NHS workers from Dorset joined thousands of people on a London march to stop the health and social care bill. They took part in a demonstration organised by the union Unite on Wednesday that finished with a rally at Westminster. Shelley Wilson, 37,
THE number of people signing up to become blood donors is continuing to soar since the Daily Echo launched it’s Mine’s A Pint campaign. A spokesman for the National Health Service Blood Transport (NHSBT) said they were delighted with the latest
THE gates have opened for Poole’s Twin Sails Bridge official celebrations. Thousands are arriving at the former power station site, which has been decorated with flags, banners and hundreds of lights. Mayor of Poole Cllr Graham Wilson and borough strategic
A CHARITY quiz night will be held on March 29 in aid of the Wessex Autistic Society. The event will take place at Portfield School in Hurn from 7pm. Louise Trott, community and events fundraiser said: “The quiz takes place just days
A CAMPAIGN to clamp down on irresponsible dog walkers who allow their pets to foul without picking it up has been taking place in Christchurch. Officers from Christchurch Borough Council and Dorset Police have mounted a campaign to encourage people to
A TEAM of innocent entrepreneurs found themselves under lock and key on Tuesday as they took part in the LV=Streewise Jail Bail. The eight fundraising fugitives were handed an arrest warrant by the High Sheriff of Dorset Alan Frost as they met Bournemouth
A DEVELOPER has blasted the Green Party for criticising his cinema scheme and emphasised its environmental credentials. Trevor Osborne is building a £50million complex next to Bournemouth Pavilion but faced criticism from the area’s Green
THREE young gymnasts from Bournemouth will compete in national finals next month after success at the south west region elite and national grades in Wiltshire. All members of Littledown Gymnastics Club will travel all the way to Birmingham after beating
THE Green Room restaurant is proof that luxury dining and eco-consciousness can happily co-exist. The privately owned Grade II Victorian villa on Grove Road has been transformed with an investment in excess of £5 million into the UK’s greenest boutique
STUDENTS at The Arts University College in Bournemouth are at the Lighthouse in Poole next week to recreate an epic tale on stage. Road follows the tangled everyday lives of modern day folk in Boscombe. Updated and reimagined with an exciting young
CHILDREN who are set to benefit from one man’s marathon charity effort gathered to give him a big send off. The youngsters, including Ebony Robinson and Harry Churchill and Ella Balestri and their families, teamed up at Dean Court to show their appreciation
MERCURY Music Prize nominee Zoe Rahman comes to the Forest Arts, New Milton, on Saturday as part of a national tour promoting her latest album Kindred Spirits. Zoe is at the forefront of contemporary jazz and the pianist’s music combines her English
MORE of music’s hottest names will descend on the Isle of Wight this summer. Not only have the Island’s two big festivals added to their line ups this morning, but a headliner for the Osborne House Summer Concerts can also be announced by Your Entertainment
DORSET MP Annette Brooke is laid up in hospital after tripping over a paving stone in London. The Liberal Democrat member for Mid-Dorset and North Poole suffered a broken hip and wrist and is spending several days in hospital. She said
LUCKY winners of a competition run by the Christchurch Food Festival Education Trust have been treated to a day at Lesley Waters’ cookery school. Harry Thorpe from Twynham School, Elicia Duke from the Grange School and Sam Herbert from Highcliffe
Where do you do the majority of your food dreaming? We do ours in the car - usually when we're waiting for son & heir to come out of school. Maybe you don't dream up recipes at times like these, but instead dream of beach holidays, or a fine
THIS album first saw the light of day in August last year and has continued to dominate the top of the single and album download charts. The French DJ-turned-headline artist is now firmly established in the international limelight. It’s
FOLLOWING the lead of Howard Jones’s 1983 pop hit for his latest show, Richard Herring investigates the world of romance in What Is Love, Anyway? The comedian has seen previous shows investigate racism and prejudice while trying to reclaim the toothbrush
BACK in 2002, practically everyone was humming the catchy lyrics “Ms Dy-na-mi-TEE-ee”. The rapper hit the pop scene with a bang, her debut album A Little Deeper attracted rave reviews and won the Mercury music prize. Her second album in 2006
MORE than a thousand job hunters flocked to the latest Daily Echo Jobsfair yesterday. The event at the Premier Inn, Westover Road, Bournemouth, saw almost 1,200 job-hunters getting the chance to see what was on offer from a variety of companies looking
Bournemouth’s finest acoustic indie rockers Fearne continue to advance their flourishing reputation with a show at the Bournemouth Folk Club at Centre Stage this Sunday and then a high-profile appearance at the Bournemouth Folk Festival at the BIC
THE misery of sky-high fuel prices is now set to hit bus travellers after one of Dorset’s major operators announced fare hikes. Wilts and Dorset said that many fares would go up from Sunday, March 18, in a bid to offset an extra £991,000 in fuel tax
MOTORISTS face further traffic misery at Canford Bottom because roadworks have been delayed by bad weather. The east side of the roundabout was due to be open from today but work is now due to continue there as well as on other parts of the roundabout
BOBBY DEAN CUTLER aged 31 of Chapel Lane, Woodlands, Wimborne. Admitted driving a Vauxhall van with 86 microgrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath. Fined £100, victim surcharge £15, costs £85 and disqualified from driving for 18 months. Disqualification
DRIVERS are being warned to expect disruption when a major road resurfacing project gets underway next week. The roadworks will last four weeks and will affect a busy stretch of Ringwood Road, from the Mountbatten roundabout to the Poole Lane
ZAK DANIEL BOND aged 20 of South Kinson Drive, Bournemouth. Admitted being in possession of 55g of diamorphine, a Class A drug. Community order made to remain at the above address under curfew for four months between 6pm and 6am daily. Costs £85
I AM delighted that there are still protesters trying to save the Bournemouth Centre for Community Arts from being replaced by housing. If the councillors wanted more houses they should have ensured that the relative large site of the old Dolphin pub
DURING one our Westbourne coffee mornings we discussed, amongst many other topics, the influx of police visibility within the Westbourne area of the last two months. Good, I hear you say, but we all pondered on why this is as we hardly have had such
HAVING lived in Bournemouth for eight years now, I have grown to love the town so much, that the time I spend at my original home in Wincanton, Somerset, has dwindled to two visits in the last 18 months. Last Sunday, we had a visit from our neighbours
READING another article about the failure of the Boscombe reef (Echo, February 28), would it be possible to make another reef on the other side of Boscombe Pier? Some time ago a letter in the Daily Echo said it would be better because of the tide coming
I WOULD appreciate the opportunity to respond to RF Cooper’s letter (‘Disregard for us residents’, Daily Echo, March 7) which I feel misrepresents my position. Far from disregarding the views of the ordinary resident I would like to point out that many
SOMETIMES grand plans are devised that prompt powerful reactions from fury to jubilation. Then they disappear into the vapour and nothing more is heard of them. Sometimes, too, bold ideas come to fruition. For many years, Poole
A NATIONAL charity says the rate of preventable amputations on people with diabetes is “unacceptably high” in Dorset. Research by Diabetes UK revealed the number of major amputations varied tenfold between primary care trusts in England between 2007
DIABETES sufferer Shane Board knows all about the condition’s postcode lottery. The 23-year-old was forced to swap Poole Hospital for the Royal Bournemouth to get a piece of medical technology that has revolutionised his life. “I
AN ART display will light up Poole tonight and over the weekend. Brilliance 2012 leads visitors on a trail of 24 illuminated art works each day from 6.30-8.30pm. Tonight, there will also be live music, street entertainers, circus and
TOM Killick is convinced Poole Town’s policy of investing in player contracts will pay dividends for the ambitious Southern League club. The Dolphins manager was speaking after former Cherries winger Carl Preston and ex-Weymouth defender Sam Clarke signed
VERWOOD boss Adie Arnold is confident he can fend off interest in star striker Mike Haskell following an approach from Wessex Premier leaders Winchester City. Haskell has attracted the attention of the champions-elect after spearheading Potters’ Wessex
MANAGER Steve Riley insists Bashley still have plenty to play for ahead of their meeting with Southern League leaders Brackley Town. Bash are hovering in mid-table and stand 11 points clear of the Premier Division drop zone and 13 adrift of the play-off
DAVID Dunn has reported better news on the injury front in the wake of Lions losing Riad Lynch for the rest of the season. The prop will play no part during Bournemouth’s run-in after suffering knee ligament damage in last Saturday’s defeat against Redingensians
A REMARKABLE run of six consecutive daughters born to Poole Town members has led to the club’s first girls’ title. The proud fathers have watched their girls grow up together and form a championship-winning team. The Poole Town Cricket Club under-11
A TACTICAL change helped Burton Youth turn the tables on their hosts Sway Juniors at Jubilee Fields. Trailing 1-0 at the interval, Burton boss Kieran Smart introduced a sweeper to start playing their way out from the back. Roberto Da-Rocha filled the
DORSET athletes achieved a good selection of medals at the Sportshall South West Regional Championships in Paignton. Poole AC achieved a trio of under-13 golds through Amber Lench (two-lap, 21.1s), Samantha Cash (standing triple jump, 6.45m) and Amelia
MINI marvel Shea Wylie kick-started his British Auto 50cc Championship bid with a top-six finish in this season’s opener. The eight-year-old placed fourth in the Ringwood Motocross Club’s curtain-raiser at Tincleton near Dorchester. Shea, who attends
TAEKWON-DO talent Jasmine Pidgley has been forced to exercise her business brain as well as her martial arts patterns in a bid for a world championship gold medal. Jasmine, 16, is aiming to represent England when the Inter-national Taekwon-do Federation
Cherries chairman Eddie Mitchell yesterday received an unwanted early birthday present when he was fined and warned following his foul-mouthed outburst during a live radio interview last month. Mitchell, who today turned 58, had earlier
FORMER Premiership star Tim Collier has warned Lions’ players they must produce under intense pressure if they are to finally realise their promotion dream. Bournemouth are desperate to avoid more heartache by succeeding where they failed last season
DORSET are celebrating a host of achievements by the county’s junior players. At the Somerset under-15 tournament, four Dorset girls Chloe Wakely, Bernice Dore, Amy Cox and Melissa Hensleigh all reached the singles semi-finals. Chloe
THE Bournemouth, Ellingham & Ringwood (Bears) under-18 girls went to the top of the RFUW’s South Coast League with an impressive 42-10 victory against Solent Sirens at Petersfield. The match was a re-arranged fixture as a result of the poor weather in
DORSET tennis prodigy Adam Glynn reached the semi-finals of the recent under-16 boys’ winter national tour finals. Number one seed Glynn was joined by fellow Dorset star Josef Doderidge, who was seeded third for the event. Adam started strongly, winning
