Steve Fletcher was the hero as Cherries continued their fine away form – thanks to a last-gasp leveller from the club legend this afternoon. First-half goals from Walsall duo Jon Macken and Andy Butler looked to have ended Cherries’ long
A BUSY route into Wimborne is likely to remain closed over the weekend after a lorry collided with a wall at Julians Bridge on Friday, police have said. The B3078 was shut between the A31 and the West Street/King Street/Victoria Road mini-roundabout
IT could be summer before the cause of the crash that killed a Red Arrows pilot near Bournemouth Airport is revealed. A Service Inquiry was convened following the tragedy at Throop in which Flt Lt Jon Egging, 33, died minutes after the team had finished
A HOST of early missed chances cost Scotty 'Dog' Mitchell dearly as he crashed out of the Lakeside world championships at the first hurdle for the third successive year this afternoon. The Dorset thrower succumbed 3-0 to defending champion
BIG-HEARTED Cherries’ fan Lewis Goodenough proudly wore his AFC Bournemouth shirt while he ran five kilometres along Bournemouth’s seafront for three worthy causes. The 11-year-old pupil at Upton Junior School in Poole was among fundraisers who took
The beginning of another year causes many of us to analyse our lives and make minor changes. Whilst contemplating my own New Year’s resolutions, I was stopped in my tracks by someone who made some very dramatic changes to help others. Keith Lake,
A POOLE charity has successfully tracked down a boy whose sandcastle-making efforts helped get them into the Guinness Book of World Records. In September Lewis-Manning Hospice appealed to Daily Echo readers to help find the boy photographed jumping for
PROBLEMS caused by satnavs could soon become a thing of the past as councils get more powers to update maps. With small country roads and cul-de-sacs dogged by drivers following the computer’s often misleading guidance to the letter, the news
FOR one family it had been a wait besieged by bad weather and gale-force winds. But the Youngs from Mudeford were rewarded when Avon Beach started taking bookings for seasonal beach huts yesterday. Only two full-season huts were available
FEARS of gang reprisals are mounting following a violent New Year’s Day clash which left a Swanage teenager fighting for life, it has emerged. A 16-year-old Swanage boy remains in a serious condition in hospital after suffering life-threatening head
‘SCUM’ burglars who smashed through a Poole restaurant’s window to snatch a charity pot containing more than £200 have been condemned. The offenders cruelly made off with the large Help for Heroes collection bottle – brimming with money meant
CONCERNED town hall staff packed out a council meeting to witness their jobs being transferred to troubled outsourcing company Mouchel. Dozens of staff from the finance, organisational development and human resources departments will now become Mouchel
THANK goodness I don’t have to do this with Ed Miliband, I think, as I march forth into Bournemouth Square. Unlike nondescript Ed, one flash of our picture of Margaret Thatcher is enough to set most people off. “Oh God, that awful woman,” was the reaction
Now that Christmas is over, we have got Easter to look forward to in three months’ time. Is it a little early for the main supermarket at Swanage to start selling hot cross buns? ROBIN BRASHER, High Street, Swanage
AT LAST, after almost two decades, two members of the gang of cowardly racist scum responsible for the brutal murder of Stephen Lawrence have been sent to prison – albeit with vastly reduced sentences because they were teenagers at the time their crime
A TEENAGE boy was pushed to the ground and robbed of his mobile phone and bag in West Howe. Detectives are now appealing for witnesses to the attack, which happened after the 15-year-old boy got off a bus. It happened along Verney Road at around 7.10pm
NOW we are starting a new year I thought it might be an idea to express my concerns about the Bournemouth regeneration. It has been proposed to build monumental buildings to provide cinemas, shops, restaurants etc in the town centre. My personal viewpoint
THE South’s favourite song of all time is Chasing Cars by Snow Patrol. The 2006 smash hit beat Robbie Williams’s Angels to the top spot in a Wave 105 poll. Adele’s Someone Like You, from 2010, was in third place ahead of Queen’s Bohemian Rhapsody.
PARTS of Poole resemble a tip with overturned blue bins, paper strewn around the streets and bottles smashed on roads. A combination of high winds and confusion over recycling collection days after the Christmas break has left residents livid
“WHEN he was in pain I wasn’t there, that’s what bothers me.” In those few simple words Doreen Lawrence lays bare the greatest anguish a mother can endure – knowing that when it mattered most to her precious child, Stephen, she wasn’t there. Never
A BIG thank you to the people of Bournemouth who gave money to the two collections the PDSA held, one on Carnival Day, November 20, where £240 was raised, and on December 3 in Bournemouth where £305 was collected. Thank you. PDSA, Castle Lane West
Don’t you just love the new-look Daily Echo? New editor, Toby Granville, has stamped his mark on it in less than a fortnight. It is darker, and inky, and more how a newspaper ought to appear, (rather than the John Major grey of yore), and would look
HAVING just returned from Southampton Airport, where we dropped off our son for his flight to Belfast, I must say how impressed I was with the drop-off facilities. There are a number of dedicated spaces where one can park for up to 10 minutes to drop
TO regain credibility, Mr Cameron must enforce a New Deal for Britain – re-developing British Industries to provide full employment for all skills and professions and reduce his irresponsible borrowing, thus restoring the British economy. Bailing out
ASHLEY Cross in Poole is a very pleasant place. During the day it attracts all sorts of people checking out the idiosyncratic shops, cafes and restaurants. In the evening crowds from far and wide flock to enjoy its almost continental ambience. But on
THE Russian Ice Stars and Wild Rose are at Bournemouth Pavilion theatre this evening with their spectacular version of Cinderella. The show, which is also on tomorrow, offers the thrill of a lavishly-staged classic fairy tale performed by an all-Russian
WIMBORNE Town chiefs have demonstrated their faith in boss Steve Cuss by handing him an 18-month contract – despite a tough start to his reign. Cuss has endured a difficult first full season in charge at Cuthbury following a summer spent rebuilding the
CHERRIES will next week discover if Charlie Sheringham requires surgery to repair a broken bone in his foot. The striker sustained the injury as he opened his League One goals account with an effort at Brentford on Boxing Day. Although initial X-rays
STEPHANE Zubar hinted he would like to commit his future to Cherries but insisted team success was more important than his personal situation. The centre-half is vowing to put any thoughts of a potential new contract to one side as he aims to play a
WHILE his appetite for football may be on the wane, Ian Cox’s affection for AFC Bournemouth has never diminished. Far from it. Cherries supporters have fond memories of their former hero – and the feeling is mutual. Cox went to a World Cup, played at
