FRUSTRATED allotment holders have challenged Christchurch council over proposals to change the way the plots are managed. The council is currently consulting with the residents in the borough about the way allotment provision is organised.
A thriller set to keep the audience guessing is the next production by the talented Broadstone Players. Prescription for Murder by Norman Robbins, directed by Marion Watson will be performed at Broadstone War Memorial Hall from February 14-
THE jury in the Glyn Helliwell murder trial have been sent home until Monday when they will continue their deliberations. Jake Brand, 22, of Parkwood Road, Southbourne denies murdering Mr Helliwell on July 6 last year. The Bistro on
THE Wareham Middle School playing fields saga has made it all the way to the House of Commons. Angry residents launched a bid to save the fields from developers after Dorset County Council bosses revealed their intentions to sell off the land
A POOLE woman warned not to leave the house alone due to her autism has found a new lease of life volunteering. Alex Jordan, 28, and staff at the Care Division, in Canford Heath, have developed a unique working relationship. Alex, who was run over by
A SPECIAL team has just been set up to crack down on loan sharks around Bournemouth, Poole and Christchurch. The Department for Business is creating teams after a rise in crimes during the recession. Liaison officers will be speaking
NEXT Friday sees the end of an era when a family-owned photographic shop and studio in Poole, closes its doors for the last time. N R Green first opened as a pharmacy in Ashley Road in 1945, when Norman Green returned from World War Two service
FEEL like taking up a new sport, hugging those you love, stop charging your phone overnight, making a scrapbook or getting to know your neighbours? They might sound like typical New Year’s Resolutions, but youngsters at West Moors Middle School
ONE of the original team to develop Holocaust Memorial Day in the UK organised the first event of its kind in Christchurch. Captain Farnand helped create the national day in 2001 when he worked for the government, and was the driving force behind an
A COMPULSIVE gambler stole nearly £10,000 from the Bournemouth supermarket which paid him to run the self-service tills, a court heard. Sainsbury’s Castlepoint checkout super-visor Darren Sharpe, 37, took £9,410 from 10 tills and frittered
AN overhaul of the standards regime could lead to an “absolutely horrific” situation in which the responsibility for checking councillors falls solely to other councillors. Fears that members of the public could be elbowed out of the new standards regime
CHERRIES have agreed a fee with Brighton for striker Will Hoskins, the Echo understands. Sources close to the Echo claim the 25-year-old could now talk personal terms with the Dorset club. The Hoskins link comes hot on the heels of Cherries
A WIMBORNE man filled his trolley with nearly £300 of goods in a charity supermarket sweep. Gary Beardwood dashed around Waitrose on Saturday morning, grabbing items off shelves as part of a raffle prize. After a sprint the iconic TV show’s host Dale
A CHRISTCHURCH police officer is appealing for residents in his new patch to contact him with concerns and issues. PC Andy Morton, who used to be part of Grange Safer Neighbourhood Team, has moved to the Mudeford and West Highcliffe team. He has been
GRIEVING parents rocked by revelations that their dead children’s organs have been kept at Southampton Hospital for years are demanding to know how many families are affected. Dorset Police, the Association of Chief Police Officers and the hospital are
A MUSEUM is appealing for people with information about the Olympics to get in touch. The Red House Museum in Quay Road, Christchurch is looking for photos, memories and memorabilia from people who have competed or attended previous Olympic Games. The
SHE may not look much like the traditional image of Eliza Doolittle, but this painting is said to have been the inspiration for the classic story. Clytie, painted in 1896 by Lord Frederic Leighton, was yesterday delivered and installed at Bournemouth
Holocaust memorial set to help break down barriers Victims and those whose lives have been changed beyond recognition because of the Holocaust and subsequent genocides in Cambodia, Bosnia, Rwanda and Darfur will be remembered. The Bournemouth & Poole
After successful pilot studies, Poole has its own Passion Play: “Through the Eyes of a Child”. The performance moves between Parkstone United Reformed Church and St Peter’s Church, Parkstone. The play follows a tradition dating back to mediaeval
In a live BBC Radio 3 broadcast promulgating the colourful romance of Dvorak and the stimulating natural world of Sibelius, Kirill Karabits conjured some marvellous moments. Dvorak’s Cello Concerto starred Frenchman Gautier Capucon playing a 1701 Matteo
AN ACT misunderstood by Britain’s Got Talent judges Simon Cowell and Piers Morgan is on his way to the Funnybone comedy club at Centre Stage tomorrow night. Former house husband Jasper Blakeley will be performing as his comedy alter-ego Kockov
ANNIVERSARY celebrations are underway at a Bournemouth primary school as it enters its 150th year. Numerous events are planned at St Mark’s in Talbot Village throughout 2012, including a whole school photograph with pupils dressed in Victorian costume
Alice Winter, year one class teacher: “It’s a lovely school with lovely children and it’s nice to have a school that’s all about the children rather than policies. I had my placement in this school and fell in love with it. It’s the best job in the world
LIFEBOAT volunteers are limbering up for their biggest annual fundraiser – the RNLI SOS Day. Volunteers from across the country will be taking part in a variety of activities, including a gruelling 24-hour ‘rowathon’ at Poole Quay and a car wash at Swanage
A FAMILY from Poole have given a loving home to a sick puppy who was abandoned in the freezing cold and rescued by Battersea Dogs and Cats Home. A litter of half a dozen six-month-old English Bull Terrier pups were found dumped in a box on
“FRIENDLY”, “adventurous” and “caring” are some of the words that come back when pupils are asked to describe Sylvan First School. The 400-pupil first school in Parkstone is celebrating its 60th anniversary this year. Like many schools
SMOKED haddock, spring onion and beetroot tartlets with salad propelled a 13-year-old from Blandford into first place in a cookery competition heat. Shae Hardy is now through to the district round of the Rotary Young Chef competition, after impressing
A BUSY rail route through Hampshire was shut this morning after a car apparently drove 50m along the line. The small silver hatchback ended up next to the tracks a short distance from the level crossing at Brockenhurst Train Station.
