A 43-year-old man has appeared in court after the alleged armed robbery of a shop in Upton. Yunus Patel, from Poole, faced Bournemouth Magistrates’ Court on Monday charged with robbery and possession of an imitation firearm. Two men
SHOPPERS said they are being hit by unexpected £70 charges at a Bournemouth shopping centre. Turbary Retail Park has recently started enforcing the penalty for people who park for more than three hours. However regular customers told the Echo they
DESIGNS created by Bournemouth school children for a memorial to a Red Arrows pilot who lost his life near the town are on display. A special exhibition has now been opened at Bournemouth Library showcasing all the designs submitted by school
THREE years on from her breakthrough album, Lungs, and Florence Welch is back in Bournemouth. The stage is bigger and so is the excitable audience. First support band, Spector came and went. But it was the dark and intense wall of noise from The Horrors
YOUNGSTERS got dressed up for a fundraising day yestersay in memory of a Dorset child who died tragically. Max Miller-Prior died last June aged just 22 months from Sudden Unexpected Death in Epilepsy. Since then, mum Gail, of Corfe Mullen, has taken
CORFE Castle businessman Michael Turner is back in Dorset after appearing in a Budapest court. Michael Turner, aged 30, and co-accused Jason McGoldrick, were cross examined by Hungarian prosecutors for almost three hours on Wednesday.
Cherries favourite Eddie Howe has backed the 777 marathon challenge of Bournemouth businessman Adam Murry. Adam, 44, is set to run seven marathons in seven days for seven charities beginning in Paris on April 15. Taking time from
A POOLE man’s electricity meter was running ‘like a Rolls Royce engine’ to keep his cannabis factory going, a court heard. Police discovered 37 cannabis plants when they called at 25-year-old Kane White’s home in Russell Gardens last July. Kane pleaded
Proposals for almost 400 purpose-built student flats, which could free up family homes in Bournemouth suburbs, have gone on show. The draft plans for the Madeira Road West car park in Bournemouth town centre include three blocks of student housing
IT’S only been online for three days but has already broken records. The new Avengers Assemble trailer exploded on the internet receiving 13.7 million views in the first 24 hours of its debut, setting a fresh record on iTunes. In the movie
Firefighters have cut a woman free from a car following a collision on the A31 this afternoon. Two vehicles were involved in the incident between the A350 Poole Road and B3075 at around 12pm. Firefighters used hydraulic cutting equipment
‘MEAN’ council bureaucrats in Bournemouth have banned a group of fundraisers from collecting money along the route of a charity bed push. Ladies from the Seabrook Seals open-water swimming group will attempt to push a hospital bed between Sandbanks
PLANS to make all Bournemouth taxis carry CCTV cameras have been shelved because of fears the move would invade people’s privacy. The proposal was put forward by council officers following a series of incidents in which taxi drivers had been held at
A CHURCH has objected to plans for a travellers’ site on its doorstep, claiming the development would have “a negative impact” on green belt land. The Brethrens Meeting Room on Broadway Lane is within 200 metres of the proposed Careys Road
A WINNING design by a 10-year-old schoolboy took pride of place on the concourse of AFC Bournemouth’s Seward Stadium at the weekend. The club’s community sports trust has been working with more than 1,000 school children to deliver the Football League
Poole’s sandy beaches have scored as far as the England Beach Soccer team are concerned. They have again chosen Poole to be their home for training this year. The squad will take part in a series of full scale international standard matches on Sundays
IN MY relatively limited experience of six or seven Morrison gigs, they range from the sublime (with Brian Kennedy at the Lighthouse) to the ridiculous (people demanding their money back at the infamous 1995 BIC show), but are rarely middling.
