FORMER manager Eddie Howe is believed to have emerged as Cherries’ preferred candidate to succeed Paul Groves, the Daily Echo understands. Sources close to the Echo suggest Cherries could be on the verge of making an official approach for the 34
PIRATES chief Matt Ford has admitted losing Piotr Pawlicki would deliver a “devastating blow” ahead of Poole’s Elite League title bid. Pawlicki was in scintillating form on Monday night as he scored a paid maximum to help Pirates progress to the
CHAIRMAN Eddie Mitchell would like to see Paul Groves and Shaun Brooks remain at Goldsands Stadium as part of the club's youth set up. Groves and Brooks were today relieved of their respective posts as first-team manager and assistant following
DESPITE the poor summer weather one of Dorset’s nature success stories, red squirrels on Brownsea Island, are thriving. Although the wet summer has resulted in poor crops in many local apple orchards and affected some natural food sources, the
DORSET County Council has received national recognition for its highways service. It has been awarded ‘Best Service Team Highways, Winter Maintenance and Street Lighting’ at the Association for Public Service Excellence awards. Dorset Highways
THE organisers of a Christmas Festival have pledged a safe return – a year after several people including a child were injured by fireworks. Around five people were injured when rockets shot into the crowd during the Blandford Yuletide Festival
LECTURERS will vote on industrial action at Bournemouth University and a possible “international boycott.” The University and College Union (UCU) said senior management was not consulting on major decisions. Action being considered includes
STEVE Fletcher acknowledges the players must take their share of the blame for Paul Groves's departure as Cherries manager. Groves's tenure - believed to have been the briefest in the club's history - yesterday came to an end when he and assistant
SCORES of girls and women who took part in this summer’s Race for Life events have helped raise thousands of pounds for Cancer Research UK. Organisers say targets in two of the five races in Bournemouth and Poole have already been smashed and are
DORSET businessman Stuart Price has been charged with VAT fraud linked to the building trade and estimated at £1.3million. HM Revenue and Customs said yesterday that Stuart Cleveland Price, 48, had been charged at Bournemouth Police Station on
After a false start last week, the full list of Michelin-star winning restaurants has been released. You'll be pleased to know that Dorset's only starred restaurant, Sienna in Dorchester, has kept its one star status, as has the New Forest's only
PAUL Groves made his name as a player at Grimsby Town where he enjoyed two fruitful spells. He captained the club and later went on to manage them. A central midfielder, Groves also played in the Football League for Leicester City, Lincoln City
POLICE want to trace two men who punched a shop assistant in the face and threw a glass at him. The incident started when a man who had been drinking entered a Tesco store in Lymington High Street and was abusive to staff who refused to serve him
A REBOUND wall installed in a park two years ago has been moved at a cost of nearly £2,000. The wall, which serves as a goal and a wicket for a small all-weather pitch, was originally installed in March 2010 as part of a £60,000 investment in new
FORMER Cherries boss Eddie Howe has been installed as the early bookmakers’ favourite to succeed Paul Groves at Dean Court. Howe, currently in charge of Championship outfit Burnley, enjoyed a highly successful managerial reign with Cherries prior
A SERIES of creditors meetings were held yesterday into nightclub businesses that were run with help from Richard Carr. They include the company that formerly managed V, the superclub based in the former St Andrew’s Church in Bournemouth Square
A CHANCE to find a new job, do some training and get advice is on offer at the Daily Echo Jobsfair tomorrow. Vacancies from a wide range of employers will be on hand, alongside workshops from Best Training on subjects like CV writing, confidence
A HIT-and-run driver who left a cyclist unconscious on the road is being urged to give himself up. The victim, a Purbeck man in his 30s, was knocked off his bicycle from behind on the A352 at East Stoke. He was riding towards Wareham, at 6.10am
A GROUP of golf fans paid about £70,000 for a trip to the Ryder Cup – but ended up watching it at home on TV. The golf enthusiasts were expecting a dream trip to see the nail-biting competition until the company they booked with ceased trading.
#grovesgone #afcb Just hope we settle on a manager with plenty of League 1 experience. Someone who knows the league and teams well is key — @MarcWatton 03 October 2012 CHERRIES LATEST: The Daily Echo understands Eddie Howe could
Police attended an address in Herbert Avenue, Poole, yesterday lunchtime, following reports of an alleged disturbance. A 34-year-old Poole man was arrested and was helping Dorset Police with their enquiries yesterday.
