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  • Open verdict on Westbourne OAP’s fall death

    AN 86-YEAR-OLD man died after suffering a heart attack and falling over as he crossed the road, an inquest heard. CCTV footage showed Robert Lamprell making his way across Poole Road in Westbourne and stumble over a raised kerb at a bus stop.

  • Roadshow highlights danger of drink

    GIVE yourself a break: That’s the message to people in the New Forest as a campaign to reduce health problems related to drinking begins. The Safer New Forest Partnership will be holding an alcohol awareness roadshow on the village green – or public

  • The hidden price of arson attacks

    ARSON attacks have been causing much alarm in West Howe, Bournemouth. Between April 1 and October 22 there were 33 reported incidents. That’s virtually one a week. And at the weekend it’s suspected there were four more. On this occasion

  • Bournemouth man has two bikes stolen within year

    A BOURNEMOUTH man has been left frustrated after two of his mountain bikes were stolen in a year. Health care worker Simon Court had two expensive bikes stolen from the same area in little over 12 months, and says it is all the more upsetting so

  • Volunteer wood wardens called for in Dorset

    VOLUNTEERS are being urged to join Dorset’s innovative wood wardens scheme as it marks its 10th anniversary. The project, which currently has five members, was set up by the Forestry Commission in 2002 to help the management of Dorset’s forests

  • Cherries: Howe predicts fierce battle for honours

    MANAGER Eddie Howe believes consistency will hold the key to Cherries' promotion challenge in a keenly-contested League One. Ten points separate 11th-placed Cherries and leaders Tranmere after the Dorset outfit's fine form under Howe saw them close

  • Poole dentists celebrate excellence awards

    A DENTAL surgery that weathered a crisis more than three years ago is celebrating after being given an excellence award by local health chiefs. In 2009, around 3,500 patients of the Poole Lane Dental Practice in Bournemouth were contacted over

  • Fossil museum in line for £2.8m grant

    A £2.8 million grant has been lined up for a new fossil museum in Purbeck. The Kimmeridge Trust has received an initial green light to receive the money from the Heritage Lottery Fund to conserve and develop the Etches collection of fossils, world

  • Opera critic from Dorset tastes his own medicine

    HE used to earn a living as an opera and ballet reviewer for the Daily Mail but now he is the one in the media spotlight. For David Gillard has become a key player in Dorset amateur dramatics and is about to star in a new TV show to find the nation

  • Man punched in car window in road rage attack

    A MAN broke a car window with his fist following a road rage incident in North Dorset. Police are appealing for information after a man broke the back window of a Renault Megane on Sunday November 11, between 1pm and 1.10pm, near Tesco on Coppice

  • Arsonists strike four times in one weekend at West Howe

    SUSPECTED arsonists are believed to have started four fires in West Howe, Bournemouth, at the weekend – just weeks after efforts were stepped up to tackle deliberate blazes. In one incident, two mobility scooters were destroyed in what is thought

  • Kissed By Kate release single for Help 4 Heroes

    WE first featured Poole’s Kissed By Kate way back in July. The wait is over as new single, Letters From 792 was released last weekend. Released in conjunction with Remembrance Sunday, with all the profits from the download sales going directly

  • Half Hour Hotel – Half Hour Hotel ****

    CHANGE can be a good thing and Half Hour Hotel are a case in point. The quartet originally from Bournemouth and formerly known as Lostaura, moved to Brighton, changed their name and switched towering rock for glorious melodies. Indigo is a

  • Empire Affair - Sparks in the Dark ****

    BOURNEMOUTH indie rockers Empire Affair are building up an impressive CV. Having played numerous shows across the southcoast and London and supported the likes of The Hoosiers, the quintet has picked up quite a following and it’s not hard to see

  • Alert following plunge off Swanage Pier

    Swanage RNLI Inshore Lifeboat and Swanage Coastguard Rescue officers were sent to assist police officers to locate a man who had jumped off Swanage Pier at around 4.20am on Saturday. Before they arrived on scene the casualty had been located by

  • Taking a trip down memory lane is helping me look to the future

    In two weeks and four days, I turn 36 – but I’m not sure what to make of it. Back in 1993, sixteen-year-old me had very firm ideas about what “middle-aged” me was going to be like projected 20 years into the future. “I’m not going to be a lonely

  • Drop drop-off fee

    I JUST had to write in support of the brilliant letter from Alan Burridge (Letters, November 8). He is so, so right to say that the ‘setting down’ charge at Bournemouth Airport is driving customers away. We always used to look specifically at holidays

