EXCLUSIVE new designs for the old Dormy Hotel site are dividing Ferndown’s residents. Plans to resurrect the derelict New Road plot include an 87-bedroom hotel with two restaurants and a spa, 18 family homes in a country park setting and a
POLICE are trying to trace the owner of a 7ft snake that was found dumped in a Hampshire car park. A shocked member of the public raised the alarm after discovering a Grey Rat Snake – similar to the one pictured left – at a New Forest beauty spot.
GOALKEEPER Jon Stewart has become Cherries' ninth signing of the campaign after sealing a two-year deal with the League One club. Chairman Eddie Mitchell has, in the past few minutes, confirmed that the Football League have rubber-stamped
A WARTIME bomber pilot who earned the DFC and MBE and went on to serve with the RAF until 1968 died, aged 91, at his home in New Milton. Sq Ldr Walter Montagu “Gordon” Wing was born in 1919 in Oxfordshire and moved to Leeds when he was a small
MILLIONS of pounds are needed to close the “unacceptable” education gap between rich and poor in Bournemouth, it has been claimed. Just 37 per cent of children entitled to free school meals achieved five GCSEs at grade C or above compared with
We are now counting down the days until our World Championships start in Newport, Rhode Island and we can’t wait! Since finishing Skandia Sail for Gold Regatta with a slightly disappointing result we have had a good month away from the Elliotts
LEAD worth £40,000 has been stolen from the roof of an historic New Forest church listed in the Domesday Book of 1086 and updated by the Normans in the 12th century. St Mary’s Church, Fordingbridge, has held a sacred place in the hearts of
BY ISAF: The world's most talented women match racers will be in action next week at Newport, Rhode Island for the ISAF Women's Match Racing World Championship. The 20 teams set to compete for the coveted title are loaded with Olympic medalists and
Andrew Flintoff has retired from cricket after being told his body would not be able to cope with his planned comeback.The all-rounder has not played since the final Ashes Test last summer and has seen a number of return dates come and go in his fight
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DORSET farmers have welcomed government proposals to allow badger culls in a bid to stem a rising tide of bovine tuberculosis. But the county’s leading conservation charity has warned that a badger cull could backfire and spread TB rather than
Three months after a massive residential development was controversially given the green light by Poole Council, the proposal is still up in the air. Legal challenges surround Talbot Village Trust’s proposal for 450 student units and 378 new
The halcyon days of interest-free student loans have just ended. And this isn’t all about fresh faced twenty year olds – if you’re one of the 3.7 million graduates who hasn’t cleared their debt yet, even from 20 years ago, beware. Last month, the
FOR 14 years Bournemouth’s Providence Projects have been helping to turn around lives ravaged by drink and drugs. The pioneering Bournemouth addiction treatment centre has helped between 4,000 and 5,000 people during that time – including former
BOURNEMOUTH council is asking its residents to rate the importance of 26 frontline services as it prepares to deal with “unprecedented” cuts to budgets. The four-week consultation exercise will see the public asked how the council can make
IT is set to be another record year with over 200 young people expected to take up the challenge to set up and manage their own company by participating in the Young Enterprise Company programme. Six Bournemouth and Poole schools have so far signed
NOT many people take on Google and come out on top. But techno whizz Rob Hawkes has become an internet sensation after ‘outGoogling’ the web giants. The world’s finest computer minds came together in Silicon Valley to conjure up Google
HUNDREDS of mourners gathered on Wednesday for the funeral service of the couple killed in a horrific accident at Sandbanks. The private service for Alan and Rochelle Bernard from Moor Park was held at Bushey Cemetery, in Bushey, near Watford, at 2.15pm
DETECTIVES investigating a terrifying and violent armed raid believe the robbers may have stolen number plates from cars in Bournemouth before they carried out the crime. Residents and visitors to the Durley Chine area may have been affected and police
A Dorset Police union leader has predicted it will be “Christmas for criminals” if proposed government cuts go ahead and up to 40,000 officers across the country lose their jobs. Clive Chamberlain, the chairman of Dorset Police Federation
