A long long day for us today finally getting off the water at 8pm even though we only sailed 4 races! After the final gold fleet round robin races, we were seeded against Barkow's American team for the quarter finals. The series is first to three wins
FEARS of toxic fumes and possible explosions from |fertiliser meant people had to be evacuated when a fire broke out on a farm at Upton in Poole yesterday. Firefighting crews were sent to French’s Farm, in Watery Lane, at around 1pm after bales of straw
BOURNEMOUTH East MP Tobias Ellwood claimed more expenses in the last two months of 2010 than any other member of Parliament, the latest figures have revealed. He was paid £14,105, just £14 more than the next biggest claimant. Mr Ellwood
PLANS for a luxury multi-million-pound mansion on an unspoilt stretch of Hampshire coastline have split the community, the Daily Echo can reveal. Public opinion is divided over proposals by business tycoon Jim Ratcliffe, founder of the Ineos
TURNING 30 might prove painful for some – but Poole’s premier sporting event is planning to celebrate in style as it hits the landmark. Hundreds of children from Baden-Powell and St Peter’s Middle School helped to launch this year’s Poole Festival
WITH fuel prices at an all-time high, car users are looking to get the most out of every drop of petrol or diesel. And, as the country continues to slowly struggle its way to recovery after one of the worst recessions in history, businesses
GURKHA soldiers serving at Blandford Camp are among those who have been told they could be made redundant. The Government is bidding to shed 150 Gurkha posts among 1,000 redundancies from the Army, and 17,000 across the MoD. Blandford
A 33-YEAR-old man appeared yesterday at Bournemouth Crown Court in connection with the deaths of a London couple in a collision at Sandbanks. Jonathan Edward Arthur Knowles, of Randolph Avenue, London, faces two counts of causing death by dangerous
“DON’T YOU think I am gorgeous by the way?” There’s no real way to answer that, but a smiling Vincent Simone doesn’t expect a reply – for him it’s a rhetorical question. Well, that’s the power of TV to boost the ego I suppose. Such is the success of
THE leader of Bournemouth’s Liberal Democrats has denounced her party’s national coalition with the Conservatives as the local election campaign gets underway. Labour is fielding more candidates in the town than the Lib Dems and its activists
CATTLE will be removed from Holt Heath over the winter months in a bid to reduce animal deaths on the roads, but otherwise the controversial conservation scheme is here to stay. That’s the message from National Trust and Natural England after more than
THE family of Poole firefighter James Shears joined his colleagues as they remembered the two comrades they lost in a tragedy exactly a year ago. The crew of Red Watch in St Mary’s, Southampton, lined up outside the station with heads bowed as they paused
ONE of the founding members of legendary Los Angeles hip hop group Jurassic 5, Akil the MC is bringing his acclaimed solo show to Mr Kyps this Saturday for his UK debut. Akil has been busy writing new material and rehearsing classic Jurassic 5 tunes
WITH their debut album Good Ol’ Fashioned Love sitting at number four in the UK charts, male vocal harmony group The Overtones have announced a theatre tour that includes a night at the Bournemouth Pavilion on October 10. Since last year
ASPIRING actors are being offered a taste of what it might be like to study at the first full-time independent theatre school in Dorset. The new Dorset School of Acting will be running a free Drama School for a Day at Lighthouse, Poole’s centre
CUSTOMS officials raided council offices in Bournemouth after allegations that smuggled cigarettes were being sold there. A seven-strong Inland Detection Team from Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs arrived unannounced at the offices in St Paul’s Lane
Ken Hom’s Aubergine with sesame sauce Serves 4 675g Chinese or regular aubergines For the sauce: 2tbsp sesame paste or peanut butter ½tsp roasted and ground Sichuan peppercorns 2tbsp sesame oil 2tsp chilli oil 2tsp sugar 1tbsp finely chopped
BEALES is bucking the trend. While many high street retailers are closing their doors as cash-strapped customers continue to tighten their belts, the Bournemouth based company has bought another 19 department stores. The deal, worth an initial
TRIBUTES have been paid to a talented Bournemouth Rugby Club player who died in a canoeing incident yesterday morning. Lions try-scoring sensation Sam Yarwood, 22, had been canoeing with a friend in the Lake District when he got into difficulties
BOURNEMOUTH Airport will be charging people to pick up and drop passengers from next week. At present, vehicles including taxis dropping off or picking up passengers are not charged for the first 10 minutes of parking and pay £2.50 for a stay
