DORSET not only has the highest proportion of older people in the country, but also the worst record for diagnosing dementia. And that is something a Bournemouth University professor of health and social care research is keen to see changed. After a
The AFC Business Cycle Team is planning to use pedal power this summer to boost the coffers of a worthy cause. Made up of local businesses, the team raised more than £8,000 for the Macmillan Dorset Bike Ride in 2011 and now have their sights set on
POOLE'S town centre car park at Serpentine Lane, near the main railway station, has closed until further notice for essential repairs. Engineers are working to establish what is causing water to leak through into neighbouring shops. The Shopping Centre
A BOURNEMOUTH teenager is one of the youngest hopefuls off to the Miss England semi finals later this month. Former Glenmoor School pupil Eliz-abeth Turner has just turned 17, the qualifying age for the pageant. On Wednesday, May 30, she will face competition
BOURNEMOUTH has begun a recruitment drive for its eight ‘town rangers’, who will patrol the streets in bright jackets. They will help visitors, liaise with shopkeepers and the police, clear up litter, and more. They are being funded by traders through
A FORMER chaplain has blasted as “wanton destruction” the dismantling of the chapel he helped establish in a Poole mental hospital. The Rev Stewart Timbrell is angry that the place of worship in St Ann’s Hospital, Canford Cliffs, is to be replaced
VOLUNTEERS at a Christchurch charity have hit out at the “heartless” thieves who ransacked their new shop, undoing hours of hard work. Age Concern trustee and Councillor Fred Neale discovered the attackers had broken in with a crowbar and rifled
MUMS and babies braved inclement weather to support a buggy push raising money towards a new birthing pool at Poole Hospital. More than 40 turned out to support the Poole Hospital Charity event, completing a 5k push around Poole Park before retiring
THERE will be free ice cream for Ben & Jerry's fans in Bournemouth today. Their Core Tour calls into the town centre from 12-2pm where they will be handing out free scoops of their new Core flavours.
A TEACHER who won a case for disability discrimination and unfair dismissal against a Bournemouth school has been awarded £41,000 in compensation. As reported in the Daily Echo, Helen White, 43, took Oakmead College of Technology in Kinson
THE chief accountant at Bournemouth council has quit his post – a month after it was revealed that he had been reinstated following a suspension. Stephen Parker had been escorted from the Town Hall last October after emailing councillors with his concerns
THERE was a double celebration at a Poole school after two of its rugby teams triumphed in a borough-wide tournament. Branksome Heath Middle School’s Year 6 tag rugby team won the Poole Schools festival, organised by the police at Lytchett
A £1million cash injection has secured improvements to music education in Bournemouth and Poole for at least three years. A new so-called Music Hub will radically change the way music is taught both in and out of school thanks to £850,000 funding
THE rain didn’t stop residents at Bournemouth War Memorial Homes celebrating the Diamond Jubilee, as they planted a special tree. Dorset’s Lord Lieutenant, Mrs Anthony Pitt-Rivers, was invited to do the honours at the homes, in Castle Lane
A FREE fashion show at Poole’s Dolphin Shopping Centre will see models sashaying down the catwalk showcasing the latest summer collections. It takes place on Saturday May 26 between 12noon and 5pm and retailers whose clothes will be modelled include
A FERNDOWN teenager’s snaps of a cat she hand-reared earned her the RSPCA Young Photographer ‘People’s Choice’ Award. Amelia Robinson, 13, was told the news during an assembly at Ferndown Upper School. In a surprise visit, RSPCA Inspector
A WOMAN who runs a hospital for hedgehogs claims many of them are being fatally poisoned by slug pellets. Angela Squires, who has run CRASH in Canford Heath for 20 years, says she has seen up to four hedgehogs a day brought in which she believes were
The urgent need for more foster carers in Bournemouth is being highlighted as part of Foster Care Fortnight, which takes place from Monday 14th – Sunday 27th May. The Council's Fostering team believes there are many people across Bournemouth who have
The latest consultant health talks on osteoporosis and cancer have been announced by The Royal Bournemouth and Christchurch Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. The Understanding Health talks are free to the public, and give a valuable insight
