A FLAG for Dorset could soon be flying above buildings, along with publicly available stickers and badges. The town criers of Dorset, including Wimborne crier Chris Brown and Wareham crier Jacquie Hall, recently backed the idea of Dorset having its own
A WOMAN has hit out at Honda after she suffered a broken ankle when her parked car suddenly rolled out of her driveway and across the road. Shaken Donna Shelton said she would almost certainly have been more seriously injured had her partner Vincent
AROUND the world, tens of thousands of people are rioting because unaffordable food prices are leaving them starving. Yet in the UK our throwaway society discards over six million tonnes of household food waste every year. Why? In Haiti this week, protesters
THE Bank of England's interest rate cut to 5 per cent may boost Dorset's economy ahead of the tourist season, but the benefits may not be passed on to people paying mortgages. The quarter of a per cent announced yesterday came as the credit crunch starts
SPYDER'S name is very unusual, especially so when you consider his surname is Webb. His was one of the most intriguing names in this year's Daily Echo Cute Kids competition. Spyder is one of the entries in this year's 19-35 month old category. Mum Lisa
BRANKSOME residents have claimed they were left in the dark over Poole Town's £1 million plans to redevelop their recreation ground. The club last week revealed ambitious proposals to refurbish the current pavilion, build a new ground for their home
During a journey over the weekend I experienced something that, as summer edges ever closer, becomes a normal part of travelling around Dorset; the traffic jam. After the normal chain of thoughts - has there been an accident? Hope nobody's been hurt,
FAMILIES have been thrown into turmoil and staff have lost their jobs after a Poole pre-school announced it was closing with just four days' notice. Tidy Magpies Pre School, next to Ad Adstra First School in Canford Heath, made the shock announcement
THE father of a young sportsman killed in a tragic car accident has paid tribute to the hundreds of runners who took part in a fun run in his son's memory. Tony Bernard and his wife Sue were overwhelmed as nearly 400 runners turned out for the run along
PIRATES star Karol Zabik will miss their Elite League clash at Lakeside tomorrow (8pm). The young Pole fell heavily at Wimborne Road on Wednesday during Poole Castle Cover's 54-38 home win over Hammers. Zabik sustained a wrist injury which has sidelined
PIRATES star Karol Zabik will miss their Elite League clash at Lakeside tomorrow (8pm). The young Pole fell heavily at Wimborne Road on Wednesday during Poole Castle Cover's 54-38 home win over Hammers. Zabik sustained a wrist injury which has sidelined
TRAVELLERS broke down a gate to get on to a Bournemouth local nature reserve on Thursday afternoon. Around 15 caravans arrived on Turbary Park just before 4pm, and the council on Thursday went to the magistrates court to get an order to move them on
PATIENTS at Poole Hospital are being recruited for a major new drug trial aimed at improving the treatment of people with rheumatoid arthritis. The disease, in which the immune system attacks the tissue that lines and protects the patient's own joints
A VILLAGE club has avoided the axe after members opted to fight for its future. More than 100 members of the Lytchett Matravers Royal British Legion packed a meeting to thrash out a rescue plan. The club, home to the Legion's Lytchett Matravers and
A POOLE motor finance entrepreneur has been first to cross the finishing line and win a prestigious local business award. Shaun Armstrong of Credit Plus convinced judges of e-Den.2 that his successful comparison website for car buyers had the greatest
CHERRIES' owners-in-waiting have today been revealed as EU UK Ltd. Two of the company's directors, Ian Mathison and John Frost, spoke publicly for the first time about their vision for the troubled League One club in a press conference this afternoon
EU UK Ltd is the company behind the bid and the four directors of that company - Ian Mathison, John Frost and two as yet un-named others - are the men behind the bid. Frost reveals he has been an interested follower of events via the Daily Echo website
A NEW teaching block at Burgate School in Fordingbridge will remain shut for the foreseeable future as governors struggle to find a way out of a £148,000 funding shortfall. Pupils at the school will return after the half-term holiday to find a changed
MIGHTY oaks have been spared the future axe after a government planning inspector dismissed an appeal to build a bungalow bordering the jealously-guarded Grove Copse in Christchurch. While the inspector who visited the River Way site last month accepted
THE Bank of England has cut interest rates to 5% in an effort to steady the British economy. The cut, which was announced at noon today, had been widely predicted by financial experts in the wake of the credit crunch crisis. See this site and the
HISTORIC images of Lawrence of Arabia, discovered by chance, will be auctioned for upwards of £3,000 on Friday. The original negatives of the photographs, including four portraits of the World War One hero in India in the 1920s, go under the hammer at
WOLF whistles filled the air for the arrival on the beach of EastEnders heart-throb Robert Kazinsky. The 24-year-old actor, who plays Sean Slater in EastEnders, took part in filming at the water's edge on the third day of the shoot in Weymouth.
OWNER-in-waiting Marc Jackson has given Kevin Bond a vote of confidence as the Cherries boss bids to mastermind the next stage of the Great Escape. Jackson's consortium emerged as the successful preferred bidder for the club after beating off competition
KAROL Zabik will have X-rays on his swollen left wrist today after crashing out of Pirates' convincing 54-38 home league victory over Lakeside last night. The young Pole fell heavily on his own after failing to negotiate the first bend when on a comfortable
LOYAL servant Neil Young has admitted he will miss the club "enormously" after announcing his decision to leave Dean Court at the end of the season to start a new life on the other side of the world. The popular defender, 34, is due to emigrate with
CALAMITY'S method of using a gunshot to silence people - and, unfortunately, the over-amplified bass on the keyboard - ensures that no-one sleeps through this well-staged show, which is a pretty lively affair proving that this 40-year-old society still
A TIDE of litter is ruining Britain's beaches and putting marine life at risk, a shocking survey has revealed. The study, which included nine Dorset beaches, claims plastic litter is largely to blame for the crisis with drinks bottles, carrier bags and
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Lighthouse, Poole Attention seized with a soapbox gesture of cascading double-octaves, Yevgeny Sudbin conferred his liquid pianism on Rachmaninov's Piano Concerto No 1 with complete authority. A characterful, fiercely
AN INNOCENT family were spied on for more than two weeks by Poole council - revealing the disturbing extent of its powers to watch residents. A couple and their three young children were followed, watched at home, and had their movements scrutinised
NEWLY-signed Pirates asset Freddie Eriksson revealed he would like to ride for the club for "as long as possible" after celebrating an extended contract with a polished performance last night. Earlier in the day, the Swede had put pen to paper on a new
