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<Slug>S001 S-OLYMPICS MACEY</Slug>
<TEXT>The London 2012 Olympics will begin in 100 days' time.

Organisers of the Games are continuing to insist the event is coming in on
time and under budget.

Former decathlon star Dean Macey competed at Sydney 2000 and Athens in 2004.

He can't wait for the sport to start.

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<Slug>castle 8</Slug>
<TEXT>Well to mark 100 days to go - A giant sandcastle's been built in Dorset..

It measures four metres by two metres and took 4 days to create on Weymouth beach.
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<Slug>violence 8</Slug>
<TEXT>Fewer people are needing hospital treatment because they've been violently attacked..

Just under 308-thousand people went to A and E with violence-related injuries last year - 10 thousand less than in 2010.
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<Slug>CHOICE 1</Slug>
<TEXT>It's gonna be easier for anyone on Bournemouth council's housing register to bid for a home from today..

The Home Choice website's been expanded so people can apply for a house or flat across the whole of Dorset - rather than just in Bournemouth..

There'll only be one application form too.
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<Slug>MURS 2</Slug>
<TEXT>Olly Murs has announced he'll be coming to Bournemouth's BIC next year...

The singer will perform one gig on March the 8th.

Tickets go on sale this Friday
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<Slug>sport 8</Slug>
<TEXT>In sport - Reading secured promotion to the Premier League with a 1 nil win over Notthingham Forest last night..

Second placed Southampton also boosted their promotion hopes with a 3-1 victory at Peterborough.
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