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Bloom towns won't rest on their laurels 7:00pm Thu 4 Sep 08 BLOOMING boroughs from across Dorset are celebrating awards for civic pride. Cows block road near Wimborne 3:02pm Thursday 4th September 2008 TWENTY cows and a bull on a road near Wimborne brought traffic to a standstill on Thursday morning. Reader comments (11) Cats danger to bats 7:00pm Wed 3 Sep 08 A bat rescue centre is appealing for cat owners to keep their pets inside at dawn and dusk after an influx of injured animals. Reader comments (5) Tributes to brick man who helped wildlife 1:00pm Wed 3 Sep 08 TRIBUTES have been paid to a Corfe Mullen brick maker who turned his office space into a wildlife education centre. Green belt U-turn bid a ‘bombshell’ 4:00pm Monday 1st September 2008 A U-TURN on opposition to government plans to build houses on East Dorset's green belt is being recommended to councillors. Reader comments (11) Council joins battle to save post offices 7:00pm Sunday 17th August 2008 COUNCIL chiefs have written to the Post Office to say that they "deplore" planned closures of four branches in East Dorset. Reader comments (3)

EDITOR'S CHOICE LIFE'S A BEACH Browned off? SUMMER WASHOUT It never rains but it pours VIEW FROM THE HILL Gt the mssg? WHEELS The red zone GET OUR NEWS BY E-MAIL Just register Most read Comments 1 YOBS BEAT UP DISABLED MAN 2 MORE TRAFFIC CHAOS ACROSS DORSET 3 FRY: FANS ARE IN FOR A TREAT 4 Quinn culture will see no more blame 5 Sammy wants to be man in the middle 6 Ticketed for being a Good Samaritan 7 Keep control of dogs warning as cow savaged on Bournemouth nature reserve 8 Tourism minister in hotel price row 9 Concern over 120 homes on ex-landfill site 10 Mad hatters Today | 7 Days 1 AIR FESTIVAL WILL BE BACK IN 2009 2 PORT IN A STORM FOR CHERRIES 3 REGRETS, BUT WE HAD TO MOVE ON 4 WORK BEGINS ON EUROPE'S FIRST SURF REEF 5 I'M UP TO THE TASK 6 QUINN SET TO REPLACE BOND 7 SAVI CALLS EMERGENCY MEETING 8 KNOCK-DOWN PRICE 9 Dismay after day nursery ‘goes bust’ 10 CONNELL OUT FOR SIX TO EIGHT WEEKS

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