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CHARITY swimmers have tackled a distance equivalent to four times the English Channel, in a bid to help a former college lecturer in her fight for specialist cancer treatment. Bournemouth and Poole College student Hannah Mackay organised the team event

DEAN Cox grabbed a dramatic last-minute leveller as Leyton Orient put a spoke through Cherries’ promotion bid at Dean Court. Cox popped up in the dying seconds to cancel out Michael Symes’s superb first-half strike as the Londoners preventing

A HOMELESSNESS charity has warned that hundreds of people in Dorset will miss out on free advice because of the government spending cuts. Shelter Dorset says plans to slash funding will mean many services having to close their doors to people in need

UNISON South West has accused Dorset Councils of “abandoning youngsters”. The union said that councils are planning to cut their youth service funding. Alan Martin, regional organiser, said: “Dorset is proposing a cut in its contribution

WITNESSES to an assault on a 68-year-old man walking his dog in Ashley Heath are being urged to come forward. The man was left with cuts and bruises on his face after being attacked by another man as he walked along the Castleman Trailway,

HARD-pressed Poole Council looks likely to be giving its tax payers a break this year – no council tax rise. Despite the £14m pressures on its budget, Borough of Poole will be considering a freeze on council tax for 2011/12 – which last year rose by

A NURSERY worker has been arrested over an allegation of sexual assault against a child. Starlight Childcare in Winfrith, has been temporarily closed following the arrest. Parents arrived to drop their children off at the nursery to

“I’M terrified that something will happen to A’ishah”. Leila Sabra, who has been fighting for several years to be allowed to leave Egypt with three-and-a-half-year-old daughter A’ishah, has spoken of her terror after being caught up in the Egyptian protests

GOVERNMENT transport chiefs have turned down a second multi-million pound funding bid to rebuild the A338 Spur Road. Highways bosses at Dorset County Council learned yesterday that the Department For Transport had again refused funding for

THE age of free parking in Poole Park is over, with the council announcing they are to begin proper enforcement from March 1. Last month, the Daily Echo revealed how the authority had not enforced restrictions for two years as they considered it private

IT was one of those Old Mother Hubbard nights. You know the ones, when you open the fridge to find half a tin of beans, a jar of horseradish and a leek – in other words, a takeaway night. Having unenthusiastically flicked through dog-eared menus in

UNDER the heading ‘You could make it up but no one would believe you’, former Home Secretary Jacqui Smith has revealed she is to make a programme for Radio 5-Live – about pornography. Her qualification? As I’m sure you’ll recall, it was her old man who

A MAN who has just returned from a week’s holiday to Sharm el-Sheikh has spoken of his surprise at seeing tourists still jetting out to the holiday resort. Andy Ward, 35, touched down at Bournemouth Airport on Friday morning with his girlfriend Holly

AS the winter continues to cast its chill message, what better lift than the prospect of balmy summer days and the Bournemouth Music Competitions festival? The Dance Festival will take place from May 30-June 3 and the Music,Speech and Drama festival

IN RESPONSE to Marilyn Warburton’s letter (Daily Echo, January 31) when David Cameron said: “We’re all in this together”, perhaps he did not mean the public and the government but instead “we” might read as Labour, Conservative and Lib Dem MPs.

MONDAY will be a proud day for Peter and Linda Thornton. They will be cutting the first turf on a project that will honour their son. The memorial, which will eventually grace the Millenium Gardens site at the King George V playing fields in Ferndown

HAVING read your recent article I would like to record that the late Bernard Ewart assisted me for over 25 years collecting money in Poole high street for Rotary and Mayors charities. Bernard not only supplied the music but stood all day shaking a bucket

THE devastating news regarding the draconian cuts for Poole schools comes as a heart-rending blow for our town, especially Hillbourne School, its parents, pupils, staff and governors. We as Creekmoor Ward councillors have been fighting tooth and nail

READERS are probably aware that prices are rising! Food and petrol to name two. It is probably true that VAT and global warming are partly to blame. But the chief culprits however are banks, financiers and hedge funds who are “betting” on future oil

DORSET councils have pledged to protect free bus travel for elderly and disabled people despite swingeing government grant cuts. Dorset County Council, and borough councils in Bournemouth and Poole, have all said that concessionary bus services

BOSS Lee Bradbury believes his new recruits can make the grade in League One. The Dean Court chief this week made his first signings as a manager by bringing in Mathieu Baudry and Ben Williamson. Bradbury was impressed by the young duo when they came

MENTOR Terry Fenwick tipped Lee Bradbury to succeed in the harsh world of football management and urged his former protégé: “Be your own man.” The ex-England defender handed Bradbury his chance in the professional ranks when he signed him for Portsmouth