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<TEXT>Poole's Twin Sails bridge will be open to traffic on Monday the 27th of February..

The 37 million pound bridge has taken 20 months to complete and joins Hamworthy with the town centre.

Local people will have the chance to walk across it the weekend before...so they can see it all close up..
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<TEXT>Bournemouth and Poole hospitals have told Fire news - a merger of their NHS Trusts won't necessarily mean 750 job losses...

That's the number of redundancies being reported if the 2 trusts join forces next year to save money - but they've stressed the vast majority of posts going will be from those who retire or move on.

If the merger's given the go ahead next year - it would be the first of it's kind in England.
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<Slug>tax 7</Slug>
<TEXT>Tax office workers are striking over the possible use of public sector staff in their call centres.

It means today's self-assessment deadline has effectively been pushed back to tomorrow.

Normally you'd get an automatic 100 pound fine and some additional charges for filing your return late.
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<Slug>us x 7</Slug>
<TEXT>Steve Jones and Nicole Scherzinger have been axed from the US X Factor.

The show's producers have announced they'll be replaced for the second series when it starts later this year.
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<Slug>sport 7</Slug>
<TEXT>In football - It's transfer deadline day - with the window for deals open until 11pm.

Former Liverpool forward Jibrial See-say could be set for a
Premier League comeback with QPR.

West Ham have made a surprise move for highly-rated Manchester United teenager Ravel Morrison.
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