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Stories for 12 May 2005

Bournemouth Cherries

WE WON'T STAND IN THEIR WAY

PETER Phillips insists Cherries "will not stand in any player's way" if an offer from a higher division club is tabled - after he responded to rumours of interest in John Spicer.  more...

Bournemouth Columnist

Privy pride

NOW, here's an engaging topic. Entries are now being received for the 2005 Loo of the Year Awards - the annual competition to lift the lid on the best places "to go" throughout the UK.  more...

Bournemouth Health

Giving up the bottle

MOST new mums will know the mantra that breast is best when it comes to feeding your baby, and yet the majority of mothers in the UK are still using the bottle.  more...

Bournemouth Leisure

Star pair reunite

TWO towering musical talents - bluesman Dave Kelly and singer Christine Collister - join forces for a must-see concert at the Tivoli Theatre in Wimborne on Saturday night (May 14).  more...

Bournemouth News

MANURE STEALTH TAX IS A MUCKY BUSINESS

A LEADING business pressure group is warning that the horse industry is to be hit with a new stealth tax - on horse muck.  more...

Market value

THRIVING markets, good schools, period buildings all set in ravishing scenery make market towns the next big thing in the property market, it is predicted.  more...

`Squatters shop' boycott is urged

SHOPPERS are being urged to boycott a "squatters' store" operating illegally in the heart of the town centre.  more...

Poptastic!

HE'S been lauded, lampooned and left to eat maggots in an Australian jungle.   more...

Petals fall for tsunami dead

A PETAL in memory of Dorset's Clare Jackson was among 300,000 scattered in St Paul's Cathedral during Wednesday's tsunami memorial and her family was there to witness it.  more...

Investigation into blast may take weeks

THE INVESTIGATION into an explosion on a Poole industrial estate could take weeks.   more...

Shopping centre reopens spaces

HEALTH and safety inspectors have approved the reopening of 500 spaces in the troubled Castlepoint car park.  more...

KICKED IN THE TEETH?

THREE badly-needed dental surgeries which would cater for 6,000 NHS patients are set to be refused planning permission - because they haven't got enough parking spaces.  more...

Resort's hotels given a clean bill of health

A SHOCKING survey exposing some English hotel rooms as potential health hazards bears no relation to what guests can expect to find in Bournemouth, according to local tourist representatives.  more...

Childline spreading word to under- 11s

PRIMARY school heads in Bournemouth and Poole are backing a campaign by the children's charity Childline to raise awareness about its existence among the under-11s.  more...

Bournemouth Pirates

Roll-up for KK show

MAN-of-the-moment Krzysztof Kasprzak performed the trapeze as he stormed to his first full Pirates maximum.The young Pole showed he could quite clearly have been a circus showman if he was not already a speedway ride with an astonishing balancing act that enabled him to win heat nine on May 12.  more...

KK's maximum slice of luck

KRZYSZTOF Kasprzak admitted `Lady Luck' played a big part in his first full Pirates maximum as they crushed Coventry 57-36 at home on May 11.  more...

Bournemouth Sport

Heroic House gains great Optimist win

JONATHAN House of Colehill helped the Southern Zone Sailing and Windsurfing team to victory in the Eric Twiname Championships at Rutland Water.  more...

County's youngsters show how it's done

DORSET claimed second place in the under-11s' singles regional team badminton challenge in Stroud, Gloucester.  more...

Bridport Bridlyme

Football

Donovan's Bees go down with dignity  more...

Cricket

Beaminster slip to early defeat  more...

Cricket

Bridport lose golden start  more...

School Sport

Ladejo gives students a sporting chance   more...

Football

Donovan says back me or sack me  more...

Golf

Thorner sticks with old methods  more...

Football

Lyme take title with Reed's beauty  more...

Christchurch News

Controversial plan is a bridge too far

ENGINEERS have been sent back to the drawing board and told to redesign a controversial replacement bridge over the River Avon on the road between Sopley and Hurn.  more...

East Dorset News

Rethink over £2.5m centre

CONCERNS that the new Verwood Community Centre will be a magnet for antisocial behaviour and out of keeping with the area have resulted in plans being tweaked.  more...

New Forest News

A piste of the action

A DETERMINED disabled skier from the New Forest is preparing to take on the world in the 2006 Winter Paralympics in Italy.  more...

North Dorset News

Dismay as plug pulled on plan for Cinemobile

ANGRY film buffs in Dorset have been dealt a major blow after the Arts Council pulled the plug on a £400,000 grant for a mobile cinema.  more...

Poole News

Fraud trial in probe delay

IT COULD be Easter 2006 before a multi-million pound fraud trial involving two former bosses of failed property and investment company Orb gets under way.  more...

Investigation into blast may take weeks

THE INVESTIGATION into an explosion on a Poole industrial estate could take weeks.   more...

Heart fault blamed for death after routine op

A YOUNG woman was found dead in her Poole Hospital bed just hours after undergoing a routine operation to remove her appendix, an inquest heard.  more...

Purbeck News

Villagers rally to raise tsunami aid

AN ISOLATED Sri Lankan village devastated by the Asia tsunami is getting vital help from villagers in Studland, including the legendary former BBC boss Sir Bill Cotton.  more...

Weymouth News

Lifeboat crews to feature in TV series

HEROIC lifeboat men will be captured on film throughout the summer for a new television series.   more...

Keeping a porpoise watch

A COUPLE on a fishing trip kept watch over a baby harbour porpoise for two hours while it lay in Portland Harbour waters.  more...

Island's liner is to renew port links

THE liner RMS St Helena will renew its links with Portland Port with two visits during the next year, it was announced today.  more...

Kinky the cat owes 999 lives to PC

A MANGLED moggy left for dead by a hit-and-run driver has survived against the odds, thanks to a quick-acting police officer.  more...

Teenager attacked by gang of men

A TEENAGER had to be taken to hospital after being attacked by a gang of six men.  more...

HOMELESS ARE DOWN AND OUT

HOMELESS people have been evicted from a Weymouth church because the vicar believed they were taking illegal drugs.  more...

Weymouth Sport

BRIDGER CAN BE ACE IN THE PACK

BRIAN White reckons teenager Lewis Bridger could be the Wildcats trump card as his men look to underline their standing as favourites for the Conference League title at home to Boston tonight.  more...

  
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