PAUL Merton, Clement Freud, Tim Rice and Ross Noble will be guests when BBC Radio 4's Just A Minute panel game is recorded at the Bournemouth Pavilion Theatre on Friday. Famous for its rules of no-hesitation, repetition or deviation, Just A Minute was
IT'S been a little warm for the past few days. Absolutely sweltering in fact. The kind of weather that causes pre-programmed tabloid hacks to involuntarily tap out the hallowed words "Phew what a scorcher!" Indeed, if the mercury keeps rising it's only
OPPONENTS of a controversial waste treatment plant planned for a corner of the airport industrial estate at Hurn are trying to fan the flames of public protest to stop the complex being built. After a public inquiry exorcised the spectre of a mechanical
TWO Purbeck sailors have raced their way into the record books as the first crew ever to circumnavigate Britain in a catamaran. Mark Angell, 19, and Luke Yeates, 21, both from Swanage, left Poole Harbour on June 3 heading anticlockwise round the British
RESIDENTS who unsuccess-fully fought plans for a bungalow at the bottom of their gardens fear they will soon be surrounded. Residents of Victoria Gardens, Ferndown, attended a planning appeal last week to object to plans for a second bungalow in a back
ANTI-social louts could find themselves banned from New Milton recreation ground if police can gather enough damning evidence to make it a "designated area". That means officers will be able to move on anyone causing trouble and ban them from the recreation
PHEW, what a scorcher! As the nation basks in the heatwave with temperatures sizzling around the 32 degree mark unusual measures are being taken to keep cool. At Wimbledon, where tennis fans are more used to rain than sunshine stopping play, officials
POOLE entrepreneur Mark Brooks is celebrating after seeing the software company he co-founded in 1991 sold for £11.9m. Voice Integrated Products (VIP) started life in a back bedroom 15 years ago but has grown to become one of the UK's top providers of
SKIPPER Phil Park rescued Cranborne from a perilous position by fearlessly smashing two sixes to earn his side the tightest of one-wicket wins at Kingston Lacy. Park's charges were staring at their first defeat of the season as Lacy reduced them to 199
ON A day The Met Office issued a heatwave warning across the country, 250 hardy souls took to the Isle of Portland to compete in its popular annual 10-mile road race. Wells City Harrier Carl Morris led the merry dance from start to finish and clocked
AFTER being title contenders last summer Ringwood have been involved at the wrong end of the Section One table this year but the Foresters took a step towards calmer waters by thumping fellow strugglers Wimborne. Brian Tester, Dave Vincent, Mike Vogt
INJURED Dorset pace bowler Dan Belt has been told he is still in the running to line up at Lord's in the MCCA Trophy final against Northumberland in August. Already chosen to play in the semi-final, the teenager pulled out of Dorset's clash against Staffordshire
PIRATES star Krzysztof Kasprzak has received another setback in his bid to return to full fitness. The Pole, who has been sidelined with a broken collarbone since May 10, had hoped to be back for Poole RIAS at Coventry on Monday. But doctors have now
JAMES Coutts has identified the new campaign as a "big season" as he bids to establish himself at Dean Court. The 19-year-old made a total of 13 appearances for Cherries last term, but just two starts as his progress was hampered by some niggling injuries
TWO homeless men desperate for a safe place to lay their heads have been evicted from a bush! Barry Hatwell and Steven Ralph were so sick of being attacked as they slept in shop doorways that they came up with a novel alternative. With just five pallets
A MOTHER who stopped off to deliver groceries to her sick daughter was shocked to receive an £85 parking ticket from a private security firm. Bournemouth hotelier Julie Whitton did the supermarket run as a favour for her 24-year-old daughter Kerry, who
AS jockey Lucy Bridges lay paralysed and in a coma after a devastating accident, the sense of her late mother's presence brought her comfort. Doctors feared the rising equestrian star might not pull through, but she was spurred on by the memory of three
A WELL-KNOWN Bournemouth hotel is about to feature in a TV makeover show that will depict the mother and daughter team running it as a family at war. But is The Hotel Inspector hype or reality TV? In this Saturday's Magazine, free with the Daily Echo
A BROTHEL keeper jailed for eight months has contacted the Daily Echo from her prison cell to complain about the way she has been treated. Vanessa Coleman has lost her home and her assets and her disabled daughter has been made homeless since she was
CHARLES GRAY, the distinguished actor who played the evil villain with the white cat Ernst Blofeld in the Bond thriller Diamonds are Forever, is to be considered for blue plaque recognition in Bournemouth. As part of the proposal, Bournemouth council
A MOTHER and daughter are to be recommended for an award after saving the life of an elderly swimmer dragged from the sea after getting into difficulties off a Dorset beach. Former hospital worker Lynne Emm, of New Milton, gave 78-year-old John Kent
A TEACHER suffering from diabetes has lost her four-year legal battle against a Bournemouth primary school where she once worked. Valerie Barnes made a claim to London County Court against the school and Bournemouth LEA for damages, personal injuries
THE aunt of a Filipino boy who needs urgent surgery in the UK for cancerous neck tumours has set up a trust fund to try to pay for his treatment. Rosalia Soulsby, from Parkstone, is busy trying to obtain a visa for her 15-year-old nephew Ariel Aboga,
A BAYONET, a cutlass and a samurai sword were among almost 1,500 blades handed into Dorset Police during a month-long national knife amnesty. The initiative, which ran from May 24 until June 30, urged members of the public not to carry knives and saw
