A 100-YEAR-OLD woman has celebrated her special birthday with a tea party and entertainment from a dance troupe. Florrie Davison was joined by members of her family and friends at Adams Court residential care home in Talbot Woods for a grand tea party
A POOLE man is due to complete a 4,500-mile round Britain cycling challenge this Sunday. Ray Haswell, pictured, from Parkstone set off on May 21 and has been riding around the coast. The 58-year-old former scientist is raising money for Gearing Up
BOURNEMOUTH’S night shelter will celebrate its 10th birthday with the first ever BCHA Big Sleep Out. St Paul’s, which is based at Bournemouth’s Lansdowne, will be 10 years old on September 7. To mark the occasion, the charity is asking people to make
The resident who signed up for Poole’s 21,000th green bin received a gift wrapped delivery of his garden waste wheelie. Borough of Poole controversially started charging £31 this year for what had been a 22,000-strong free scheme, to enable it
A CHOIR will serenade people before the MP unveils a new sign to mark the history of a ‘forgotten’ part of Bournemouth. Wessex Chorus will perform as a lottery funded village sign is revealed on Pokesdown Green during a day-long celebration.
An enterprising student from Bearwood turned to washing buses to raise money for a school trip to Africa. Daniel Harwood, 13, from Oakmead College of Technology , will be travelling to some of the poorest parts of Ethiopia in October on a 10-
FANCY yourself as the next Bear Grylls? Why not take part in a fundraising Castaway challenge? Dorset-based disability charity Diverse Abilities Plus is organising the five-day event in September to raise much-needed funds, and there is still time
FACE painting with a British wildlife theme will be one of the activities on offer at Knoll Gardens open day on Friday August 31. Garden tours and a special children’s trail will also be available and children will get to see wildlife including
Football-mad staff at Sunrise of Southbourne have come up with novel ways to raise vital funds for Alzheimer’s Society. After losing a friendly wager with a colleague on who would win the Premier League, Manchester United fan and lead care manager
EMERGENCY services have attended a two car crash on the A35 just north of the Bakers Arms roundabout, near Upton. Traffic heading from Poole towards Bere Regis was diverted away from the crash scene. Two ambulances, several police motorbikes
RESIDENTS and businesses are celebrating the prospect of a town centre “eyesore” being improved. The toilets on Poole Hill in Bournemouth have been blamed for attracting drug users and drinkers but the building could now be converted into a café
BOURNEMOUTH has been ‘named and shamed’ as having one of the worst road safety records in the country. The council has been placed as the second worst performing authority in its attempt to reduce the number of people killed or seriously injured
Dorset has already had a handful of jellyfish sightings as the sea warms up and coastal visitors are urged to report any seen along the beaches. “There are not swarms at the moment,” said Julie Hatcher, marine awareness officer for the living seas
A team of fundraisers got on their bikes to boost the coffers of the Bournemouth-based Youth Cancer Trust . The six employees from the direct sales and operations department at LV= took on the London to Paris Cycle Ride after selecting the organisation
SPORTING hero Ben Ainslie will tour his home town in an open-topped bus after becoming the most decorated sailor in Olympic history. Thousands of people are expected to line the streets of Lymington to congratulate the 35-year-old athlete, who
SAM JOSEPH PRIOR aged 24 of St Aubyns Court, Poole. Admitted assault by beating a man. Community order made to participate in Education Training and Employment programme for 20 days. To also participate in Thinking Skills programme at Poole Probation
GEORGE ONONUJU aged 20 of Riverdale Road, Erith. Found guilty of assault by beating a woman. Committed to detention for 12 weeks suspended for two years. To participate in an Anger Management programme for 15 days. Under curfew for 43 days at the
EVEN to the untrained eye, it’s obvious that some murder inquiries are rather more complicated than others. That’s clearly the case with the killing of Reece James Menzies, who was shot dead in a flat in Boscombe two weeks ago. Behind the scenes
GIVEN recent events in Boscombe and elsewhere in Bournemouth, I should like to comment on what the Council is doing about them for residents. Any violent crime has obvious repercussions within our communities and Bournemouth has suffered a really
COMPLAINTS have appeared in the Echo against all three local councils on their perceived failure to cut overgrown weed-ridden grass in public areas. Indeed, there are places when verdure is required to be spruce, but why must this be everywhere
I WOULD like to congratulate Ashley Road Traders on winning the best overall cup in the Bournemouth Carnival on Sunday. They organised a successful jubilee window dressing competition, reformed the association and decided to enter Bournemouth Carnival
I READ the article “Bosom Buddies” (Saturday August 4) with extreme irritation, and I have no doubt that many other people share my feelings on the matter. I breastfed my children, and have to agree that it is the healthiest option for young babies
IT IS very sad to read about people losing their jobs at Bournemouth Airport . Certainly after millions have been invested in improving the buildings and infrastructure. However, any company that relies on repeat business needs to maintain the
THE Bohemians one of the most exciting and dynamic Queen tribute acts touring today, will perform the hits of Queen – from Bohemian Rhapsody to Radio Gaga and all points in between – in a high energy show which comes to the Tivoli Theatre , on August
A TRIP down memory lane is guaranteed, when the New Milton based Olde Tyme Players present The Good Old Days at the Regent Centre in Christchurch on August 14 at 2.30pm. This brand new hilarious show brings back those famous characters from that
TOP British choreographer Wayne McGregor is so good that he can even get miserable Radiohead frontman Thom Yorke to dance. McGregor’s dynamic style across dance, film, music and visual art has seen him create a string of unique work over the years
DETECTIVES have thanked Daily Echo readers for helping to identify nine men they wanted to speak to in connection with a vicious assault at a Dorset railway station. The pictures were released earlier this month by the British Transport Police
PLANS for a major 160-home development – the largest proposed in Purbeck in recent years – have been unveiled to the public for the first time. Bloor Homes Ltd, who are set to apply for planning permission later this year, invited local residents
Democracy about having open debate THE plight of Cllr Roger West (Echo Wed 1 Aug) highlights yet again the contempt for democracy prevalent in local government. We have already seen what happens to council officers who speak out of turn; now apparently
The trial of the wife of disgraced Chinese politician Bo Xilai for the murder of British businessman Neil Heywood has begun. An official at a courthouse in the eastern Chinese city of Hefei said the trial of Gu Kailai and a household aide had started
THE key to unlocking the murder of Reece James Menzies lies in Bournemouth, say detectives. The 21-year-old from London was gunned down in a flat in Roumelia Lane, Boscombe , two weeks ago. He was shot in the face in a gang land ‘execution-style
THE mother of murdered Reece James Menzies has called for the people of Boscombe to help find her son’s killers. Michelle James says she and her family have been left “broken” following Reece’s death and believe someone living in the Bournemouth
Cherries star Shaun MacDonald has welcomed added competition for places and knows there will be no room for complacency in Paul Groves’s squad. MacDonald severed ties with Swansea after realising his chances would be limited with his hometown
LUCY Macgregor believes the match race girls were robbed of a shot at Olympic glory after a controversial quarter-final defeat to Russia yesterday. The Poole skipper, alongside Annie Lush and sister Kate, saw her hopes of a London 2012 Elliott
RICHARD Hughes has admitted reuniting with Paul Groves was too good an opportunity to turn down and says he is relishing joining ‘Project AFC Bournemouth’. Cherries boss Groves has persuaded Hughes to come out of retirement to return to Dean Court
WELCOME to the business end of the season. That was the opening message in Matt Ford ’s programme notes here last night. If the Pirates chief’s rhetoric was intended as some form of rallying cry, his men certainly answered the call. Poole
