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FLYING the Vulcan V2 is the title of a talk to Royal Aeronautical Society’s Christchurch branch that will take place on Thursday, January 27 at 7pm for a 7.30pm start, in the Cobham Lecutre Theatre at Bournemouth University. The speaker

BRITANNIA definitely ruled as this year’s Bafta nominations were revealed - with a clutch of homegrown talents up for awards. The King’s Speech leads the pack with 14 nominations. The story of King George VI's attempt to overcome his stutter

THE future looks rosy for Wimborne’s Priest’s House Museum as it celebrates a £442,000 grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund. The impressive sum will fund a timber framed Open Learning Centre within the museum’s High Street grounds, so activities can

AN area committee has become the first in Poole to formally oppose a controversial planning application. With the government lifting restrictions on councillors commenting on planning applications, the Poole Town and Hamworthy area committee took full

BOURNEMOUTH’S runaway 50-21 success at Cheltenham was marred by injury to their back-up winger Simon Lilley. High-flying Lions battled back from 14-0 down to run in eight tries, with scrum-half Sam Hardcastle helping himself to a scintillating hat-trick

OAKMEADIANS coach Tom Drewett preferred to look on the bright side after they suffered a 33-14 setback at promotion-chasing Olney. The Meyrick Park outfit bagged tries through Will Drummond and Martin Wells, but it wasn’t enough to stop them slipping

OUTDOOR showers, a covered market and a one-way system for Shore Road, were among the top choices for residents consulted on major seafront improvements for Swanage. The town was asked about ways to improve the seafront and Shore Road Gardens, feeding

KENNY Kingsley, a fit and healthy joker with a caring heart, collapsed and died trying to achieve his dream of serving in Afghanistan. The 43-year-old from Bournemouth had been a London firefighter for 22 years and was training to join the

A GROUP of Bournemouth and Poole family doctors is to become a “pathfinder” for the latest healthcare reforms, which will see most of the NHS’s budget transferred from primary care trusts to GPs in just over two years’ time. GP Dr Lionel

Poole Town’s latest bid to build a new home ground at Canford Magna is receiving overwhelming support. More than 400 parties have already written to Poole council to back the football club’s £2million plans. It will raise the nomadic

WIMBORNE Town’s Zamaretto Division One woes continued as they again surrendered a half-time lead to crash to a 3-2 defeat at Gosport Borough. Lee Chudy’s 11th-minute penalty put Magpies in front at Privett Park last night, but second half goals

STAMMERING is in the news again, and Sian Awford could not be happier. “The King’s Speech is fantastic as a movie and great from my point of view, because the two really important characters are the king and the speech therapist,” she said. As the

A man has died after being hit by a train near Pokesdown station today. South West Trains and CrossCountry services were delayed for around two hours after the incident just before midday, which involved the 11.45am Bournemouth to Manchester Piccadilly

RESIDENTS are being urged to have their say on the future of Purbeck’s coastline and inshore waters – home to ancient riverbeds and historic shipwrecks. A series of roadshows, organised by the Dorset Coast Forum, are coming to the area in the

METEOROLOGIST Frances Pouncy will present a talk on weather forecasting at Swanage’s Mowlem Theatre. She will speak on February 15 at 2.30pm.

A SWANAGE business that is the UK’s number one manufacturer in its field is celebrating 50 years of trading. Wire Fittings, a company that makes steel display stands, started life in 1961, in a small premises in Swanage town centre. In the 1990’s operations

A DISTRAUGHT mum has complained to health chiefs after she was forced to bring her sick toddler home from hospital on a three hour, 100-mile train and bus journey. Three-year-old Elliesha Lodder, of Bournemouth, was first rushed to Poole Hospital

IT’S not exactly Robin Hood, but for 12 to 18-year-olds eager to join a band of merry men, Canford Magna may be Dorset’s answer to Sherwood Forest. A call is being made to budding bowmen and women after the lure of university reduced membership among

SUNLIGHT streams through the windows, babies giggle and mums chatter and sing, while at the other end of the room smiling staff greet regulars who have walked from their homes to borrow books or use the internet. It’s just another regular day in the

