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You can forget about the English Riviera reputation, the award winning beaches and the stunning New Forest National Park, because according to this year's Rough Guide to England, Bournemouth is little more than "the nucleus of a vast monotonous conurbation from Lymington to Poole".
IN today's fast-paced world it sometimes feels Good Samaritans are a phenomenon of yesteryear - but in the case of stranded pensioner Janet Bright, this couldn't be further from the truth.