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Stories for 7 February 2006

Bournemouth News

AVERAGE MOTORIST GIVES £25 EACH WEEK TO TAXMAN

AT least a quarter of the money you pay to run your car is going straight to the taxman, according to a new report today.  more...

Bright young things snap up a hotel...

BOURNEMOUTH entrepreneur and experienced hotelier Andy Scott, 27, has bought the Gresham Court Hotel.  more...

In need of support?

IF you want to start a good old fashioned left-right political argument, try suggesting that Government funds should be used to prop up ailing businesses.  more...

Every which weigh but lose

FORMER Daily Echo reporter Anne Diamond will confess on national TV that she has had drastic surgery in an attempt to lose weight.  more...

Dynamite for the Winter Gardens?

A MIXTURE of pop acts, classic films and a "Strictly Bournemouth" dance festival are being lined up to attract visitors to the new Winter Gardens.  more...

`We must respect the law' says local leader

MUSLIM leaders in Bournemouth have disowned the extremists advocating violence over the publication of controversial cartoons in European newspapers.  more...

Health chiefs await cancer drug verdict

HEALTH trusts and patients in Dorset and the New Forest are anxiously awaiting the outcome of a High Court case that could alter some women's chances of surviving an aggressive form of breast cancer.  more...

Cold in the head or swinging the lead?

WITH grey skies outside and the prospect of a two-month stretch to the next bank holiday, more workers chose to stay in their beds on February 6 than any other day of the year.  more...

VICIOUS ATTACK

A TEENAGER has been left too frightened to leave his home after being attacked by a group of youths with snooker cues.  more...

Christchurch News

Objectors win battle of mast

A BID to build a 60-foot high phone mast at Christchurch fire station has been toppled under the weight of objections from nearby residents.  more...

East Dorset News

Youth event shut down after girls found drunk

A POPULAR social centre is fearing the loss of its licence because ambulances had to be called to drunken underage girls at a youth concert.  more...

New Forest News

New arson attacks on heathland

AN arsonist struck twice in the New Forest at the weekend destroying grass and gorse at a popular beauty spot and scorching meadowland at a nearby farm.  more...

North Dorset News

Warm tributes to a brave veteran

WARM tributes have been paid to Blandford war veteran and active member of the community Bill Avery, who has died aged 85.  more...

Poole News

`Water dog' may be next move in search for Emma

POLICE looking for missing Poole woman Emma Palmer are planning to search lakes in the area - and a special type of dog could help them in the operation.  more...

How can we afford £1,000 energy bills?

PENSIONERS in Dorset are up in arms after rumours British Gas is to increase its prices by a whopping 25 per cent.  more...

That's skate news!

GET your skates on and get ready to join Dancing on Ice fever in Poole, when the first synthetic ice rink comes to town.  more...

Purbeck News

Model village back to 1960s

IN 1966 England won the World Cup, Twister was a party favourite, Harold Wilson was Prime Minister and the spectacular Corfe Castle Model Village opened.  more...

Weymouth News

Call for an Olympic Games co-ordinator

BUSINESS leaders in Weymouth have called for the creation of a job to co-ordinate Olympic preparations.  more...

Shoppers just pass us by, say traders

TRADERS at Poundbury today demanded more signs to make it easier for people to find them in Pummery Square.  more...

Worker's job looks set to bite the dust

THE latest `dustcart drivethru' at Westham in Weymouth may have been the last.  more...

Community service for crash horror drink-driver

A DRINK-DRIVER who caused a horrific road crash when he ploughed into a taxi will do 150 hours of unpaid work in the community.  more...

Tributes paid to popular pupil

TRIBUTES have been paid to a 14-year-old schoolgirl who has died.  more...

PAVILION £27M EXTRA COST BOMBSHELL

NEW talks are being held over the Weymouth Pavilion and ferry terminal development after costs soared by £27 million.  more...

Weymouth Sport

SIMON EYES TROPHY DATE WITH PHILLIPS

SIMON Browne is relishing the prospect of an FA Trophy reunion with former Terras team-mate Lee Phillips.  more...

AMBITIOUS BEN HAS EURO DREAM

WEYMOUTH star Ben Welch has targeted winning golf's European Order of Merit by 2010.  more...