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Portland is to lose its search and rescue helicopter Search and rescue helicopter bases in Northumberland and Dorset are to close, the government has revealed. Operations based at RAF Boulmer will cease in 2015 while search and rescue operations at the Portland coastguard centre will end in 2017. The government also...
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Police in Bournemouth are appealing for witnesses and anyone with information to come forward after an assault in the town. The incident happened outside Fresco café and next to the taxi rank metal railings at Horseshoe Common on Old Christchurch Road at 3.30am on Wednesday 16 November 2011. Detective Constable Steve Sutton, of Bournemouth...
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The Mayor of Bournemouth, Councillor Chris Rochester opened a new lift at April Court residential care home on today. The new lift will mean that residents with increasing mobility issues will no longer have to move to other accommodation if they become unable to manage the stairs. Councillor Lynda Price, Cabinet Member for Health...
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Police in Purbeck are appealing for witnesses and anyone with information to come forward following a burglary in the Sandford area. The incident, in which an offender forced entry into a house along Filleul Road, before stealing jewellery and money, happened between 11.30am and 4pm on Wednesday 23 November 2011. Police Constable Ryan Dunkerley,...
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The South Western Ambulance Service has urged people to only call them if it is absolutely necessary ahead of Wednesday’s day of strike action. The service said it expected some staff to strike but it did not know how many. A spokesperson said it would have to prioritise the most important calls,...
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The ‘Report Hate Crime’ project has seen centres open in the community where people can report hate crime. Councillor Ray Nottage, Community Safety Partnership Chairman, said: “I would like to mark the first anniversary of this important project by thanking everyone who has come forward to help uncover hate crime. “Opening reporting centres in...
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Profits from Sooty’s sale will go to the charity Whizz-Kidz The Sooty puppet used by Matthew Corbett in his last stage show is to be sold for charity in Dorset. Duke’s Auctioneers are selling Sooty on 2 December to raise money for the charity Whizz-Kidz, which provides wheelchairs for disabled children. ...
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Sienna said her new pink boots had been taken by police for evidence A four-year-old girl whose leg was broken when she was hit by a cyclist in Dorset has asked the culprit to come forward and apologise to her. Sienna Barnett was in Southbourne Grove, Bournemouth, on Saturday when she was...
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A year on from the first signs of snowfall and the start of the coldest British winter in the last 100 years, Bournemouth Council is preparing its services ahead of any possible repeat this year. Councillor Peter Charon, Leader of the Council, said: “Despite the relatively mild winter season thus far we all know...
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The protesters say they have not received an eviction notice Another Occupy Bournemouth camp has been set up in the the town after protesters were evicted from outside the town hall earlier this month. About a dozen tents have been pitched near the Sovereign Shopping Centre on the corner of Christchurch Road...
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