IS it some three years or more since Bournemouth council were led unwittingly into believing a surf reef would be a good idea? I said at the time, “You can’t make a silk purse out of a pigs ear”, as the saying goes. A few bags of sand on a sea bed, a
IT has been noticed that very few wild animals were killed in quakes in America or the tsunami in Thailand. Snakes, foxes, rodents and coyotes survive in large numbers. Apparently they start to leave the area a few days before the strike. It might be
THE Beckhams are said to be considering putting their children down for the Haberdashers Aske’s School at Elstree and some ex-pupils are upset at the very thought, according to the Daily Mail. Becks and Posh Spice not posh enough for my old
UNLIKE Ian Clark I empathise with the ‘Name & address supplied’ who marched against the cuts in funding and services. Vince Cable immediately said that however many marchers there were it would not change coalition economic policy. On Monday, George
WITH various concerned people getting petitions together to save our libraries, let us just hope their efforts are not in vain. With Kindle as the top Christmas present of 2010, and the libraries originating their own version of it whereby any download
I HAVE to take issue with Faith Eckersall (‘Faith on Saturday’, Daily Echo, April 2) over her article ‘Taking on London’s rioters is just too hard’ – a totally unjustified attack on the Metropolitan Police over its handling of the recent demonstration
LET’S just hope that the Opunake Surf Reef Trust in New Zealand contact Bournemouth Council sooner rather than later regarding joint legal action against ASR and that Cllr Charon and his Conservative colleagues decide to pursue this through the courts
THE advice being given by the council not to surf on the Boscombe Surf reef is totally redundant as no surfers actually attempt to ride it. If there is a swell, the vast majority of surfers are to be found at Bournemouth Pier where natural sandbanks
I THINK the attitude towards the Imax and the surfing reef are not at all helpful. Surely they can be turned into national icons of gross incompetence and be used as paying tourist attractions. The general idea would be that people would pay to come
VOTERS in North Dorset will be heading to the polls on Thursday May 5 to return over 400 candidates to local councils. Some 84 candidates will contest 28 seats on North Dorset District Council, with 32 nominees from the Conservative party,
A THIRD of East Dorset District council seats will stay uncontested on May 5. Twelve current councillors, including Conservative leader Councillor Spencer Flower, face no opposition at the elections. These seats are spread across Alderholt
PURBECK’S delicate political balance could shift once again next month as voters go to the polls in eight wards. The ballots could prove decisive in helping the Conservatives wrest power from the Liberal Democrats at the district council.
Melodies from the masters made this an enticing programme and an ideal sponsorship deal for Nationwide. Schumann was not enamoured with inflated virtuosity for his Piano Concerto and sought ‘something different’. John Lill’s account was certainly that
CYCLISTS in Poole have rung alarm bells about proposed changes to bylaws that could outlaw cycling on green spaces in the borough except on routes designated by the council. The council says replacing outdated bylaws with so-called government
A MAN was rescued from a house fire in Strouden Park in the early hours of this morning. Fire fighters from Springbourne, Redhill Park and Christchurch were alerted to a fire in a ground floor conservatory in Axford Close at 3.35am. The man was rescued
THEY say pride comes before a fall but for Poole Town, that feeling came after their tumble. Dumped out of the FA Vase in Saturday’s semi-final second leg at the home of holders Whitley Bay, Dolphins’ players saw their Wembley dream disappear. Not getting
TWYNHAM School in Christchurch has become the first school in Dorset – outside Bournemouth and Poole – to convert to Academy status. The “outstanding” school was granted the status last week with immediate plans to make some improvements to
ALMOST three years ago, Pirates chief Matt Ford made a comparison between Chris Holder and Cristiano Ronaldo. These days, the duo continue to catch the eye by starring on their respective sporting stages. Just as Ronaldo did on Tuesday for Real Madrid
DEAN Court loan star Adam Smith is keen to put talk of his future on the backburner as he focuses his full attention on Cherries’ League One run-in. The Tottenham defender was signed by former boss Eddie Howe in September and has been instrumental in
THE long awaited change in the age of transfer in Poole schools is due to go ahead in September 2013. Borough of Poole has announced the final green light for its massive change in structure, which will affect the majority of schools in the
