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Police in Poole are appealing for witnesses and anyone with information to come forward after a cat was shot with an air rifle in the town. The cat, a short-haired silver spot named Barney, went missing from his home along Dalkeith Road in the Branksome Park area of Poole on Thursday, 28 April 2011....
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Detectives in Bournemouth are appealing for witnesses and anyone with information to come forward after a man inappropriately touched a woman in the Westbourne area of the town. Some time between 11pm and 11.20pm on Monday, 27 June 2011, a man approached a 19-year-old Bournemouth woman along Alumhurst Road. This man inappropriately touched the...
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Bournemouth is bidding to become a city. The prize of city status is being offered in a competition to mark HM The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee in 2012. Previous winners of city status include Sunderland in 1992 who have calculated benefits of around £5 billion of new investment and over 30,000 new jobs as a...
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Innovative pavement cleaning technology is being used to improve some of Bournemouth town centre’s key roads as part of the Council’s £1 million Smart Streets programme. Black Top Tarmac Refurbishing which transforms dirty and tired looking asphalt pavements has already been successfully carried out in Westover Road and is about to start on Exeter Road....
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A group of teenagers from Bournemouth have each received a Teenage Award Scheme certificate from Dorset Police for helping to build a school in Africa last year. The youngsters – aged between 12 and 18 years old – made up an expedition of 22 Scouts and Explorer Scouts who went to Uganda for over five weeks during the...
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24th June 2011: in partnership with Sky and British Cycling, Bournemouth Borough Council today announced that Sky Ride is coming to Bournemouth for the first time this year. Sky Ride Bournemouth is a free cycling event offering people of all ages and abilities the chance to ride around town on traffic-free streets at their...
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The man responsible for the horrific death of a Bournemouth seamstress has been convicted of her murder – almost nine years after her two children discovered her mutilated body. Danilo Restivo, a 39-year-old Italian of Charminster, was found guilty of killing 48-year-old Heather Barnett during the morning of Tuesday, 12 November 2002. Heather’s daughter...
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Parking in Bournemouth town centre is about to get easier as the Council prepares to extend its pay-by-phone service to more on-street spaces. Traders have welcomed plans to implement RingGo in 12 streets as well as the car park inWestover Gardens. The service, which enables motorists to pay by mobile phone call, text, on-line or by iPhone and...
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Police in Bournemouth are appealing for witnesses and anyone with information to come forward after a number of vehicles were criminally damaged near the Redhill area of the town. The incident, in which at least six cars were vandalised, happened along Headswell Avenue some time between 10pm on Friday, 24 June and 1am on...
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At least 87 schools in Dorset will be closing or partially closing due to the planned teachers’ strike on Thursday 30 June. Dorset County Council is encouraging schools to stay open. However, the final decision as to whether a school remains open, closed or partially closed lies with the Headteacher and the Chair of...
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