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<TEXT>Fire's been speaking to some of the workers who've gone on strike today - over changes to public sector pensions.

Nurses, job centre staff and teachers are just some of the staff who've walked out in Bournemouth, Poole and Christchurch today..angry that the government want to make them pay more for their pensions and work longer.

Donna works at a primary school in Dorset:

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Hundreds of schools have had to close...and a rally's underway at the Royal Bath hotel in Bournemouth town centre...

Workers here join around 2 million across the country who've walked out today as they try and get the government to change their minds.

Health secretary Andrew Lansley says negotiation remains the route to a satisfactory outcome though.

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<TEXT>Health secretary Andrew Lansley says negotiation remains the route to a
satisfactory outcome.

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<TEXT>Meanwhile - enough staff have turned up for work at Poole lifting bridge - which means it's back open now until atleast 7pm tonight.
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<TEXT>Former Downing Street press secretary Alastair Campbell says he has direct knowledge of phone hacking and other dubious practices.

He's told the Leveson inquiry into newspaper standards that he's woken up in the night to find people going through his dustbins.
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<TEXT>George Michael is slowly getting better after he fell ill with pneumonia.

The 48-year-old is being treated at a Vienna hospital - Doctors say the singer had been in intensive care because of the "severity" of the illness.
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<TEXT>Patrols are being stepped up in Christchurch - to catch people who don't clean up their dogs mess.

The police and council have been putting bright yellow markers next to every pile of poo they find on Purewell Meadows - and it's covered in them.

Anyone caught not cleaning up - will be fined 50 pounds.
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