DORSET County Council has voted in favour of a two-tier education system in Purbeck. A meeting of the full council yesterday voted by 28 to 11 with one abstention in favour of a primary and secondary system. Cabinet member for education Cllr Toni Coombs
IT was a busman’s holiday for football commentator John Motson. The veteran BBC man was taking a break in Bournemouth – and spent one evening of it watching the Cherries. The Daily Echo spotted Mr Motson relaxing at The Brasshouse in
DORSET’S ageing population – and how it will be cared for – is to feature on BBC1’s Panorama programme. Monday’s episode of the current affairs programme looks at the issue of providing social care for the growing numbers of elderly people
TOILETS, toupees, wool, worms and buttons. Although they’re not normally a cause for concern, for some people they are a cause of intense fear. For these are just a few of the more unusual phobias that local therapists have come across.
THIS post here, about a raspberry gratin, is enough to make your mouth water. It's raspberries, creme fraiche and brown sugar, stuck under a really hot grill til the sugar caramelises. But it's reminded me of an even simpler version
I LOVE film trailers. I’ve noticed I begin to get a bit twitchy if I’m not sat down in the cinema to watch them in time. To me it's all part of the experience: to have your appetite whetted and pass judgement on films you might want to see
“He’s still only the size of a toilet roll, but he has the heart of a lion.” Jayne Gooderson is unstinting in her praise for a pint-sized rescue pup who has quickly made friends with the larger canine members of her household. “I’ve got big dogs –
A REQUEST for a council contribution of £160,000 towards the Shelley Manor project has been refused. The Friends of Shelley Manor asked Bournemouth council to pay £40,000 towards the cost of equipment for the Boscombe theatre and £120,000 towards the
A YOUNG woman who has never forgotten a kiss on the hand from West End star, Jason Donovan, is to repay the charity that organised the memorable meeting with a sponsored skydive. Emma Golledge, from New Milton is now hale and hearty and 25 years old.
THE first of a weekly steam train service for the summer rolled into Bournemouth station on Wednesday. Heritage rail operator, The Railway Touring Company (RTC), is providing a different train every week until September 1, starting with the
DORSET County Council has voted in favour of a two-tier education system in Purbeck. A meeting of the full council on Thursday morning voted by 28 to 11 with one abstention in favour of a primary and secondary system. Cabinet member
HERE’S a wizard idea from the Mayoress of Bournemouth that could create a little magic for less fortunate children. Vivienne Goldbart, wife of Mayor Cllr Barry Goldbart, is appealing to residents to donate their surplus copies of Harry Potter
JUST when you think Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton had it all sewn up nicely, along comes BOAT director Denise Mallender’s Taming of the Shrew. Justin Sellick excels as the bawdy Petruchio, assaulting his audience cheerfully and relentlessly with
A BUILD-UP of potentially dangerous nitrogen dioxide from traffic fumes has led to Poole council being ordered to set up its first air quality management area. Exhaust gas is collecting in a small section of Commercial Road at Ashley Cross, near the
Cold Spicy Tomato Soup Makes 12 150g ripe tomatoes, roughly chopped 1 small red pepper, roughly chopped Half small red onion, finely chopped 1 clove garlic 2 tbsp English extra virgin rapeseed oil, plus extra for finishing 1 tbsp white wine
SOMETIMES character defects don’t matter too much unless they work in combination. For example, it’s fine in isolation to have no discernible talent, or a burning desire to simply be famous. Put them together, though, and you get 90 per cent of the
THE last time he graced these pages, Richard Collins was wearing nothing more than a pair of trainers and socks. When he arrived at Bournemouth Magistrates’ Court yesterday, the committed naturist decided to at least don a pair of shorts and
WHEN the late lamented writer Douglas Adams decided too many words were simply not earning their keep, he and friend John Lloyd penned an ingenious book to force them into doing so. The writer of cult novel The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy declared
PLANS have been revealed which could transform Poole into the yachting leisure capital of the South Coast. An investment approaching £21 million by Poole Harbour Commissioners could see the port welcoming super-yachts, cruise ships, Olympic sailors and
THE devastated family of Palmair stewardess Chloe Garlick have paid tribute to the girl who “lit up our lives”. The bright and popular 21-year-old died in April when her car collided with a parked lorry on the A338 Spur Road as she was driving
I note (Daily Echo, July 19) that tonight’s event on Poole Quay will again include many atttractions. I hope the disabled parking spaces opposite the Thistle Hotel will not, yet again, be used – thus preventing those of us needing to park using our
TO the person or persons responsible for the pain and misery due to taking off our Shamrock bus No 42, it was very popular along Surrey Road into Westbourne, then going back to Winton. What you must realise is the people have to go into Westbourne for
I have followed Waggy Tails for the past 12 years, and for the past six years actively, as a volunteer. Shelagh and the trustees work tirelessly for the welfare of the rescue dogs in their care – and there are so many dogs needing help at the moment.
