A POOLE campaigner, who was among the ranks at Parliament’s largest disabled people’s protest, has welcomed the government’s U-turn on axing payments to care home residents. When the government announced plans, in last year’s Spending Review, to cut
THE apparent suicide of Wales football manager Gary Speed stunned those around him, who saw no signs of anxiety or depression. Yet he was in the demographic group with the highest suicide rate – men aged 35-49. According to the Samaritans, three out
THERE’S just one week left to support the Daily Echo’s Toy Appeal and spread a little cheer this Christmas. The 15th toy appeal is in its final phase, with hundreds of toys and gifts already left at the various collection points. Echo readers are being
PASSIONATE supporters of Christchurch’s Druitt Hall turned out for a meeting about its future. More than 100 people concerned about the future of the hall attended to try and forge a plan of action. The council will take over the lease
A BOURNEMOUTH agency providing personal care in people’s homes says it has made all necessary improvements after being warned it could face action by the health and social care watchdog. The warning follows an unannounced visit last month to Abacus Care
IT’S not a done deal. That was the assurance yesterday to hundreds of Highcliffe residents, worried about plans for a gypsy and traveller site. The Grange Road site off Highcliffe Road is one of two possible options in the borough – a third at Hurn
I know that there has been lots of discussion around the crackdown on cyclists without lights. Personally I think this is a good thing as long as it doesn't get blown out of proportion and people appreciate that these are a minority of riders
Poole residents were so supportive of the late night street lights switch off that when the scheme is extended, others will not be consulted. While the Borough of Poole proposes to consult ward councillors and the police, residents across the town whose
AN ASTONISHING war of words has broken out between senior Bournemouth councillors and one of their own MPs. Bournemouth’s leader and deputy leader have accused Tobias Ellwood of being “manipulative” and “putting his foot in it”. But
A SENIOR union official at Bournemouth University’s has branded the students’ body a “disgrace” for not supporting the pensions strike. John Brissenden, branch secretary of the lecturers’ union, UCU, made the attack on Twitter. The Students Union at
WITH a few weeks to go until Christmas, what better way to feel festive than to spend a day decorating Christmas Cupcakes, with a little help from Rachel Filmer of Let’s Make Cupcakes? Rachel’s love for cupcakes and baking began about five
IT took one 6ft halibut from Iceland (the country, not the store!), 60kg of potatoes and 40 cans of lager (for beer batter) for the team of six from the Urban Beach Hotel and Urban Reef Restaurant to win their Monster Challenge. Earlier this year the
WHILE everyone’s attention is on the damage caused by high fuel prices, a new report effectively proposes imposing road pricing on our major roads (both new and existing). It can even be read as suggesting them for our local roads, ultimately forcing
DO the owners of Bournemouth Airport have a death wish? I’ve just logged on to their web site to book parking for a week in early February to find the fee is £65.99. Luton, Gatwick and even Heathrow don’t charge that rate. I’ll get a cab each way –
I’M confused by PH Richards’s letter (‘Land Grab will just enhance the club’, Letters Dec 1). Maybe I don’t go to Kings Park often enough. When I walk through on a Saturday to watch the Cherries there are usually three or four football games taking place
WE hear a lot of bad publicity about the care of the elderly, and I would like to tell you of a more positive side. My 91-year-old father-in-law was diagnosed with Alzheimers. Bournemouth council moved him from sheltered housing to a flat, which has
SO we are now going to pay up to £34,500 for a ‘supremo’ to run our green bin service in Poole. Nice to know that our new annual fee is being constructively used. It begs the question – what do we actually pay council tax for? Streetlights when
IN the not too distant past, late 1980s early 1990s, workers in the private sector who were nearing the end of their working life, were having to endure lower wages and small pay increases because the self-employed and employees working for private companies
WHY IS it with failing eyesight I cannot rely on a light bulb giving the illumination it states on the box? The old filament bulbs (EU restricted), when they said 100w we could rely on 100w light. Now with the compact florescent energy saving bulb
THE American essayist, satirist and magazine editor, Henry Louis Mencken who was known as the ‘Sage of Baltimore’ came up with a very plausible description of the proper relationship between a journalist and politician. It should be, he
