Emergency admissions to the Royal Bournemouth Hospital (RBH) became more streamlined in May as the new Acute Medical Unit (AMU) opened its doors to direct patient admissions. The new unit means that patients who are referred to the hospital by their
A BOURNEMOUTH housing charity has received a grant to help continue its work with homeless people. Hope Housing Training and Support has been given £17,400 over two years from the Lloyds TSB Foundation for England and Wales. The money
POLICE are hunting for a thief who snatched rings worth thousands of pounds from a jeweller’s shop in New Milton. The man struck at about 5pm on Friday June 8 after asking to try on wedding rings at Robert Alan Jewellers on Station Road. After trying
A BOURNEMOUTH soldier took part in an operation with Afghan police to clear an insurgent hotspot near the capital of Helmand. Lance Corporal Thomas Constant, 24, from Hurn, is a member of B Squadron of The King’s Royal Hussars. A Ministry of Defence
WIMBORNE’S Town Crier had his bell and glasses stolen from a pub over the Folk Festival weekend. Chris Brown repatriated the British bell, which was used to warn troops of gas attacks in the First World War trenches. The glasses are
STAFF from a Ringwood firm are joining the UK’s biggest fight against cancer by taking part in Bournemouth’s Race for Life. Fifteen women from Jelf Employee Benefits’ Ringwood office are hoping to raise much-needed funds for Cancer Research
A NIGHTSHELTER says 96 per cent of its bed spaces were used over the past year. St Paul’s in Bournemouth reported the figure for April 2011 to March 2012. The shelter, in Westover Road, is run by Bournemouth Churches Housing Association. A spokesman
A PARTIALLY sighted girl will be able to read books at home just like her friends, after her story appeared in the Daily Echo. The Echo publicised the appeal to buy a magnifying reader for seven-year-old Abigail Pike last month and children
CHRISTCHURCH traders have clubbed together to celebrate a local resident’s monumental weight loss. Cheryl Pountain was given a makeover by businesses in the town after she was named local Slimming World winner for the Tuckton group.
PLANS to invite tenders for eight children’s centres across Bournemouth will go before the council’s Cabinet next week. Each centre will provide advice and support to families with children under the age of five. Currently two centres
HUNDREDS of bikers are revving up to pay tribute to a popular motorcyclist and family man. They are organising the David Bartholomew Memorial Ride Out for charity this Saturday. David, known in his motorcycle club as Barty, died in a
THE bodyguard of a Chinese politician’s wife has lifted the lid on her time in Bournemouth with the British businessman she is accused of murdering. Michael Wright worked at Keystone House, close to the BIC, when he met Neil Heywood and a woman
PLANS to create a play park at a Bournemouth golf course look set to get the go-ahead, despite almost 300 objections. Bournemouth council has applied for planning permission to site a new play area in Queens Park car park, stating that a quality playground
A FAILED Christchurch estate agent has been jailed for 16 months for viewing and distributing extreme child porn. Mark Reed, 34, downloaded sick images and videos of children featuring animals, gang rape and sex toys, Bournemouth Crown Court heard.
