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<TEXT>200 Dorset police officers will join thousands of others to march through London today against proposed budget cuts.

Only off-duty officers will be present on the walk as the force is banned from striking by law.

The Dorset Police Federation says frontline services and therefore public safety will be affected by the cuts..

Policing minister Nick Herbert says he has written to officers ahead of today's march.

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<TEXT>As well as those public sector strikes this morning, up to 20-thousand off-duty
police officers will be marching through central London.

They claim budget cuts will have a serious effect on their ability to protect
the public.

Policing minister Nick Herbert says he has written to officers across England
and Wales ahead of today's march.

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<TEXT>Hundreds of thousands of public sector workers are taking strike action today over pensions. 

The Government is pushing ahead with reforms which unions say will force people to work longer and pay more.
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<TEXT>A man's been jailed for five and a half years for violently robbing a hotel in Ferndown...

Steven Williams who's 40 and from Wimborne admitted to his part in attacking a staff member and stealing cash from a safe at the Premier Inn on Ringwood Road last July.
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<TEXT>There's been a fire at a derelict school in Christchurch overnight

45 firefighters have been tackling the flames at the former Homefield School site on Salisbury Road.

It broke out just after 8 - The cause is being investigated.
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<TEXT>Brad Pitt is the new face of woman's perfume Chanel Number Five.

It's believed to be the first time the iconic scent has been promoted by a man.
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<TEXT>and in sport - British boxer Amir Khan says he's shocked and disappointed after having his world title rematch against Lamont Peterson cancelled.

It's after the American failed a drugs test.
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