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Next Phase Of Improvements For Ashley Road

Works to improve pedestrian, cycling and traffic facilities on a busy main road in Poole have reached the next stage. Major improvement works will be carried out in the central area of Ashley Road, between Jubilee Road and Albert Road, from Monday 1 September. The works, costing approximately £500,000, are in response to last year’s…

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Witness appeal after burglary in Broadstone

Officers in Poole are appealing for witnesses and anyone with information to come forward after a burglary in the Broadstone area. The burglary took place between 12.30pm on Saturday 19 July and 7.00am on Monday 21 July 2014, on the building site of a KFC outlet at the Wessex Gate Retail Park in Poole. It…

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Air Festival success

The seventh annual Bournemouth Air Festival has been hailed a great success with a record-breaking number of visitors coming to the town to enjoy the event. Over the four days around 1.2 million people watched as the Red Arrows, Vulcan, Typhoon and many more took to the sky and wowed the crowds. Teams from across…

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Beach Clean

Residents urged to take up beach cleaning challenge

The Marine Conservation Society (MSC) is looking for people to join beach cleans around the Dorset coastline. The UK’s leading marine charity says it hopes people who love the coast around Dorset will take part in a nationwide beach clean event which includes clean-ups at Chesil Beach and Bournemouth. It runs regular beach cleans around…

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Ashya King – Hampshire police update

Hampshire Constabulary has announced that Ashya King, the five-year-old boy removed from Southampton General Hospital without consent, was found on 30 August at 8pm following a sighting in the hotel the family were staying in. The hotel staff in Malaga, Spain, recognised Ashya and his family as a result of high levels of publicity in…

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