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Celebrate World Book night with Poole Libraries

World Book Night takes place this year on Thursday 23 April, and book lovers in Poole can join the celebrations with a World Book Night party at Hamworthy Library. Taking place on Thursday 23 April at 7pm, the event will welcome author Amy Mason, whose debut novel, The Other Ida, won the 2014 Dundee International…

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Great Dorset Beach Clean

Twenty-seven years of people coming together to keep Dorset’s coastline clean will be celebrated on Sunday (26 April) with another blitz on the beaches. Supporting the ‘Litter Free Coast and Sea campaign’ and organised by Dorset County Council’s coastal ranger team, volunteers will be lending a hand at 27 of the county’s beaches. A beach…

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Do you need a postal vote?

Voters are urged to be ready to have their say and decide now whether they need to apply for a postal or proxy vote for this year’s elections.The deadline for applying for a postal vote is Tuesday 21 April and to vote by proxy is Tuesday 28 April.Local and general elections will be taking place…

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New Forest robbery

Police are appealing for information about a robbery at a car park in Burley in the New Forest. A couple stopped off at Anderwood car park on Lyndhurst Road between 1.20pm and 1.40pm, Wednesday, April 8 and took a short walk. As the victim’s husband was distracted with their young daughter, a cyclist snatched her…

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Litter pickers clean up

“Well done to around 30 local young children and people along with several adult helpers who took part in the Community Litter Pick on Friday morning 10 April starting from the Heatherlands Centre in Ferndown,” said John Hanrahan the centre manager.

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