I read the report in the Echo (July 15) that a large survey of car friendliness put Bournemouth very near the bottom of 65 towns surveyed. In spite of the fact that Bournemouth council’s service director for planning and transport disagrees, that survey
IT may sound like a Sherlock Holmes story but the Case of the Naked Cyclist raises interesting questions about our attitude to dress codes. With a trial pending, it’s not for me to comment on what’s decent, or to enter a debate on the freedom of going
The suggestion in your paper in June that councillors and their families were fighting to gain admittance to a reception for the Rifles this coming weekend seems unbelievable. I am sure great public servants would want to stand back and ensure that
In reply to the letter about ‘invaders’ on the walls of Wareham, what nonsense! (Have Your Say, July 15). Surely four ponies grazing on the walls are doing far less damage than a council mower or groups of tourist who are incouraged to walk across them
POOLE cut off for hours by an electrical failure on the bridge (Daily Echo, July 19) – this story is going to be told many, many more times in the future. Have our planners or councillors shot themselves in the foot by putting in another lifting bridge
Regarding the car park charges in this town. We have just been for a walk on the East Cliff and noticed the proliferation of parking meters both there and on the adjoining roads, not to mention the cost of parking in one of the car parks. Does Bournemouth
NURSE Susan Toop is facing a life sentence after she was convicted of the murder of her elderly parents. Arthur, 82, and Joan, 74, were viciously attacked with an ornamental iron and kitchen knives in the family’s Charminster bungalow in November
More than three years after coming second to Lee Mead in TV’s Any Dream Will Do, Keith Jack, the supermarket worker who wowed the nation, finally gots to don the coat of many colours. Making his debut in the show that he is already inextricably linked
BOSS Eddie Howe believes the addition of Rhoys Wiggins has given Cherries one of their strongest squads for many years. Howe ended a lengthy pursuit for Wiggins when the former Cherries loan star signed a permanent deal at Dean Court yesterday. He
DARCY Ward banged in his first paid maximum for Poole in their 57-35 home triumph over Belle Vue last night and then lamented: “It was just a pity my Polish club, Torun, weren’t watching. “I’ve been dropped by them, so it was good to get a
HARRY Arter capped a fine individual display with his first goal for Cherries as Eddie Howe’s men staged a thrilling late fight-back against Derby last night. The gifted 20-year-old, a summer signing from non-league Woking, caught the eye with a
RYAN Garry has urged Cherries to draw strength from their against-the-odds promotion as they bid to compete in League One. The defensive linchpin played his first match of pre-season in the club’s 5-1 victory over Hamworthy Recreation and continued his
DARCY Ward’s burgeoning talent is beginning to explode at Wimborne Road. Pirates’ big-money winter signing from King’s Lynn had started his Poole career slowly since his high-profile £28,000-plus move. But the young Aussie has burst into top gear this
ARSONISTS were suspected of starting a blaze at Kinson Common on Wednesday evening. Firefighters from Redhill and Westbourne and the Land Rover from Ferndown dealt with the blaze after receiving several 999 calls from members of the public
