A MAN captured by the Japanese and kept as a Prisoner of War for three years says he was “lucky, really”. Roy Massey, 91, was forced into hard labour and lost many of his squadron colleagues while being held by the enemy during World War Two.
WHILE the sun may be setting on a spectacular summer of celebration, there’s still time to indulge in a few of our favourite tipples. For a solo guest appearance, or a cheeky aperitif in the garden, Halfwine specialises in half bottles of wine
HE might be best chums with Jim Davidson – but don’t hold that against him. Popular Cornish comedian is returning to the Bournemouth Pavilion to bring his latest show to for a hilarious evening of “slightly naughty” entertainment. Jethro, known
HOTLY-TIPPED singer-songwriter Benjamin Francis Leftwich will be returning to The Old Fire Station on October 1. Following the release of his critically acclaimed debut album Last Smoke Before The Snowstorm, Benjamin has revealed to the Daily Echo
A HARBOURSIDE canoe club has reassured residents over its plans to lease an area of land in Hamworthy for a new boat store. Poole Harbour Canoe Club has been promised a £50,000 grant from Sport England as part of the Olympic legacy if the scheme
TWO property developers found guilty of causing the deaths of five trees in Sandbanks have started their appeal. Alistair Collier and Harvey Lee were convicted of five offences of causing or permitting the protected pine trees to be destroyed last
AN INMATE found in possession of a mobile phone at Dorchester Prison has received an additional 12-week sentence. Stephen David Grogan, 27, is serving a 32-month sentence for an offence of grievous bodily harm imposed at Bournemouth Crown Court
Families from Bournemouth and the surrounding area looking for free entertainment in the last week of the school holidays are being invited to join in the fun at this year’s Bournemouth Air Festival . The event – with the strapline “by the sea
RESIDENTS are vowing to stand firm after their homes were earmarked for redevelopment and “garden grabbing”. Hundreds of homes are among the possible sites identified to meet new housing targets in Christchurch and one family has found out their
HUGE steam engines are rolling on to site for this year’s Great Dorset Steam Festival. The massive event attracts more than 200,000 to a farm near Tarrant Hinton and is due to start tomorrow and finish on Sunday. The organisers say it is the
A WOMAN who threw a kitchen knife towards a neighbour has been given a suspended prison sentence. Lyn Victoria Reeves, 56, of Daniel Drive, Wareham, admitted possession of a bladed article and appeared at Dorchester Crown Court to be sentenced.
AS Dorset’s multiple medal winning cyclist Sarah Storey gears up for the London 2012 Paralympic Games, there is one person helping to ensure she shines in the global media spotlight. And it’s not her coach, nutritionist or even her physiotherapist
STUDENTS at a Poole school have been left with a question mark hanging over their German GCSE results after an exam board lost their papers. The 41 pupils at St Edward’s School in Oakdale were informed as they picked up their results on Thursday
LAST-minute tickets have been released for the Night At at the Piers concerts as part of Bournemouth Air Festival . They take place on Friday and Saturday night at Boscombe Pier. Top names confirmed to play include Rizzle Kicks, Honey Ryder
THE jewel of Poole Harbour has been chosen to feature in a new UK guide to spectacular bird watching sites. Brownsea Island , which has internationally important numbers of waders visiting its Dorset Wildlife Trust nature reserve, has been picked
A RAPIST who subjected a Bournemouth grandmother to a terrifying ordeal in her own home has been jailed for life. The sentence was handed down by His Honour Judge John Harrow at Bournemouth Crown Court. The judge told Paul Bailey, 49, who is
A PRIZE-WINNING straw man has been vandalised after securing a rosette at Bisterne Scarecrow Festival. Old-Limp-Ics, depicting an old man on a zimmer frame, was created by landscape gardener Billy Bristow and his wife Sarah. Father-of-three
A FISHERMAN had his rod stolen while he went to the aid of a man who had been knocked over by a dog. Tony McCloskey, 44, was fishing on the River Stour at Millhams Nature Reserve on Thursday afternoon when the accident happened. Tony, who lives
A PARKOUR team is campaigning for a dedicated place to practise their spectacular sport. Michael Correia and PurePrecision said a training ground in Bournemouth will keep young people out of trouble. The 17-year-old has started a petition on
HOT on the heels of its Olympic headline-making, beach volleyball came to Boscombe at the weekend. The finals of the Volleyball England Beach Tour hit the sand with top-class players battling it out to become national champions. The tour has
BOURNEMOUTH Air Festival organisers are promising to bring history to life in a way never before seen at the event. Although, as reported, the Bournemouth-based Sea Vixen has had to pull out, there will still be plenty in the skies with buckets
MARY JANET MASTERS aged 71 of Bay Crescent, Swanage . Admitted driving a Mercedes on the A351 Sandford Road in excess of 30 mph. Fined £60. To pay victim surcharge of £15. Costs of £35 and licence endorsed with three points.
SIMON CHRISTOPHER MELLISH aged 39 of Catalina Close, Christchurch. Admitted driving a Citroen on the A3049 Dorset Way in excess of 50 mph. Fined £190. To pay victim surcharge of £15. Costs of £35 and licence endorsed with three points. KEVIN
SARAH CATHERINE MARY HOLMES aged 55 of Duncan Crescent, Bovington, Wareham. Admitted driving a Ford on the A35 Tolpuddle Bypass in excess of 70 mph. Fined £75. To pay victim surcharge of £15. Costs of £35. Licence endorsed with six points.