A BOURNEMOUTH swimming teacher is swapping the pool for the sea for the British Heart Foundation’s Bournemouth Pier to Pier Swim. Rachael Potter, 31, was spurred on to sign up for the 1.4 mile challenge because she wanted to support the
WITH his flowing locks and flying fists, wrestler Robbie Brookside makes his long-awaited Bournemouth comeback at this weekend’s Wrestling Spectacular at the Pavilion. Brookside, one of the biggest names in the grappling game is set to star in a huge
THERE seems to be nothing more hilarious than a frustrated ranting Welsh comic. And that is exactly why Rhod Gilbert’s newest tour – The Man with the Flaming Battenberg Tattoo – is one of the funniest sketches so far this year. He packed out Bournemouth
Touring in support of his album Home Again, Michael Kiwanuka played The Old Fire Station in Bournemouth on Sunday night. With a set list of just 13 songs, on stage at half nine and off again just over an hour later, this was definitely a case of short
It was May 1912 when an excited John Burry arrived at a crowded London auction room. A man in his late 40s, he was a tenant farmer at ‘Hubborn Farm’, now Hoburne Park in Christchurch. But he had big dreams and the bidding went his way
Unsung heroes from the Second World War who saved the lives of hundreds of servicemen at the height of battle have been honoured on Poole Quay. On a drizzly day a poignant ceremony paid tribute to the men of the US Coast Guard at the harbourside memorial
This is the time of year when the RSPB in Dorset gets calls from concerned members of the public who have found an apparently orphaned or abandoned baby bird. The RSPB is a conservation charity not a rescue or rehabilitation organisation (that
SCOTT ANDREW MCSKIMMING aged 27 of Burton Wood, Wool, Wareham. Admitted that at Weymouth Railway Station he entered a train with no valid ticket. Fined £35. To pay compensation of £6.50 to South West Trains. Victim surcharge of £15 and costs of £110.
LUKE JAMES CORDEAN aged 19 of Westbourne Park Road, Bournemouth. Admitted being drunk and disorderly in Firvale Road. Fined £50 and victim surcharge of £15. TIMOTHY KENNETH GOODMAN aged 37 of Pine Road, Winton. Admitted stealing one box of Arniston Bay
MRS KAREN MICHELLE ATKINSON aged 38 of Woodside Road, Poole. Admitted driving a Mercedes on Ringwood Road, Poole with 110 microgrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath. Fined £750, victim surcharge of £15, costs of £85 and disqualified from holding
A POLICE officer described a visit to a hotel bedroom after an alleged sexual assault by Poole Pirates star Darcy Ward. PC Elizabeth Renshaw was sent to a room at the Premier Inn on Holes Bay Road in Poole in the early hours of August 18 last
DAVID JOHN PRICE aged 50 of Braeside Road, Westmoors, Ferndown. Admitted failing to identify the driver of a Volkswagen car who was alleged to have been guilty of an offence. Fined £350, to pay victim surcharge of £15, costs of £35 and licence endorsed
MARK STEPHEN GREEN aged 42 of Glendale Close, Christchurch. Admitted driving a Nissan pick up on A35 Stony Lane whilst using a mobile phone. Fined £120, to pay victim surcharge of £15, costs of £300 and licence endorsed with three points. RACHEL HEUSSI
I’VE been following the debate in these pages about the merits of trams verses trolleybuses in Bournemouth with interest. In the Heritage Zone at the main library in The Triangle, we have a collection of material on both the trams and trolleybuses that
Mr J Arrowsmith is quite correct with his views of wind farms. What he does not mention is that Bournemouth has the benefit of a double high tide because of the shape of the coastline here. In other words, we get twice the number of high tides than
WHILE we are all congratulating ourselves on obtaining such a grandiose scheme of wind farm machines filling our bay to generate our renewables and do our bit to save the planet, spare a thought for the terrible plight of our garden birds this wintry
IF Poole Council really want more publicity for the bridge they seem to be missing out on one simple way to do it. Their own publicity photographs of night time shots are superb. That is when the bridge is closed to traffic. So, arrange to close the
IN allowing yet another drinking establishment (the Trevor Osborne project), have the aesthetic consequences been considered? Whatever time of night the bars disgorge their clientele, a major homeward route will be through Bournemouth’s beautiful Lower
