MATT Tubbs came off the bench to earn a share of the spoils for Cherries – with an inspired display from Stevenage goalkeeper Steve Arnold denying Eddie Howe’s men all three points in a 1-1 draw. Tubbs, a half-time replacement for Lee Barnard,
CHERRIES have tonight confirmed the loan signing of Brett Pitman. Pitman, who left Dean Court in 2010 to sign for Championship outfit Bristol City, is expected to put pen to paper on a permenant deal in January. His expected return was first
RESIDENTS in East Dorset only have until December 3 to have their say on changes to ward boundaries in the district. The independent Local Government Boundary Commission for England is holding a consultation on a new pattern of wards for 29 councillors
Cherries have absolutely battered Stevenage and it's well deserved..... Matt Tubbs fires home Lewis Grabban's cross to make it 1-1. Woooooooo!!! UTC UTC!! Get in the Matty Tubbs!! #afcb — @Robbyline 20 November 2012
A SERIES of events is taking place around Dorset this week in a bid to keep our children safe. Today marks the start of Dorset Safeguarding Children Week which aims to raise awareness that the welfare of children and young people is everyone’s
FRIENDS of Kyle Rees who was tragically killed in an accident at school earlier this year have kicked off their fundraising efforts. The 16-year-old died when he was struck on the head by a cricket ball at Portchester School and was treated at
CALLOUS thieves have stolen a car packed with an Aladdin’s Cave of donated items destined to raise funds for a Poole school for disabled youngsters. Paula Allcroft lost not only her Nissan Micra but collected goods that could have raised much needed
A CANCER charity is looking for singing talent to join its new youth choir. The LEAF (Leukaemia Educating & Fundraising) Youth Choir meets at Wimborne First School. The choir will be led by Sheila Woodruff and will meet weekly during term
A PURBECK army wife whose baby son spent weeks fighting for life in Southampton Hospital’s neonatal unit has organised a charity event “to give something back to the people who saved him.” Zachary Gallagher, who is now 17 weeks old, was born with
TWO more men identified by Daily Echo readers after a vicious assault at a Poole train station have been released without charge, while two others have had their bail extended. Pictures were released by British Transport Police following the attack
RAY Tutton has been described as “the nicest man ever”. Unfortunately most of us will never have the privilege of knowing Ray. He lost his life in the early hours of Christmas Eve last year, on the crossing outside Poole’s Branksome Railway pub
The Met Office has issued a severe weather warning for the rest of the week as a band of wind and heavy rain heads for Dorset. Winds have already caused chaos across the county today with two roads blocked by fallen trees and power lines down
COUNCILLORS in East Dorset have discussed the latest reports about the best sites for travellers across the county. The allocation plan will earmark sites for gypsy, traveller and travelling show people to live. During the district council’
A MOTHER-OF-TWO who ran a counterfeit goods business was caught when she sold two fake designer handbags to an undercover trading standards enforcement officer, a court was told. Helen Weaver from Hayes Close, Wimborne, who ran the business from
THREE 10-year-olds were verbally abused and one had his sweets knocked out of his hand when they were confronted by two adults after school. The year six pupils were walking along Churchill Road in Parkstone when they were approached by two men
A DEVASTATED Bournemouth mum is appealing for information after an arson attack destroyed her car and baby son’s belongings at the weekend. Helen Must, who lives with her 19-month-old son Joshua in Charminster has been left shaken by the blaze
THE DAILY Echo’s annual appeal for Christmas gifts and toys has now begun. This is the 16th year that the Echo has backed the appeal, which last year saw 10,000 new toys given to cash-strapped families, as well as gifts for Bournemouth and Poole
MAY I please, through your newspaper, ask your readership why so many of them find the need to let off fireworks and have displays on evenings and nights other than November 5? This year, they started on Wednesday October 31 (Halloween) and there
This otter cub is taking his first steps into water - but he doesn't yet know how to swim. Despite spending much of their life in rivers and streams, otter cubs have to be taught how to swim by their parents. This 15-week-old is one of three
RELIEF all round as Royal Bournemouth Hospital announces its departure from the South West Pay Consortium. But beware chilling questions are yet to be answered. In the grip of cuts, how was it able to write off £10,000, a sum which could have been
PLEASE can I, through your paper, thank the very kind and honest lady who found my brown shoulder bag and handed it in to Customer Services today. I had inadvertently left it on the shelf in one of the ladies toilets in Castlepoint Sainsbury’s.