A TEENAGER from Poole has made a television film to warn other young people about the dangers of cannabis - widely regarded as a “soft” drug. Jade Clement started smoking cannabis when she was 13 and had become addicted by the time she turned 16
A FRUSTRATED businessman said he offered to cover a public area with a CCTV camera for free, and link it to the council system, but never got a reply. Ben Baker from the CCTV firm Klevaco made the offer after speaking to the residents’ forum about
ART thieves stole paintings and sculptures worth around £6,000 during a “horrendous” raid in Bournemouth. They took 31 works of art hanging on the walls of Moontree Gallery in Boscombe. The distraught owners believe the thieves targeted the
CHILDREN at Mudeford Infants School returned to brighter classrooms after the summer break thanks to volunteers from the Sovereign Housing Association. They took part in the Team Dorset Challenge to carry out minor repairs and give the outside
CHAIRMAN Eddie Mitchell has, in the past few minutes, confirmed that Cherries have “parted company” with under-fire manager Paul Groves and his assistant Shaun Brooks. The news comes after Groves had come under increasing pressure from supporters
CHARLES Dickens meets Roald Dahl via Horrible Histories with laughs, frights and live music – welcome to Grisly Tales From Tumblewater at Lighthouse in Poole on Saturday. The show – adapted from Bruno Vincent’s deliciously dark novel – is fast-paced
A PUB has been banned from a darts league after women players complained of having to throw from the entrance to the gents’. The historic Stour Inn’s darts board and oche have always been positioned directly in front of the men's lavatory due to
Sometimes this blog is easy to write. The words tumble freefall onto my laptop screen, hardly any effort is involved and after 40 minutes of tapping away on the keyboard, I sit back and think ‘so that’s what I wanted to say’. That happened
The funding of rural police forces will be the subject of a protest at 10 Downing Street today. Independent Police Commissioner candidates from across the country, including Dorset’s Martyn Underhill, will lobby the government for more cash.
TWO people appeared at Winchester Crown Court yesterday charged with the murder of 21-year-old Reece James Menzies. Londoner Kieron Wellington, 29, and Miss Terri Campbell, 22, from Bournemouth, were remanded in custody. They will next appear
THE ground-breaking production of War Horse comes to the south coast in 2014 as part of a ten month, nine-venue tour of the UK and Ireland. The show comes to the Mayflower Theatre from February 19 to March 15, 2014. Seen by more than 2.4 million
WHO, when gazing out of a train window between Bournemouth to Brockenhurst, spares a thought for the navvies who built the line? But this feat of remarkable engineering came with a grim sacrifice in terms of lost lives and limbs. The human
THERE’S no denying that Poole’s Twin Sails bridge is quite something to look at. Its opening in March attracted the kind of community interest and pride that isn’t often seen these days. But the trouble with creating a highly visible landmark
DID the security check causing delay to delegates’ attendance last time their conference was in Bournemouth upset the Tories? The report (Daily Echo Sept 20) announcing a new attempt to attract more political party conferences is being made by
HERE we go again. It wasn’t even October and in Northbourne we had to listen to a firework display at 10.45pm. It not only went on for a good 10 minutes but was punctuated with fireworks that sounded like shells going off. Don’t these people
Labour leader Ed Miliband has denied he was trying to play the class card by highlighting his education at a north London comprehensive. Mr Miliband's references to his time at Haverstock School in his keynote speech to Labour's annual conference
TWICE in three days Poole’s landmark bridge has ground to a halt, forcing disgruntled motorists to turn round and use the old lifting bridge. Yesterday the £21.6 million Twin Sails Bridge failed to lift as scheduled at 11.30am and it was not operating
I TOO am saddened by the demise of Queen’s Park pond (Letters, September 29). However apart from the weed there is another reason for this – the number of dogs that are encouraged to swim in it. One evening this summer I witnessed four large dogs
MY turn on the soapbox re Victoria Road in Parkstone. What about the gardens? Have we lost the pride we had for the Olympics? Some gardens resemble fly tipping! Age can be a reason, but, whether we rent or own, we are fortunate to have a home
ALL Boscombe landlords have now been tasked to re-generate the Housing and Commercial Buildings in the Boscombe area and this has been put at the top of our priority list. Something crossed my mind the other day which could help a part of Boscombe
A HUSBAND described his panic seeing his wife critically ill after she was in an accident on her bike. Jianhong Guan was called to Southampton Hospital after his wife Fan Wu suffered serious head injuries. The 47-year-old doctor from Charminster
A TOP rugby player was left with horrific facial injuries when his head was smashed on a kerb in an unprovoked attack. Ben Stewart was set upon as he and his teammates enjoyed a night in Bournemouth town centre after celebrating winning the first
SWANAGE & Wareham’s miserable South West One East run continued as they were beaten 25-10 at home by Salisbury. Charlie Parish’s penalty was all Swans had to show for their first-half endeavours as the visitors cruised to a 25-3 lead at the
FORMER Premiership star Chris Fortey is backing “annoying” old pal Tim Collier to get Lions roaring in National Two South. Hartpury College captain Fortey got himself on the scoresheet as the fourth tier big guns dished out a 43-7 mauling to newly-promoted
