Archive

Date

Cherries player denies sexual assault

A CHERRIES player has denied sexual assault. AFC Bournemouth player Steve Cook, 21, who lives in Poole, and three former teammates from Brighton and Hove Albion have pleaded not guilty to charges of sexual assault on a woman and voyeurism by

Date

Time for action over Boscombe

AFTER the shock of the drugs gang shooting in Boscombe last week, the dust has settled and the local community has taken stock. On Thursday night, police met with traders and made reassuring noises about the action they are taking. There have

Date

What's On Live (August 3-10)

FRIDAY Theatre Bournemouth International Centre - Starlight Express (Musical) Pavilion – The Final Test Pier Theatre – Zambezi Express Local gigs Mr Kyps - R.E.M. U.K. (tribute) + Brave Mariner The Brook – The Bog Rolling

Date

Charity supporters across Dorset reminded to pick up their ‘gift’ from the taxman

Wealthy charity supporters across Dorset are being reminded to pick up their gift from the taxman. That’s the message from the Poole office of international accountants and business advisory firm, Mazars, who say that many supporters forget that

Date

Whooping cough surge triggers plea for jabs

PARENTS are being warned to make sure their children’s vaccinations are up to date following a surge in cases of whooping cough. There have been 126 confirmed cases of the disease this year in the primary care trust cluster that includes the

Date

Ferndown residents fighting proposal for drive-through

FRUSTRATED Ferndown residents are taking action after their opposition to a KFC drive through takeaway failed. More than 50 people attended a meeting to set up the Ferndown Residents Association and make their voices heard at the district council

Date

Illegal parking in Wimborne Square is on the rise

DRIVERS parking illegally and flouting traffic regulations is on the rise in Wimborne Square, a councillor says. Since the revamped Square opened in June with 11 fewer parking spaces, drivers are double parking, mounting the paved area and treating

Date

Salute to fallen Red Arrows pilot

PREPARATIONS are under way for the installation of the Bournemouth memorial to fallen Red Arrows pilot Jon Egging. Bournemouth Borough Council has confirmed some landscaping has already taken place at the East Overcliff Drive clifftop site. The tribute

Date

Owners dismiss plans to turn Throop Mill into visitor centre and consider sale

A DERELICT mill recorded in the Domesday Book could be sold and its machinery removed following a meeting between the owners and Bournemouth council officers. Since Throop Mill, on the banks of the River Stour, ceased working in 1972 campaigners

Date

Regional pay plan fears in Dorset after controversial NHS group meets

A CONTROVERSIAL consortium set up to look into introducing regional pay for NHS staff in the south west, including Dorset, has met for the first time. It is now preparing a business case amid fears from some workers that breaking away from the

Date

Mother: 'I just want my Sergio home'

THE mother of victim Sergio Marquez says she just wants her son home ‘as soon as possible’. Ex-pat Shelley Exley, who lives in Sergio’s home town of Coin, in Southern Spain, says she has visited his mother Mari Carmen to pay her respects to his

Date

How our businesses are fighting off the recession

I AM surprised that people living outside our town and indeed in other counties feel the need to denigrate Bournemouth. They concentrate on its clichéd weakness, long since noticed and discussed ad nauseam, as if they have not only all the answers

Date

Common Market is so different today

ABB Riley, in his letter praising Conor Burns for his stance on the EU (July 17) reminds us that it was the Tory government of the time that first involved the UK in Europe. It should be said that the Common Market Ted Heath took us in to was a

Date

Much-loved grandmother Valerie May

A MUCH-LOVED mother and grandmother has died after being a resident of Broadstone Parish for more than 70 years. Valerie May moved from Kensington, London to Dorset at the age of eight. Her theatrical parents set up home in Church Road, Broadstone

Date

Parking charges is a devastating step

A STEP too far. Introduction of car parking charges in Christchurch town centre areas. Does Dorset County Council not realise what this will mean? It will be a devastating blow to the town traders. Do they want more empty shops with no revenue

Date

Rev David Jardine, well-loved vicar will be missed

A POPULAR vicar, who was minister at St Saviour’s Church in Iford, has died at the age of 81. Well-loved Rev David Jardine left the Iford church in 1989, after 17 years in Bournemouth, moving to Andover with his wife Susan. Born on October

Date

Parkstone mum finds Boa snake in bathroom

A MUM of two young girls has told of her horror after mistaking a boa constrictor for a banana. Stacey Way, 28, from Parkstone said she first encountered the snake while cleaning the bathroom floor one day. “I was wiping the bathroom floor

Date

Conor Maynard: singer is set for a long, successful career if debut album is anything to go by

