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  • Perrett's Verdict: Shrewsbury 0 Cherries 3

    GRAHAM Turner clearly had the wrong end of the stick. Having seen his team comprehensively out-played, out-fought and out-manoeuvred, the Shrewsbury boss not once used as an excuse the gulf in resources between the clubs. Plenty have and more

  • Four fire crews tackle garage fire

    FOUR fire crews were called to tackle a garage fire in Corfe Mullen this afternoon (Sun). The alarm was raised at 3.50 pm following reports of the blaze which led to the closure of Wimborne Road. Police diverted traffic away while firefighters

  • Post office to be modernised

    SWANAGE Post Office will close for refurbishment next month as part of a multi-million pound scheme to modernise around 6,000 UK branches. The new-style post office, Kings Road, Swanage, will eventually boast four serving positions – a mix of counters

  • Kite surfer suffers head injury

    A kite surfer has been airlifted to hospital after suffering a head injury at Sandbanks beach. The alarm was raised at 12.41 pm today (Sun) after the surfer's kite was suddenly blown into the air  by a gust of wind. A Portland coastguard spokeswoman

  • The life of a pet sitter

    Last week, Steve Brown spent 40 minutes crouched down shepherding a small blind dog around a freezing cold field. Next week he’ll be feeding three cats, along with a family of ten urban foxes, and the week after, he could be living in a £10million

  • New recycling containers rolled out

    MORE than 40,000 households in North Dorset and part of East Dorset will start receiving new recycling containers on Monday. The scheme, which is being rolled out by the Dorset Waste Partnership (DWP), will replace the current recycling and rubbish