CHRIS Holder claimed the third Grand Prix win of his career by storming to victory in Leszno tonight. The Pirates spearhead started his night with a last place but managed to finish on 10 points and reach the semi-finals. The 24-year-old Aussie won
IFORD playing fields and Iford meadows are to be designated “QEII Fields” and afforded permanent protection for future generations. The open spaces are to get extra protection under a Fields in Trust scheme to mark the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee. The
DONAL McDermott’s first-half effort was cancelled out by Scunthorpe substitute Garry Thompson as Cherries and the Iron battled out a 1-1 draw at Glanford Park. McDermott drew first blood for Cherries when he netted with a finely-taken left-foot strike
A POOLE singer has penned two new verses of the national anthem to celebrate the Queen’s Jubilee. Musician Roger Brooks composed the two new verses, which will be performed for the first time on Wednesday May 2 in Bournemouth by the 80-strong
TRUSTEES of a much-loved community centre in Mude-ford have been officially handed the keys to the facility. Christchurch councillors met with members of the Mudeford Wood Com-munity Trust to officially transfer the site to the Trust . The transfer
CYCLISTS wanting to use pedal power to boost the coffers of a worthy causes are being urged to sign up for this year’s Macmillan Dorset Bike Ride on Saturday. Ride organisers are holding a special Sign Up Saturday from 9am until 3pm at Primera
After several years of managed overspend, Dorset Blind Association is about to report a second successive year of generating a surplus. Chief executive officer Jonathan Holyhead, who has held the post for six years, is delighted with the charity
DORSET Scrapstore is looking for new volunteers to help them reach out to more people. Over 18 months ago, the charity opened their Poole branch in the Remploy building, but now they need more volunteers and potentially, a new site in the county. Sharon
BOURNEMOUTH council has been urged to re-open Townsend primary school this September to help devastated parents who have been refused a local school place. Dozens of families in Bournemouth have been refused a place at their catchment primary
THE Rex cinema in Wareham hosted the director of the Woman In Black for a screening and question and answer session. James Watkins came to the independent cinema, which is run by the Purbeck Film Charitable Trust Ltd, on Wednesday night.
THE deadline is looming for would-be entrepreneurs to apply for support through Bournemouth council’s ‘Talent’ programme. As part of a project to regenerate Boscombe, the council has £2,000 grants to give to creative entrepreneurs opening a shop in Pokesdown
POLICE are renewing an appeal to help find a missing Bournemouth man almost a year since he disappeared. Jurij Sliachtecov, a 21-year-old Lithuanian of St Peter’s Road, was reported missing just before 5pm on Sunday, May 1, 2011. He was last seen by
TEA dancing with a difference will take place in Wimborne from May 16. Live music from the 1930s, 40s and 50s by the Andrew Cannon Band, includes music from Nat King Cole, Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Buddy Holly and others as well as music
STATE-of-the-art biking facilities in Bransgore are proving popular with local youngsters. Youth work charity UK Youth has upgraded their off-road tracks at the Avon Tyrrell Activity Centre in the New Forest thanks to money raised at their Big Bike Bash
A SHAMED Poole man has been ordered to sign on the sex offenders’ register for five years after admitting child pornography offences. Ross Pacifico, 52, from Whatleigh Close, admitted making 35 indecent images on his partner’s home computer
A LITTLE diabetic girl with Cerebal Palsy will be setting out for charity on Sunday. Jemma Dart, seven, has to endure several daily insulin injections after being diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes at the tender age of three. Mum Andrea, from Charlton Marshall
POOLE council has apologised after parents desperate to know if their child had got into their preferred school had only 90 minutes to find out. Having been encouraged to apply online, irate parents who missed the Friday evening slot had to
FRIENDS and family have paid tribute to a ‘unique’ and ‘popular’ teenager who died suddenly of heart failure at a bus stop. Charlotte Hamer, known as Charlie, had been looking forward to her wedding with fiancé Ben Winfield when she collapsed
A SALESMAN who kicked a complete stranger in the head during a night-out in Bournemouth has had his sentence deferred. Lloyd Stewart, 30, from Knyveton Road, Boscombe, admitted common assault and a public order offence on February 26 this year
GREGORY JOSEPH MILLS aged 22 of Lindley Avenue, Southsea. Admitted using a Peugeot car on A31 Ashley Heath with no insurance. Fined £350, victim surcharge £15, costs £35 and disqualified from driving for six months. MICHAEL PETER SCOTT aged 44 of The