I REFER to the letter ‘Well done lads for top season’ (Have Your Say, May 10. I am the announcer at Poole Town FC and D W Kennedy is quite correct in stating that I have never at any time in my life attended a charm school. Everything I announce is
Dog on dog bites/attacks do happen often – many dogs are not properly socialised, lots of male dogs are not neutered, which does make them much more likely to be aggressive, and of course some owners think it’s good fun to encourage their dogs to chase
WHAT makes a great beach? The quality of the sand? The view? The accessibility? The cleanliness? The facilities? All of them? We are blessed with having the most amazing beaches on our doorstep. Families travelling from the cities sit
COUNCILLORS look set to refuse permission for revised plans for a £50million cinema and restaurant complex in Bournemouth town centre. Developers have spent years trying to build West Central on Exeter Road but Bournemouth council now wants
THE funeral of the young man killed in a head-on smash near Blandford earlier this month, takes place today. Friends and family of Ben Andrews are expected to pack out Blandford’s St Peter and St Paul’s Church for the 12.30pm service, ahead of a private
A MAN appeared in court yesterday accused of trying to murder a woman and her young daughter. Roger Weir, 45, spoke only to confirm his name and home address of Slough Lane, Poole. Southampton Magistrates Court was told that the alleged incident took
IT’S official – Sandbanks is the best beach in the country! The golden stretch is the first in the UK to be awarded Blue Flag Status 25 years in a row – and yesterday the prestigious flag was raised once again. Since 1987 Sandbanks,
MURDER accused Elliot Turner has admitted trying to pervert the course of justice over Emily Longley’s death. Turner, 20, spoke only to plead guilty at Winchester Crown Court yesterday to the amended charge of attempting to make his mother Anita Turner
A RED-FACED security van driver had to be rescued from his own vehicle yesterday after becoming trapped for nearly two hours. Police were called to Post Office Road in Bournemouth after the alarm of the Sunwin Security Group van sounded.
A HIT and run mobility scooter rider left a woman lying injured on the ground in Christchurch Police have just released a CCTV image of a woman they want to speak to after the collision at the Monday market in the High Street. The incident
WARREN Cummings departed Dean Court and then summed up his 10 years with Cherries by saying: I had the time of my life. The club captain reflected on his time in Dorset after yesterday being told that the club had opted not to renew his contract.
MARK Loram insisted tragic Lee Richardson was the catalyst behind his most enjoyable year in speedway. Former Pirate Richardson died in Poland on Sunday following a horrendous track spill while riding for Rzeszow against Wroclaw. The 33-year-old was
NEIL Middleditch insisted speedway had lost a “member of the family” following Lee Richardson’s tragic death. Richardson died in hospital in Wroclaw on Sunday night after a sickening back-straight crash while racing for Rzeszow. The former Pirate, who
GREAT Britain boss Neil Middleditch revealed he had tried to convince Lee Richardson to return to the national team. Richardson quit Team GB in February 2011 citing certain financial issues as his reason for walking away. The 33-year-old rode in 10
BROADSTONE captain Greg Parsons watched his team register their first win of the season and then predicted an exciting future for the club. The skipper was speaking after Mike Holm ripped through the Weymouth batting line-up to lay the platform for Broadstone
WINTON began their Dorset League campaign on Saturday – with their Premier Division status still up in the air. The newly-promoted outfit’s fate could be decided today as they wait to discover if their appeal against automatic relegation will
BOSS Paul Groves made wholesale changes at Dean Court before revealing that Gary Bowles’s potential had helped him avoid the axe. The untried defender was one of just two players to be kept on as Groves yesterday opted to release a number of Cherries
MATHIEU Baudry insisted he was ready to pull out all the stops to prove his doubters wrong after he was released by Cherries. The luckless Frenchman showed promise during his stint at Dean Court but saw his progress hampered by injury setbacks. Central
The Worshipful Mayor of Weymouth and Portland Graham Winter officially opened the RSPB Weymouth Wetlands new state-of-the-art visitor centre at Radipole Lake on Monday, May 14. Schoolchildren and members of the public also turned out to celebrate the
