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Stories for 26 June 2004

Bournemouth Cherries

BOSS BRACED FOR CARL BID

PETER Phillips has admitted that Carl Fletcher could yet be a transfer target for bigger clubs before the new season kicks off.  more...

Bournemouth Columnist

My computer bytes back

AM I a "screamer" or a "shouter"? The three of them are taking bets, safe in their service centre bay thinking I can't hear them.  more...

Bournemouth Health

Dee for determination

THIS time last year, Dee Burchell was, by her own admission, grossly overweight, almost totally inactive and suffering from severe back pain.  more...

Bournemouth Leisure

Chewing the fat with Paul

HE played Barry Grant in Brookside for more than 15 years and recently starred as hardman policeman Des Taviner in The Bill.  more...

Bournemouth News

Offender in 10-year ban from resort

A SERIAL offender who terrorised Swanage residents has been banned from the resort and surrounding area for 10 years.  more...

....a mum gets a little bit prickly

MOST of us have had problems with the neighbours at some time in our lives, but while we humans usually just shrug our shoulders and put up with the nuisance, one slightly prickly mum has had to take drastic action.  more...

`Cowardly' attack for mobile phone

A BOURNEMOUTH man was lucky to escape serious injury after being attacked by two thugs as he walked with his wife.  more...

JAILED OVER FATAL BLOW

THE mother of a man killed by one "tragic" punch has said she can begin to move on now the man responsible is behind bars.  more...

She's the Iron Lady of Dorset

SHE'S been compared to the Iron Lady but Hilda Brownlow has a sentimental streak and an overwhelming drive to help.  more...

Designs for life

IF YOU could do with a portable disaster shelter for those moments when life goes `pear-shaped' or perhaps a machine used for pouring a perfect head on your pint of Guinness, then Bournemouth University is the place to be.  more...

Four-year ban for youth who terrorised estate

A TEENAGE boy has been banned for four years from the Poole housing estate where he intimidated residents during a campaign of terror.  more...

We are being mugged, says head teacher

CHILDREN at a Poole primary school are being "mugged" by education bosses, claims the head teacher.  more...

Let's hope fears are groundless

THERE is always a buzz of excitement and anticipation in the air as tens of thousands of people pour into the town and head towards the seafront.  more...

Bournemouth Pirates

Matt's belief in Bjarne bid

PIRATES boss Matt Ford has stressed it would be a "great achievement" for Bjarne Pedersen to finish in the top eight of this year's World Championship Grand Prix series.  more...

North Dorset News

Lucky escape after crash at cottage

A COUPLE had a lucky escape when a farm machine being towed by a tractor partially demolished their house in an East Dorset village.  more...

Poole News

Bike night gearing up with dream machines

BRITAIN'S biggest and best weekly bike night is powering on at Poole Quay every Tuesday with Crescent Dream Machines.  more...

Cutting edge of archaeology....

DIVER Philip Butterworth took some convincing that the lump of metal he found lying on the seabed in Poole Harbour was a rare 3,000 year-old bronze axe.   more...