DANNY Kedwell’s 90th-minute equaliser forced a replay as Cherries were made to pay for wasteful finishing and poor goalkeeping this afternoon. Gillingham striker Kedwell fired home from close range to secure a thrilling 3-3 draw and deny
THE NHS is advertising for a £145,000 chief executive to take over the running of Dorset HealthCare University NHS Foundation Trust. With 6,000 staff and an income of £200m, the trust serves the people of Dorset, Bournemouth and Poole and offers
IF YOU are looking for a Christmas present idea, look no further than the Dorset and the New Forest: Another Photographic Journey, published by the Daily Echo. The Echo book has followed its predecessor of 2010 to the top of the best-seller charts.
Football manager Harry Redknapp, the former boss of AFC Bournemouth, will face trial for tax evasion next year. The Sandbanks resident and Tottenham Hotspur chief, tipped as a future England manager, is accused of two counts of cheating the
RECKLESS louts set off fireworks in front of passing cars in Bournemouth. Hazel Wilson saw three explosions that forced drivers to swerve on the A348 Ringwood Road. “They were going off right in front of the cars – I would say a couple
THIS could be a record-breaking year for Dorset’s poppy appeal. The news came as people across the county marked yesterday’s Armistice Day two minutes’ silence. Dorset’s poppy appeal co-ordinator, Lt Col Stewart Burman (retired) said
IF YOU’RE already fretting about what you’re going to do tomorrow night at 9pm, then you are not alone. For there are at least 10 million others who wonder how they’re going to get through the long weeks until the Christmas special of Downton Abbey.
CHAIRMAN Eddie Mitchell confirmed Maxim Demin as the new co-owner of AFC Bournemouth and then insisted he would be a "great asset" to the club. Mitchell had revealed on Wednesday that contracts for the 50 per cent stake in the club, previously
Shoppers queue to buy a poppy from the decorated war veteran in Poole, realising that the old gentleman with his row of medals is special. But many don’t realise quite how exceptional Sid Cross is. The brave man with his poppies and collecting
TROUBLED football legend Paul Gascoigne will pour his heart out to TV’s Piers Morgan in a revealing interview tonight. Gascoigne, better known as Gazza, is living in Bournemouth while he receives treatment for drug and alcohol addiction at Boscombe’s
A SCHOOLBOY who suffered horrific injuries in a quad biking accident in Turkey is due to fly home in the next few days. Ten-year-old Robbie Street has been lying in a hospital bed 2,400 miles from home since the crash left him with bleeding
HEATHER Barnett murderer Danilo Restivo was handed another 30 years in prison by an Italian court yesterday for killing a teenager in Italy. The 39-year-old, who began a life sentence in June for murdering Bournemouth mum-of-two Heather in
Bill Wyman’s Rhythm Kings: Lighthouse, Poole The first time Bill Wyman played Poole he was less than impressed with the reception he received. It was 1963 and his band, a virtually unknown bunch of scruffs called The Rolling Stones, had been booked
• The main operator Damory Coaches did not have enough drivers and failed to notify the council of this – 70 drivers were expected to be transferred to the service but only eight had been. • Damory claim they did not have enough time to get
YOUNG children were forced to walk unsupervised along a busy rural road due to Dorset County Council’s shambolic school transport service. In a 92-page report, chief executive David Jenkins outlines why their Home to School bus service was
PLANS to create 1,200 jobs as part of a multi-million pound development plan at Bournemouth Airport’s business parks have been approved. Councillors at Christchurch Borough Council unanimously approved the outline application from Manchester Airport
THE reports in the Echo (October 28) of the planning refusal for the hotel school application was based on a number of very key planning reasons. Also as reported to members it was a balanced report which officers had raised a number of concerns, one
With the recent suspension (for maintenance) of the traffic lights on the Fleetsbridge roundabout there seems to be a majority of opinion from both commuters and local businesses that there is now less delay at that junction. The Highways Agency have
I have been following the story of the accusation that Cllr Peter Charon is a bully with interest. Like many of my generation I would call someone a bully who punched you on the nose or picked a fight with you as a child when he was twice your size
YES, the new Twin Sails Bridge is in the wrong place. Poole councillors and planners, have totally failed to see that the majority or roads in the town of Poole run east/west, so why build a bridge that runs north/south? To serve the new bridge new
THIS Remembrance Sunday, as our thoughts turn to the sacrifices made by members of the armed forces, I would ask your readers to spare a moment for the remarkable men and women of the Royal Air Force. Today, the RAF is deployed worldwide, defending
COUNCIL officials up and down the country, doubtless including Bournemouth, Poole and Dorset, will have watched with interest and probably a degree of alarm as two severely disabled adults yesterday won a landmark High Court battle over cost cutting
I READ that, for some reason, New Forest District Council does not agree with the constituency boundary proposals. Surely, it makes no difference to them, the district boundaries remain the same. Indeed the name ‘west’ should be dropped and go back
AFTER hearing how Dr’ Conrad Murray prescribed anaesthetic to help Michael Jackson to sleep, chatted to his girlfriend on the phone while the star was in his death throes, and then asked for help in delivering CPR, I can’t disagree with Tito Jackson who
OCCUPY Bournemouth protesters were once again moved on after pitching up in the grounds of St Peter’s Church in the early hours of yesterday morning. After bailiffs moved the protesters from the Bourne-mouth Town Hall grounds, several people
CHERRIES are understood to have failed in an initial attempt to bring Leyton Orient defender Charlie Daniels to the Seward Stadium. The Dorset outfit is believed to have tested the water with their League One rivals by tabling a nominal bid for the
NEW recruit Simon Francis thanked Lee Bradbury for rescuing him from his Valley wilderness and then insisted he was desperate to make up for lost time with Cherries. Francis this week completed his switch to Seward Stadium at the second attempt – following
FRESHER Steven Gregory believes he is coming to terms with the rigours of life in the Football League following an indifferent start to his career at the Seward Stadium. The midfielder, a £55,000 buy from AFC Wimbledon, admits he took time to adjust