“KYLE will be in our hearts forever”. Those were the words of the heartbroken dad of tragic Kyle Rees, the teenager who lost his life in an incident at Portchester School, Bournemouth, last week. Kyle died at Southampton General Hospital
SOUPS are much underrated as a food. A homemade bowlful of hearty flavours can't be beaten on a cold day, especially if accompanied with a hunk of fresh bread. One Poole RNLI Lifeboat crewman’s hearty soup finds its way on to shop shelves across the
THE points Cllr Eades makes in his letter regarding Poole Council’s green waste collection service are somewhat inaccurate. Cllr Eades bases his arguments on the lack of take-up of the service. Over 12,500 households (not 10,000 as he states
The murky world of modern politics is a world away from the rural paradise that Graham Seed is used to. Up until last January, Seed played Nigel Pargeter in the ever-popular BBC Radio 4 soap The Archers – until he took an unfortunate swan-dive
IN this day and age when there is so much moaning (and goodness only knows, there is enough to moan about) I would very much like to say a word of praise and thanks to the wonderful staff at the bus pass office in Serpentine Road. My wife and I went
HAS there been any coverage of the ludicrous decision to change the signal times on the east end of Herbert Avenue? At rush hour times the road now creates eastbound queues all the way back to Rossmore. Almost a mile of queued cars because the signal
WE frequently only see negative stories about the NHS and I would like to express my appreciation to all the staff on Ward C4 at Poole Hospital for the excellent care I received there during a recent week long stay. After 10 days of being unwell at home
MAY I thank your readers who wrote letters to answer my question about blue police boxes. One lady sent me a long list of boxes around the town in 1937. The nearest box to Bradpole Road was at Charminster. Another lady telephoned me to say she thought
COUNCIL bosses at Bournemouth have ordered a rethink over the night-time economy, the violence that surrounds it and the image problem it presents. Given the news about Fir Vale Road which is at very heart of clubbing land, this fresh look
Cordelia Williams and Friends; those friends, Jamie Campbell, violin, Mark Braithwaite, viola and Tim Lowe, cello have obviously formed a fine musical bond that offered mellow, carefully crafted playing. Though Mozart’s Piano Quartet No2 has Concertante
KATHERINE AMALIA MAWER of Corbar Road, Christchurch. Admitted driving a Daewoo Matiz with 46 microgrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath. Fined £110, victim surcharge £15, costs £85 and disqualified from driving for 12 months. Disqualification
A BOURNEMOUTH street has been revealed as the sixth most violent in the country by a thinktank. Fir Vale Road is home to Bournemouth’s biggest nightclub, Lava Ignite, and other clubs like Bliss and Walkabout are yards away on adjoining roads
THE latest roadworks set to spark queues and delays for drivers were due to start today. Extensive repair and restructuring work on Tuckton Bridge is scheduled to take five weeks. The bridge is one of the main routes linking Bournemouth with
JUDD GERALD JOHN HUGHES aged 19 of Steer Road, Swanage. Admitted assault. Conditional discharge from three years. Ordered to pay compensation of £500 and costs of £85.
MATTHEW LEE NUTTING aged 25 of Oyster Bay Apartments, Sterte Close, Poole. Case reopened of conviction for driving a Peugeot 306 and failing to produce a driving licence when requested. Fined £55, victim surcharge £15. Proved in absence. Also admitted
THOMAS JENNINGS aged 21 of Holdenhurst Avenue, Bournemouth. Admitting damaging the rear tail light of an Audi TT. Conditional discharge of six months. Compensation £215 and costs £85. GAVIN PATRICK TWEEDIE aged 30 of Silver Jubilee Court, Canford Avenue
THE UK’s first female Red Arrows pilot is to move to a ground role after two of her flying colleagues were killed in separate tragedies. Flight Lieutenant Kirsty Stewart, 33, is to be reassigned after the tragic events of 2011 had an “adverse
TEENAGERS will be told "rape is not just about violent attacks by strangers" as part of a hard-hitting campaign on sexual abuse. Many young people dismiss the idea of "date-rape", believing the offence only occurs on rare occasions, the Government
THE good news is Lee Bradbury knows exactly where Cherries are going wrong. The bad news is time is running out – for this season anyway. “We need to be more clinical in the final third and we need to keep clean sheets, simple as that,” opined Bradbury
UNDER-fire Fawzi Saadi defended himself after seeing red during Bournemouth Poppies’ dramatic FA Vase exit. Saadi was sent off for pushing West Auckland Town’s Steven Brown as he tried to take a quick free-kick in the 82nd minute of Saturday’s last-eight
RIVAL managers offered differing views after claims that Poole Town star Kevin Gill had been “punched repeatedly” during a stormy play-off showdown at Paulton. Second-half goals from Michael Walker and Steve Devlin handed Dolphins a potentially crucial
BOSS Adie Arnold admitted Verwood Town had missed a chance to move clear of Team Solent after twice surrendering the lead on Saturday. Potters drew 2-2 with their promotion rivals after twice going ahead, first through Martin Smith and then when Jack
CHARLTON manager Chris Powell heaped more misery on Lee Bradbury and then backed Cherries’ beleaguered boss to turn the tide. Powell’s League One leaders sentenced Cherries to a fourth successive defeat when Yann Kermorgant’s late goal earned them a
TEN minutes. That was all it took to turn Bournemouth Poppies’ FA Vase dream into a nightmare. What had been a great adventure will never reach its desired destination after this dramatic conclusion. When the dust has settled and Poppies reflect on