Cream of Cauliflower Soup with Truffle Oil and Croutons Serves 8 1 large or 2 medium cauliflower(s), about 1.2kg 25g butter 1tbsp olive oil 1 large potato, about 250g, peeled and roughly chopped 1 onion, peeled and chopped
IT DOESN’T look like much on the outside. And, to be perfectly honest, it doesn’t look like much on the inside.But what comes out of Sherwood Tinning is quite literally fit for a Queen... and her husband. Faith Eckersall meets Nick Stevenson
A 16-YEAR-OLD robbed four teenagers of their mobile phones while brandishing a BB gun, a court heard. The boy, who cannot be named for legal reasons, carried out the robbery with an older man in Duck Lane in Kinson shortly after 3.30pm on June
A RESCUE centre is overflowing with rabbits because people are losing their homes in the recession. Waggy Tails, which uses foster homes to look after animals, said the state of the economy was inundating them. Volunteer Elizabeth Ritchley from Christchurch
IT'S as much a part of Christmas as turkey and tinsel - a good pantomime is the perfect way to forget the stresses of shopping and kick-start that festive feeling. And thankfully this version of Jack and the Beanstalk is a real Christmas cracker that
The Jellicoe Theatre goes One Step Beyond when performing arts students prepare the venue to become their House on December 7 and 8. Second-year extended diploma students from Bournemouth and Poole Colle are deep into rehearsals for a rip-roaring production
BOURNEMOUTH’S much loved former ice rink site is being converted into a modern gym after standing empty for 20 years. Business leaders have welcomed the Westover Road development although it goes in the face of the council’s long-term plans
As ambassadors of small scale wind music there can be but few as adventurous and well versed as the Galliard Ensemble. The quintet, comprising Kathryn Thomas, flute, Owen Dennis, oboe, Katherine Spencer, clarinet, local man Richard Bayliss, horn and
A FAMILY had a lucky escape on Sunday morning as an inferno destroyed the house next door in a possible arson attack. Martyn Lucas, his daughter Bella, five, and his partner Sini Lehtinen are staying with his parents, Brian and Marie, while
BASHLEY manager Steve Riley looks set to wield the axe after accusing some of his players of lacking the “mental toughness” for a Southern Premier play-off push. The Bashley boss appears to have run out of patience following Saturday’s 4-0 thumping at
CHRISTCHURCH manager Graham Kemp was gracious in defeat after watching Priory’s FA Vase adventure end with a 3-0 defeat at Bitton. Kemp admitted the Western League hosts had deserved to progress after goals from Brandon Barnes, Mark Salter and Rob Smart
A stretch of the busy A351 through Sandford is to be closed one-way for 12 weeks in the new year, just months after a five-week closure. Wessex Water needs to lay a new sewer at Sandford but the work could not be carried out at the same time
PIRATES chief Matt Ford has completed the second phase of his team building for the club’s 2012 Elite League title defence with the double signing of Dennis Andersson and Sam Masters. The hot prospects have been snapped up to ride alongside Turbo Twins
BOSCOMBE boy Jamie Whisken admitted he would cherish his FA Cup adventure – even though it finished in disappointing circumstances. Whisken was on the receiving end as non-league AFC Totton bowed out following a 6-1 defeat at the hands of League Two
FORMER Cherries skipper Jason Pearce has described as “a dream come true” the possibility of facing his boyhood heroes Chelsea in the FA Cup. Pearce, who left Dean Court for Portsmouth in the summer, said he had been “absolutely buzzing” after yesterday
POPPIES boss Ken Vaughan will finally allow himself to dream of Wembley after his side comfortably defeated Barnstaple Town to reach the last 32 of the FA Vase. Second-half goals from Jake Rowley and Martin Warren pushed Poppies into the fourth round
BOSS Tom Killick hit back at Dan Cann’s critics after the Poole Town frontman silenced his doubters with a fine brace. Cann, Marvin Brooks and Carl Preston netted in the second half to seal Dolphins’ first league win in four games, before James Vercesi
GLENN Burnett hailed New Milton Town’s attacking prowess following Alex Baldacchino’s derby-winning four-goal salvo. Star striker Baldacchino took centre stage – and made it 16 goals in 21 Wessex League starts – as Milton hammered local rivals Lymington
HAT-trick hero Matt Kemble continued his goalscoring form to fire Wimborne Town into the Dorset Senior Cup semi-finals. The Southern League outfit avoided a giant-killing by beating Holt United 3-0 thanks to a treble from the former Cherries trainee.
