PLANS to convert a derelict family property into a student house have sparked a wave of objections from residents. The application for the home in Hankinson Road has become the latest battleground for campaigners seeking to restrict the number of student
BOURNEMOUTH plant nursery is celebrating after they were given a cash donation to help build a polytunnel. Cherry Tree Nursery were given £1,000 by the Gardening for Disabled Trust, which will enable them to purchase all the materials for building
“I NEVER thought I would make it to 100.” Those were the words of beaming centenarian Vera Kate Freeman as she welcomed family and friends from across the world for her landmark birthday. She was delighted to receive her card from the Queen and was
ESTHER Rantzen’s planned telephone counselling service for the elderly could save lives according to a Dorset home help service. The ChildLine founder has described The Silver Line as a “telephone befriending service” to combat loneliness and
THE score from the Harry Potter films will be part of a night of classical music and fireworks being held to celebrate the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee. Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra has planned an evening of music from films including James Bond
THE first Littledown marathon will take place in June with three world record holders already signed up. Organised by Run Yer Socks Off the event is a major fundraiser for Olympic torch holder Barry Light’s “60 in 60 at 60” challenge. This will be marathon
West Moors residents will soon have 32 acres of recreation land to enjoy. East Dorset District Council has bought Woolslope Farm, an area of grassland south of West Moors, and will soon open it up to the public and create an all-weather
DESPITE the intervening decades, tales of the Holocaust and the Stalinist purges have lost none of their grim power. Potent examples of man’s inhumanity to man, they are kept alive as ‘a warning from history’ in the – apparently futile – hope
A FORMER soldier took to the treadmill in preparation for a 100-kilometre trek. Ned Kelly, 43, from Broadstone, Poole, will be heading to Jordan in October in aid of Help for Heroes – after “years of watching, listening and learning of the
BOURNEMOUTH has a chance to change itself for the better after 25 years without direction, says nightclub ent-repreneur Richard Carr. He was speaking to the Echo at the second workshop into the future of the town’s night-time economy.
After six months of stiff competition and more than 300 entries, Chris Packham has kindly taken time out of his busy schedule to judge all the great photos for the second year running. Again, the standard was very high and there were some cracking
