TWO Swim Bournemouth members will be heading for European-level competition next month following their Dorset record-breaking swims at the British championships in March. Amelia Maughan, 15, now based at British Swimming’s Intensive Training Centre in
DIVISION One champions Poole have landed a relatively favourable first round draw to mark their return to the National Arena League West’s Premier Division after an eight-year absence. Their most notable opponents will be star-studded Somerset Cheetas
DORSET’S hopes of securing their first South West match play title for more than 30 years were blown off course by Somerset today. Captain Giles Legg’s team were beaten 11½-2½ on the seaside links course at Saunton in North Devon. Dorset
WILTSHIRE'S Ben Stow led his six-man team into the English County Finals on his way to winning the South West stroke play championship at a windswept Saunton yesterday. The Rushmore Park star carded rounds of 69 and 74 for a one-over-par total
LESSONS need to be learnt. That’s the message from Christchurch Chamber of Trade and Commerce to Dorset County Council over proposed repairs to Waterloo Bridge on Bridge Street. The work, which would close one of the main routes into the town for eight
PLANS for an innovative new state school in Bournemouth have moved a step closer to reality. Detailed proposals for the Parkfield New School have now been submitted to the Department for Education and those behind the scheme hope to discuss their plans
VANDALS have struck at Poole Park’s crazy golf course, ripping up turf and destroying some of the obstacles. They also smashed a window of the staff hut, trashed the inside and spilt petrol over the course’s last hole. Workers at the popular
A SHOCKED woman has praised the Red Cross for coming to her aid after a Poole flat fire left her homeless. Adele Lewis was one of four people who escaped the Herbert Avenue blaze last month. Firefighters were able to save the property, but it sustained
SCHOOLCHILDREN will have to pay more to get on a school bus, under a new price hike announced by Dorset County Council. They will also be competing for fewer seats under the changes, rubber-stamped by the council’s cabinet in the face of soaring transport
A NEW report claims that less than half of Britons – 49 per cent – are proud of their town centre, but does that ring true in sunny Dorset? uSwitch.com says that shabby shops, poor choice and high prices are turning them off. The south
THE clean-up continues at a Poole waste paper recycling plant after a fire swept through the depot. Site bosses hope they’ll be open by tomorrow, following the blaze which took hold in a few of the facility’s waste bins. At its height
POP legends The Osmonds are to perform in Bournemouth as part of their farewell tour of the UK next year. The brothers, who were met by mobs of screaming fans when they first performed in Britain in the 1970s, will be at the BIC on Sunday May
WETHERSPOONS has been granted a licence to open a pub in Wimborne. A week after the chain’s planning application for the Old Conservative Club, in West Borough, was approved by district planners, their opening times have also been given the
WINE and cheese is widely considered to be the one of the classic matches. Think of a classic claret with aged cheddar or, of course, port and stilton. However, believe it or not, white wines can often be the better matches for cheese than
ARMED robbers burst into a Bournemouth town centre flat and threatened three terrified students to steal thousands of pounds worth of goods. Their victims were threatened with a hammer and one was struck in the face during the frightening ordeal
“WE can’t sleep in an email!” That was the reaction of a colleague’s girlfriend when he informed her that, having been left in charge of booking accommodation for their holiday, he had “sent the hotel an email”. Having received no reply to said email
IF someone offered you a simple test that could stop you developing cancer, wouldn’t you take it? Yet a startling 20 per cent of women in this country still fail to attend for cervical screening when invited. Gynaecological cancers charity the Eve
THIS Sunday, Champions in Bournemouth will open its doors for a one off celebration of art, music, fashion, poetry and film. Dubbed Tell and Show, the live music venue will play host to some of the town’s hottest local talent as well as welcoming acts
JUNIOR school children were encouraged to leave their “paw prints” on their school’s contribution to the Pride in Bournemouth public art event. Youngsters from Talbot Heath applied African print designs to their very own lion, named THLeo
IN THE last few weeks, there have been further developments on the Common Agricultural Policy in Brussels. In a tight vote on many key issues, MEPs voted for further reductions in direct subsidy and a strengthening and ‘greening’ of rural development
WITH reference to Andy Nicholls’ Opinion column in Monday’s Daily Echo about the government’s initiative to ‘give children their childhoods back’ by clamping down on sexualized media images. It’s not the parents that need educating. Sadly, we now live
THANK YOU, thank you, thank you, to the very kind and honest person who found my bag on Friday May 27 at Abbotsbury Swannery. I am so grateful and if I knew you, would send a large box of chocs. Thank you again. HAZEL GRITT, Weldon Avenue, Bournemouth
IF I wish to drive from my house to London all l need do is ensure that I pass the first camera on the Wessex Way at no more than 40mph and the second one at no more than 50mph. I am then free to drive as fast as I like while tailgating, under-taking
AT first glance these three men appear to be friends enjoying a night out in Bournemouth town centre. But one of them is unaware he is about to become a victim of theft as the others work together to steal his mobile phone. While the man on the right
ON MAY 26, my brother-in-law Robert Jefferies was cycling with a friend on the Wareham bypass. Cycling was his life; he had ridden since his teenage years, for various cycling clubs in London, Bournemouth and Poole and had competed and won many prestigious
MAY I please respond to your correspondent Mr P Whitelegg (Letters June 6) in respect of our intention to buy ourselves out of the previous government’s now discredited housing subsidy system. Mr Whitelegg queries why no other councils are
FAMILIARITY breeds contempt goes the well-known saying and that might be part of the problem why we Brits don’t seem to have much of a love affair with our town centres. The more time you spend in a town, the more your respect for its retail offering
THIS play is set in a rest home and revolves around two residents: Cooper, who has voluntarily left his family to avoid the indignity of depending on them, and his friend Aylott. Both of which, although heading for senility, keep their brains
A SMALL strand of cut hair was found in each of Elisa Claps’ hands, the Heather Barnett murder trial heard yesterday. The two pieces of hair were 2cm long and were found during the postmortem examination of the 16-year-old schoolgirl’s body which was
AN elderly woman was taken to hospital after a fire in her bedroom at a Bournemouth nursing home in the early hours of Wednesday morning. The woman, believed to be in her 80's, was treated at the scene by paramedics for minor burns to her arm
DORSET captain Giles Legg will be hoping to build on a promising start to the South West Week despite losing key players for the final three games. Following a 7-7 draw with Cornwall on Sunday, Dorset kept pace with leaders Wiltshire by toppling
MATT Ford has questioned Jason Doyle’s temperament – he believes the Aussie cares TOO much. Doyle has laughed in the face of persistent injury problems to star for Pirates this season, after being drafted into Ford’s one-to-seven in place of Rafal Dobrucki
CHERRIES’ management duo Lee Bradbury and Steve Fletcher have made a central defender and a central midfielder their priority signings. The pair have been working closely with chief scout Des Taylor to identify prospective new recruits and
IF Tim Stephenson ever wanted a role model, he need look no farther than to his big pal Danny Ings. While Ings was spending last season shooting to prominence, Stephenson was familiarising himself with the Dean Court treatment suite.
SAFES stolen, windows smashed, steel doors forced – traders want burglars caught after a series of raids in Bournemouth town centre’s Triangle. At least six shops have been targeted in the past two months. Mr Lall from Uptown Girl clothes shop said:
