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Making more room at the inn for Christmas

If you’re worried about hosting visitors at your home during the festive period due to the lack of space, Safestore self storage is providing some top tips on how to make the most of the space that you do have and enjoy Christmas (almost) stress free! Declutter your furniture: Get rid of any furniture you…

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Christmas carol steam train

Dedicated Swanage Railway volunteers have staged a popular evocative Christmas carol steam train with passengers dressing in Victorian costume to make the festive atmosphere complete. Featuring the Harmony Rocks ladies’ choir, there was half-hour carol singing sessions at festively decorated Harman’s Cross and Corfe Castle stations – as well as at Swanage on the train’s…

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A grand day for WesseXmas

The Dorset-based Wessex Group raised £1,000 for charity by holding a Christmas Jumper Day. Staff turned up in a variety of peculiar pullovers and donated money for the privilege of appearing in the garish garments. A raffle at the firm’s HQ in Shaftesbury was particularly popular and staff raised almost £750 which was made up…

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Star of Peter Pan gets hooked by local hospice

Former star of The Bill and Celebrity Big Brother star, Christopher Ellison, took time out from playing the dastardly Captain Hook in Lighthouse’s Christmas show Peter Pan to visit staff and patients at Lewis-Manning Hospice in Poole. This isn’t the first time the actor, best remembered for playing Detective Chief Inspector Frank Burnside for 16…

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Court order closes Bournemouth brothel

A property being used as a brothel in Bournemouth town centre has been closed down following a successful court order. The occupants of the flat in Old Christchurch Road were ordered to leave on Thursday 17 December 2015 after a temporary closure notice was issued. On 18 December, Bournemouth Magistrates’ Court served a full three-month…

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Pupils and Rotarians share a love of writing

St Aldhelm’s Academy students have discovered a flair for creative writing thanks to members of Parkstone Rotary Club. As part of their school enrichment sessions, six pupils aged 11-17 joined a writing group at the beginning of the autumn term. Six members of the Rotary club joined the class to work with the students, discussing…

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