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<TEXT>Inspections are gonna be carried out at 13 hundred homes in one of Bournemouths most deprived areas - to make sure they're up to scratch.

It's all part of ongoing work to regenerate Boscombe..

Nicky Thomas manages the councils private sector housing team:

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<TEXT>Car insurance companies are being told to be tougher on people trying to claim for whiplash.

The cost of premiums has shot up by 20 percent in the last 2 years

A group of MPs has found the sharp increase is largely down to massive amounts being paid out for minor accidents.
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<TEXT>Police in Boscombe who're investigating an arson attack at a bedsit want to trace a taxi driver who was waiting nearby at the time.

Detectives say he was a grey-haired, middle aged man and the vehicle seen in Gordon Road around 4am on Tuesday was white or yellow.

The people in the building that was set on fire - managed to get out safely.
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<TEXT>RBS has announced it's axing 3-thousand-500 jobs in its investment banking division.

The taxpayer-backed bank will make the cuts over the next three years.
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<TEXT>Andrew Stone has become the first contestant to be evicted from Celebrity Big Brother.

The Pineapple Dance Studios star said he'd had an "amazing" time in the house.
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<TEXT>In football - Liverpool are on course for their first domestic final in six years.

They won 1-0 at Manchester City last night - in the first leg of their Carling Cup semi-final.

In the Premier League Tottenham are just three points off the top of the table after a 2-0 win against Everton.
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