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Is body found in Italy Elisa Claps and link to Heather Barnett murder?
8:49am Friday 19th March 2010
MORE than seven years after the brutal murder of Bournemouth mother Heather Barnett, Dorset detectives are studying a potentially significant new lead.
Asda delivers sex lubricant instead of children’s bubble bath
9:20am Friday 19th March 2010
A FATHER of two was shocked when a supermarket delivered sexual lubricant to his house instead of the children’s bubble bath he had ordered.
Will bodyboarders get to take part in Sorted Surf Festival at Boscombe reef?
9:30am Friday 19th March 2010
Organisers will decide on day whether Boscombe surf reef will be used at event celebrating its completion
Bournemouth and Poole councillors criticise government waste fine plans
9:00am Friday 19th March 2010
COUNCILLORS in Bournemouth and Poole have criticised government plans to ban certain waste from landfill which could see householders fined for throwing the wrong things away.
Complaints about Ringwood Visitor Information Centre opening hours
8:00pm Thursday 18th March 2010
A COUNCIL has been accused of telling tourists they are not wanted by opening Ringwood’s Visitor Information Centre only three days a week.
Deputy chief constable speaks out in stop-and-search row
7:00pm Thursday 18th March 2010
MOST of the black people stopped and searched by police in Dorset were in Boscombe and suspected of drugs offences, a senior officer has admitted.
Dorset councils ‘not delivering’ on cheap housing
7:00pm Thursday 18th March 2010
BOURNEMOUTH council and East Dorset District Council have been described by charity Shelter as “among the worst in the country” for providing affordable housing.
Women with spina bifida climbs Ben Nevis
5:30pm Thursday 18th March 2010
CAROLINE Cooper is set to become one of more than 100,000 people who climb Ben Nevis each year.
Easter exodus as families rush for the sun
3:00pm Thursday 18th March 2010
TIME is running out if you’re planning to jet off to warmer shores from Bournemouth airport during the Easter break.
Jennifer Mitchell named as woman found in burning car
2:24pm Thursday 18th March 2010
An inquest has identified a Shaftesbury teenager as the woman found in a burning car near the town last Tuesday (9).
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