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The wind farm would be located 8.2 miles (13.2km) off Peveril Point Residents in Hampshire, Dorset and the Isle of Wight are being given the chance to see plans for a major offshore wind farm. The company behind the 76 sq-mile (200-sq-km) project is holding public exhibitions over the next 18 months....
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A police officer has been stabbed in the leg while attending an incident at a shopping centre in Dorset. The officer was attacked at the Dolphin Centre in Poole on Saturday afternoon. He remains in hospital where his injury is described as “not life threatening”. A 22-year-old woman, of no fixed abode,...
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Bournemouth University students will start investigating the crime scenes from Monday A new training building offering realistic scenarios for forensic science students is due to open in Dorset Bournemouth University has used dummies to set up fake scenes including a “decomposing man on a bed and a woman strangled by her own...
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Kenneth Cann was 79 when he died in January A woman has called for more rules on what care homes can demand after she was asked to pay £3,000 because she failed to give it four weeks’ “notice” before her father died. Sue Cann from Christchurch, Dorset, was charged the day after...
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Opposition councillors say Mr Parker should be treated as a whistle-blower Bournemouth council has been described as a “shambles” after it emerged its chief accountant has been suspended for four months on full pay. Stephen Parker was suspended after emailing councillors his doubts over the value of the authority’s £300m deal with...
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The garden ‘A Novel Approach’, which earned a coveted Gold Medal and ‘Best Exhibit in show’ for Bournemouth Borough Council’s Parks Team at the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) National Flower Bed competition, has received another prestigious national award. The Victorian-themed garden, designed by Bournemouth Borough Council, has today been awarded the RHS Wigan...
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Deputy leader of Bournemouth Borough Council John Beesley is tipped to become leader The ruling Conservative Group at Bournemouth Borough Council will appoint a new leader later to replace Councillor Peter Charon. Mr Charon resigned as leader of the council on 9 January following a vote of no confidence by his own...
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Sixteen shops remain empty in Weymouth high street A seaside town in Dorset is “committing suicide” and must improve before it hosts the 2012 Olympic sailing events, according to a retail expert. Together with Portland, Weymouth is preparing for the events and millions of pounds have been invested in its infrastructure, including...
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The organisers said they would attempt again to break the record later this year Two Dorset charities have failed to break a world record for the largest zumba dance class. They were hoping to beat the current record of 2,012 people, set by Zumba Fitness in London last year. But only about...
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To stick to its budget 300 posts could go over the next three years Dorset Police Authority has frozen the policing share of Dorset’s council tax. Instead, a one-off government grant will be given which the force says will leave it with a £500,000 shortfall and see a further 80 jobs lost....
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