Dorset County Council’s Trading Standards officers are urging retailers to take care when buying vodka at extremely cheap prices, after discovering examples of illegal alcohol. Retailers have a responsibility to keep good records of where they purchase their stock so that, if a product is found to be unsafe, swift action can be taken to...
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Trading Standards warning over fake vodka
Changes for 01202
Dialling the 01202 area code in Bournemouth, Poole and Christchurch People living in Bournemouth, Poole and Christchurch will soon have to dial the 01202 area code to make a local call, Ofcom have confirmed. Ofcom has proposed that this change comes into effect on 1 November 2012, subject to consultation. It is...
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Rowridge switchover is completed
The final stage of the digital switch over is taking place in the South. Television viewers in parts of Hampshire, Wiltshire, West Sussex, Dorset and the Isle of Wight will lose their analogue channels on Wednesday. The changes are the second and final phase of the Rowridge switchover. The BBC Two signal...
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Police drop ski trips fraud probe
Police have dropped a fraud probe into a Devon ski firm boss after hundreds of children’s trips were cancelled. Officers said there was insufficient evidence of crime for action against Chris Reynard, who was arrested. Schools in Devon, Dorset, London, Berkshire, Kent, Surrey, Essex and Hertfordshire cancelled trips in 2011, saying accommodation...
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Views wanted on beach hut plans
The lease proposals on Poole’s beach huts have sparked criticism from current tenants Plans to reduce beach hut waiting lists in Dorset by restricting leases have been opened to public consultation. Currently tenants in Poole can renew their contract year on year but the local council wants to introduce five and ten-year...
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Off-licence prosecuted over alcohol sale
A man responsible for alcohol sales at a Christchurch off-licence has been given a 12-month conditional discharge and ordered to pay prosecution costs after selling alcohol to a 15-year-old girl. Mr Oktay Kurtoglu, 27, who is the ‘designated premises supervisor’ of Purewell News Food and Wine, Christchurch, pleaded guilty to selling alcohol to a...
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Weymouth & Portland Olympic Live Site
Weymouth Beach nestled at the heart of Dorset and East Devon’s magnificent Jurassic Coast World Heritage Site will be centre stage as the borough prepares to host a Live Site for the screening of the London 2012 Olympic Games. Weymouth & Portland Live, which will be free to enter, will be based centrally on...
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Thomas Hardye Leisure Centre to shut for two days in April
The Thomas Hardye Leisure Centre will be closed to the public for two days in April to allow for a building survey to take place. The survey is routine procedure and must be carried out before the refurbishment of the sports hall and the demolition of the rest of the old Thomas Hardye Leisure...
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‘Dream’ tree to be planted at Slades Farm
Bournemouth’s looked after children will be sharing their dreams and aspirations for the future with the town when a special ‘dream’ tree is planted at Slades Farm next week. To celebrate the successes of Bournemouth’s looked after children, a Hornbeam tree, will be planted near to the Bournemouth Learning Centre in Slades Farm, with...
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Man burnt in demolition explosion
A man has suffered burns to his face and chest in an explosion at a former petrol station in a Dorset village. The man was thought to have been working at the demolition site in Iwerne Minster, near Blandford, at about 15:20 GMT. He was taken to Salisbury hospital with potentially life...
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