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Friday, March 12, 2010

DODGY practice will always find a way to pull a fast one in the motor trade. As in most walks of life, a determined crook or shady operator will usually stay one jump ahead.

One area where the unscrupulous are still screwing extra cash out of innocent car buyers is in...

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Motor Mouth's Car of the week

Motor Mouth's Car of the week

Friday, March 12, 2010

Lamborghini Reventón Roadster AT a cool 1.1 million euros (plus tax), you probably can't afford one and even if you could, they're only building...

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Saleroom Scene

A signed photograph of Baden-Powell, among a star-studded collection of autographs and memorabilia due to be auctioned at Charterhouse.

Friday, March 12, 2010

A LIFETIME collection of signatures, letters and autographs has been discovered in the bottom of a wardrobe by Charterhouse valuers at a house in...

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Museum Showcase

Two sides of a coin found by amateur historian Peter Barker at Milton-on-Stour. See under Gillingham Local History Society for details.

Friday, March 12, 2010

THE new exhibition by Mere Historical Society that opened this week at Mere Library incorporates quite a lot of previously unseen material. Some has...

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Sally Hill's Journal

Friday, March 12, 2010

SOME days you feel you're winning, some days you feel a real loser. This past week has contained a mix of both those sorts of days, with perhaps a...

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Motor Mouth

Whoops! Another minor scrape in a car park.

Friday, March 05, 2010

IT'S late at night in a dark, quiet car park and there's no-one else around, not even a safety camera. You start the engine and smack straight into...

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Motor Mouth's Car of the week

Motor Mouth's Car of the week

Friday, March 05, 2010

Hyundai Santa Fe MOTORISTS seriously interested in value for money are beginning to appreciate Hyundai and there'll certainly be plenty who'll be...

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Museum Showcase

Salisbury Museum director Adrian Green holds the fake 18th century viola that had been attributed to Benjamin Banks.

Friday, March 05, 2010

TWO mystery objects have been given to Sherborne Museum, which is hoping BVM readers may be able to help with their identification. They are two...

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Sally Hill's Journal

Friday, March 05, 2010

WE'VE spent the weeks since New Year swathed in a sort of winter uniform, warding off the chills from beneath a barricade of thermal layers and thick...

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Sally Hill's Journal

Friday, February 26, 2010

I THINK there is quite a lot of 'science' behind much of what ticks over in the background of our lives nowadays. Take the layout of supermarkets, for...

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