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  • Do I look big in this?

    FAT used to be a feminist issue, but these days it's everyone's problem. Last week rock band The Magic Numbers stormed off stage during a recording of Top of the Pops when presenter Richard Bacon apparently made a dig at their weight by referring to them

  • Gipsy Moth sailing again 40 years on

    A YACHT which has inspired a generation of sailors was at Poole Yacht Club on Thursday after a local company helped in its £1 million restoration. Gipsy Moth IV, whose skipper Sir Francis Chichester made maritime history by being the fastest person to

  • Police issue e-fit picture after robbery

    NEW Forest detectives hunting a robber who held up a cashier at knifepoint before escaping with thousands of pounds from a New Milton betting shop have issued an e-fit and description of the suspect. The hooded raider walked into the Coral bookmakers

  • Boscombe revamp is a farce says Ben

    WHAT a carry on! A bid to revamp Boscombe seafront has been likened to an end-of-pier farce by a furious councillor. The £8 million Boscombe Spa scheme is at risk of ending in stalemate with councillors and officers seemingly at loggerheads. And the "

  • Jet skier is hurt in crash

    RNLI Lifeguards have issued urgent safety advice to jet skiers after two collided in the sea at Bournemouth. The uncle and nephew were jumping off waves formed by the wake of a powerboat when the incident happened. One of the crafts was badly damaged

  • Tiger, tiger

    A BUSINESSMAN who saved a pride of lions is now coming to rescue of tigers in Nepal. Adam Murry was in The Daily Echo earlier this year when he saved two lions and lionesses from a barbaric hunting craze in South Africa. Now, with his non-profit making