Firefighters are dealing with a fire in a block of flats near Bournemouth's Cooper Dean roundabout. Four fire engines and a further special appliance are on the scene in Cooper Dean Drive. Dorset Fire and Rescue Service took a 999 call
This month, a number of activities have taken place that have helped get the voice of Poole youth heard. Ben Howard (Deputy MYP) and I attended the UKYP South West regional meeting in Taunton. This was the first meeting that would be known
A DILAPIDATED empty shop unit in the centre of Christchurch will be turned into a trendy bistro-style eatery following a successful planning appeal. Alex Reilley, owner of Loungers, a chain of popular cafe bars, has been granted permission
FAMILIES are invited to join in a charity fun day in Ringwood to support a special local cause. Ringwood’s Furlong Centre will host the event on Thursday July 26 from 10am-4pm to support local bereavement charity Simon Says. The Southampton-based charity
PINK tutus and fairy wings will brighten Bournemouth seafront in a fundraiser to make wishes come true for children with life threatening illnesses. The annual Family Walk For Wishes will see the event’s trademark outfits worn again with the
HEALTH Secretary Andrew Lansley is urging everyone in England to name their NHS Heroes to mark the 64th anniversary of the NHS. From now until mid-September, anyone working for the NHS who is nominated by members of the public, patients or colleagues
A REPORT into the flash flood which ruined the start of last year’s Bournemouth Air Festival has revealed the extent of the devastation. Some residents were forced out of their homes for more than six months following the storm last August
A VAN fire caused traffic disruption on the A338 Wessex Way at lunchtime. The vehicle was located around 200 yards from the Kings Park junction. Both lanes were closed westbound but have fully reopened.
POOLE Museum is turning the spotlight on the town’s sporting prowess past and present with the launch of a major new exhibition. Our Sporting Life: Sport in Poole celebrates the town and harbour’s rich sporting heritage and the achievements of those
BOURNEMOUTH East MP Conor Burns says the Prime Minister is “relaxed” about the prospect of sacking him from a government job next week. Mr Burns expects to be fired from his post as parliamentary private secretary to the Northern Ireland secretary
THE sprawling Navitus Bay wind farm would ‘blight one of the jewels in Britain’s coastal crown’ for decades, Parliament has heard. Dorset MPs called on ministers to “think very carefully” about allowing the huge 76-square mile farm to be built
A CHARITY’S major fundraising event of the year has had to be cancelled because the car park is waterlogged. It’s the first time in 22 years that Bournemouth-based Cherry Tree Nursery has had to call off its summer plant sale tomorrow.
A WESTBOURNE woman has died just months after celebrating her 100th birthday. Blanche Emslie was born in Hertfordshire on January 16, 1912. After moving to Bournemouth, she spent half a century working as a linen keeper and seamstress in the resort’
THE longest serving member of Ferndown Probus Club has died just weeks before his 103rd birthday. Great-grandfather Charles Wilkin was born in Rhyl, North Wales, and attended Rhyl County School where his musical talents came to the fore. By 1930 he
A WAR veteran who witnessed the horrors of Normandy’s battlefields has died peacefully at his home at the age of 92. Old soldier Laurence Richard Symes, known as Laurie, struggled for survival in 1944 as he fought across France and Holland. The former
YET another South Londoner with a killer voice. Lianne La Havas has already piqued interest, with excitement growing around her debut album, after being championed by Jools Holland, Stevie Wonder, Zane Lowe and Fearne Cotton. The 22-year-old
AN OLYMPIC athlete visited a school in Bournemouth to look at their new beach volleyball court. Serita Shone, the GB heptathlete and bobsleigh star, visited Oakmead College of Technology yesterday to look at their new beach volleyball court
THIS tranquil hideaway is tucked away in the wilds of the New Forest. The Zen Garden restaurant forms part of the SenSpa facility at Careys Manor Hotel in Brockenhurst. The restaurant specialises in Thai cuisine and is also open to the
COMEDY fans are in for a treat, as the Lighthouse Poole serves up double helpings of stand-up tomorrow and Thursday night. The popular Comedy Works season ends with a bang tomorrow with four of the circuit’s best comedians. Saturday’s line-up confirmed
1. Disclosure – Control 2. Maverick Sabre – These Days (mixes) 3. Omar - Its So (Zed Bias remix) 4. Bobby Brown – Two Can Play That Game (h.a.t) 5. Joey Negro/Donald Banks – Status Quo
A HONDA motorbike auctioned off for charity has been presented to the top bidder. Honda Bournemouth donated the PCX 125cc to be sold in aid of BEN, the automotive industry charity. The winning bidder was Stephen Hendy, from the south-coast based Hendy
MORE than 14,000 requests were made for the 2,500 extra tickets for Bournemouth’s Olympic Torch evening celebrations went they went on offer yesterday. The extra free tickets were made available through an online ballot after the council decided
A CYCLIST is said to have been "badly injured" in a Poole crash. A member of the public dialled 999 following the incident that involved a black car on Constitution Hill Road at 10.08am. It happened at the junction with Harbour View
SIXTY Million Postcards is as quirky as its name suggests. Nightlife legend has it that some bright spark worked out that 60,000,000 postcards have been bought and posted from sunny, sunny Bournemouth since the town incorporation in the Victorian-era.
