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'I've lived with what he did for so long...' says victim of rapist Dennis Fitzgerald

4:00pm Saturday 20th March 2010

TODAY marks a new beginning for a Poole mother who woke to find an intruder in her bedroom.

Red carpet launch for Bournemouth Air Festival 2010

10:02am Saturday 20th March 2010

THEY launched it like a Hollywood blockbuster, complete with red carpet at the Odeon cinema in Westover Road, Bournemouth.

East Dorset family inches from tragedy after tree crashes through roof of their house

10:15am Saturday 20th March 2010

A FAMILY has spoken of their miraculous escape after waking to the noise of a giant tree crashing through the roof of their house.

Collision between car and motorbike at Swanage

1:24pm Saturday 20th March 2010

A COLLISION between a car and a motorbike partially blocked a central Swanage road on Saturday lunchtime.

Man injured in fight outside takeaway on Ashley Road, Parkstone

1:20pm Saturday 20th March 2010

A MAN suffered serious injuries after he was punched during a fight outside a Parkstone takeaway in the early hours on Saturday (March 20).

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Police still hunting Heather Barnett's killer

10:26am Saturday 20th March 2010

Dorset Police have refused to say whether detectives investigating the murder of Bournemouth mother Heather Barnett have travelled to southern Italy following the discovery of a decomposed body.

Tragic end to search for missing schoolgirl Elisa Claps

10:24am Saturday 20th March 2010

THE family of Elisa Claps are “remaining strong” after the discovery of what is believed to be her body in an Italian church on Wednesday.

OAP jailed for sex assault on girl, six

9:00am Saturday 20th March 2010

A pensioner who twice fondled a little girl and was said to have shown her a “sex book” is starting a 12-month jail term.

Have you had your say yet on Imax?

9:00am Saturday 20th March 2010

MORE than 2,200 people have so far taken part in a council survey to help decide what should take the place of the unpopular Imax building on Bournemouth seafront.