A POOLE MP has defended his £7,500 mileage expenses claims following criticism from a councillor that he is “never around”. Robert Syms MP’s Parliamentary expenses state that he returned to the constituency every weekend since the General Election
THE new extension to the fitness suite at Two Riversmeet Leisure Centre will be officially opened on Saturday. The extension was built following overwhelming support for a larger space for the fitness suite and more equipment and will be opened by Mayor
A MOTORCYCLIST suffered a suspected broken arm and leg in a rush-hour crash. The 39-year-old man was hurt when his motorbike was in collision with a Volkswagen Fox being driven by a 17-year-old girl in Wimborne Road, Bournemouth. The man was thrown
THE father of a terminally ill boy has thanked the dads taking on a mountain challenge in his honour. Toby Langton-Gilks’s son David, 16, only has weeks to live after another recurrence of brain cancer. Twelve dads, including seven from
FORMER X Factor contestant Aiden Grimshaw has made his chart debut this week. Is This Love, the first single taken from his forthcoming debut album Misty Blue, entered the UK Top 40 singles chart at number 35. The singer has announced
Aiden Grimshaw is bringing his debut UK headline tour to Bournemouth. The former X Factor contestant will play 11 dates in the autumn and calls into the Old Fire Station on Sunday, September 23. The singer, who made his chart debut this week with the
So, Chelsea have won not only the FA cup but also have won the Champions league. My daughter has had her school prom. Now I may see Chelsea win the cup again,but I will not see another final year prom. It only seems like yesterday when she was born
JAMES LAWSON BUTT, aged 35 of Grosvenor Road, Stalbridge, Sturminster Newton. Admitted driving a Toyota pick-up through a red light on A350 Holes Bay road junction with Sterte Road. Fined £70. To pay victim surcharge of £15, costs £35 and licence endorsed
ROSE KELLY, aged 32 of Middlefield, East Stoke, Wareham. Admitted driving a Chevrolet on A351 Sandford Road in excess of 30mph. Fined £45. To pay victim surcharge of £15 and licence endorsed with three points. JORDAN JONATHAN STRETCH, aged 18 of The
JAMES ROBIN CURE, aged 19 of Golf Links Road, Ferndown. Admitted driving a Volkswagen car through a red light on A3060 Castle Lane East junction with Deansleigh Road. Fined £100. To pay victim surcharge of £15, costs of £35 and licence endorsed with three
SCOTT ANDREW BURTON, aged 38 of Dorchester Hill, Blandford St Mary, Blandford Forum. Admitted driving a Vauxhall Vivaro panel van on the A3049 Dorset Way in excess of 50mph. Fined £165, to pay victim surcharge of £15 and costs of £35. Licence endorsed
GARY REDMOND, aged 43 of Coleridge Green, Christchurch. Admitted stealing a bottle of rum to the value of £38.99 from Waitrose. Conditional discharge for one year and to pay costs of £85. COLIN WAY aged 51 of Riverlea Road, Christchurch. Admitted harassment
IAN JAMES DENNY, aged 43 of Blackthorn Road, Southampton. Admitted driving a Mercedes panel van on the B3068 Ringwood Road in excess of 30mph. Fined £45. To pay victim surcharge of £15 and licence endorsed with three points.
ROSE JANE ATKINSON, aged 56 of Leigh Gardens, Wimborne. Admitted failing to give a breath sample for analysis in the course of an investigation into whether she had committed a motoring offence. Community order made to be under curfew for six weeks at
SERKAN HALILOGULLARI, aged 38 of High Street, Poole. Admitted driving a Ford Mondeo on Upton Road with no insurance. Fined £160 and to pay victim surcharge of £15. CHRISTOPHER ROBERT MURPHY aged 30 of Poole Road, Upton, Poole. Proved in absence that
Emergency services have been dealing with a car fire on the Wessex Way underneath the Springbourne flyover. Firefighters and police were called to the incident just before 10am. Police temporarily closed the northbound carriageway road to allow the
ANTONY JOHN LOWE, aged 38 of Cashmoor Close, Poole. Admitted driving a Volkswagen on Boundary Lane without due care and attention, colliding with a parked car causing damage. Fined £130. To pay victim surcharge of £15, costs of £35 and licence endorsed
I WAS delighted to read that “the county’s coastline has been added to internet search engine Google’s World Wonders Project website” (Daily Echo, June 6). The Natvitus Bay wind farm should be declared dead in the water now. That it has not is very
CONTRARY to your headline (Echo June 9), Chicago was not wowed by the BSO, wonderful orchestra though they are. Your report rightly refers to a recent tour to Chicago by members of the Bournemouth Symphony Chorus, with no involvement of the BSO. The
WHAT has happened to our bread nowadays in that it goes mouldy so quickly? At one time we could keep a loaf of bread for several days, perhaps using the last few slices for toasting. We didn’t have to freeze and thaw it out to avoid the mould. Have