YOUNG hearts were sent all aflutter this week when Conor Maynard performed at the Old Fire Station in Bournemouth . The new teen sensation firmly established himself last year with his smash-hit single Can’t Say No. The 19-year-old Brighton

Date

Come along and dance to the rhythms of Africa

PAVILION Dance is inviting you to come and dance to the rhythms of Africa tonight on the terraces of the national dance centre in the Lower gardens. Taking place from 7-9pm, you can learn the principles of African movement and celebrate your own

Date

Floorfillers of the Week: DJ Martyn the Hat's top five tunes

1. Afrojack – Rock The House 2. Teed – Household Goods 3. Energy 3000 - Cafe Del Mar 4. Pendulum – Slam 5. u.s.a – disco remedy (original)

Date

Staying up all night: dance 'til dawn at Summer Smasher event

CLUBBERS are being invited to see in the weekend with an all-night drum & bass party at the O2 Academy Bournemouth tonight. One Nation presents the Summer Smasher, an adrenaline-fuelled evening of the very best breakbeat sounds from 9-5am.

Date

Scouting For Girls added to Bournemouth Air Festival line-up

WITH Rizzle Kicks and Newton Faulkner already confirmed to perform at Bournemouth Air Festival now Scouting for Girls have also been added to the bill. The pop rockers will play at the Corona Night Air Between the Piers event with bands playing

Date

Drive-thru driving our parents away

WHEN our parents told us five years ago that they were moving to a retirement complex in Ferndown we were happy for them because we believed that Ferndown was a great place to live. Unfortunately that will all change now a KFC drive-thru will also

Date

Durweston stunned after death of climber

A PICTURE postcard village has been plunged into mourning following the death of a 22-year-old climber who fell 300ft from a mountain in Snowdonia. Guy Litchfield from Durweston, near Blandford , was walking in low mist with a 23-year-old man,

Date

Montagu Arms: New Forest's only Michelin Starred restaurant has a passion for locally sourced food

YOU don’t need to be survival expert like Ray Mears when it comes to foraging for food in the New Forest. Thankfully the National Park is home to the Michelin-starred Montagu Arms restaurant and the culinary talents of Matthew Tomkinson. Set

Date

A flipping good show: get ready to witness Freerunning

AN EXHILARATING open-air performance of street-dance and acrobatics is being held at the Littledown Centre tomorrow evening. The relatively new practice of free running, where participants show jaw-dropping agility and balance by jumping off walls

Date

UPDATED: Weymouth's Bayside Festival closed due to lack of visitors as organisers urge people to come to the town

“COME down to Weymouth and cheer on Team GB”. That is the message from the town as it urges people in Bournemouth and Poole to travel down and join in the Olympic fever. The number of visitors to Weymouth during the 2012 Games has been down on

Date

Bournemouth lifeguards creating a splash

A HOST of kind-hearted lifeguards from Bournemouth took part in a charity swim to celebrate the start of the London Olympic Games 2012. The 12 members of staff from the Littledown Centre swam a massive 2,012 lengths of the pool to raise vital cash for

Date

Starlight Express is simply sensational

FOR almost 30 years the award-winning Starlight Express has delighted millions of people of all ages around the world. This spectacular new updated 2012 version stays true to the original story while adding fresh ideas, sounds and projections.

Date

Windfarm proposal ‘incomprehensible’

THE proposal for Navitus Bay wind-farm is incomprehensible. The glorious sea with its horizon valued by millions of people, visitors and local people alike, will be obliterated for all time. We shall lose the very essence and spirit of our

Date

Reel Big Fish: much-loved ska-rockers are catch of the day at Mr Kyps on Thursday

SKA fans are in for a skanking treat as heavyweight American ska-rockers Reel Big Fish play Mr Kyps in Poole on Thursday night. Arguably one of the biggest ska punk bands around, this is a major coup for the music venue who have already sold-out

Date

Warren Dudley, well known Bournemouth sub-postmaster

A well-known Bournemouth sub-postmaster has died peacefully on his 91st birthday. Warren Dudley was born on June 30, 1921. His father was a Birmingham shopkeeper and he attended King Edward High School. A fine athlete, Warren trained with the

Date

Ringwood firm raises £70k for Macmillan cancer charity

A RINGWOOD-based company is celebrating after raising almost £70,000 for charity. Churchill Retirement Living was able to hand over a cheque to Macmillan Cancer Support for £68,929.67 after a year of raising money for the good cause. Staff

