CENTRAL midfielder Chris Knowles insists he is keen to commit his future to Bashley – and is already eyeing another play-off push. The news will come as a timely boost to Bash, who saw star player Dave Allen quit the Recreation Ground last week to complete
THE inaugural Seahorse Challenge Race, due to take place off Studland on June 27, has attracted the maximum entry of 100 swimmers plus reserves within a month of being advertised – despite being on the same day as the British Heart Foundation’s Bournemouth
CHRISTY Cole and Dan Speers were both triple winners at the Dorset Secondary Schools Championships at Littledown, which attracted entries from a record 36 schools across the county. Cole, a pupil at St Michael’s Middle School in Colehill, won the junior
CHRISTCHURCH and New Milton Seagulls have wrapped up their first Dorset water polo league title of the season with a match to spare – and are still on course for a hat-trick of silverware. The club’s juniors cruised to a 14-2 trouncing of an under-strength
TRIBUTES have flooded in for an “inspirational” school teacher who died on Sunday. Nick Quick was a popular science tutor at Lytchett Minster School for a decade. The popular head of house was known for his musical talent and is said
A SELECTION of paintings by an artist killed when he was swept out to sea from a Purbeck beauty spot are set to go under the hammer. The coastline that ultimately led to Arthur Clarke’s untimely death, in 1943, was also the subject of his art. Ten water
THE freedom of Wimborne has been granted to an Army regiment in honour of its sacrifices in Afghanistan. The town stood still as the Mayor, Cllr John Burden, used the annual civic thanksgiving service in Wimborne Minster to pay respects to
FA CUP finalists Portsmouth will visit Dean Court to take on Eddie Howe's promotion-winners in a friendly. Cherries will host Pompey, who face Premier League champions Chelsea at Wembley on Saturday, as part of their pre-season schedule. The Hampshire
BOYZ II Men were the original boy band. An American R&B institution, they were the first to wear the all white suits and the first to jump up from the stool as another love song powered to a climax. Without Boyz II Men, there could well have
HE'S been an MP for less than a week, but the new Conservative member for South Dorset is already voicing doubts about David Cameron's coalition government with the Liberal Democrats. Richard Drax, who unseated former Labour minister Jim Knight
DAVID Cameron and his deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg have held their first press conference in the garden of Downing Street. Looking extremely comfortable and joking with each other like old friends, Mr Clegg and Mr Cameron outlined their
A golden glow surrounded one Bournemouth hotel on Saturday despite the grey skies that hovered above the town. For among the visitors to the Village Hotel on Deansleigh Road was double Olympic gold medallist Dame Kelly Holmes. Dame Kelly
A CHRISTCHURCH schoolboy will spend his 13th birthday on Friday recovering from injuries suffered in a fall at school which led to him being airlifted to hospital in Dorchester. Josh Smith will have to undergo tests after the bruising has subsided
A SUMMER fashion evening is held in Ringwood on Thursday May 13 in aid of Wave 105’s charity Cash for Kids. The event, at the Furlong Centre from 6-8pm, will see models showcasing fashions and jewellery from Jaeger, Hobbs, Phase Eight, Kew, Fat Face,
AUDIENCES have certainly embraced the Hairy Bikers’ brand of cookery programme, but what makes David Myers and Simon King so popular? The northern lads attribute their success to being true to themselves. “We’ve been very lucky in our careers
A PLANE heading for Gatwick has crash landed in Libya killing almost everyone on board. British citizens are thought to have been on the flight from Johannesburg when it exploded upon crash landing at Tripoli airport in Libya. The Foreign Office
THE NEXT time you’re at a railway station waiting for that elusive train, spare a thought for the Wimborne grandmother who waited 66 years for her steam engine to arrive. Audrey Newman, who joined her son in the cab of a steam train at Swanage
HIGHLY acclaimed Brit-blues three-piece the Martin Harley Band return to Mr Kyps on Sunday as part of UK tour in support of new album, Drumrolls For Somersaults. In keeping with the band’s idiosyncratic British Americana sound, the album melds swinging
EVER spent the weeks after a holiday hankering after the delicious food you ate at your hotel by the sea? Well, Virgin Hotels chefs have put together a recipe collection called The Hotel Supper Club to help you bring the taste of your holiday home
THE final list of runners and riders for the Daily Echo-backed Magna Mazda British Pedal Car Grand Prix has been announced. Some 54 entrants have signed up for the pedal powered spectacle on Ringwood’s town centre streets on Sunday July 11.
