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  • Wake up call

    Can you believe it's 25 years since live breakfast television first awoke us with the comfortable sofas and bright, chunky knitted sweaters? Before the dawn of the breakfast broadcast, the only thing on telly before lunchtime was the test card and perhaps

  • Bus campaigners take battle online

    Bus passengers campaigning for a service from Ferndown to Bournemouth have taken their fight to cyberspace. The email address saveTHE134buses@yahoo.com has been set up to receive responses to an on-line petition. The 134 service was replaced last week

  • More swans found dead at reserve

    A TOTAL of nine dead swans have now been found at a Dorset bird reserve, where cases of the deadly H5N1 bird flu virus have already been confirmed. The corpses of three infected birds were discovered at the open reserve behind Chesil Beach on December

  • Harry rejects 'flattering' Toon offer

    Harry Redknapp admitted he had been offered a "terrific opportunity" to take over from Sam Allardyce at Newcastle but insisted he had no intention of leaving Portsmouth. The Pompey boss had been expected to take the reins at St James' Park but after

  • Island idyll

    PICTURE a holiday in the Seychelles, and what do you see? The beautiful archipelago in the Indian Ocean conjures up images of crystal waters, palms and coral reefs. In a word, paradise. It's hard to sum up the Seychelles without using stereotypes that

  • Does town need top tourist attraction?

    THE sun may have gone down on Poole's Solar Pyramid plans - but is the town still crying out for a major tourist attraction? Controversial plans for the giant structure have been scrapped after an angry backlash from residents over the proposals. However

  • A year on, there’s very little Respect any more

    CONFUSION surrounds the status of the government's Respect agenda and Bournemouth's role as one of the country's "Respect Zones". Less than a year since Bournemouth was heralded as one of the government's 40 "Respect Zones", there are reports the entire

  • Cooper outs Parker as Harry Prankster

    SHAUN Cooper has pleaded not guilty to a charge of striking Harry Redknapp - but has come clean to name the culprit more than five years on! During his days at former club Portsmouth, the Cherries midfielder was party to one of the most hilarious incidents

  • RUSS'S RARIN' TO GO

    INJURY-plagued Russ Perrett intends to put his fitness nightmare firmly behind him - starting with the Cheltenham challenge this afternoon. The veteran central defender is poised to start alongside Josh Gowling at the heart of Cherries' back four against

  • GRADEL'S GLAD TO BE BACK

    POPULAR winger Max Gradel has revealed his delight after re-joining Cherries on loan for the remainder of the season. The fans' favourite returned to parent club Leicester City at the start of this month, but has quickly returned to Dean Court for a

  • SPECIAL PRAISE FOR HOLDER

    MATT Ford has labelled Pirates star Chris Holder a "very precious commodity" after the young gun clinched the Australian title with a maximum 100-point return. The 20-year-old beat Troy Batchelor from the back to triumph in the fifth and final round

  • ‘Disease we feared the most’

    BIRD flu's impact on the Dorset economy will be assessed over the coming week. Tourism boss Malcolm Bell said that the next seven days are crucial. Mr Bell, chief executive of South West Tourism, said: "It is too early to be confident about what will

  • A special relationship

    THEY used to say any boy in America could grow up and one day find himself being elected President - but that was a risk he had to take. This was, of course, never true. It was just another take on the idea of the American dream in a land of endless