RAIN is set to lash the county this weekend with trees at risk of being blown over by gale force winds reaching up to 50mph. The Met Office issued a severe weather warning yesterday with persistent rain expected to see the already sodden ground
AROUND 250 Dorset school children made a real song and dance about the Olympics when they took to the stage last week to celebrate the Games coming to Dorset. The children, all aged between seven and 18, expressed their excitement about this once-in-a-lifetime
IF you live half a mile from your local primary school, you might reasonably expect your children would go there. But that is no longer the case in Bournemouth. As the Daily Echo reports today, many parents in the borough are going to have to trek several
A BANNED driver who caused terror on a busy dual carriageway during a high-speed police pursuit has been jailed for nine months. Former insurance salesman Martin Pow, 46, who had no licence or insurance and was already wanted by police following
YOU HAVE to read a lot of random stuff in a job like this – well, that’s what you tell the boss and your old man and anyone else who dares to accuse you of idling away your days. But the most random thing I have read for a long time was a report
DAILY Echo columnists Lucy Macgregor, Annie Lush and Kate Macgregor have been back in Dorset as they build towards their Olympics challenge. The sailing stars will be aiming to strike gold when they represent Team GB in the women’s Match Racing at this
KATIE Page is managing director of Mind Training for Sport, which she founded to help athletes achieve peak performance through improving their mental skills. Katie, who lives in Lymington, is currently working with a number of Olympic and Paralympic
FOLLOWING recent letters being printed regarding people receiving cards via Royal Mail that have had money taken out of them. I am writing to advise that my son received a card for his birthday on Saturday from his aunty in Nottingham which was not
WALKING my dog across the Westcliff this morning it was impossible not to be awestruck by the magnificence and power of the sea. Although the vista is ever changing in our lovely bay we always have the sea and its currents. Given the recent concerns
IN brief reply to Geoffrey Lindley’s outrage at paying 60p for a first class stamp, if the original penny post had kept up with inflation it would cost £2.85, nearly six weeks wages Geoffrey, now that is outrageous. COLIN LIGHT Broadstone, Dorset
A YOUNG woman yesterday told a court about Elliot Turner’s ‘obsessive’ behaviour towards her friend Emily Longley in the weeks before she died. Jasmin Snook, 19, told Winchester Crown Court that Turner became paranoid about the aspiring model
PLEASE allow me to thank the members of Christchurch Royal Naval Assocation – Reg. charity: 1068796 – for giving their time during the past weekend when, a street collection was held in Highcliffe that raised a total of nearly £250. On Monday a coffee
THE West Moors to Bournemouth yellow bus, 29/4c is celebrating its second birthday this month. We have had nothing but good reports from this service. The time keeping is excellent and the drivers are very helpful. To keep this service, please make
I AM delighted to inform all residents of Bournemouth that the council has initiated new local street champions in several districts of the town, who will get to know their area and will keep the streets clean and tidy for everyone to enjoy.
HAVING very recently moved to Bournemouth, I would like to express my appreciation of the many excellent services we are enjoying here. In particular, the superb work of the Parks Department. The wonderful plantings of roundabouts, verges and gardens
WEDDING bells rang out on a blustery Bournemouth beach yesterday morning as the first seaside wedding took place. The sandy ceremony was broadcast live to millions of viewers after the bride and groom won the beach hut wedding in a competition run by
THE Echo’s Cherries coverage will return this weekend following a successful meeting between the paper and the football club yesterday. Reporting ceased in March when the club removed the paper’s media access to games at Dean Court, after having previously
POOLE Town boss Tom Killick has left star striker Dan Cann sweating over his play-off selection after admitting he faces an attacking dilemma. Dolphins complete their regulation Southern League season at home against Bideford today (3pm) – with a top-five
PIRATES legend Gary Havelock is tipping “real deal” Chris Holder to follow in his world title-winning footsteps – if he wants it enough. The 1992 global champion, a former Poole captain, believes the current club’s skipper possesses all the necessary
GUTTED Matt Ford last night confirmed that Pirates’ hopes of signing Mateusz Szczepaniak in an early-season reshuffle had been ruined by rain. Poole Coastal Aluminium wanted to recruit the Polish rider in a bid to strengthen the lower end of their team
NICK Park and Ed Denham have been recalled to boost Dorset’s Knockout Trophy quest. The Bournemouth big guns have been named in a 12-man squad for the Minor Counties Championship KO Trophy Group Four game against Staffordshire at Longton tomorrow. Unavailable
