PIRATES underlined their Elite League title credentials with a consummate win at Wolves tonight – and had plenty in reserve. Poole went one better than their thrilling draw at Monmore Green last season in the play-off semi-final. And victory was built
TESTS on the body of an otter cub found dead in a Dorset river have revealed that the animal was not poisoned. The body of the youngster, aged between two and three months old, was discovered close to the river at Iford Bridge in February by shocked
A CHARITY rally that hopes to raise more than £80,000 for good causes has been launched. The Daily Echo-backed EuroRally 33 is being organised by Wimborne-based Charity Road Trips, which last year ventured to Tajikistan. This year’s event will start
A COUNCILLOR is baffled at the ‘lack of planning’ that has seen a single pothole repaired four times in just over a year. Claire Smith said there was now a patchwork of different surfaces at Kitscroft Road in Kinson, Bournemouth. “This
HOSTING a dinner party, I’m told, is a stressful old business. Not only have you got to entertain guests and keep their glasses full, but you’ve also got to rustle up some delicious food without burning it to a cinder or giving everyone food poisoning
NEW hope has been given to the future of Portland Coastguard station as David Cameron has signalled that he will rethink the proposed cuts. Proposals to axe Britain’s coastguard stations have been put on hold after concerns they could put lives in danger
JUST over four years ago an amazing thing happened in Bournemouth. Mark Goldfinger, who was a boy of just nine when German tanks rolled into his home town of Rabka in Poland at the start of World War Two, met Werner Oder, a minister at Tuckton
INNOVATIVE plans for a solar energy farm in Christchurch have been rejected by Christchurch Borough Council. Concerns over harm to the green belt led to officers refusing the application by Eco Sustainable Solutions to build the solar energy
CALM, softly spoken and humble. There aren't many celebrity chefs who could be described in this way. But then Ken Hom isn’t your typical TV chef, he’s perhaps the most relaxing celebrity you can spend half an hour with. As he leans back in his chair
Boscombe seafront will finally be linked with the precinct after a new route was announced for the land train. And ecstatic traders say it will bring more business to the shopping centre and increase beach access for the elderly and disabled
Poole Town’s quest to find a new home could be dealt another blow this week. The football club’s latest plans for a new ground at Bearwood look set to be recommended for refusal by Poole council officers. The Dolphins’ dreams of a Wembley
THE men’s winner came in barely out of breath while last placed had muscles in all the wrong places – but both summed up the appeal of Sunday’s Fitness First Bournemouth Bay Run. Around 5,000 people took part in the competitive 10km race and
YET again selfish local NIMBYism has overwhelmed the big picture. When the Alaska Windfarm proposed for East Stoke was turned down by Purbeck council, the needs and desires of the wider community were ignored in the interests of the small numbers of
RE Keep The Vulcan Flying: Perhaps your correspondent, Mr Harris, (Letters March 31) would also like the Spitfire and last remaining airworthy Lancaster to be confined to the ground too? After all, let’s not be reminded about our innovative and pioneering
THE recent works, which demonstrate thoughtless stupidity at play, are on Beechwood Avenue and the Boscombe Overcliff Drive. These works feature double sets of shallow pyramids and wide raised sections of road in the middle of which are zebra crossings
A CORFE Mullen schoolgirl who always felt awkward about her height is walking tall after being scouted for a modelling competition while on a school trip. Corfe Hills pupil Hannah Smith, 17, was at the Clothes Show thinking about her textiles
SOMETHING big is certainly happening on May 5, in the shape of the referendum on two opposing systems of voting – first-past-the-post, the present method and the Liberal Democrat-inspired Alternative Vote, where an order of preference number is placed
THREE decades ago, when I was aged 40 and a GP in the NHS, I sustained a prolapsed (‘slipped’) lumbar disc, the level of which was correctly identified as being at L4/5 (i.e. between the 4th and 5th lumbar vertebrae). My GP referred me to an
TODAY was yet another instalment in the saga that is Boscombe Surf Reef. Now we are told that the reef has been shut down because of “Safety concerns” when is this constant reminder of the £3.2m wasted by the Council going to end? Traders who have
THERE was a line in Ronnie Barker’s Open All Hours where Arkwright is asked if he is going to someone’s funeral. “Yes,” he replied, then grumbled, “Even though it’s very unlikely that he’ll ever come to mine.” I mention that because, even though death
AN ELECTRICAL fire forced the closure of the Winton branch of Bath Travel on Saturday. A member of staff called 999 after smoke began issuing from a cupboard in the Wimborne Road shop at around 11.20am. Fire crews from Redhill and Springbourne
There was an article last week by Neal Butterworth about road safety and the fact that the "No Excuses" campaign was a great success. He made a very interesting point that relates to the attitude of people that choose to break the law whilst
FORMER top footballer and recovering alcoholic Paul Gascoigne is working out in the gym twice a day as he prepares to go on a national tour with fellow England great Jimmy Greaves. The pair have been teamed up by Christchurch-based promoter Terry Baker
HAVING just confirmed an appearance on BBC2’s ‘Later with Jools Holland’ next week, Seun Kuti, the youngest son of legendary afrobeat pioneer Fela Kuti, will follow it with a show at the Lighthouse, Poole on April 21, performing with late father's former
AN 85-year-old woman who woke in terror to find an intruder in her bedroom was so traumatised she is considering leaving the home she shares with her 90-year-old husband. After being burgled three times in three months, the pensioner is still
NEARLY 9,000 ill and disabled people in Bournemouth will be targeted under a benefits “revolution” starting today. Government ministers hoping to get some of the 2.6million people on long-term sickness benefit back to work say their new “more
DEJECTED Taffy Richardson saw his Wembley dream shattered and admitted it was the worst moment of his proud non-league career. The Poole Town veteran confessed to feeling like his footballing world had ended after Dolphins’ chances of FA Vase glory were
DANNY Ings has revealed how a motivational pep talk from Cherries boss Lee Bradbury helped him back on the goalscoring trail. Ings admitted to being down in the dumps after squandering a series of late chances during Cherries’ eventful 2-2 draw with
CHAIRMAN Clive Robbins admits Poole Town could face an uncertain future unless ongoing ground issues reach a speedy and satisfactory conclusion. The Dolphins tomorrow face their latest D-Day when officials from the Football Association and the Southern
AGAINST the backdrop of jubilant scenes at Hillheads, those in red and white stood out. For the majority of the 2,482 packed into the ground, the joy was unconfined. Fans invaded the pitch, players embraced and thoughts of Wembley ignited the party that
MATT Ford admits a last-minute competition switch has done his depleted Pirates side no favours. Tonight’s scheduled Elite Shield first leg between Poole Castle Cover and Wolves at Monmore Green has now been amended to become an Elite League
A PENSIONER who cares for his disabled wife says he has lost thousands of pounds in payments. As he was still working at 65, Joseph Bentley, of Knole Road, Bournemouth, chose to defer his pension for two years and enjoy a lump sum to help with
