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New Campaign to rid town of plastic bags
A WIMBORNE group wants to reduce or remove the amount of plastic bags being handed out in the town. Members of Reduce The Use will launch their campaign on Tuesday (November 27) with a screening of the BBC film Messages In The Waves, about campaigner
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Trams idea to ease gridlock
Traders in Boscombe have backed plans for a tram link between the seafront and shopping precinct. Ward councillor Phil Stanley-Watts, who met traders to discuss tram transport, said: "It was agreed that a demonstration should take place in the New Year
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Genius in a battle
A CELEBRATION of the great French composers' well quite a few of them anyway, in a balanced three-part concert. The settings of Verlaine's poetry by both Fauré (Cinq melodies de Venise) and Debussy (Ariettes Oubliees) were distinc- tively marked. Poulenc's
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Children in Need 2007
WHAT'S IN STORE: Clowning it up at the Co-op Corfe Mullen. ID 5879382.
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Children in Need 2007
FRIENDS, ROMANS... Togas at Cafe Nero in Waterstones at Castlepoint. ID 5879958.
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Children in Need 2007
DRESSED TO THRILL: Lots of fun and silly costumes for staff at The Village Hotel and Leisure Centre. ID 5879999.
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Children in Need 2007
SWINGIN': Woodside Lodge goes back to the 1960s. ID 5879390.
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Is this the most dangerous road in Dorset?
EXPERT Dave Moyes knows what he is talking about when he brands a junction on the A35 the most dangerous in Dorset. He gave me a motoring masterclass down the seven-mile stretch that has claimed numerous victims. He is one of the advanced driving instructors
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I'm still feeling a little Woolly
THIS cute little chap is the latest addition at Monkey World Ape Rescue Centre. The six-day-old woolly monkey, yet to be named by staff, weighs just 400 grams, less than a small bag of sugar. He is just the fifth of his species to be born in captivity
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Holiday on ice
TO the mediaevals it was Ultima Thule - literally the end of the world. The towering cliffs of North Cape, jutting into the icy waters of the Arctic at the extreme north of Norway, is as forbidding and magnificent as the description suggests. Shield
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Jo's job a tough task
CHERRIES star Jo Kuffour insists he is "always ready for the challenge" ahead of his team's trek to the North East. The joint top scorer could cut a lone figure up front at Hartlepool tomorrow because he is the only recognised striker in Kevin Bond's
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Do we need any more hints?
YOU know that something has to be done when a stretch of highway is simply known as That Road. I know the A35 between the Baker's Arms roundabout and Bere Regis very well. Not only am I a fairly frequent traveller along it, but within yards of where
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Few options for conjurer Kev
CHERRIES boss Kevin Bond admitted he would have to "conjure something up" from within his injury-ravaged squad to pose problems for Hartlepool United in tomorrow's League One showdown (4pm). Bond's team selection has been badly restricted by injuries
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SLOW IT DOWN
DRIVERS are calling for a lower speed limit on the notoriously dangerous A35. And Mid Dorset and North Poole MP Annette Brooke is calling for a safety review of the entire road after 17-year-old Jo Malcolm, from Poole, died when her car hit a tree on
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McQuoid making forward progress
ROOKIE forward Josh McQuoid is eager to impress Cherries boss Kevin Bond if given the opportunity to play more first-team football tomorrow. The 17-year-old youth team star made a cameo appearance for Cherries on Tuesday night when he replaced Brett
