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Licence plan for Bournemouth's student housing

11:00am Monday 13th February 2012

BOURNEMOUTH’S homes of multiple occupancy could have to be licensed in the future in a bid to better control student housing.

Bournemouth's Zumba event raises vital cash

11:03am Monday 13th February 2012

HUNDREDS of women – and a few brave men – got their hips moving to have another go at breaking a world record yesterday.

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Pupils are lined up for Bournemouth free school

8:00am Monday 13th February 2012

THE headteacher of Bournemouth and Poole’s new free school says the first 200 pupils are already lined up to start there in September.

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Bournemouth's Pier Theatre is set for one last summer

1:00pm Saturday 11th February 2012

BOURNEMOUTH’S historic Pier Theatre will re-open for the summer season after plans to convert it into an adventure sports attraction were hit by delays.

Bournemouth school acts over cocaine rumours

11:00am Saturday 11th February 2012

A BOURNEMOUTH school was forced to take “swift action” after rumours began circulating that three pupils had taken cocaine on campus.

Land contamination fears halt work on new AFC Bournemouth training pitches

10:00am Saturday 11th February 2012

WORK on AFC Bournemouth’s new £600,000 development at King’s Park has been halted after the council took the club and chairman Eddie Mitchell’s building firm to court after land contamination fears.

Bournemouth pilot takes to the skies over Imperial War Museum

4:00pm Friday 10th February 2012

MEMORIES flooded back for Second World War pilot William Hands when he took to the skies above the Imperial War Museum.

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Touching tributes to former Bournemouth mayor Dan Crone who has died at 93

12:00pm Friday 10th February 2012

TOUCHING tributes have been paid to a former Bournemouth Mayor who has died at the age of 93.

Hamworthy Middle School pupils take up new Paralympic sport

10:30am Friday 10th February 2012

PUPILS at a Poole school have been getting to grips with one of the fastest growing Paralympic events – a sport originally devised to rehabilitate blind World War Two combat veterans.