CHAIRMAN Eddie Mitchell has revealed that the wife of co-owner Maxim Demin spoke to Cherries’ players at half-time in today’s defeat against MK Dons. Responding to a question from the Daily Echo, Mitchell confirmed that the impromptu address
Bournemouth Poppies reached the quarter-finals of the FA Vase after coming from behind to beat Billingham Synthonia 2-1 this afternoon. The Teessiders took an early lead, before Poppies goalkeeper Max Frampton saved a penalty. Max Cream then levelled
CHRISTINE Simms has a direct way of dealing with the street girls and pimps outside her house. She marches up to them and tells them they should clear off – and if they do not she will call the police. The Boscombe resident takes her direct action every
CHERRIES’ hopes of reaching the League One play-offs suffered another setback this afternoon as rivals MK Dons claimed a 1-0 win at Seward Stadium. Lee Bradbury’s men lost for the third consecutive league game – leaving them without a win in four outings
A PROMISING mechanic has a bright future after winning the Daily Echo’s Apprentice of the Year competition. Craig Adams, who works at Excelsior Coaches in Bournemouth, topped our poll after votes from readers. He has now been handed £100 to spend on
HER Majesty the Queen has already arrived in Wimborne to celebrate her Diamond Jubilee. A team of volunteers are ferreting away making life-size papier mache models of Queen Elizabeth II, her beloved corgis and a dazzling array of crown jewels
Frenetic activity surrounds the Hamworthy site of Poole’s Twin Sails Bridge as a time-lapse video shows exactly how the iconic bridge was put together. The resulting video can be seen on YouTube and the footage covers more than six months
CAMPAIGNERS for Druitt Hall presented a petition with more than 1,000 signatures to councillors, in support of the hall’s continued use. At a meeting of the full council on Tuesday evening, members of the Friends of Druitt Hall walked to the council
A SERIES of public consultation meetings is under way over the possible merger of East Dorset’s hospital foundation trusts. Some 30 people attended Poole Hospital’s Education Centre to watch a short film, hear a presentation from the bosses of the two
AN OUTSPOKEN councillor who sparked a furore by slapping a political opponent is in hot water again. Conservative Penny Jackman, 47, pictured, is at the centre of a new storm after publishing a letter from a supporter that praises her for having
PLANS have been lodged to repair a seventeenth Wimborne bridge damaged by a lorry last month. Temporary two-way traffic lights will be in place on Julian’s Bridge, on the B3078, during the two week project. Workmen will rebuild a section
THERE are only days to go until the closing date for the Daily Echo’s photo competition. Your shots of local scenery are due in by the end of Tuesday, February 28. A selection of entries will be professionally published in our new book, Dorset: A Photographic
YOUNG people from 12 local secondary schools attended the area’s first ever Creative Careers Festival at Lighthouse in Poole. The aim of the event was to inspire and raise the aspirations of young people through artist-led workshops in performing
THOUSANDS of blues fans are expected to flock to Purbeck for the biggest ever Swanage Blues Festival. The award-winning event, now in its 12th year and boasting a number of top blues acts from across the UK, starts on Friday March 2, but the larger crowds
POOLE adventurer David Whiddon has completed a gruelling 3,300 nautical mile row across the unforgiving Atlantic Ocean. David, who works as a sea survival expert at Poole’s RNLI Lifeboat College, crossed the finishing line in Barbados with rowing partner
I HAVE a confession to make: I’ve never been to a ballet before in my life. I have another confession to make: I’m not what most people would regard as a man of high culture. In fact, the only cultural highpoint I regularly achieve is watching Champions
REMINDERS that the south-west was once an area teeming with railway lines are all about us. There are old station houses used as tea rooms, country walks along the paths of now-disused lines, and a number of roads named after this once-thriving method
CRIMINAL law chiefs have reopened the case of a Bournemouth man convicted seven years ago of killing a South Korean student. Omar Benguit was sentenced to life in January 2005 for the murder of Jong-Ok Shin, known as Oki, who was stabbed in
HARD-pressed motorists have been hit with record diesel prices – and there are predictions petrol could follow suit. Drivers are now paying between 139.7p and 149.9p for a litre of diesel – an all-time high – following an increase in crude
FOR a calm and relaxing location you can’t get better than The Jetty restaurant, which sits on the water’s edge. Located within the grounds of the Christchurch Harbour Hotel, Michelin star chef Alex Aitken took over at The Jetty, formerly Rhodes
WHAT with it being the Diamond Jubilee and everything, the Queen must be rushed off her feet and so it’s no surprise she is advertising for a new servant to help keep everything up together. According to the ad, the flunky’s job will entail ‘high quality
PETROL heads are heading for the forests around Dorset and Hampshire today as the Rallye Sunseeker gets underway in earnest. Following scrutineering at the BIC yesterday and a ceremonial start at Poole Quay last night, the cars turn their wheels in anger
WELSHMAN Shaun MacDonald voiced his support for the controversial British London 2012 football team by labelling it a “brilliant idea”. AFC Bournemouth mid-fielder MacDonald believes it will be an honour for players from the home nations to represent
WITH less than five months to go to the Olympic Torch coming to Dorset there is a lot of exciting planning and preparation under way. As chair of the Dorset Torch Working Group I am working with all the agencies involved across the county to
REMEMBER the fuel protests of September 2000? The blockades at oil refineries? The serious questions about whether life-and-death services could be kept going as fuel ran out? What you might find harder to recall is the price of petrol at the time.
