Month: February 2015

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Hamworthy rail crossing a step closer

Councillors in Poole have voted to provide an additional £250,000 to help deliver a new rail crossing in Lower Hamworthy. Borough of Poole can now enter into an agreement with DB Schenker, freight train operator who have been granted a 125 year lease of the Hamworthy Branch Line, and appoint a civil engineering contractor. The…

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Wheelie bin arson in Boscombe

Police have issued CCTV images of a suspect after a number of arson attacks in Boscombe. At 2.13am on Thursday 19 February 2015, police were called to reports of a wheelie bin being set alight inside a wooden shed in Boscombe Spa Road. Approximately 20 minutes later, two more bins were set alight in Manor…

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‘Caves of the Thousand Buddhas’

The Friends of the Priest’s House Museum invite you to a talk on the ‘Caves of the Thousand Buddhas: Archaeology on the Eastern Silk Road’ by Dr Alastair Morrison on Thursday 12 March, 7.30pm in the Hilda Coles Open Learning Centre at the Priest’s House Museum & Garden in Wimborne Minster. The cultures along the…

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30 Miles for JT’s 30th

Royal Marine John Thornton was sadly killed in Afghanistan in 2008 and would have been 30 years old on 12 April. Here at the John Thornton Young Achievers Foundation we thought that it would be a fitting tribute to take on a 30 mile challenge in his memory. The final test on the Royal Marine…

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