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Pair jailed for drug offences in Bournemouth

Two men have been sentenced to a combined 22 and a half years in prison after more than £110,000 worth of drugs were found at a property in Bournemouth.27-year-old Kyle Joseph Smith and 29-year-old Stuart McGill, both from Bournemouth, were arrested on Monday 21 May 2012 following a search of their house by police. Officers…

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HIV positive? Free testing service

Health professionals are encouraging people across Dorset to get themselves tested for HIV. As part of national HIV Testing Week, which runs from 22 to 29 November, Public Health Dorset is renewing calls for people to take a HIV test. In the UK, there are about 100,000 people living with HIV, with roughly one in…

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POOLE SHED BURGLARY – CCTV APPEAL

Click to view video Detectives in Poole are appealing for information following a shed burglary – with CCTV of a man police would like to speak with being released. The burglary happened at an address in Kinson Avenue in the Newtown area of the town at around 12.10am on Thursday 7 November 2013. The offender…

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Wimborne TIC needs volunteers

From 30 November 2013 responsibility for Wimborne Tourist Information Centre is transferring from East Dorset District Council to the Priest’s House Museum and a number of volunteers are now needed to help run the Centre. Earlier this year East Dorset District Council announced that, following a reduction in central government funding, it was no longer…

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Santa on a Segway

Father Christmas will arrive in style at Moors Valley Country Park and Forest, near Ringwood this Saturday – riding on a Segway. His visit, at 10am on 30 November, marks the opening of the Forestry Commission Christmas tree shop and the ever-popular Christmas market, the first of a host of festive events this year. Alongside…

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Ferndown performing arts students release charity single

Singing students from Studio One (Dorset’s Centre for Performing Arts), Ferndown, have recently released a Christmas single – ‘Love From Home’ – to raise money for the Help for Heroes charity.  The single was written for the 14 strong children’s choir by local song-writing team Dave Thomas and ex-paratrooper Luke Turner and was recorded at…

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