STAFF and students at Bournemouth School for Girls are celebrating after GCSE results ranked it in the top 50 state schools in the country. The Castle Gate Close school was ranked 45th and also came 54th in a table of all schools, ranking
POOLE’S Twin Sails Bridge is no longer on course to open to traffic by the end of this month. Work has taken longer than anticipated and the bridge is not expected to open until the latter part of February. However the official opening
• Susan O’Connor’s 12-year-old son has Downs Syndrome and attends the academy. The Branksome mum said: “He’s settled in rather well and they’ve done everything possible to incorporate him. “Hopefully they will improve things.”
A POOLE school has clocked up the worst GCSE results in the country. Just three per cent of pupils leaving St Aldhelm’s Academy last summer scored the benchmark five A* - C GCSE grades, including English and maths. That’s a drop of 11
AN Iraq War veteran, who lost both legs in a suicide bomb attack, is among the jubilant crew to complete a gruelling 3,000-mile cross-Atlantic rowing challenge. Former Poole soldier Neil Heritage, one of the six men on the 29ft Row2Recovery
I WRITE regarding the article ‘Parking permits cost is slashed’ and would like to respond to the online comments which are critical of the cost of parking in Bournemouth Town Centre. I would like to gently remind residents and visitors that
IT just goes to show if you have a concern, there is no harm in asking. My grateful thanks to the Daily Echo for publishing my recent letter regarding the re-direction of buses down Marlborough Road; and also to the powers that be at blue buses who not
A DISABLED man is recovering after he was targeted in an “appalling crime” which took place along a busy Poole road in broad daylight. The 46-year-old victim, who suffers from cerebral palsy and uses an electric wheelchair, was attacked at the junction
MICHAEL Gove, Secretary of State for Education, has expressed his concern regarding the teaching of history in state-funded schools believing that British history is being neglected with too much emphasis being given to the rise of the Nazi Party, the
THE letter of Danny Daniel from Dorchester (Daily Echo 18th) is quite right. Poole residents cannot criticise our council over its refuse collection; it has been fantastic ever since we had to recycle. No one snooping to see if things were in the
It was interesting to read Eddie Mitchell’s comments (Drop in supporters at AFC Bournemouth).on January 24. Well I am one of those supporters who has only gone once this season. That was the game at home against Sheffield Wednesday. For me there are
‘TO make a real difference doesn’t just happen overnight’ said St Aldhelm’s Academy principal Cheryl Heron a year ago, not long after the Poole school had reopened as an academy. Despite the uncomfortable feeling that that didn’t offer much
MICHAEL Symes is determined to earn the chance to star in Cherries’ play-off push – by successfully adjusting to his new role in the team. The striker says he has been “reasonably happy” with his performances since being deployed in a deeper position
HARRY Arter admits the next month could be crunch time in Cherries’ bid to have the last laugh on their play-off doubters. The midfielder believes Cherries are entering a potentially defining period – with the lead-up to a series of tough
Seagulls extended their lead at the top of the Dorset Junior Water Polo League with a resounding 11-2 victory over Bridport Barracudas. In their third match in a week which has seen them score 35 goals and concede only five, the Christchurch junior team
AS an eager teenager learning the game in the shadows of Twickenham, Tim Collier could hardly have asked for a better rugby education. From All Blacks legend Zinzan Brooke to ex-England captain Will Carling, and Ireland hero Keith Wood to iconic prop
Poole’s Dan Speers found there was gold in them there Welsh hills after making a lone foray across the border. The 14-year-old was in a class of his own as he won the 14yrs 100m freestyle at the Exeter City Open Meet in Cardiff’s 50m pool. His long