A WORRIED resident is calling for urgent action to slow traffic on a Poole road where a motorcyclist was killed on Sunday. Richard Rowe said there had been three incidents in six months of the same “small, winding stretch” of Merley Park Road
A MOTORIST says he is facing a 500-mile round trip back to Dorset after he was caught speeding on holiday in the county. IT security analyst Mark Wilson, from Northwich, Cheshire, triggered a camera at 36mph in what he thought was a 40mph zone
David Cameron entered No 10 last night as the first Conservative Prime Minister in 13 years. The Tory leader said he intended to form a “proper and full” coalition government with the Liberal Democrats. Arriving in Downing Street with
I was dismayed to find that speed humps are being installed on Boscombe Overcliff Drive and Beechwood Wentworth Avenue. I challenge whoever is in charge of the speed humps on Bournemouth council to tell us the cost of this work (at five weeks, it can
It is disgraceful that Cllr Stribley should seek to use the Pitt report as justification for saying that all is well with Poole’s planning (Have Your Say, May 7). When Sir Michael states this he is referring specifically to some unsubstantiated rumours
GENERAL health issues are easily spotted by a high street optician during a 30-minute eye examination. A check-up every two years can make a massive difference. Here are some of the illnesses that can be spotted. Hypertension, otherwise
HOLLYWOOD actress Jane Seymour and face of CC is modelling an exclusive new T-shirt to help raise funds for Marie Curie. For every T-shirt bought (£30) CC will donate £10 to the charity which provides free care to patients with terminal cancer and other
TALL and big boned, dressed casually in an ordinary white T-shirt, trainers and straight jeans, Jodie Kidd looks the picture of health. She’s the waifish model, who found fame at 15, whose willowy frame was held responsible by some for inducing teenage
PARENTS vehemently opposed to a controversial Purbeck education shake-up are set to descend on County Hall. Dorset County Council members will discuss the results of the latest round of consultation on the Purbeck Schools Review on Monday. The county
We all know that it is a difficult financial time for families and businesses at the moment, but please also spare a thought for charities. This Saturday, 10am-4pm, at Redhill Common, Bournemouth many charities, organisations and Scout groups will be
I was in Bournemouth town centre the other day and was shocked to see a girl aged about 12-13 wearing clingy trousers with the word “JUICY” printed in big letters on the seat of the trousers. What kind of mother would allow their child to wear
I wrote to your paper the last time BA staff announced strike action over work conditions, at which point one of your readers retorted, saying I had no idea about the conditions cabin crew work under. I have since done some research and I understand
I am sure that Poole Borough Council has a legal obligation to ensure that access to polling stations by disabled people, using either a scooter or a wheelchair, is of a high standard. They failed to do this with the temporary building placed at the
In another lifetime, I was the strategic financial planner for the Leicestershire Area Health Authority. I left because of the organisational structure with the region above us and three district health authorities beneath us. These five bodies
I write to draw readers’ attention to Greyhound Awareness Week, May 22-30. Many of the public are not aware of the cruelties of the greyhound industry and I myself have attended the greyhound track as part of a Christmas celebration works outing.
IT was up, up and away as Slimming World consultants boarded the Bournemouth Balloon to celebrate their role in helping the local population become a record-breaking 1,461 stone lighter! The group launched its Let’s Beat It Together campaign in February
THERE are many products to help hayfever sufferers, but those allergic to dust mites and cat and dog dander can suffer all year round. Research shows carpets, upholstery, curtains and mattresses harbour dirt, dust and allergens. About 70 per cent of
MEMBERS of a sickening paedophile ring who targeted vulnerable young boys in Bournemouth for more than 10 years are facing decades behind bars. A complicated two-month trial saw four men convicted of more than 70 sexual offences and a judge
THEY say life begins at 40 and for one Verwood woman that could not be more true. Just a few days after reaching the milestone age, teacher Catherine Pennington’s life was saved by a lorry driver who saw her collapse by the side of the M27. Asthmatic
When snow fell across Britain earlier this year it brought travel chaos to millions, but for one man the legacy of our white winter lives on. As the country ground to a halt most of us cussed under our breaths, but Paul Chambers vented his frustration
A BOURNEMOUTH man has been charged with the murder of a teaching assistant in Southbourne last week. 37-year-old Alan Thomas Pickersgill was formally charged with the rape and murder of 32-year-old Julie Bywater, who was discovered at the house
Racing is due to start at 10.00am here in Hard, Austria for the 2010 Women’s Match Racing European Championships and Ally, Annie and I are just having a cup of coffee and preparing to go out on the water. As was the case last year, the Europeans this
AARON Harris and Andrew Elkins each threw more than 60 metres – but Nicholas Hunt’s five gold medals stole the show at the Dorset Track and Field Championships. The remarkable Bournemouth AC under-15 twice missed out on a championship best performance
PIRATES legend Ken Middleditch has likened Bjarne Pedersen’s “immaculate professionalism” to six-time world champion Tony Rickardsson’s approach to racing. Poole’s star from the 1950s and early-60s also praised the Dane’s “attitude and loyalty” as he
CHAIRMAN Eddie Mitchell could hand boss Eddie Howe an additional transfer war chest if Cherries were to break through the 3,000 season ticket barrier. Mitchell is urging the club’s supporters to buy now rather than later in an attempt to give Howe every
AN exam question asked: If Mr X is driving at 40ft per second on a road with a 30mph limit, would he be speeding? And one pupil responded by writing: “He could find out by checking his speedometer.” People have quoted that answer as
BRITAIN is waking up to a new coalition government under David Cameron. IN an emotional speech outside No 10 last night, Gordon Brown resigned as Prime Minister, saying he would tell the Queen to invite David Cameron to form a government.