REVELLERS in Ashley Cross will be getting their groove on this Sunday to a host of top local bands at the annual Grooves On the Green. The previously free event has broken with tradition this year and decided to charge revellers an entry fee of
TALENTED students from Oakmead College of Technology are counting down the days to the finals of the national Rock Challenge competition on July 22. The group will travel to the Milton Keynes Theatre in a bid to bring the title back to Bournemouth
AMERICAN pop punk band Blink-182 will be bouncing along to the BIC on Saturday night. The Californian three-piece come to Bournemouth following the release of their acclaimed sixth studio album Neighborhoods last September, their first record since
THE opening of Bournemouth and Poole’s first free school has been postponed until 2013, after organisers failed to find a suitable site. Parkfield School was meant to open this September, offering primary and secondary education to 216 children
THE parents of murderer Elliot Turner have been jailed for their part in a bid to cover up his crime. Leigh and Anita Turner were jailed for 27 months and told they would have to serve at least half that sentenced. The couple had been
A SINGLE group of travellers has been moving around illegal sites in Bournemouth and Poole instead of leaving because people keep giving them work, it’s been claimed. As the Echo reported yesterday, Bournemouth has been battling to cope with an unprecedented
CRAIG RONALD JAMES BURDEN aged 33 of Rockley Road, Poole. Proved in absence that he drove a Ford Transit van on Ringwood Road in excess of 30mph. Fined £250. To pay victim surcharge of £15, costs of £35 and licence endorsed with four points. PETER BURBIDGE
NICHOLAS RHODES aged 45 of Brookside, Quomp, Ringwood. Admitted driving a Ford Kuga on the A338 with 92 microgrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath. Fined £3,600. To pay victim surcharge of £15, costs of £150 and disqualified from holding a driving
OVER the years there have been many iconic bands with musical siblings. Think Liam and Noel, Gary and Martin Kemp, Ray and Dave Davies and er, The Osmonds. Poole band Kissed By Kate are fronted by brothers Jack and Brendan Belcher and look set for
I NOTICED the cars in the road on Thursday June 28 all covered in a very fine yellowish dust from the Sahara desert. The last time I saw it that dense on cars was in July 1968. It was so dense then I brushed it off my car and still have it in a dated
MAY I, on behalf of my family, here in the UK and in Australia and Canada, thank you for printing my letter regarding my late brother Jack who served in Bomber Command. It is our way of paying tribute to one of the many airmen who gave the ultimate sacrifice
Having just crewed on a Thames sailing barge in the passage match from Gravesend to Harwich, we took a course passing near to a wind farm. I counted about 46 turbines. it took us a couple of hours to get by so we could make a course for Harwich. A North
I AM beginning to wonder what planet Christchurch planners are on. This week we read that Cobham is to axe 320 jobs after losing a contract to Spain. Last week our planners refused a planning application by Morrisons to build a store at Stoney Lane and
TRAVELLERS have recently left Duck Lane field, leaving the council with another large clean-up bill. I simply can’t understand why documentation has to be taken to recycling sites to prove you live in the area. Why discourage people from doing the right
I READ your article about travellers (Bournemouth Echo, Friday June 29) with interest. I would like to respond to the concerns of Geoff Budden, Chairman of the Friends of Kinson Common, regarding the protection of North Bournemouth’s valuable nature
BEING born on a farm in the 1920’s, I often think of the different ways of production, especially egg production. Let me explain, prior to 1940s most farmers kept a few laying birds in mobile houses to hold 50 or 60 birds, but lack of daylight and bad
