH-ranking officers at County Hall have been called to account over the unreasonable time it has taken to build proper maths and science classrooms and dining facilities for pupils at Lytchett Minster School. Five years after arsonists lit a fire that
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Spurgeon pins dreams on 'Freddy Frog' putter
KEVIN Spurgeon set off to the Middle East this week with a new putter he hopes will help him become the rookie of the year on the European Seniors Tour. Named the Freddy Frog, it was specially constructed by Dudsbury member Paul Henley who is a clubmaker
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EAST DORSET PLANS (Nov 8 )
148 Golf Links Road, Ferndown; 3/05/1274/FUL, retain summer house (restrospective); Mr & Mrs Jenkyn. Watercress Beds, Holwell, Cranborne, Wimborne; 3/05/1393/FUL, vary condition No. 2 of Planning Permission 3/03/0021 to allow 12 months occupancy of
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EAST DORSET PLANS (Sept 19)
Oakfield, Church Road, Three Legged Cross, Wimborne: 3/05/0984/FUL, single storey side and rear extension; Mr and Mrs Cooper c/o Seal Designs, 11 Whitecliff Road, Poole Lawn House, Slough Lane, Horton, Wimborne: 3/05/1017/FUL, retain 2 ponds (Retrospective
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EAST DORSET PLANS (Sept 2)
41 Lonnen Road, Colehill, Wimborne; 3/05/0941/CLU, grassed play areas with see-saw and swing and three compost bins; Mr & Mrs Puddle. Kindersley, Rushall Lane, Corfe Mullen; 3/05/0982/FUL, additional bedrooms in existing roof space and pitch roof
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THE LIGHT FANTASTIC
A HI-TECH Dorset company is using its pioneering lighting technology to help produce new dashboards for Ford and Lotus. Elumin8's thin, flexible lighting can be wrapped around surfaces in a way that bulbs or fluorescent tubes cannot. The Ferndown firm
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Employers need incentives to back pension schemes
"OF all tyrannies, a tyranny exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive," wrote CS Lewis. "Those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end, for they do so with the approval of their own conscience." Gordon Brown
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Lyme's own legend of letters dies after illness
THE town of Lyme Regis is in mourning after the death of author John Fowles, whose book The French Lieutenant's Woman put the town on the literary world map. The 79-year-old had suffered a long illness, his publisher said. In recent years, and despite
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Red tape may scupper charity record breaker
ORGANISERS of a charity concert which aimed to establish a new world record may pull the plug on the gig, blaming council bureaucracy. Five-piece Weymouth pub band Methane 57 aimed to perform the same song in 30 different venues on Children in Need day
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It turns out a golden day for hospice too
A GOLDEN couple raised £650 for a hospice on the 50th anniversary of their wedding. Sheila and Derick Fielding told friends and family that they did not want presents and asked for donations to be made to Joseph Weld Hospice - where their daughter Geraldine
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Historic hotel set for downsize in flats plan
CONTROVERSIAL plans to change the use of an historic hotel come before planners on Tuesday (November 8). The Grosvenor at Shaftesbury - Grade II* listed and once the grandest social venue in town - could be downsized and part of it converted to 19 flats
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SEARCHING FOR A STAR
THEY recorded a hit song in a back garden shed in New Milton and it went on to storm the charts in Greece this summer. But now the pair of unknown songwriters cannot find the female singer who provided the vocals on the track and the rest of their album
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Police suspend bid to find boys lost in the sea
POLICE have suspended their recovery operations to find the two boys swept in to the sea at Lulworth Cove during a violent storm on November 3. The search for Matthew Myburgh, 16, and Charlie Morrell, 15, washed out to sea at Lulworth Cove at around 7pm
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A tidy sum...
NOT all of us share Kylie Minogue's love of housework, but if women were paid for all those menial chores like washing the dishes and ironing the other half's underpants, they would earn a good income at least! For according to a new report, cooking,
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Living in a box
A HOUSE measuring just 9ft by 9ft by 9ft has been created by a Poole architect. The development, called a micro compact home (m-ch), is the brainchild of internationally-renowned Prof Richard Horden, who also created Poole Study Gallery and the ultra-modern
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NEW FOREST PLANS (September 13)
Mulberry House, West Road, Bransgore; 85864, two storey side extension; Town & Country Planning Services, 18 Poole Road, Upton (for Mr & Mrs DR Loehry). 2 Brookside Road, Bransgore; 85867, increase roof pitch to 45 degrees (amendment to p/p 83659
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NEW FOREST PLANS (August 9)
5 Highfield Close, Sway; 85543, attached single storey dwelling (amended description); Lymington Design Assoc Ltd, Bay Studio, Pilley Bailey, Lymington (for Moortown Properties). Brick Cottage, Back Lane, Sway; 85581, first floor rear extension; DUA Architecture
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Concern at pub's bid for all-day licence
POLICE and residents in Wimborne are expressing grave concerns over plans by a town centre pub to serve alcohol 24 hours a day. Owners of the Cricketers Arms in Park Lane are also applying to play live music until 2am between Thursdays and Saturdays and
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Be there or BIC square
THE newly refurbished Bournemouth International Centre is launching a bid to become the venue for live rock gigs on the South Coast with a concert-goer's dream-show featuring festival darlings The Coral and The Bees. The gig, on Monday, December 12, will
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HOSPITAL RIPS OUT CARPETS
DORSET County Hospital has pulled up the carpeting in its clinical wards - at a cost approaching £200,000. The hospital has been replacing the carpet with vinyl flooring in most of its wards in a bid to reduce germs and improve the appearance. Head of
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Classrooms rise from ashes of school blaze
DETERMINED teachers and schoolchildren are settling into their brand-new building after a year in temporary classrooms. Staff and pupils at Bincombe Valley primary school, Littlemoor, Weymouth, were forced to move to three double temporary classrooms
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Family's fury at ferry firm's travel refusal
A businessman was left fuming after a ferry company told him his family was not allowed to travel because his wife is pregnant. Tim Morley, his wife Sharon and their seven-year-old son Connor were due to travel to Jersey for a family party. They had checked
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Nile-high club beset by crocodile fears
DESPITE suffering a near drowning and a close encounter with a crocodile a team of adventurers are continuing their ascent of the River Nile. The expedition led by Lymington's Neil McGrigor has reached the three-quarter stage with more than 3,000 miles
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Another road safety option thrown out
CHRISTCHURCH councillors have rejected yet another scheme to improve road safety in Stanpit. As a condition of allowing new homes to be built at the old council depot, the planning committee said the developers would have to make a £24,500 contribution