A WOMAN who allegedly tore up a Poole Hospital ward and assaulted a member of staff, terrifying other patients, had to be subdued with pepper spray. The 48-year-old Bournemouth woman was arrested for criminal damage and assault following

TESCO Metro flung open its doors to an expectant Bournemouth public, attracting thousands of customers on its first day. The store, on the prime town centre spot formerly occupied by Borders, was officially opened with the help of town crier

WELL-KNOWN across Purbeck, David Haysom, the curator of Swanage Museum, has just published a new book that is already winning acclaim. Called Discover Old Swanage, it unearths some of the social history of the town by exploring how it has developed

POLICE are searching for a woman who may hold vital clues to a violent early morning assault in Boscombe. The woman was standing at a bus stop outside the Hamburgerology takeaway in Christchurch Road when three men attacked another man. The victim,

THE Swinging Sixties is at the heart of a new exhibition from Arts University College at Bournemouth graduate and celebrated 60s photographer, Philip Townsend. His exhibition, Mister Sixties runs until February 25 and contains a decade of photographs

Grilled Megrim with Garlic, Parsley and Mint Butter Serves 2 4tbsp butter 2 megrim, about 500g each (ask fishmonger to trim the fins, scale the fish and remove the heads) Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper 2 garlic cloves, finely chopped

After reading Faith Eckersall’s comments on Saturday, I am surprised she takes such a lenient view, regarding Edward Wollard’s punishment. Just because he has no previous convictions it is not justification for a reduced sentence. After

I HAVEN’T seen any praise for our Council refuse collection service. These men do a marvellous job, cheerfully and efficiently. Other towns do have problems but we certainly can’t complain. C COOPER, Viking Way, Bournemouth

HAVING watched the interview with Charlie Austin on the Football League weekend show on Sky Sports 1 on Friday did Poole Council ever think that the Tatnam ground would be on national TV twice in one year? What an absolute embarrassment - it just magnifies

Until we joined the EU we had Purchase Tax which was placed on goods only. Once we joined the EU we became subject to Value Added Tax which was placed not only on goods but also on services - utilities, repairs etc - which meant the bills shot up.

FEELINGS are starting to run high regarding petrol prices, with Mr Richards, in the ‘Pumped Up’ feature, (Echo 6th January 6) saying “We need a revolution”. But with this VAT increase, we are paying back our credit card debts. A revolution would be

ON behalf of the council, I would like to thank residents for their patience following the recent disruptions to refuse and recycling collections in Poole. Our collection teams have been working hard to clear the backlog and I am pleased to say that

I HAD a brief encounter with two motorists. The first was a young fellow who was obviously taught that despite the road conditions and his speed he was allowed to approach a brow of a hill on the wrong side of the road where when meeting oncoming traffic

FIREFIGHTERS freed a shocked trucker after a freak warehouse accident trapped him in the back of his own lorry under several huge panes of glass. The injured delivery man was pulled to safety at a Poole trading estate yesterday after being

EDDIE Mitchell has reaffirmed his stance on running AFC Bournemouth as a business as well as a football club. Mitchell has seen the Dean Court coffers swelled this season following the sales of Brett Pitman and Josh McQuoid and the exits of boss Eddie

A CONTROVERSIAL new speed limit will be introduced on one of Dorset’s busiest dual carriageways from next week. The limit on the A3049 Dorset Way, from Holes Bay to its junction with Ringwood Road, is dropping to 50mph. Safety concerns

EDDIE Mitchell is vowing to “pull up the drawbridge” as the vultures start to circle in the wake of Eddie Howe’s departure to Burnley. Mitchell insists the Cherries squad will remain intact at least until the end of the season as the club

JASON Pearce says the Cherries squad are determined to play their part in helping Lee Bradbury and Steve Fletcher become the club’s next permanent management duo. Skipper Pearce, the only ever present this season under former boss Eddie Howe

KENNY Vaughan fears the lure of Southern League football could be too tempting for Poppies defender Jordan Cole. Cole is a target for Zamaretto Division One strugglers Wimborne Town. Boss Vaughan, who plucked teenager Cole from reserve team obscurity