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Elisa Claps body found in church in Italy?
1:15pm Thursday 18th March 2010
POLICE investigating the brutal murder of Bournemouth mother-of-two Heather Barnett are studying a significant new lead following the discovery of a teenager’s body in Italy.
Fears for Bournemouth uni group using M-CAT
9:03am Thursday 18th March 2010
A GROUP of 40 students is believed to have used ‘legal high’ mephedrone in Bournemouth just days before it was linked to the deaths of two teenagers.
Lovelorn horses get stuck in River Avon
1:00pm Thursday 18th March 2010
Double trouble as stallion joins mare stuck in River Avon
"Care home didn't tell me my mother was missing until after she was found dead"
8:55am Thursday 18th March 2010
A GRIEVING daughter claims a care agency took two hours to tell her that her confused elderly mother was missing from her Bournemouth flat.
Meet the incredible shrinking woman!
9:30am Thursday 18th March 2010
EMMA Holmes could be the next Incredible Shrinking Woman. For she’s not only lost 15-and -a-half-stone in weight in less than 18 months, but she’s lost three inches in height too!
Purbeck heathland could take decades to recover after fire
9:10am Thursday 18th March 2010
A HUGE 50-acre swathe of protected Dorset heathland, which was devastated in a fierce inferno, could take up to three decades to fully recover.
Woman found in burning car named
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).
No excuses for motorist caught driving with the bonnet up
12:30pm Thursday 18th March 2010
POLICE were taking no excuses from a motorist caught driving a car with the bonnet up.
Surf reef contest is called on for the weekend
11:12am Thursday 18th March 2010
Organisers of the Sorted Surf contest due to take place on Saturday have taken the decision to call the contest on.
Late interest in Swanage care home 'ignored'
11:00am Thursday 18th March 2010
THE fight to save Swanage’s James Day Care Home will continue until the building is bulldozed into the ground, campaigners have pledged.
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