POLICE are warning the public to be on their guard against credit card scams after two elderly Bournemouth residents were targeted by a bogus caller. The trickster told their victims that their debit or credit card was about to expire and asked
A temporary cabin which has served as a neighbourhood store for five years, could finally be replaced by a larger supermarket. The Co-op has submitted a new planning application to replace the Blandford Road, Hamworthy, Poole store which burnt
A LITTLE piece of Dorset has been moved to London, where it is going on display as part of the Natural History Museum’s Wildlife Garden. Around 60 square metres of prime heathland was dug up from inside the Bournemouth Airport boundary and transported
More than 3,000 jobs are to go after ailing fashion chain Peacocks was sold out of administration. The deal with Edinburgh Woollen Mill will save 388 shops and more than 6,000 jobs but administrators from KPMG said it had been forced to close
TROUBLED car firm Seward has closed its Blandford branch, putting around 20 people out of work. Administrators Smith and Williamson confirmed the news this afternoon. Shocked workers arrived at work this morning to be told they were
YOUNG designers, artists and photographers of the future are being asked to take part in a national competition. ‘Who Are You?’ – run in conjunction with Arts University College at Bournemouth and outdoor advertising company, JCDecaux – is aimed at 16
BOURNEMOUTH beach is the location for a dream wedding up for grabs for one lucky couple. A loved-up couple is to be chosen by ITV’s Daybreak viewers in a brand new Here Comes The Tide competition, launched on Monday. Worth thousands
Outraged residents opposing a proposed development have erected scaffolding to demonstrate its “intr-usive” size. A planning application to demolish the existing home at 5 Excelsior Road, Parkstone, and build a four-bed house was due to go
A SIX-FOOT former rugby player downed a shoplifter in the street. Public-spirited estate agent Jeff Thomas gave chase after a suspect refused to pay for a bag of items he had helped himself to at the Co-op store in Wimborne Road, Winton,
A UNION is lobbying parliament to prevent the closure of 39 DVLA offices, including one in Poole. The PCS represents the 1,200 staff facing unemployment when the branches close from this autumn. The union said: “The closures would wipe out
HUGE rush-hour delays built up on one of the main approaches to Poole after just one person failed to turn up for work, it has emerged. Hundreds of fuming motorists saw their journey times from Purbeck to Poole double on Monday because of the single
A WIDE-ranging study of Bournemouth’s night-time economy will be carried out in a bid to bring more families and older people into the town. The Bournemouth By Night project, which is being funded by town centre businesses, aims to develop
A WOMAN who was landed with a £3,000 bill for failing to give “notice” that her dad was going to die has won her battle against the charges. As reported in the Daily Echo, Sue Cann, 54, of Christchurch, branded Highcliffe Nursing Home, run
THE man who died in a horror road accident on the A31 at Ringwood last week has been named. Richard Steele-Perkins, 75, of Church Close, Haslemere, Surrey, was killed when his dark red Daihatsu Sirion car was in collision with three other vehicles by
A FUN-packed It’s a Knockout event will be held at Portfield School in Christchurch on Sunday to raise funds for two worthwhile charities. Registration will begin at 12.30pm for the day, which runs from 1pm to 4.30pm at the school in Parley
AFTER a 24-year absence the Trades Union Congress (TUC) is returning to Bournemouth for its annual conference this autumn. The Congress, which unites representatives of 54 affiliated unions and attracts 4,000 delegates, was last held in the resort in
A BENEFITS cheat has been spared a prison sentence after a judge heard how her two children would suffer most if she was locked up. Sarah Draper, 42, from Chloe Gardens, Poole, admitted claiming almost £36,000 in income support, housing and
THE chairman of the National Romany Rights Association will stand trial at Southampton Crown Court in April for indecency offences. Basil Burton, 79, of Dugdell Close, Ferndown, is charged with four indecency offences on a girl under 13 which
CHRISTCHURCH diners are being asked to cast their vote for their favourite eatery in the town. The Coastline Best of the Best Awards 2012 aim to reward those establishments in Christchurch which provide their customers with the best food, the
Poole’s Twin Sails bridge will not now open to road traffic on Monday. The community event will go ahead as planned this weekend, when residents will be able to walk across the new structure between Poole Town and Hamworthy. However
CAMPAIGNERS are staging a final stand over imminent plans to convert an arts centre into family housing. The Friends of Boscombe Centre for Community Arts want to save the Haviland Road building from part demolition. Bournemouth Council
A GRIEVING Christchurch woman has branded a care home firm “outrageous” after it asked her to pay £3,000 because she didn’t give “notice” before her father died. Sue Cann, 54, received a letter from Highcliffe Nursing Home, run by Kingsley
