JASON Blake has quit his post as Cherries’ development centre manager, with news of his departure coming just weeks after a reshuffle in the Dean Court youth ranks. Blake, who had worked under Eddie Howe during his time in the youth department, was recently
DANGEROUS and careless drivers blighting the roads of Dorset had a rude awakening when a major road safety operation swung into action yesterday. A total of 108 tickets was handed out to motorists. Of these, around 60 per cent were for
NEW Yorker Suzanne is one of those artists whose songs you know better than you think you do. It's also pretty uncool to admit liking this talented songstress – ridiculous really, considering her undeniable musical prowess. After pleasing
BRINGING the community together, challenging attitudes to food and re-creating history – the National Trust is thinking big. Kingston Lacy, near Wimborne, is applying for a £110,000 National Lottery Local Food Grant to build 118 allotments,
AN American is trying to find information about a Wimborne soldier killed in a tragic incident during the Second World War. Jo Shipley, from Louisville, Kentucky, is researching an air raid on a train carrying prisoners of war, including her uncle.
Over 2,500 people enjoyed Skate Fest at Ferndown's King George V Playing Fields and the upper school. The mayor Cllr Jean Read, handed out awards to youngsters who competed in skating and BMX challenges. Using West Dorset Mobile Skate Park, the event
CHRISTCHURCH and New Milton Seagulls ended their water polo season on another high as their under-16 side won the Red Cross Invitational Tournament at Basingstoke. A 3-2 victory in a thrilling final turned the tables on London League champions Croydon
A retired teacher from Wimborne was one of four people picked to take a visit to Mozambique. Alison Preston, a Save the Children volunteer of 12 years, spent the 10-day trip looking at how the charity tries to reduce infant mortality rates, prevent
RESIDENTS have objected to plans from developer Dave Wells for affordable homes in their area. Outline planning permission has already been granted for the 12 flats in Norwich Avenue West, Bournemouth, but Mr Wells needs permission for details
BOURNEMOUTH Dolphins’ newest recruit is set to make his international debut this week barely a month after joining the club – and he is already setting his sights on London 2012. Sixteen-year-old Adrian Todd, who lives at Branksome Park, will represent
WIMBORNE Town have landed a potentially-lucrative friendly against Yeovil Town. The League One outfit will visit Cuthbury on Friday, July 23 (7.45pm). Magpies were promoted to the Southern League for the first time in their history last term, while
Celebrations have been held to mark the 25th anniversary of Dorset Multiple Sclerosis Therapy Centre. It was opened in 1985 after several years of fundraising and now has a decompression chamber, pictured, offering high dosage oxygen therapy, which
TWO men have been arrested following the raid on a Bournemouth post office on Monday morning. Yesterday police said a 21-year-old man and a 16-year-old male had been taken into custody. The 16-year-old was released on bail while officers
TEMPERS boiled over near Poole hospital during a violent road rage clash involving a driver and a motorcyclist. Police say the motorcyclist jumped off his machine, marched over to the driver of a convertible car and repeatedly punched him in
Ryanair is expected to make a decision today over its winter operations from Bournemouth Airport. After a staff meeting last week, bosses from the low-cost airline are expected to announce the number of flights that will be running as part
ANGRY Wareham residents are once again battling to save a former nursery site from redevelopment. Last summer, Purbeck District Council’s planning board refused an application to tear down the former Forest Pre-School building at Tantinoby Lane, Northmoor
There’s nothing quite like a long drink outdoors on a balmy summer’s evening, so sit back, relax and enjoy this refreshing cocktail. Dubbed the Grand Esprit, the beverage comes courtesy of liqueur purveyors Grand Marnier. Based on retail sales, Grand
IT’S an incident that could have come from a silent comedy film. Two men stood up from a council bench to find their jeans had been ruined by wet paint. They were strangers both waiting for their partners outside River Island in Bournemouth town centre
A NEW Digital Mammography Unit that will help detect breast cancers in women is now in use at the Royal Bournemouth Hospital. The equipment, worth over £295,000, was funded collaboratively by the Foundation Trust, the Jigsaw Appeal and by the dedicated
FROM the end of July, patients scheduled for an operation at the Royal Bournemouth Hospital will benefit from a brand new, fully refurbished Pre-admission Assessment Unit. The unit is purpose built and has been designed to improve the patient experience
WHEN the crowds head for Bournemouth Air Festival next month, it will be a rare chance to get up close and personal with the RAF. It’s not often that the public gets the chance to see a full size replica of a Typhoon cockpit or walk around
Apple, Orange & Raspberry Nutty Crumble For the filling: 225g cooking apples, peeled, cored and sliced 2 oranges, peeled and de-pithed 225g raspberries 25g castor sugar For the topping: 100g ground
Do you know your own mobile phone number? How about your home landline number? Could you call your parents or a loved one in an emergency without having to scroll through to their name in your mobile? If not, you are not alone. Apparently
FOOD tourism is big business these days. The waiting list for the newly named best restaurant in the world (Noma, in Denmark) now stretches well into 2012. But sometimes it’s easy to forget there’s world-class cuisine right on our doorstep.