Date

Roumelia Lane shooting: police meet with residents

ANXIOUS residents near a terrifying gangland shooting met with police last night in the search for reassurance. Londoner Reece James Menzies was shot in the face in a flat in Roumelia Lane, Boscombe in the early hours of July 25. So far no

Date

M.D.A.L: meet the jazz and funk outfit who don't do rehearsals

STAND by your beds, as 24SEVEN presents one of the more unusual and unique local bands playing the live circuit. M.D.A.L. (Marcus, Dan And Luke/Lucy) are upwards of a four piece Bournemouth based band who crank out an energetic and spontaneous

Date

Why I still park on double yellow lines

FURTHER to Robert Readman’s letter (Daily Echo July 27) praising Bournemouth Council’s prompt action to his request. I also, after many criticisms of Poole Borough Council ’s actions, wish to report their support to a request of mine for them to

Date

Did you see this man? Terrified girl fights off attempted abduction

A TERRIFIED teenager escaped unharmed following an attempted abduction in the Newtown area of Poole. Details of the incident on Thursday, July 26 have just been released by detectives who are appealing for witnesses to track down the man involved

Date

Peter Wilson, our man with the golden gun

THERE were jubilant scenes across Dorset as sharpshooter Peter Wilson won Olympic gold yesterday. The 25-year-old farmer’s son from Glanvilles Wootton in North Dorset, led from start to finish in the dramatic Double Trap men’s finals at the Royal

Date

Olympics day seven

Date

London 2012: Hunter and volleyball team suffer loss

Italy all but rubber-stamped Great Britain and Dan Hunter's exit from the men's Olympic volleyball tournament, condemning them to a third successive straight-sets defeat with a score of 19-25, 16-25, 20-25. The number four-ranked side were too

Date

London 2012: Dampney's Games over after Austria defeat

POOLE beach volleyball star Zara Dampney and team-mate Shauna Mullin are out of the women's competition after they fell to a straight sets defeat in their lucky loser play-off against Austria at Horse Guards Parade last night. Cheered on by a

Date

London 2012: Emotional Wilson overjoyed with Olympic gold

PETER Wilson was last night turning his attention to shots of a different kind after clinching Olympic gold for Great Britain. The 25-year-old farmer’s son from Dorchester landed Britain’s first shooting medal in 12 years after coming through a

Date

Cherries: Robinson and Hughes are targets for Groves

Cherries boss Paul Groves has drawn up a short-list for a holding midfielder – with Anton Robinson and Richard Hughes believed to be on it. Former Cherries star Hughes reluctantly hung up his boots 12 months ago to become a restaurant owner but

Date

Pirates: Ford insists Kurtz has future at Wimborne Road

MATT Ford insisted Todd Kurtz’s Pirates career was far from over despite axing the inconsistent Aussie in favour of Swede Linus Eklof. Promoter Ford this week moved to strengthen Poole Coastal Aluminium’s bottom end as the Elite League run-in gathers

Date

Swimming: Amelia adds national medals to her Euro collection

FORMER Bournemouth Dolphin Amelia Maughan followed-up her medal-winning swims at the European Junior Championships by adding two more national titles to her collection. Maughan, 16, who won individual bronze and relay silver in Antwerp earlier

Date

Tennis: West Hants girls teams serve up a prestigious double

WEST Hants Club are celebrating a unique national double by winning both the under-14 and under-16 girls Team Tennis Premier finals. The Bournemouth-based outfit were the only club to produce two winners at the National Tennis Centre in Roehampton

Date

Rowing: Anastasia is inspired by her Torch Relay 'honour'

WIMBORNE rowing star Anastasia Chitty is determined to fulfil her Olympic dream after rowing the Gloriana down the Thames on the Olympic Torch’s final leg last Friday. World junior rowing silver medallist Chitty only discovered last week she would

Date

London 2012: Ainslie angered by duo's 'conspiracy'

BEN Ainslie threw down the gauntlet to his rivals by moving to within three points of the gold medal position with an emphatic display on day five of the Olympic Regatta at Weymouth and Portland yesterday. The three-time Olympic champion went

Date

London 2012: 'MacLush' back to winning ways

POOLE’S match racing girls got back to winning ways yesterday. The trio of Lucy Macgregor, Annie Lush and Kate Macgregor saw off the challenge of Sweden to head into today’s rest day tied fifth overall in the round robin phase of the competition

Date

Duo's 'victory' flagged up

Drama during the first and last races of the Osprey Nationals saw defeat snatched from the jaws of victory for Poole Yacht Club’s Andy Barker and Mike Atkinson. As a result, the cup was handed to Blithfield Sailing Club’s Gareth Caldwell and John