DEFIANT Paul Groves watched Cherries suffer another demoralising defeat but then insisted there was “no chance” of him quitting. Under-fire boss Groves answered questions on his future after he had come under increasing pressure as Cherries were
PIRATES were tonight sweating on the fitness of Polish star Piotr Pawlicki ahead of Monday’s Elite League play-off final first leg. Pawlicki was involved in an ugly spill while racing for Piraterna in the Swedish play-offs. Initial reports
BELEAGUERED boss Paul Groves tonight had yet more pressure piled on his shoulders after Cherries suffered a heavy defeat at the hands of Crawley. The under-fire manager once again came in for stick from the travelling Cherries support as his men
A NEW committee has been formed in a bid to keep threatened Corfe Castle Library open. The new Friends of Corfe Castle Library elected Alison Allwright group chairman and Nicholas Monro deputy. Group spokesman Angelika Seik said: “Our main
SOME of the biggest names in reggae & ska are set to descend on Sandford later this month. Parkdean’s Sandford Holiday Park will host a three-day Specialized music festival with more than 25 bands and DJs from October 19. Proceeds from
ESTABLISHED in Bournemouth in 2000, Health-on-Line brought innovation to the Private Medical Insurance industry and has delivered significant success. So much so that it was acquired by one of the largest PMI providers in the UK, AXA PPP healthcare
ATTENDEES are being offered advice on how to get the best out of the Jobsfair. Dress smartly as if attending an interview Ensure you bring plenty of copies of your CV with you to hand out to prospective employers Don’t judge a company
Your new career could be waiting for you at the Daily Echo Jobsfair. See the full list of exhibitors who will be at the Premier Inn on Westover Road in Bournemouth on Thursday, October 4. Entry is free. Altogether Care Ansbury Astute
POOLE'S Twin Sails bridge closed again at lunchtime after the latest in a series of glitches. “Road closed” signs were out and traffic was turning around on both sides of the crossing. The closure comes after the bridge was shut for an hour
RESIDENTS on Bournemouth’s housing register are being encouraged to reapply for the council’s new housing allocations scheme. Around 10,000 residents who are on the list have been contacted by letter asking them to re-register for the new scheme
KEEN writers in Bournemouth are being urged to enter the New Media Writing Prize 2012. Run by Bournemouth University and supported by If:Book UK, the competition is open to work specifically created to be accessed on digital media and entries can
AN INNOVATIVE scheme has seen people with learning disabilities trained to act as “citizen checkers” and report on residential care services. Amanda Frost, Anthony Giles and Shaine Singer have visited 11 residential homes so far and questioned
A new head teacher has taken over at St Peter's Academy in Bournemouth. The school, which has 1,600 students on sites at Iford and in Southbourne, welcomes David Todd to the helm. Mr Todd, who was head at a Catholic comprehensive school in
DOES this potato look uncannily like a sea lion? One Echo reader said her nan thought so and couldn’t resist sharing her picture with us. Alanis Gash from Wareham said: “My nan found this strange potato when she was slicing them up for our
A WOMAN’S pleas for leniency from a clamper fell on deaf ears after strong winds blew away her parking pass. Gemma Ball, 26, pays £30 a month to park at St Stephen’s Church car park in Bournemouth town centre. She recently parked her Fiat 500
A 150-YEAR-OLD band could soon be homeless as RNLI redevelopment plans go forward. The Poole Borough Band has hired rehearsal and storage space from the RNLI for the past eight years, and currently uses one of the its buildings off West Quay Road
A COUPLE who sold an elderly relative’s house after she became ill have been spared jail. A charity boss has warned the elderly to ensure they can trust friends or relatives before appointing them to manage their financial affairs. Jane White
A BID has been submitted to bring superfast broadband to North Dorset. The DT11 Trailway Broadband team has submitted its bid for a share of a £20m in Government money for superfast broadband. The plan is to install fibre optic cable along
AN ONLINE campaign objecting to Tesco taking over Sandbanks’ Sandacres pub has more than 800 supporters. The Facebook campaign was established by Poole resident Sean Murphy just a few days ago, but it already seems to have struck a nerve. Sean
POLICE believe a suspect has secretly obtained footage of a key pad entry code - and are appealing for help to identify the premises before the information is used to commit a crime. The images were recovered when a 35-year-old man was arrested
CARTER Community School in Poole has applied to become an Academy in a bid to sustain rapid improvements. The Hamworthy secondary school is already the second most improved in the country and head teacher Rob Davies is confident Academy status
A CAMPAIGNING resident has won a High Court battle to protect her designated parking space at a Bournemouth apartment block. Elspeth Gordon was so incensed at plans to introduce a ‘free for all’ parking scheme at Elizabeth Court in Grove Road,
HE can sing, he can dance and he can raise £8,000 for charity all in one night. Adam Tuffrey’s Music 4 Meningitis show on Saturday hit all the right notes in every way! Although he’s only just turned 18, this talented young, singer songwriter looks
A FORDINGBRIDGE farmer must pay £3,282 after pleading guilty to a string of offences, – including that of keeping calves in a waste-sodden stall. Colin James Shutler, 50, of Avonside Farm, Southampton Road, was taken to court by Hampshire County
BAAAAASIL! A theatrical version of the classic TV comedy Fawlty Towers runs tonight at the Pavilion Theatre. With the BBC’s approval, the Purbeck Players show is set to bring three episodes of the popular sitcom to the stage. Set in Fawlty
Police and hundreds of local residents have spent the night searching for missing five-year-old April Jones who was abducted while out playing near her home in mid Wales. Follow the developing story here.
