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<TEXT>Hundreds of public sector staff are gathering in Bournemouth town centre for a big rally this lunchtime - against proposed changes to their pensions.

They're striking today because the government want to make them pay more and work for longer

Our reporter James Andrew is at the central gardens for us - so James what's happening down there?

JAMES CLIP


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And similar demos are being held across the UK as around 2 million public sector workers walk out.

The Chancellor George Osbourne maintains the government's proposing a decent pensions deal though - and says they this strike by public sector workers is futile and won't achieve anything...

And in the last half an hour Poole council have told us the lifting bridge IS OPEN to vehicles again until atleast 7 tonight..It was shut this morning because of the strikes.
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<TEXT>Tony Blair's former press secretary Alaistair Campbell has accused the tabloid press of being "putrid".

He's told the Leveson inquiry into standards in the media that papers are struggling to keep up with the immediacy of news in the age of Twitter.
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<TEXT>A 31-year-old woman has been arrested by detectives investigating phone hacking at News International.

Bethany Usher is a former reporter at the News of the World, and now lectures in journalism on Teesside.
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<TEXT>Bright yellow markers are being used to show how bad the dog mess probem is at Purewell Meadows in Christchurch.

The police and council have been putting the markers next to every pile of poo they find - and the meadows are covered in them.

They're now stepping up patrols in the area to catch and fine people not clearing up after their pets.
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<TEXT>The final film in the Harry Potter series has become the most pre-ordered Film and TV product of all-time. 

According to Amazon, the movie has beaten the long-standing record-holder 'Mamma Mia!'
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