ARMED officers arrested a man from Christchurch on suspicion of illegal money lending and drug offences in a morning raid yesterday. Members of the government’s Illegal Money Lending Team (IMLT) assisted by Dorset Police arrived at the property
A DISABLED woman and her partner have received an apology after being told to get off a bus by the driver who refused to accept a £20 note. Tina Mills, 21, who suffers from sciatica and learning difficulties, and Chris Addoo, 33, boarded the
Mark Diacono, head gardener at River Cottage HQ, says ‘don’t waste space on potatoes and onions that you can buy easily and cheaply. Grow stuff you can't buy, that will add a buzz to your cooking’. (Read the article in last Saturdays Independent
A BOURNEMOUTH cabinet member suspended over allegations about his conduct will resign from his post tomorrow, the Daily Echo can reveal. Cllr Douglas Spencer has informed the proposed new leader of the council, Cllr Peter Charon, and deputy
THEY’VE done it! Staff at the Lewis Manning Hospice in Poole are confident they have set a new world record for sandcastle building. Some 100 volunteers, supporters, and residents joined forces for an attempt on the Guinness World Record for the number
UNBEARABLE family tension and mounting debts may have driven Susan Toop to kill her parents, a court heard yesterday. Winchester Crown Court heard Toop and “overbearing” mother Joan, 74, had a “volatile” relationship, regularly resulting in
WHY not take this opportunity to disband the council cabinet? The council functioned perfectly well before this empire was formed. Now is the time to cut these posts and use the salaries for things that matter to the community. R LUMB, Cheddington
THE £3 million bill for Boscombe’s controversial surf reef may rise even further if civic chiefs want the tourist attraction to become the surfing magnet they had envisaged, experts warned last night. And work to rectify Europe’s first artificial
IT’S TRUE. I can recite the names of all the pupils who were in my class when I was 11. Forty-six years ago. And, what’s more, I can do it in seven seconds. I’ve tried hard to forget that damned register over the decades but Levy, Lyons, Malin, Martin
I was a passenger on flight TOM216 from Sharm El Sheikh to Bournemouth (Three days of hell for holiday-makers, Daily Echo, July 7). Not everybody had the same opinions as the people in your article. Nobody would suggest that a pilot take 200 people
Last week I was visited by two representatives of a major energy company, who wished to persuade me to switch my contract to their company. In order to prove that it would benefit me financially to change, they asked to see my energy bills for the past
A new toilet block near Wilkinson’s in Winton? (Have Your Say, July 12) – not a cat in hell’s chance. There is already a toilet block almost opposite Wilkinson’s which only needed minor renovation, but more importantly needed cleaning properly when
TWO youngsters from Bournemouth’s Swish of the Curtain Theatre School have been recruited to play the Shrunken Grannies in the Birmingham Stage Company’s adaptation of Roald Dahl’s George’s Marvellous Medicine, which opens a five-day run at Lighthouse
Sunday marked the climax of the Fifa World Cup. For a month all eyes have been focused on South Africa yet 5,000km north, in Niger, children are dying. Niger is experiencing the effects of the worst food shortage in five years with over half the population
The Holes Bay speed on green camera has made the national papers where it was dubbed Britain’s most lucrative camera. The Dorset Safety Camera Partnership claims that it is there because of public concern. I understood that these cameras had to be
So Westbourne Methodist Church is to become a Tesco Express! I think this is a somewhat significant development in this day and age – for is not the religion of today materialism, shopping and food? The bells of the church tower are replaced by the
I was disappointed to read the Daily Echo’s coverage of the Audit Commission’s inspection of Poole’s benefits service (‘Council overpaid benefits by £1.5m’, June 24). The published article presented only a partial account of the inspector’s
A MASSIVE £29 million is to be slashed from Poole council’s budgets – spelling job losses, cuts to services and rising charges to the public. The cut over the next three years equates to almost one-third of the council’s current net budget
Georgie Foord, the latest finalist in our I'm a columnist... competition writes: I’ve got a friend who collects handbags. She even has a special display stand for them. My niece can’t pass a shoe shop without at the very least gazing
A REFUSAL to spend £250,000 training middle managers at Bournemouth council could lead to the loss of services and jobs, a report claims. A council report states that there is currently a “skills gap” in middle management, that urgently needs
MURDERED mayors, swarthy smugglers, long-dead pirates, and ghostly goings on. The history of Old Town Poole and the Quay will once again be brought to life by storyteller Michele O’Brien – now in her 13th year giving Granny Cousins’ Ghost Walks around
MARK Molesley has received a welcome boost in his fight for full fitness after being given the green light to step up his rehabilitation. The injury-hit Cherries midfielder finally had a change of luck when he was given good news on his long-standing
CHRIS Holder believes he was only able to line up at Cardiff thanks to one of Bridget Middleditch’s old wives’ remedies. Poole’s spearhead suffered muscle damage, heavy bruising and a nasty build up of blood under the discoloured skin in his
BOURNEMOUTH high jumper Nicholas Hunt enjoyed a dream debut at the Aviva English Schools’ Track and Field Championships as he won gold in Birmingham. The 14-year-old was making his first appearance at the prestigious event and the Portchester School
NEIL Middleditch has hailed Chris Holder as a “peoples’ champion” after Pirates’ ace spectacularly won the British Grand Prix at Cardiff. The current Poole Castle Cover boss and former Great Britain team manager is highly respected in the shale game.