I WOULD just like to thank the Echo for enlightening me about the candidates for the police and crime commissioner elections. Before you put the profile of the four candidates in, I didn’t know anything about any of them. It was from your piece
WITH an historically low turn-out in voting for the role of Police Commissioner across the country – typically less than 15 per cent – how can the role or elected candidate claim any legitimacy or mandate to influence policing priorities or budgets
WITH regard to the Police Crime Commissioner election about which we “Plebs” know so little. Does it mean that the elected officer will be able to sack the Chief Constable for not clearing the pavements in our area of illegal cyclists? The
CONOR Burns MP is quite right when he says his party will regret holding police commissioner elections. We are constantly bombarded with the country needing to adopt “austerity” measures. The cost of these elections is sheer extravagence and I
ON the central island in Bournemouth Square were four seats for the men, convalescing after being wounded in the war. Around the seats were railings to stop other people from sitting in them. The injured soldiers did not like it. “It was
CURRENT I’m A Celebrity favourite Colin Baker will be swapping the Aussie jungle for Lighthouse Poole when he stars in The Woman in White in January. A new adaptation of the classic Victorian thriller will be staged at the venue from January 22
THE Young People’s Brass Band of the Salvation Army (Winton) will headline the annual Carols for the People concert at the Regent Centre in Christchurch. Members of the adult choir with their dancers and timbrellists, with their trusty tambourines
LEGENDARY brother and sister duo Donny and Marie Osmond are set to visit Bournemouth as part of an exclusively limited tour. The award-winning performers will launch the 10-date tour at the London 02 Arena on January 20 and finish at the Liverpool
AS the Rolling Stones hit the road to mark 50 years together, guitarist Ronnie Wood's latest art works have gone on show in Bournemouth. He has unveiled his own tribute to his band mates by painting them and the results are on show at the Westover
A MAN who says he was bitten by a dog on a Poole beach has warned others to be on the lookout. David New, 71, said he was cycling along the prom near Branksome Chine when a black and white terrier ran up and bit his leg. He did not need treatment
THE harbour views from an auctioneer’s garden hot tub were cleared when a protected tree was cut down, a court was told. An uninterrupted sight of Purbeck, Corfe Castle and Poole Harbour could be seen from Neil Davey’s sun loungers after a maritime
POLICE are hunting a masked gang following a daring smash and grab raid at a Boscombe jewellery shop on Sunday night. The raiders, wearing bala¬clavas, helped themselves to trays of gold chains and bracelets worth up to £20,000 after smash¬ing
THE WIDOW of a man killed on Christmas Eve by a speeding driver is backing calls to slow down motorists. Ray Tutton, a Branksome father and lift engineer, was killed by Malaysian chef Peter Chen on a pedestrian crossing last year as he left the
Motorists faced delays this morning after a collision between a car and motorbike at Gravel Hill in Merley - followed by a fallen tree at the same spot. The collision took place at the junction of the A341 Queen Anne Drive around 7.40am. A
LEE Barnard admits he is desperate to contribute more to the Cherries goal fest but knows sticking to the team ethos must be his first priority. Loan star Barnard has netted four times in 14 league appearances since joining Cherries from Southampton
MARK Newson – the man who captained Cherries during their finest hour – believes the glory days could be back on the horizon for the Dorset club. Newson, who skippered Cherries into the second tier of the Football League for the first and only
TOP boxing prospect Iain Weaver will have to wait until the new year for a decision on his bid for a professional licence. His father, Jay Weaver, confirmed to the Daily Echo that a verdict on the application could take a further two months.
PLAYER-manager Darren Curtis is confident new recruit Ben Thomson can help revive the fortunes of Wessex League strugglers New Milton Town. Curtis insisted he had landed one of the Premier Division’s leading creative forces after securing the services
Patchy moustaches and a new Call of Duty title: November has offered up little more than this in recent years. While we never tire of hilarious facial hair, first-person shooters are another matter completely. So prevalent is the genre, with little
Karting games are for little children who shouldn't play blood-spattered war simulations or crime-heavy adventures involving battering women of the night. But golly gee they're fun aren't they? And because LittleBigPlanet is such a damned classy
If you thought WWE 12 was just plain wizard and it was about goshdarn time something was done to reinvent the series, number 13 is will give you further spasms of glee. It won't inject your eyeballs full of moist adjustment in the way of its predecessor
It's a poor hitman who gets his head stuck inside a toppling metal object. Hell, Agent 47 will undertake lots of baffling non-hitman actions here, so buggy is Absolution in its current form. Thankfully the gameplay is good enough to navigate around