A new campaign has been launched in Dorset to give a voice to those most isolated by age and disability. Dorset Advocacy’s ‘Got a Voice? Got a Choice?’ was launched by Annette Brooke MP for Mid Dorset and North Poole, pictured. The local
TWO young pupils from Kinson Primary School will help to create a lasting tribute to tragic Red Arrow pilot Jon Egging. Penny Vallier, 10, and George Cutler, nine, are celebrating after winning a competition to design a memorial to Flight Lieutenant
A POOLE-based project has helped residents secure over £1million of additional benefits since January 2010. Poole Housing Partnership was provided with £91,741 funding over three years from the ScottishPower Energy People Trust to help alleviate
FIRE and rescue crews battled for nearly an hour to release two people trapped in a car after a crash. Emergency services were called to Kinson Road in Bournemouth at 1.15pm yesterday after the accident, involving a green Honda estate which
A GOOD Samaritan says he is “gobsmacked” Bournemouth Council have refused to drop a camera car fine even though he had stopped to help an injured elderly woman. Mark Jury had pulled over in his Range Rover on a bus stop to check the welfare of the pensioner
CAN I recommend to your readers, the excellent glossy Gullivers Trail leaflet obtainable at Kinson library or 01202 451605? This reader friendly trail takes you seven miles around our rich in history and folklore area, visiting Kinson common, Millhams
IN response to Richard Snook’s comments (Letters, February 16) on the use of a camera car in Poole, I would like to reassure drivers that this is not to “milk the cash cow” but to enforce necessary parking restrictions. Parking outside entrances
I REFER to recent Daily Echo reports re supermarket developments in Christchurch. I fail to understand the remark by the Inspector regarding town centre vitality being affected by a development at Somerford two miles away, and what difference
READING about Cllr Mike Greene’s concern over the proposed wind farm off the Bournemouth coast (Daily Echo, February 18), may I suggest that he takes a journey to either Blackpool or Great Yarmouth. Ask there, whether their tourist trade
IT HAS been a long and passionate battle by local residents but it looks like the end of the road. The Boscombe Centre for Community Arts (or BCCA) has been something of an institution for around half a century. Yesterday, campaigners who have fought
I AM the mother of a teenage girl who made two suicide attempts, one in front of me. Thank God, she no longer wants to kill herself, but has displayed anti-social behaviour including truancy. When I read your headline (‘Anger at suicide
I WAS appalled to learn (Daily Echo, February 20) that North Dorset District Council has agreed to to allow a major supermarket outside of Blandford to increase its floor space by 73 per cent. I am well aware that retailing habits have significantly
AHH... the days are lengthening, and in a month we’ll be looking forward to changing the clocks. It means, also, that to-and-from work won’t include countless blindings from the new(ish) dazzling HID headlamps or distracted by those lovely patterns
A MAJOR motor dealer has gone into administration – potentially casting doubt over hundreds of jobs and a sponsorship deal with AFC Bournemouth. Smith and Williamson were yesterday appointed administrators of Seward (Wessex) Limited, which
THE body of an elderly man has been pulled from the water at Poole Quay. Workmen on board a leisure cruiser yesterday discovered the 81-year-old’s body in the harbour, close to the statue of Lord Baden-Powell, shortly before 10.30am.
RESIDENTS campaigning for a pedestrian crossing on a busy Bournemouth road have been given fresh hope. The ACT residents’ group has been calling for improvements on Turbary Park Avenue, which runs for almost a mile through a built-up area with
ROCHDALE midfielder Jason Kennedy has re-lived the sickening moment when he realised stricken Cherries star Stephen Purches had been seriously injured. Kennedy was involved in the challenge that resulted in Purches sustaining a badly broken right leg
NEW recruit Miles Addison is hoping to help Cherries revive their League One play-off push after leaving his comfort zone to move to Seward Stadium. Boss Lee Bradbury ended a lengthy pursuit of Addison when he persuaded the Derby County utility man to
THE speedway boss who helped win the 2011 Elite League and Premier League titles is backing new-look Pirates to bring more success to Wimborne Road. Co-promoter with Poole and Glasgow, Gordon Pairman played a role in both clubs’ success stories last
DAVID Dunn believes Lions will win the National Three South West title in the mud rather than the sunshine. Dunn’s table-toppers saw off Chippenham 31-5 at Allington Fields on Saturday in horrendous conditions, managing to secure a crucial try-scoring
CHARLIE Parish landed a penalty with the last kick of the game to spare Swanage & Wareham’s blushes in their 10-3 defeat at Bletchley in South West One East. The hosts took the lead with an early try and as the rain fell, the clash was one dominated
