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<TEXT>We can now tell you - Poole's 37 million pound Twin Sails bridge will be open to traffic on Monday the 27th of February..

That's a few weeks later than planned - and it will have taken 20 months to finish the bridge which links Hamworthy with Poole 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 say 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 told Fire news the vast majority of posts going will be from those who retire or move on.
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<TEXT>Thousands of vocational qualifications are being dropped from GCSE league tables.

Ministers are concerned GCSE-equivalents in subjects such as hairdressing are making schools look better than they are.
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<Slug>weather 8</Slug>
<TEXT>The Met Office is warning of "severe" weather conditions - including snow and ice - across much of the UK this week. 

Temperatures are expected to plummet to minus six in some places.
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<TEXT>David Beckham's been voted the sexiest man on the planet.

The footballer has topped the "hottest hunks in the world" list compiled by Heat magazine. Actor Ryan Gosling came second.
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<TEXT>Football managers up and down the country are set for a busy day - the transfer window closes tonight.

It's understood Lazio striker Jibril Cisse is in London for a medical with QPR.

Manchester United midfielder Ravel Morrison is thought to be closing in on a move to West Ham.
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