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Dance school shines on the world stage

Man admits theft intention A RINGWOOD man who ad- mitted trespassing with the intention of stealing goods from Boots has been given a suspended prison sentence. Ashley Brown (37), of Meeting House Lane, com- mitted the offence at Boots in Lymington on 27th Sep- tember. Southampton magis- trates heard how Brown had gone equipped and targeted expensive items to steal. The Bench imposed a 12-week prison sentence, suspended for 12 months. Brown must also pay £100 compensation and £30 costs. New prints tech for police force DORSET Police is set to be- come one of the first forces in the country to use a new technology which remotely transfers fingerprints at crime scenes directly to a fingerprint bureau. Ryan Howell, a regional forensic coordinator, said: “This new technology means that identification will now be achieved in min- utes and hours, rather than days or weeks. “It will allow us to ap- prehend suspects quickly, prevent possible further offending and ultimately lead to swifter justice for victims.” Praise for care home residents RESIDENTS at a New Mil- ton care home were among those praised for their response to a Rotary Club appeal for Christmas gifts for disadvantaged children in eastern Europe. Kingfishers was among 21 Colten Care properties which helped fill a total of 240 shoeboxes with presents including scarves and gloves knitted by residents. The packages will be sent out by Rotarians to parts of Albania, Montenegro, Mol- dova and Romania.

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Academy teachers ‘shell-shocked’ with international prize

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A WATERSIDE-based dance academy has seen off competi- tion from around the world to take a top accolade at the In- ternational Dance School of the Year Awards. Shine Studios, based at the New Forest Academy in Hol- bury, won a gold award in the 100-150 students category after judges were impressed by out- reach work to support disad- vantaged and terminally ill chil- dren in the local community. The dance school, run by Katie Day and Emma Wil- liams, operates the Shine Stu- dios Foundation Fund which gifts vouchers to sick children as well as funding tuition for youngsters when their parents have faced life-changing cir- cumstances. It was up against internation- al entries from the US, Austral- ia and Bahrain. Judges hailed the pair for the academy’s work to develop a purpose-built dance studio and the inclusion of male dancers in ballet classes. Katie said: “We were abso- lutely shell-shocked to win the gold award. A REMEMBRANCE silhouette of a nurse has been stolen from Sway village centre in an act described as “despicable”. The metal figure was erected by the parish council near the Jubilee Oak, which is adorned with poppies, on 25th Septem- ber but vanished last Wednes- day night. Parish clerk Katie Walding told the A&T: “It is on a stake which is hammered into the ground a good foot and a half, so to take the whole thing must have required some effort. “It is 6ft tall and quite heavy, so we assume someone took it away in a vehicle. “Why anyone would want to steal it we don’t know. It is very sad to do this, especially as it was a nurse and with everything the NHS has done this year it had special meaning.” She added: “We are very up- set about it. It really is despica- ble especially at this time.” Villagers have been looking for the silhouette of the nurse since it disappeared but no trace has been found. Ms Walding said: “Last year

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Shine Studios won gold in the 100-150 students category

“It was wonderful to be amongst so many incredible dance schools from across the world and it proves what a modest dance school can achieve whilst standing side by side with the local community. We work tirelessly.” Emma added: “We wish to thank our dancers, their fami- lies, staff and local schools for their support.

“In particular, thanks goes to our host school, New For- est Academy, for sharing our vision in regards to being a hub for community performing arts which has now been recognised at international lev- el.” Now in their eighth year, the Dance School of the Year Awards were founded by Anne Walker MBE to celebrate the

Television blaze in village shop FIREFIGHTERS responded to a blaze involving a television at a shop in Hythe village centre on Tuesday night. The alarm was raised around 8.40pm, with reports the appli- ance had caught light in a re- stroom at the High Street retail premises – understood to have been the Waitrose supermarket. Crews from the town, Beaulieu, Hardley and Redbridge con- tained the small fire within 20 minutes. achievements of dance schools, with the 2020 competition at- tracting a record number of en- tries. This year the usual red-car- pet award ceremony was re- placed by a virtual event which was livestreamed around the world. To find out more about Shine Studios visit www.shinestudios. co.uk

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vandals decapitated the nurse and a silhouette of a soldier, but we had them repaired. “When that happened, we found the heads nearby in bushes. But this time the nurse is nowhere to be seen. It really is frustrating. “We would really like her back; I can’t think of what use she is to anyone.” One villager called the theft “simply despicable”. Commenting on social me- dia they said: “People, like the nurse depicted, gave us the lives we can enjoy now. “I hope that the nurse is found and those who removed her dealt with appropriately.” As reported in the A&T, the figures have been targets of vandalism before. In July last year a sailor sil- houette in Christchurch had its head taken off. The following month, a sol- dier figure suffered the same fate in Fawley. Those with information about the Sway silhouette should contact the parish coun- cil by ringing 01590 718116 or by emailing clerk@sway-pc.gov.uk

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Shoplifter who targeted four stores jailed for 30 weeks

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as £300 of cosmetics and toiletries from Highcliffe Phar- macy. Birks also pleaded guilty to stealing goods valued at £70 from Co-op in Totton and £44 of meat products from the chain’s Lyndhurst branch.

The defendant also admit- ted breaching a 12-month con- ditional discharge for threat- ening behaviour and resisting arrest. In addition to the prison term, the Southampton Bench told Birks to pay £156 court costs.

A SHOPLIFTER who stole hundreds of pounds of goods from a string of stores this year was jailed for 30 weeks. Danny Birks (27), of Shell Court, Marchwood, ad- mitted taking £446 of grocer- ies from Asda in Totton as well

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