A MAIN road into Poole which has been dug up four times in the past six months is about to suffer up to nine weeks of further disruption. Wessex Water is to replace a 270-metre section of failing water main at the entrance to the Turlin Moor estate
BEQUIFFED crooner Rick Astley is back. His hypnotic arm-flailing shuffle and white boy soul made him a pop icon in the late 1980s. The multi-million-selling artist is out on tour this month and reaches the Old Fire Station in Bournemouth on
I WOULD like to say thank you to Coles Miller and Poole Tourism for your ongoing support of the Bike Night in Poole and your community spirit and commitment. My brother Midge Holloway passed away recently and, although this was a very sad occasion
AS the portfolio holder leading on the current Beach Hut Policy review, I have received a very large number of similar enquiries from residents. I am personally answering every enquiry I receive, but as there is so much interest and regrettably
MY son has been diagnosed with autism at the age of 16 and it has been an extremely difficult time for both my son, his sister and myself as a single mother. I have always known he was different and knew there was something not quite right. Then
THE cost of living seems to be rising daily. No more so than in our food shop where the bill appears to go through the roof. But you have to be pretty unfortunate to shell out a whopping £527.22 for a couple of pork chops. Particularly
THIS is a photo we took at Campbelltown in Scotland when on holiday. I think it shows well the size of one arm of a wind turbine! The lorry was a “long vehicle” with another trailer added on to it. We estimate the size to be about one hundred feet
TONY Hamilton (Letters, September 25) makes a very good point about distance being important in considering the appearance of offshore wind farms. I took time out from my holiday in August to visit Kent and see some for myself. Whilst the Kentish
BRITTANY Ferries services are due to start getting back to normal today after an industrial dispute abroad ended yesterday after 10 days. The strikes, which have affected sailings between Poole and Cherbourg, have disrupted many people’s travel
A NUMBER of businesses run by Bournemouth nightclub boss James Beedham – with help from Richard Carr – are facing liquidation. They include the company that formerly managed V, the superclub based in the former St Andrew’s Church in Bournemouth
COMMUNITY leaders are welcoming proposals to operate the Dorset Police helicopter from Bournemouth Airport. There are hopes that a reduction in flying time to Bournemouth and Poole will help with crime fighting and cut costs but the move could
ANOTHER problem besetting Poole’s troubled Twin Sails Bridge on Sunday left it closed to traffic for an hour and 45 minutes. The road barriers came down but the triangular sails failed to lift for the scheduled 12.30pm opening of the £21.6million
The fact you can squash LBP onto a handheld console, complete with level builder and a stockingful of additional games just shows how barren the disc was on the original PS3 version four years ago. But we'll forgive him, he's just such a cuddly
Police officers were called to Princess Road at around 5pm yesterday following reports that a man had suffered a head injury. The casualty was treated by paramedics before being taken to Poole Hospital. A Dorset police spokesman said it was unclear
Only the stupid and naive aren't convinced that down the bottom of gardens everywhere, the tiny soil inhabitants are locked in a violent struggle involving surprisingly sophisticated weaponry. Thank the blazes that Worms games (since 1995, you
BOTH Bournemouth branches of sportswear giant JJB closed yesterday as the chain went into administration with the loss of 2,200 jobs. Stores at Turbary Retail Park and The Avenue shut, leaving 30 of the 32 staff redundant. Sports Direct, the
Dinosaurs don't wear helicopter hats. They don't, I've never seen it in books. Nevertheless, the good people behind the Tekken series insist that this is the case. They also insist wooden training dummies can come to life for some tournament violence
A teenager critically injured in a crash more than a week ago is now in a serious but stable condition. Bournemouth and Poole College student Jade Hutchings, 18, was one of four in a Volkswagen Polo that smashed into a six-foot high wall in Salisbury
A DRIVER who deliberately tried to mow down a policewoman while behind the wheel of a stolen bin lorry has been jailed for 20 months. Despite having to jump over a crash barrier, to avoid being struck by the 26-tonne truck, shocked traffic officer
A SHOPPER was shocked when two pork chops set her back £527.22. The woman had already taken her shopping through a self-service checkout and paid with her card before she noticed the error. Staff at Asda corrected the transaction – but warned
CAPTAIN Chris Holder last night helped powerhouse Pirates roar into the grand final but then warned: “We need to up our game yet.” The Australian superstar was one of four maximum men as the defending champions ruthlessly dismissed the challenge
DUTCHMAN Lorenzo Davids insists Cherries are focusing on righting some wrongs at Crawley Town tonight. Davids made his long-awaited debut against Walsall on Saturday having been sidelined with a knee injury since signing for the Dorset club last
The next item in our hunt for Bournemouth's best food and drink is the not-so-humble cup of tea. It's one of those things that almost always tastes best when you make it yourself, because only you know how long you want it steeped, how much millk
POOLE Town have pulled off another transfer coup by re-signing fans' favourite Rhys Baggridge on a month’s loan from Salisbury City. Defender Baggridge, 19, impressed while on loan from Yeovil Town last season, but the Welsh sensation had his Dolphins
