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<TITLE>fire 7 12/03</TITLE>
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<TEXT>Princess Anne will officially open Poole's 40 million pound twin sails bridge later..

She'll be doing the honours this afternoon – following a massive party on the Quay on Friday night to celebrate the completion of the project.

Here’s Council leader Elaine Atkinson:

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The bridge still isn’t open to traffic though – and the council haven’t said when that will definitely be.

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<TEXT>A man’s still in hospital with head injuries after he repeatedly stepped into the road on the Wessex way in Bournemouth – and was hit by a car.

A number of drivers were forced to swerve to avoid the 31 year old as he reportedly wandered from lane to lane around 5.30pm on Saturday.

The road was shut for 3 hours between St Paul’s Roundabout and the Springbourne slip road.
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<TEXT>The Taliban's vowing revenge after a US soldier walked from a Nato base into the homes of Afghan civilians - and killed 16 of them..

Nine of the victims he shot dead were children.
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<Slug>pubs 7</Slug>
<TEXT>Pubs are being urged to bring in Australian-style "schooner" sized glasses to help boost beer sales.

A survey of 18-34 year-olds suggests many would prefer the price and size of the 3 quarter pint glass.
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<TEXT>Cherries went down 3 nil at Sheffield United on the weekend..The defeat means they're now 9 points off the play off places.
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<TEXT>The Premier League title race looks like it will go down to the wire - after Manchester United took top spot from rivals Man City.

United beat in-form West Brom 2-0 yesterday - while City lost 1-0 at Swansea.
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<TEXT>Only FIRE news is all local all day - more in an hour
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