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Stories for 13 March 2004

Bournemouth Cherries

FRIENDS REUNITED

EX-CHERRIES star John Bailey and his fellow Wembley heroes of 1998 are reforming for one final run-out.  more...

Cherries saved by Warhurst own goal

BOURNEMOUTH'S play-off hopes were kept simmering at Blundell Park where Paul Warhurst's own goal salvaged them a point.  more...

Bournemouth Columnist

Gone tomorrow

THE latest information from those in the know is that the world will end in the year 2012.  more...

It's time we vote out this government

EARLIER this week, the government quietly slipped out a bunch of statistics revealing the end result of its Teenage Pregnancy Strategy.  more...

Bournemouth Health

Girls want to have too much fun

Women are hitting the bottle like never before, but are they dying for a drink? Nicky Findley reports on the health and social consequences of a ladette lifestyle  more...

Doing the rounds is costing our towns dear

NEW Dorset police figures show that 59 per cent of violent crime in Bournemouth town centre during the past year has been alcohol-related.  more...

Doing the rounds is costing our towns dear

NEW DORSET police figures show that 59 per cent of violent crime in Bournemouth town centre during the past year has been alcohol-related.  more...

How breast cancer care is entering a new age

WITH more than 80 per cent of women diagnosed with breast cancer being over 50, younger women with the disease often feel isolated. But new standards of care for younger women with breast cancer aim to change all that Emma Joseph reports.  more...

How breast cancer care is entering a new age

WITH more than 80 per cent of women diagnosed with breast cancer being over 50, younger women with the disease often feel isolated. But new standards of care for younger women with breast cancer aim to change all that. Emma Joseph reports  more...

Bournemouth News

Beach hut owners fear seafront plans

A GROUP of beach hut owners will have the ground pulled from under them if re-development plans for Boscombe seafront go ahead.  more...

Our readers say: stub out smoking in public

MORE than 80 per cent of people who responded to a Daily Echo poll believe smoking should be banned in public places.  more...

Bid to find cause of chopper crash

AIR accident investigators are working hard to get to the bottom of events that led to last week's horrific helicopter crash.  more...

Bid to end `blight' of relief road proposal

CAMPAIGNERS are to make a last ditch attempt to have a Castle Lane relief road officially deleted from council plans.   more...

Ex-SAS man faces death over `coup'

A FORMER SAS officer from Hampshire faces execution after being accused of plotting a coup in an oil-rich African state.  more...

Black days

The 1984-85 miners' strike caused deeper divisions than any industrial conflict in recent memory. Twenty years on, Darren Slade finds the scars have yet to fully heal  more...

MP ready to help as Daisy trial is delayed

BOURNEMOUTH MP David Atkinson says he stands ready to help jailed backpacker Daisy Angus by encouraging the Indian Authorities to speed up her trial.  more...

Slip, slide and away

BEWARE! Putting your trousers on can be dangerous. That's the latest government warning after a recent survey revealed how people are really hurting themselves during home and leisure time.  more...

`Cry for help' man jailed for robbery

A BOURNEMOUTH man who pleaded with a judge to jail him for life was yesterday sent to prison for 18 months.  more...

Paying the price for others' high spirits

BOURNEMOUTH'S booming pub and club scene attracts tens of thousands of young people to the South Coast every weekend.   more...

HOW 'BOUT THAT?

GETTING involved in a playground fight usually earns schoolchildren a detention.  more...

Bournemouth Sport

Beau's quest

WHILE most Dorset eyes will be on hot prospects Rooster Booster and Kingscliff at the Cheltenham Festival next week, there are other county runners worth considering at National Hunt racing's premier meeting.  more...

Beau's quest

WHILE most Dorset eyes will be on hot prospects Rooster Booster and Kingscliff at the Cheltenham Festival next week, there are other county runners worth considering at National Hunt racing's premier meeting.  more...

East Dorset News

Puss and spooks!

A DORSET pub landlady is experiencing not so much bump in the night as miaow in the bar. Spooky goings-on at the White Hart pub in Wimborne have left licensee Amanda Bodenham convinced she has a ghost cat living on the premises.  more...

`Cry for help' man jailed for robbery

A BOURNEMOUTH man who pleaded with a judge to jail him for life has been sent to prison for 18 months.  more...

Poole News

Your chance to have say on bridge plans

THE Borough of Poole has embarked on seven weeks of consultation as it invites people to have their say on a major step towards a new bridge.  more...

Fire hero Ollie wins top bravery awards

AS flames tore through a car, brave passer-by Ollie Broughton risked his life to rescue a semi-conscious casualty trapped inside.  more...

Purbeck News

Hotel places woe for jazz gala organisers

ORGANISERS of one of the biggest summer festivals in Swanage are already facing concerns over lack of hotel accommodation.  more...