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Academic was higher education pioneer
1:16pm Thursday 25th April 2013
A FORMER director of the Dorset Institute of Higher Education has died.
Mary Moore
10:29am Friday 8th March 2013
A MUCH-LOVED sister, aunt and cousin, who lived in Wimborne all her life has died at the age of 102.
Percy White
10:27am Friday 8th March 2013
A HAMPSHIRE scientist who helped develop Britain’s first atomic bomb has died at the age of 96.
Tributes are paid to two stalwarts of community
12:00pm Tuesday 8th January 2013
TRIBUTES have been paid to two community ‘stalwarts’ from Crossways.
An innovative pub landlord
3:00pm Friday 21st September 2012
WELL-KNOWN Chickerell resident and former publican Jim “Dusty” Miller has died at the age of 93.
A born entertainer
3:00pm Friday 21st September 2012
VETERAN entertainer Vic Banks has died aged 77 following a short illness.
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