THE Bournemouth International Centre has switched off its heating and hot water system for the first time in its 25- year history, in anticipation of the predicted scorching summer. They were able to do this after extensive work was carried
WHO needs football pundits when you’ve got a giant octopus? As fans across the country debate who will win today’s FA Cup final, Houdini the octopus has already made his prediction – and it’s good news for Everton. Two threads
I’M putting out a plea, as follows: this is designed for all your readers to hopefully avoid the following this summer and in all future summers. Yes, we are at that time of the year again, or coming very close to it! If you have a garden pond, please
Even after the many open and sometimes frank discussions over a long period between Poole Town FC and the anti-Branksome Rec improvements brigade – where the intentions of the plans have been clearly outlined and explained in detail – we still hear false
BRITISH Film Academy Award-winning actress, comedienne and British institution Dora Bryan OBE, is being honoured with a star-studded tribute show. The 85 year-old is perhaps best known as the character Roz in the long-running BBC comedy Last
THE Daily Echo’s revelations about Adam Osman – the council consultant with a criminal record for corruption – have led to an investigation being launched by his previous employer. His work for the City of York Council was the principal reason
As reported in Thursday’s Echo I am recommending to my cabinet colleagues that the decision to allow Poole Town Football Club to build a stadium on Branksome Rec be deferred to Council. This follows a massive reaction from both the opponents and proponents
THE present expenses controversy in Parliament is probably the best thing that could have happened. It has forced the MPs to realise they are there to serve us, the people, and not themselves, and if it brings a few more independents who will vote with
With regard to the item in the Echo of Thursday May 26 about Sir John Butterfill’s expenses – playing the two homes system to avoid capital gains tax – it is astounding. And now, having read the online item in the MPs’ Expenses section of your
IT has been another appalling week for MPs, Parliament and the political system in general. So, not a bad time for the Daily Echo to launch the first of our live blogs with some of those who represent us. Yesterday, Conservative Tobias
A CAR was towed out of Poole Park on Friday night after ending nose first in the water. The black VW Golf car rolled forward into the water at around 5.45pm near the Central Park Café, and was fished out by a recovery vehicle at just before 7pm. Police
Mark Little: Defending the Caveman, Tivoli Theatre, Wimobrne With such a likeable man at the helm of this one-man show – Joe Mangel from Neighbours for anyone unfamiliar with the name – this was always going to be an enjoyable evening’s entertainment
HANS Andersen admits he still has his eyes on the main prize despite his spluttering start to the Grand Prix campaign. Pirates’ new boy has only picked up 12 points from the opening two rounds and is already a mighty 24 behind frontrunner Jason Crump
APOLOGETIC Australian Chris Holder has said sorry to Pirates fans after breaking his collarbone while motocross riding. In-form Holder expects to be on the sidelines for about two-and-a-half weeks following the accident which occurred on Thursday
AN assurance has been given that there will be no repeat of last year’s road chaos as a major transport study seeks more information from the public. Motorists’ tempers boiled over in September as a day-long traffic census caused a six-mile tailback
There will be a Churches Together in Dorset celebration of Pentecost at 3.30pm in Wimborne Minster tomorrow. The preacher will be the General Secretary of Churches Together in England, the Rev David Cornick and the service will be followed by a picnic
CONTENTIOUS plans for the long-term future of the New Forest National Park have been postponed because of the weight of public comment. The announcement came the day Sue Baillie of campaign group One Voice addressed the National Park Authority at Efford
A CAMPAIGN has been launched in a bid to stop the deportation of a Dorset mother who is serving a prison sentence for a drugs offence. Former hospital auxiliary nurse Cheryl Laws, 28, was jailed for five years at Bournemouth Crown Court for her part
DORSET Police has been targeting unscrupulous workmen and bogus callers in a national day of action. The aim of operation Rogue Trader was to target doorstep callers who offer over-priced, low quality work, usually to vulnerable or elderly members of
DORSET rider Josh Brookes admits the next round of ViSK British Superbike action can’t come soon enough after his controversial collision with Sylvain Guintoli at Donington Park last Monday. The 26-year-old Aussie collided with the Frenchman at the Melbourne
ANGLERS continue to be rewarded with quality fish from both boat and shore locations with Steve Collins from Poole recording an end of season cod during a recent sortie on Silverspray, skippered by Andy Cummings. The hefty cod tipped, which
SPECIMAN hunter Phil Scriven thanked his long-suffering wife Hayley after banking Todber Manor’s colossal catfish. Scriven, 34, from Corfe Mullen, snared the Paddock lake ‘Big ‘Un’ at 77llb 8 on a pellet – his first ever catfish from a life laden with
STAR player Danny Hollands could leave Dean Court on a free transfer next month after reluctantly handing Cherries a 14-day notice to pay his outstanding wages. Hollands yesterday confirmed his decision, which means he would be forced to walk
A WOMAN has been reunited with her son 27 years after he was abducted – by finding him on Facebook. The family of Gavin Paros had spent years trying to trace him without success after he was taken to Hungary by his father at the age of three
IT was Question Time with a twist yesterday when Daily Echo readers gave three of Dorset’s MPs a grilling over the expenses scandal that has stunned the country. After another week of shocking headlines and revelations, MPs Jim Knight, Tobias
A LUXURY private fitness club is about to be snapped up by Bournemouth council as part of a £6.9 million leisure project. The surprise decision to purchase Roko in Kinson was approved by cabinet members behind closed doors this week – to the
FIVE men have been arrested in connection with an attack in a Bournemouth street which left the victim with serious internal and head injuries. The teenagers, all from the Bournemouth area, were taken into custody on Thursday or early yesterday morning
Parents in Bournemouth will get the inside track on how to get their child – and them – through the teenage years. Family Expert Rob Parsons, from Christian charity Care for the Family, will be at The Bishop of Winchester School, Mallard Road, Bournemouth
Almost 2,000 years ago a group of people at the edge of society were overtaken by a new energy and purpose. The Spirit that transformed them revealed itself in many languages and to many people of different nationalities. It rejoiced in diversity
The appointment at Queen’s Cross Church in Aberdeen of the Church of Scotland’s first gay minister has re-ignited the debate about gay rights verses religious views. The Metropolitan Community Church in Bournemouth (MCC) is an ecumenical Christian church
