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I am the phantom of Westbourne.....
8:50am Friday 19th March 2010
Having recently been registered disabled and with a terminal disability I was issued with a blue badge.
Snapshots of Santa
8:56am Friday 19th March 2010
For the last 50 years and more Father Christmas has arrived in Wareham town centre before climbing down the chimney of the Red Lion Hotel into Santa’s Grotto below and giving presents to the local children.
Badge didn’t come without a battle
8:20am Friday 19th March 2010
I read with slight surprise the letter from your reader with regard to disabled parking bays (Have Your Say, March 17).
Coppers cost more than small change
8:10am Friday 19th March 2010
Having just studied my 2010 council tax bill I notice that once again the Dorset Police part of the bill has risen well above the rate of inflation.
Is this best form of defence?
8:00am Thursday 18th March 2010
IN response to your article on Afghanistan (Daily Echo, March 9), a number of commentators ie Alvin Toffler, the Future Shock man in his War and Anti-War; the British reporter David Shukman, in his The Sorcerer’s Challenge and so on, writing well before 9/11, pointed to the way in which technological developments over the course of the past few decades have enabled small countries, and even non-national groups, to amass arsenals of types and sizes previously only attainable by major nations. This, of course, increases global instability.
Pots of gold
9:00am Thursday 18th March 2010
Thanks to global warming bringing us Arctic conditions earlier this year, our local roads are now riddled with potholes (Daily Echo, March 13).
New chapter for green library ‘hub’
8:50am Thursday 18th March 2010
The team involved in the design and construction of the new Kinson library and resource centre deserve the praise of Mr Roberts-Butler (Have Your Say, March 16).
Peace of mind with Advance Decision
8:40am Thursday 18th March 2010
As part of Dying Matters week, I am urging people to consider what treatment they would or would not like to receive at the end of life, and secondly to make their choices legally binding in an Advance Decision, sometimes known as a living will.
Degrees on a plate served with coffee
8:30am Thursday 18th March 2010
IN RESPONSE to Funny Business At The University (Have Your Say, March 5), all is not doom at the business school.
This isn’t just a parking charge...
8:20am Thursday 18th March 2010
Is Westbourne shopping being killed off? There haven’t been so many empty or closing shops for many years.
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