EAST Dorset almost pulled off a Dorset & Wilts Vase shock before narrowly going down 22-20 to Westbury at Iford. The visitors, who top Dorset & Wilts Division One South, found themselves 5-0 behind early on before taking a 15-5 lead at half-time
IT was a case of déjà vu for Swanage & Wareham as they let slip an early lead for the second successive week at Salisbury. This time, Swans’ agony was in the Dorset & Wilts Cup as they crashed to a 29-10 defeat in Wiltshire just seven days after suffering
THE Daily Echo has a new book out which is proving a best-seller with local readers. Dorset and the New Forest: Another Photographic Journey is a follow-up to our successful pictorial study of Dorset which became the number one best-seller at Waterstone
A PETITION has been set-up opposing potential plans to place a gypsy and traveller pitch at Grange Road in Christchurch. The online petition – Say No to the Grange Road Travellers Site – currently has 717 signatures and urges people to lodge
DRIVERS have been debating whether the answer to congestion problems at Poole’s Fleetsbridge roundabout could be a big turnoff. On Saturday, the Daily Echo reported how some drivers said traffic had been moving more freely since the traffic lights around
A REVOLUTIONARY games designer and a human rights campaigner are amongst this year’s honorary doctorates at Bournemouth University (BU). Ian Livingstone OBE is the brains behind many of the most popular board games and video games of the past 35 years
BOURNEMOUTH council leader Peter Charon has met with the new Mouchel boss to seek assurances the debt-ridden company can continue to provide council services. Cllr Charon said he was “very reasssured” following a half-hour telephone conversation with
A LEADING doctor has admitted he almost died from swine flu and infected a pregnant colleague after refusing a vaccination. Peter Hockey, deputy medical director at South Central Strategic Health Authority, also exposed his patients to the
A ROYAL British Legion Poppy Appeal collection tin has been ‘brazenly’ stolen from a Tesco Express store in Bournemouth. On the weekend before Remembrance Sunday, at 8.26am on Sunday November 6, a male and female walked into the shop in Moordown
THE world’s speediest ego-on-paws, The Hare, and his slow, steady, fellwalking counterpart, The Tortoise, are racing to Dorset to perform a fabulous new family show. Niki McCretton and Marc Parrett, who founded Stuff and Nonsense Theatre Company, are
VETERAN broadcaster Terry Wogan spent the afternoon meeting his army of fans at a Bournemouth bookshop. Sir Terry was in town to promote his latest work, Wogan’s Ireland, which details the history of his homeland and includes childhood memories. The
110g butter 175g soft brown sugar 225g self raising flour 2 eggs 2 large Bramley apples 1 teaspoon of lemon juice 50g sultanas Preheat the oven to 180c/350f/ gas 4. Grease and line a loaf tin with baking paper. Peel and chop the apple into
NOW that it’s pretty clear that the coalition government’s economic strategy is not working, can we hope to spared further lectures on the faiIings of the last Labour government for our present economic position? Volcanic eruptions and earthquakes are
REGARDING the RAF Halifax plane crash in Throop 1944 (Letters, November 4), I lived in Throop and I was outside with my dad when we saw the plane fall from the sky over Throop. My dad got on his bike and went to where it had come down. I later saw parts
PLEASE highlight the plight of the homeless who through no fault of their own can end up on the streets. My son who was the other side of Winton had left a pub and saw in a doorway a young homeless lad the same age as himself. The lad looked worried
I HAD been dozing after a hard day, when I became aware that the fighting and celebrations of Tripoli had apparently descended upon the Tatnam area of Poole on Saturday night. Bofors guns, exploding shells whistling by, thunderous bangs and flashes
What would you say is the UK’s least known mammal? The wild cat? The pine marten? No, it’s a creature so obscure that a large proportion of the population don’t even realise they are sharing these isles with this stinky and secretive beast.
THERE are crimes that make you very angry, those that frustrate you and those that make you feel plain sad. Then are those that just make you shake your head and wonder just how low people can stoop. The scum who walked into a Tesco Express store with
THE wartime aircraft crash at Throop (‘Crash site of RAF Halifax is unlikely’, Daily Letters November 4) occurred in early June 1944, the most often quoted date is June 1. Fred Mayne’s excellent little local history pamphlet Skies over Throop describes
I AM sure that those Poole residents of Talbot Village and the Talbot Heath area will have been very disappointed to read ‘Shock as residents win quay plan fight’ (Daily Echo, November 4). Whilst we are delighted that Poole’s planning committee
I WHOLEheartedly agree with the comments put forward in Saturday’s Echo by Hugh Slavin with regards to Fleetsbridge roundabout. According to Poole traffic manager Steve Tite, the difference between traffic lights and no traffic lights is 4.32 accidents
THOUSANDS of health service employees could soon be charged to park at work if proposals to introduce parking fees for all staff members go ahead. Dorset HealthCare Trust provides integrated community and mental health services across Dorset, Bournemouth
PROTESTORS who have been camped outside Bournemouth Town Hall for 10 days face an “imminent” eviction, according to the council. Occupy Bournemouth, which is part of a national movement highlighting the gap between rich and poor in the UK,
A TAXI driver killed in a late-night crash has been named as Ali Farook Mosoddar, a 46-year-old father-of-four. Mr Mosoddar, who worked for Bournemouth-based United Taxis, was on duty at 10.45pm on Friday when his Peugeot 307 estate taxi collided
THE Christchurch-based Cicely Foundation presented more than £20,000 to three local causes last week. Founders Steve and Maureen Cliffen met representatives from Julia’s House and the Youth Cancer Trust and handed over cheques for £10,000 each. They
LEE Bradbury will tonight be hoping to outwit one of his former team-mates and lead Cherries a step closer to Wembley. Bradbury will lock horns with Uwe Rösler when Cherries visit Brentford in the southern area quarter-final of the Johnstone’s Paint
POOLE Town boss Tom Killick has put aside Southern League rivalries to express his respect for long-serving counterpart Steve Riley. The managers will be in opposing dugouts tonight when Bashley host Dolphins in the first round of the Red Insure Cup
MARK Molesley is hoping to steal a march on his rivals for a place in the Cherries midfield after taking his first steps on the comeback trail. Molesley returned to action following a two-month absence when he made a brief substitute appearance during
