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Over the past few years Ferndown Relay For Life have raised over £175,000 for Cancer Research UK. Due to a variety of reasons various members of the organising committee are unable to continue to organise the 2012 event. In an urgent call for help, the local representatives have written the following letter to all...
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Poole RNLI volunteer lifeboat crew are appealing to people to join in with the RNLI’s biggest fundraising day on Friday 27 January 2012. Poole crew are asking people ’show your support for our volunteer lifeboat crews and lifeguards.’ Whether people raise money at school, at work or anywhere else, donations will enable the charity to carry on vital life-saving work. Some...
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Iceland is recalling its frozen minced lamb because some batches may be contaminated with salmonella. Salmonella is a bacterium that causes food poisoning. The affected batches have a ‘best before’ date of 11 October 2012. If you have bought the product don’t eat it. The Agency has issued a Product Recall Information Notice. Product...
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Age UK launches new report on poverty as survey shows that 4.5 million people over 60 can only just afford the basics. New research commissioned by Age UK shows the realities of how older people manage living on a low income as a new poll reveals that over a half (55%) of people aged 60 and over are...
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Police in Poole are appealing for witnesses and anyone with information to come forward following a burglary in the Whitecliff area. The incident, in which offenders forced entry to a flat along Whitecliff Road and stole artwork and electrical items, is believed to have occurred on the evening of Thursday 5 January 2012. The...
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Police in Poole are appealing for witnesses and anyone with information to come forward following the theft of money from a severely disabled man. The incident, in which an unknown man stole £30 from the wallet of a 46-year-old cerebral palsy sufferer, happened at the junction of Springfield Road and North Road between 2.40pm...
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The exhibition In The Footsteps of Gods & Heroes opens at the Russell-Cotes Art Gallery and Museum on 20 January 2012 and will run until 11June 2012. It features Clytie (1896), by Frederic, Lord Leighton, one of Victorian England’s leading artists, whose relationship with the model is said to be the inspiration behind George...
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The crew feel unable to leave the ship until they have been paid A seafaring charity says it is concerned for the welfare of the crew of a cargo ship that has been stranded for three months off the Dorset coast. Westwind II got into difficulties during a storm in October last...
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Higher prices for recycled materials have enabled Bournemouth and Poole councils to secure a new deal with their recycling contractor that will save almost £1.3 million a year. The revised deal, which lasts for three years, returns income to each council for recycling that is collected in Poole’s Blue Bins and Bournemouth’s Big...
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Bournemouth residents who access adult social care are being encouraged to have their say to help further improve the service. Around 1,000 residents who received services from Bournemouth’s Adult Community Care during September of last year will be sent a questionnaire in early February 2012. Residents will be asked to feedback about the quality and...
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