OH, how we need a proper debate on the need for a conurbation wide authority for Bournemouth, Poole and Christchurch. The “unthinkable” is not to have such a debate. The bureaucratic boundaries between the councils have cost our area dearly, not just
I have read in a recent copy of the Echo that a Poole Beach Hut Association has been formed. I assume the formation of this association is in response to Poole Council’s initiative to overhaul the unfair ‘Beach Hut for Life Policy’ that has been the
AN amazing transformation has been occurring to me. Within my whole now fairly long life-time, I have never been interested in any sports. I just hated it all, especially football. Yet, not long ago I purchased a 40-inch flat screen TV as a personal
WHAT buckled cogs turned around inside the twisted heads the arsonists who thought it acceptable behaviour to set fire to a doctors’ surgery? What did they hope to achieve? Perhaps in their grim little minds they enjoyed some puerile fun at the sight
SOUTHBOURNE Grove is a much livelier place than it used to be and I'm pretty sure the Ludo Lounge can take a big chunk of the credit for its transformation. The bar and eaterie moves seamlessly from breakfast to morning coffee to lunch to afternoon
FEARS have been voiced that Olympic traffic will snarl up throughout Dorset and New Forest this summer because of the state of the A31. Multi-million pound projects have been completed in Weymouth and Portland to get the road network fit for purpose,
They may have had more than 65 singers through their ranks since making their debut way back in 1953 but The Drifters remain one of the biggest selling bands of all time. The American vocal group have clocked up more than 50 hits, including timeless
FROM an early age, 24-year-old Claire Neville knew that she wanted to work in the fitness industry. But as a sufferer of dyspraxia, she feared her career ambition would never be realised. For Claire struggles with language, perception and balance
AN alfresco lunchtime concert in the stunning setting of St Catherine’s Chapel perched high on a hill above Abbotsbury takes place on Sunday. Musicians from the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra’s Resonate Strings together with a choir will be presenting
Em. That’s me. And I’ve been persuaded to get off my lovely, comfortable sofa and walk 60km – nearly 30 miles - across the undulating South Downs next May for charity. I like walking - when it’s warm and sunny and I can stop in the pub for
See the damage done to the roof of the Neighbourhood Centre GP practice in Culliford Crescent, Canford Heath.
SURVEYING his damaged practice, senior partner Dr Duncan Muir, who has worked at both practices for 25 years, said: “It’s sickening.” He added: “We do have a number of elderly patients and there are a number of elderly sheltered housing developments
PATIENTS arriving for their morning appointments at the Canford Heath surgery yesterday spoke of their shock that it had been attacked by arsonists. Most of the roof was destroyed in the blaze and the rest of the building suffered smoke
PATIENTS and doctors say the loss of their Canford Heath surgery after an arson attack is a devastating blow to their community. It will be several months before the surgery is reopened and patients will have to travel to the main surgery in
MATT Ford last night confirmed that his painstaking search for Adrian Miedzinski’s replacement remained ongoing – with Przemyslaw Pawlicki and Rune Holta his latest targets. The Pirates chief revealed his interest in Pawlicki after reporting that Norway-born
PIRATES prospect Kyle Howarth insisted he was determined to regain full fitness after being told he was lucky to be alive following a horror smash. The 18-year-old admitted he feared he had suffered a broken back – and said he initially could not feel
DORSET’S eventing world number one William Fox-Pitt has been formally nominated to represent Team GB at London 2012. The Sturminster Newton-based star was one of five riders put forward to the British Olympic Association by the British Equestrian Federation
COACH Alan Willows has issued a plea for sponsors after revealing Dorset were being forced to field a team based on age rather than ability. Stalwart Glyn Treagus became the first victim when new ECB funding issues regarding age restrictions led to him
CHERRIES boss Paul Groves has given his players the ideal incentive to stay in tip-top shape during the summer – an extra week off. Every member of Groves’s squad is due to report back to Dean Court on Monday, July 2 for a series of fitness and conditioning
FREDDIE Lindgren is promising to lend a hand to brother Ludvig as he bids to make a big impression at Wimborne Road. Grand Prix star Freddie is the older of the speedway siblings plying their trade in the Elite League. The duo previously rode together
SOUTHERN Premier League outfit Lymington have been rocked by the loss to international duty of Zimbabwean Test star Craig Ervine. Ervine, the younger brother of Hampshire’s Sean Ervine, received an unexpected call-up when he was named in a 24-man squad