I READ with sadness the dreadful experience of Mr John Bell who was attacked in his car (‘My carjack terror’, Echo, February 21). His remarks regarding Bournemouth’s unsafe streets epitomise the feelings of most law-abiding citizens with regard
WITH reference to the letter ‘Ban will make us stronger’ (Echo February 21), Warwick Rust misjudges the problem. Humanists and other non-religious council representatives are not attacking Christianity or any other religion. They are simply
I WOULD like to write in praise of our local shop – Turlin Moor Community Store – which is run by John Donnelly, a very hard working man with friendly, helpful staff. His wife Karen also runs the Post Office which is incorporated into the shop
ONE good thing to come out of the last Labour Government was the banning of fox hunting; unfortunately it has never been policed or upheld by the current coalition and now it seems Ministers will be given a free vote to repeal it. What arrogance
I COMPLETELY agree with Joan Cole’s letter (January 30) about the Royal Bournemouth Hospital and its nurses. I was in Ward 25 twice (staff now moved to Ward 16) and even the lady who brought round the food trolley took great care to report
I REFER to the article ‘Our elderly are wheel keen to keep driving’ (Echo, February 17). On a visit to Sainsbury’s car park in Poole this week, I was amazed that several of my fellow ‘old duffers’ could hardly stand upright at the ticket machine
‘COMMUNITY’ seems to be the new buzzword and several local churches seem to have adopted the word as part of their title. They include Bournemouth Community Church, Metropolitan Community Church, Sunnyhill Community Church to name just a few. Some
AN athletics coach from Bournemouth will have the honour of carrying the Olympic Torch this summer – after being nominated by a gold medallist. Peter Roscoe, 67, spotted Jason Gardener – who won Gold in the 4x100m relay at Athens in 2004 – at a sports
It was a shock when I first wrote 2012 as a date – I have been thinking about this year for a long time and now it is finally here. Given our surroundings last weekend, the Olympics now feel very real and very close. We headed back from
BOURNEMOUTH’S brand new Academy Of Contemporary Music (ACM) regional music centre will be opening its doors to the public today from 10am to 3pm. Located on Wimborne Road in Bournemouth, will offer musicians from the south coast the opportunity of a
CHERRIES boss Lee Bradbury says new loan signing Miles Addison would have to “earn the right” to win a permanent move to Seward Stadium. The 23-year-old utility man this week joined Cherries on a temporary basis for the rest of the season after arriving
WORLD snooker could make a sensational return to Bournemouth – after more than a decade away from the seaside. The world’s top players look set to again grace the town’s baize after snooker chief Barry Hearn revealed he was considering bringing back
FERNDOWN’S Iain Weaver believes he can eradicate any potential home favouritism when he takes on Bulgarian Luben Todorov for a Strandja Cup gold medal today. Weaver sailed into the lightweight final yesterday after easing past Russian Maxim
TOM Killick believes Poole Town are at risk of losing more players to Wimborne – because he reckons Dolphins are “victims of our own success”. Killick’s comments come after midfielder Micky Hubbard opted to join fellow former Poole players Russell Cook