  • The PDSA deserves everyone’s support

    I AM writing in support of the PDSA in Castle Lane, Bournemouth. This vet’s practice has been helping to treat my cat’s illness for the past few months, supplying us with medicines, taking blood tests and past operations. Although PDSA rely only

  • This discriminates against the elderly

    IN the past few weeks persons known to me have had their driver’s licences renewal applications delayed due to circumstances relating to eye problems. They willingly and honestly stated these facts in their applications, in both cases operations

  • Money for reef but not for pool or rink

    JACKY Harris (Echo Monday 12th November) has made a comment ‘I agree it’s not satisfactory that money appears to have been wasted on it’ in regard to the surf reef. I cannot understand why nobody checked the information on requirements for a successful

  • Bournemouth has a £3m sandbags pile

    EX-COUNCILLOR Jacky Harris says of the surf reef that it was not a waste of money because we now have something that we would not have had otherwise (Daily Echo, November 12). Exactly – we now have a pile of sandbags that cost £3million. How can

  • Motorhead: fast, raw and loud - what else would you expect?

    “WE are Motorhead and we play rock and roll” said Lemmy as Motorhead took to the stage at the BIC and they proceeded to do just that. In these uncertain times it’s good to know that there are still some thing’s that can be relied upon and a Motorhead

  • Boscombe says Ho Ho Ho to Santa at Christmas carnival

    SANTA came to town in Boscombe yesterday as a day of carnival fun culminated in the switching-on of the area’s Christmas lights. There was fun to be had throughout the day at the Christmas Carnival, starting with a treasure hunt in the Sovereign

  • Rock Restaurant comes to Westbourne

    A NEW branch of restaurants have opened in Dorset which say they offer a casual but high-quality fine-dining experience. Rock Restaurants opened up in Wimborne, on West Street, last month and are now looking forward to their latest offering, Rock

  • Christchurch Comet to close its doors for last time tonight

    THE Christchurch branch of the electrical chain Comet closed its doors for the last time on Monday night as administrators announced more job losses. The joint administrators for the chain plan to close 41 stores by the end of November. Another

  • Do you know man wanted over Bliss attack?

    A CCTV picture has been released of a man police want to speak to about an assault outside a nightclub. A 20-year-old man suffered a cut forehead when he was punched unconscious outside Bliss on St Peter’s Road in Bournemouth town centre. Detective

  • Thousands line the streets to see Santa arrive in Poole

    THOUSANDS lined the streets on a crisp morning yesterday to welcome Father Christmas to Poole. Santa arrived at the Quay on an RNLI lifeboat with characters from the town’s pantomime, Aladdin, before greeting crowds on the packed shore, as well

  • Heartbroken friends say goodbye to tragic soldier

    HEARTBROKEN family, friends and comrades of a Poole army officer said goodbye to her yesterday after she lost her battle with cancer. Sandhurst army graduate Capt Naima Houder-Mohamed, who grew up in Canford Heath, died on Saturday after being

  • System working for Gray's Bashley

    MANAGER Frank Gray reflected on Bashley’s recent revival and revealed that a change of system had paid dividends for the New Foresters. Bash made it back-to-back away wins and continued their upturn in fortunes with a 1-0 victory over Premier Division

  • Cherries: Barnard believes in strike partner Grabban

    FELLOW striker Lee Barnard believes Cherries’ hat-trick hero Lewis Grabban is the real deal. Grabban notched the first treble of his career as Eddie Howe’s men moved to within four points of the League One play-off zone with a 4-1 win over Oldham

  • Byerley Poole move will benefit Simkin

    DORCHESTER Town boss Phil Simkin has backed former foe Tom Killick to bring out the best in prolific striker Warren Byerley. Simkin believes both the Magpies and Poole Town are benefiting from Byerley moving to Tatnam on a short-term dual registration

  • Vaughan backs Blackfield Vase quest

    POPPIES boss Ken Vaughan is tipping Blackfield & Langley to fly the flag for the Wessex League in the FA Vase. Vaughan was speaking after watching his team suffer a 1-0 defeat in a second round showdown at Gang Warily on Saturday. Blackfield

  • Kemp blasts referee over Fawley penalty

    BEMUSED boss Graham Kemp slammed the standard of refereeing after Christchurch had been hit by late penalty misery. Kemp claimed two of the three match officials “were not up to standard” during high-flying Priory’s 1-1 draw at Fawley on Saturday

  • Lions found wanting at a crucial moment

    WHAT a difference a week makes. The two pivotal factors behind Bournemouth’s success over Taunton last weekend evaded the Lions against Launceston as Tim Mathias’s try a minute from time snatched a narrow 27-22 success for the Cornish All Blacks