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- TODAY is No Smoking Day
- 10/03/2010
- No Smoking Day (10 March) is encouraging smokers to break
free and kick the habit. In its 27th year, No Smoking Day
is encouraging smokers to quit smoking, save thousands of
pounds and take the opportunity to find out about help...
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- “Defence Matters” says Bob
- In support of the campaign, ‘Defence Matters,’ Robert Walter MP (North Dorset) visited Ferndown-based electronics company Electronic Technicians Ltd – ETL.
- 10/03/2010
- Bob was invited to visit the total solution contract
electronic manufacturer on Ferndown Industrial Estate - by
the Defence Industries Council as part of their influential
Defence Matters campaign. The campaign aims to encourage
people to see the work of the defence industry...
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- North Dorset MP donates pay rise to charities
- 09/03/2010
- In a statement on 8 March, Robert Walter MP (North Dorset)
announced that he will donate the full value of his 1.5%
pay rise to two local hospital charities in his
constituency. Members of Parliament have been awarded a
pay rise by...
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- Develop your skills with Citizens Advice
- Do you have some spare time between 9.30am and 5pm?
- 08/03/2010
- Would you like to make a difference to your local community
and help other people overcome their problems?
Do you have basic keyboard and internet skills?
East and North Dorset Citizens Advice Bureaux (CABx) are
running training programmes for volunteers, and invite
anyone interested...
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- Crimestoppers’ campaign backed by water company
- BOURNEMOUTH & West Hampshire Water (BWHW) has thrown its weight behind a campaign aimed at cracking down on doorstep crime.
- 08/03/2010
- The company has joined forces with Dorset Crimestoppers to
publicise the charity’s freephone number - 0800
555111 – for people who may have information about
bogus callers.
BWHW has agreed to fix stickers displaying the
Crimestoppers’ number on about 100 of its vehicles.
It follows...
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- PJ Mufti for World Book Day
- 08/03/2010
- Pupils at Queen’s Park Junior in Bournemouth
celebrated World Book Day with a ‘pj’ mufti.
Pupils and staff were also dressed as their favourite book
characters and there were lots of pirates, witches and
super heroes (of all sizes) seen wandering the classrooms
and...
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- Cross border rural crime prevention
- Dorset, Avon and Somerset, and Devon and Cornwall’s police forces took part in an operation last week, aimed at preventing crime along their shared rural border.
- 04/03/2010
- Under Operation Shogun, which ran overnight on Wednesday 24
and Thursday 25 February 2010, police officers from each
force stop-checked vehicles travelling along the border.
Inspector Caroline Naughton, Bridport Section Commander,
said: “The nature of the border, being predominantly
rural farm land, means that...
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- Business showcase in Verwood
- Verwood & District Chamber of Trade is holding a business showcase on Tuesday, 6 April from 6.30pm at the Hub, Brock Way, Verwood.
- 04/03/2010
- It will be an evening of informal networking and Easter
treats. Stands consist of a six foot table and two chairs.
Electricity can be arranged on request.
Members will be displaying their goods and services and
non-members are invited to do the...
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- Drug crackdown in Boscombe
- 03/03/2010
- A drugs operation in the Boscombe area of Bournemouth, which
aims to disrupt the supply of drugs and open drugs misuse,
has moved into a third week after thousands of pounds worth
of drugs were seized.
Operation Salmon was due to run between...
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- Furlong Easter Parade
- The Furlong Easter Bonnet Parade in Ringwood is on Easter Saturday, April 3 from 10.30am.
- 03/03/2010
- This colourful event will gladden the heart and lift
spectators out of the chilly gloom of winter.
Dozens of children are expected at the Furlong clutching
their colourful bonnets, or dressed as bunnies. The
children will delight onlookers with a parade around the
town,...
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