Dorset

Senior officer cleared of credit card misuse

Ali Dizaei, the suspended senior Scotland Yard officer, has been cleared of misusing his corporate credit card. An inquiry by Dorset chief constable Martin Baker found no evidence he acted dishonestly or without integrity....

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Cumbria deluge breaks historic rainfall record

By Jamie Grierson, Press Association The unprecedented downpour over Cumbria was the highest level of rainfall measured in the country since records began, forecasters said today. The reading taken from the Environment Agency's...

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Rare pond life discovered on MOD land in Dorset

A network of ponds on Ministry of Defence land in Purbeck has been found to contain some of the rarest pond life in the country, including a caddis larva that has never before been recorded in Dorset and a number of nationally...

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Secretary of State promises to look at the delay in Poole's new maternity unit

Annette Brooke MP for Mid Dorset and North Poole led the charge in the Queen's Speech debate on health and education. She called upon the Government to investigate the delay in new buildings to house Poole Hospital's maternity...

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Council apology after 89-year-old woman left dead in day centre toilet

A council was forced to apologise today after day care staff failed to notice a pensioner had died and her body was left locked in a toilet. The 89-year-old was not seen after going to the toilet following lunch at the...

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Shoppers get free festive parking

Council parking in Wareham will be free leading up to Christmas Shoppers will not have to pay at council-run car parks in part of Dorset in the run-up to Christmas, in a bid to boost the local economy. Pay-and-display car parks...

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Campaigners criticise rec meeting

Poole Town Football Club is currently based at Tatnam Park. Residents campaigning to stop a Dorset recreation ground from being turned into a football stadium have criticised the timing of a planning meeting. The Borough of...

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Baby born in car named after vehicle

POOLE, England, Nov. 19 (UPI) -- A British couple said they decided to give their baby the same name as the unusual place of her birth -- Kia. Tony Richardson, 24, and Samantha Smyth, 23, said they named baby Kia after the...

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Kitesurfers jump pier

A pretty awesome video of a couple of guys taking advantage of gale force winds to jump over the pier at Weymouth UK, well worth a minute of anyone's life to watch! I've seen some speculate that this is a fake, but it was...

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Speedy baby girl is named after car

A couple have revealed the unusual birthplace that inspired their baby girl's name - not Brooklyn or Paris ... but a people carrier. A couple have revealed the unusual birthplace that inspired their baby girl's name - not...

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