DEFENCE is one of those issues that is often a strange mix of the past, present and future, never more so than right now. Yesterday, MPs warned that planned spending cuts are so deep they could jeopardise the armed forces’ ability to maintain
COUNTY chiefs have agreed to forge ahead with Swanage’s planned £2.8m state-of-the art household recycling centre. The decision, made by Dorset County Council’s cabinet yesterday, brings an end to weeks of speculation that the project might be scrapped
IT’S a traditional seaside village but a rare Nazi briefing book has revealed that Highcliffe could have been a target for Nazi invasion during the Second World War. An original book detailing Hitler’s plans to conquer Britain through invading
A HEARTBROKEN mother who found her 25-year-old son dead in the family’s swimming pool has spoken of her overwhelming sense of loss. Fun-loving mechanic Luke Barnes had his suitcase packed for a holiday in Rhodes when he went for an early morning
PEDANTIC, or pursuing excellence? Angry parents have blasted a Bournemouth school for taking their children out of lessons for not wearing the right shoes. Several mums contacted the Daily Echo to say their youngsters had been pulled up this
I WRITE in response to Mr Asquith’s letter (Should We Foot Bill of Papal Visit, Daily Echo, Thursday September 9), questioning the expense of the visit of the Pope to the UK on the grounds of the Catholic Church’s roots in the Roman Empire. This letter
Standing in the Newtown By-election was an eye opener to attitude and budget.Turnout was extremely low at 18%. Was this due to political apathy, silent protest, lack of time due to work/family or lack of awareness due to sparse press coverage? Why was
I FEEL I should write in regarding Faith on Saturday’s oestrogen-fuelled column in this Saturday’s Echo on the Coleen Rooney article. I regularly scan her column on a Saturday and although highly female-biased sometimes manage a wry smile. Does Faith
I EASILY remember the Swimming Baths at Pier Approach, as seen in Snapshots September 9. My query is, how much larger is the Imax Building compared to the old Baths premises? Who demolished them and why? The point I am making is, the site became a car
THE u-turn regarding smoking at Bournemouth and Christchurch hospitals is the best display of common sense shown since the ban was introduced. Poole Hospital would do well to follow suit. The sight of patients, visitors, and staff, smoking on the steps
MAY I suggest that my Member of Parliament, Tobias Ellwood (Bournemouth East) leaves the Police to get on with their job on the way protesters who climb on to the roof of Parliament are dealt with and concentrates on some of the legitimate issues raised
Ofsted completely ignores the obvious. It is not better TEACHERS that children with Special Educational Needs need so much as better DISCIPLINE – and teachers need the right to administer it! If only David Cameron would keep his promise to scrap the malign
Further to the article in Monday's Echo about the Camera Obscura above the cafe in Bournemouth Square, I welcome the statement from the operator that, after ten years of ‘technical problems’, a solution is imminent and the public will soon have access
I was not in the least surprised to learn that Royal Bournemouth & Christchurch NHS Trust has caved in and decided to provide smoking shelters for staff and visitors. (Daily Echo, 13 September). This is par for the course these days – abject surrender
YOU have to appreciate that when God created Adam and Eve, he was in a bit of a rush. With so much to make from scratch and a fairly strict deadline looming, you can excuse Him for papering over some of the cracks in the subtleties of the male
Ferndown'S finest completed an elusive inter-club scratch double by winning the Brokenhurst Stag for the first time in their 27 year history on Sunday. After reaching the final five years in a row, and losing out by one point on three occasions
STAR stopper Shwan Jalal has highlighted the importance of Cherries’ defence and insists they have a vital role to play in the team’s fluent attacking style. Eddie Howe’s side have been free scoring so far this season and they continued their entertaining
JAY Herne admits he jumped at the chance of re-joining Buccaneers after scorching to a maximum on his comeback from injury. The Aussie ace, who skippered Bournemouth Castle Cover to a National League and cup double last year, broke his back and foot
