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'Stop using our church as a toilet!' say Bournemouth churchgoers

7:00pm Wednesday 17th March 2010

A PRIEST is appealing for security lights to deter clubbers from urinating on Bournemouth’s most famous church.

Ferndown carved stone will commemorate Lt John Thornton

7:00pm Wednesday 17th March 2010

A CIRCULAR stone to commemorate a fallen Ferndown soldier will be the first in a new community memorial planned for the town.

Spring has sprung, the grass is riz, I wonder where them lambies is?

Meeting the new arrivals - 24 lamsb at Farmer Palmer's Farm Park at Organford

12:00pm Wednesday 17th March 2010

HERE’S a sure sign that spring has dawned, bringing an end to the coldest winter for three decades.

Southbourne Spitfire flypast in memory of a legend

10:30am Wednesday 17th March 2010

A CELEBRITY daredevil died in front of thousands of people in South-bourne – but few people realise it.

Another bill for historic Canford Bridge

Another bill for historic Canford Bridge

9:30am Wednesday 17th March 2010

HOT on the heels of a £3 million update, a further £360,000 could be spent restoring Canford Bridge.

Tangerine Confectionery guilty after man died unblocking jelly bean machine

‘AWFUL TRAGEDY’: The machine was prone to blocking up 40 times a shift, the court heard

9:00am Wednesday 17th March 2010

A SWEET factory where a night shift worker was crushed to death was on Tuesday (March 16) convicted of breaching health and safety laws more than two years after his death.

New loyalty card for shoppers in Christchurch

8:50am Wednesday 17th March 2010

A Christchurch woman is hoping to boost trade in the town through a new loyalty card scheme for shoppers.

70 firefighters tackled Godlingston Heath blaze

70 firefighters tackle heath fire on Godlingston Heath

8:50am Wednesday 17th March 2010

AROUND 70 firefighters battled to contain a large Fire on protected heathland near the Isle of Purbeck Golf Course.

Bournemouth fuel prices hit record high

8:39am Wednesday 17th March 2010

FUEL prices in Bournemouth have hit a record high of £1.20 a litre, outstripping rises in other parts of the country.

Protecting New Forest National Park's habitats and rare species

Holly trees felled for New Forest ponies

8:30am Wednesday 17th March 2010

A £16 million conservation programme will back traditional grazing practices in the New Forest as part of efforts to protect habitats and rare species in the National Park.


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