PAUL MICHAEL ROBINSON aged 51 of Magnolia Court, West Street, Blandford Forum. Admitted driving a BMW through a red light on the A350 Holes Bay Road junction with Sterte Road, Poole. Fined £65. To pay victim surcharge of £15.Costs of £35. Licence
DAWN STEPHENSON aged 36 of Marshfield, Wimborne. Admitted stealing a can of deodorant and toothpaste to the value of £10.00 from Lloyds Pharmacy. Conditional discharge for 12 months. Also admitted failing to surrender to custody at Bournemouth Magistrates
ROBERT LEE JACKSON aged 37 of Danecourt Road, Poole. Proved in absence that he drove a BMW on Sandbanks Road, Poole whilst using a mobile phone. Fined £200. To pay victim surcharge of £15. Costs of £85 and licence endorsed with three points. Also
VALERIJ ALECHNOVIC aged 27 of St Leonards Road, Bournemouth. Admitted driving a Lexus on the A338 Spur Road , Ringwood in excess of 70 mph. Fined £60. To pay victim surcharge of £15. Costs £35. Licence endorsed with three points. ERNESTO TAMAYO
I WOULD just like to say a big thank you to everyone in sending me their postcards and used postage stamps for the Guide Dogs for the Blind. Your support is very much welcomed. If you still have any used postage stamps/postcards, please still
THERE is a monstrous carbuncle disfiguring the face of Bournemouth. It is called the Imax. Radical surgery is essential. GEOFFREY LINDLEY, Branksome Wood Road, Bournemouth
business people I know who were not born in Great Britain flaunted our national flag and bunting during Jubilee week and the recent Olympics . I suggest that the orchestra’s management team take on Cllr Filer’s well-backed remarks and alter their
It is irredeemably awful to my ears I HAVE to disagree with Cllr Anne Filer, with regard to the BSO no longer playing the National Anthem. I will be perfectly happy if I never hear this wonderful orchestra play God Save the Queen again. Not
Orchestra planners must bring it back REGARDING Cllr Anne Filer’s letter (Daily Echo August 21), referring to the lack of our National Anthem being played by Bournemouth Orchestra at the end of their concert at the Pavilion last April, commemorating
HAVING heard the news of the death of Winnie Johnson it made me feel very sad. All the years she endured trying to find out where her son was on the moors. In the end she never did find out where he was. Brady is a vicious killer along
A STEADY increase in petrol prices means some motorists are once again paying more than 140 pence per litre for fuel. One petrol station in the conurbation – the BP garage at Spur End, Castle Lane – is now selling unleaded at 146.9p and diesel
I APPLAUD Anne Filer in her call for greater use of the National Anthem. It used to be the custom for the anthem to be played at the start of first concert of BSO’s Winter Season and I cannot see how this might cause offence as reportedly suggested
HUNDREDS of fundraisers flexed their muscles and took the strain as the Dorset Plane Pull event returned to Bournemouth Airport . Twenty teams of 20 people took on the challenge of trying to pull a 35,000kg Boeing 737 an eye-watering 50 metres
THE occasional downpour didn't dampen the party spirit at the Purbeck Folk Festival. Most of the entertainment at the big party on a farm in Langton Matravers is set up in barns, so the event was prepared for this summer’s weather. For what
THE lucky owner of a previously unclaimed £1million-winning lottery ticket has now claimed the bumper prize, it has been confirmed. National Lottery chiefs say the winner, who bought the ticket for the Euro Millions Raffle draw in the North Dorset
ALCOHOL control zones are coming into force across large swathes of Poole giving police extra power to crack down on problem behaviour. A large zone blankets Poole Park, Old Town, the Quay and Longfleet areas and a second covers Ashley Cross.
A driver was taken to Poole hospital after a two-vehicle crash on the exit slip road westbound on the A31 yesterday evening. Emergency services shut the slip road while firefighters removed the roof of one of the vehicles. The accident caused traffic
A SHOCKED woman is lucky to have full use of her arm after being bitten by a savage dog in a Poole park. Jan Bryant was hospitalised for four days and needed two operations following the attack. Surgeons told the 51-year-old mum she’d been
PROMOTER Matt Ford has described as a “hammer blow” the loss to injury of emerging Poole Pirates star Dennis Andersson. The newly-crowned Swedish under-21 champion has been ruled out for the rest of the season after breaking his femur during
STRIKER Mark Gamble was carried off with a knee injury during Bashley ’s 0-0 draw against Premier Division new boys Gosport Borough at Privett Park. Gamble caught his studs in the turf on the stroke of half-time and could be facing a spell on the
MARVELLOUS Marvin Brooks settled in Poole Town ’s favour a scrappy derby as the Dorset bragging rights remained at Tatnam yesterday. Brooks netted his third goal of the season with a towering far-post header in the 27th minute as the Dolphins were
BOURNEMOUTH chief David Dunn believes the Rugby Lions crisis has highlighted the importance of his club’s frugal financial approach. The Dorset-based Lions will not be locking horns with their namesakes next season after Rugby were kicked out of