THERE are some things about the British way of life which must strike visitors as hard to fathom. Former Echo sub-editor Bill Bryson listed some of them in his best-seller Notes From A Small Island. His choices included Sooty, Marmite, George Formby
Ed Miliband has vowed to continue fighting for an independent inquiry into the banking scandal despite MPs rejecting the demands. The Labour leader said that while the party would co-operate with the parliamentary investigation, its remit was too "
Andy Murray is preparing to fight to become the first British man in a Wimbledon final for 74 years. The 25-year-old takes on Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in his fourth SW19 semi-final in a row. The British number one is favourite to win the match
WORKERS coned off part of the £21.6million Twin Sails Bridge after a moped rider reportedly collided with metal on the carriageway, it has emerged. Borough of Poole strategic director Jim Bright told the Daily Echo the small section was cordoned
To lower your chances of becoming a victim of burglary police are offering the following advice: &bnull; Always remember to lock and shut doors and windows when leaving the house, even if you only pop out for a few minutes. Remember to also
THE patrol seemed like it would pass by quietly until we saw a man carrying a metal box in the pouring rain at 2.45am. The two plain clothes PCs had spent hours driving around Boscombe and Springbourne, heads swivelling and eyes straining in
A SPATE of more than 100 burglaries in two parts of Bournemouth has triggered a police operation. The Eastcliff and Springbourne and the Charminster and Queens Park police areas have seen a 66 per cent rise with 116 homes hit in less than three
The RSPB at Weymouth Wetlands are inviting people to their Radipole Lake reserve to meet some of the stars of the night. The team are running more of their very popular bat walks on the next two Fridays, July 13 and 20, so book early to avoid
ANDY Darnton has joined the management team at Sydenhams Premier Division newcomers Verwood Town. The Division One champions needed someone with higher level experience and Darnton fitted the bill to become first-team coach. The former
PAUL Groves insisted his players earned what they deserved after suggestions a gulf in wages had caused a rift in the squad. Cherries manager Groves gave his verdict on the topic when quizzed over claims that a disparity in salaries had been an issue
FIVE Special Needs Schools in Dorset came together for a new disabled athletics competition at Kings Park. More than 60 athletes took part in the England Athletics’ QuadKids competition format as part of the Dorset School Games programme.
AFC BOURNEMOUTH’S beach football event has generated a lot of interest among local youth players and their parents. The club is running the free event, backed by the Daily Echo and Waitrose, on Wednesday, July 18 (6pm to 9pm) at the beach on Shore Road
THE Echo has teamed up with Talk Moneywise and AFC Bournemouth to offer one local youth football team the chance to win a brand new kit. As well as the kit, which will be sponsored by independent financial advisor Talk Moneywise, the winning team will
THIS week’s report is a first-hand account of the biggest yacht race in the world, as I join the trophy-winning crew of an MG27 named ‘Mojito’. The Round the Island Race this year attracted an entry of 1,647 boats across 25 classes. Of these, 1,198 crossed
CHERRIES chairman Eddie Mitchell has told Steve Evans he will be wasting his time if he tries to revive his interest in Matt Tubbs. Mitchell was speaking after Rotherham United manager Evans hinted he could be set to consider another swoop for Cherries
EDDIE Mitchell last night insisted a £6million loan registered to AFC Bournemouth was needed to drive the club forward. The Cherries chairman also reassured supporters that the club was under no pressure to pay back the funding from Wintel Petrochemicals
COMMONWEALTH gold medallist Karen Legg-Crumpler was the guest of honour for the Dorset School Games final at the Littledown Centre. Legg-Crumpler, who also swam in the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney, led the parade and presented medals at the Dorset Schools
