AWARD-WINNING comedy queen Miranda Hart is bringing her new stand-up tour to the BIC. My What I Call Live Show runs on February 28, 2014 with tickets going on sale at 10am on Monday morning. Her hit BBC sitcom, Miranda, in which she plays an
A BUSINESSMAN and leading Rotarian who passed away after bravely battling cancer has left a tremendous legacy to a Bournemouth school. Don Lanning, who was managing director of Bath Travel for 25 years, bequeathed £10,000 to Bournemouth Rotary
CAPTAIN Vicky Palmer predicted a difficult 2013 schedule after helping in-form Wessex Rocare climb to second in the Super 8s standings. The Dorset outfit will be hoping to continue their fine run in the new year after signing off for the festive
THE ORGANISER of the Echo-backed toy appeal says this could be the best year yet. Great-grandfather Phil Carey, 91, is co-ordinating the 16th year of the appeal, with presents distributed to struggling families and those in women’s refuges.
STUNNING plaques representing the history of Bournemouth have been unveiled at one of the town’s best-known buildings. Visitors to the Pavilion will be able to view the 16 plaques on the terrace on the west side of the building. The Queen Elizabeth
A MOTORCYCLIST died in a head-on smash with a lorry as he rode on the wrong side of a 50mph road, a coroner’s court heard. Southampton Coroner’s Court heard how world-renowned spinal surgeon Nick Boeree’s Yamaha motorbike exploded in a ball of
Traffic lights at the Cooper Dean roundabout were off for the second time in a week this morning. Lights were also off on Castle Lane by Bournemouth Hospital but both sets were back on again by 12.30pm. A spokesman for Southern Electric said
A POOLE consultant has warned of the symptoms of diabetes after a tot from St Leonards almost died of the illness. Thirteen-month-old Betty-Peach Rutter appeared in the Daily Echo on Saturday as her parents Kimberley and Graham thanked Poole Hospital
MOTORISTS are being reminded to ensure that their vehicles are not easy targets for thieves this Christmas. Dorset Police’s warning follows a 10 per cent rise in vehicle crime between January and October this year, compared with the same time the
DELIGHTED staff at Wool’s Monkey World ape rescue centre have welcomed a surprise arrival to the park. Young Bueno Junior, one of just a handful of endangered woolly monkeys born in captivity, was delivered hours after experts first realised his
JURORS were expected to retire today to consider their verdict in the case of a couple alleged to have torched a Hampshire pub to cash in on an insurance scam. The prosecution claim landlord Dean Thomas started the blaze at The Tollhouse Inn in
A CHRISTCHURCH theatre company has made it to the final of a television contest. Regent Rep from Christchurch has made it to the final of Sky Arts’ ‘Nation’s Best Am Dram’ after battling against seven other groups from across Britain to progress
EDDIE Howe deflected the credit to his in-form Cherries squad after being nominated for the League One manager of the month award for November. Howe was today included on the shortlist for the gong having been recognised for transforming Cherries
A COMMUNITY centre that will open in Colehill needs £120,000 if it is to be built next year. The Colehill and Wimborne Youth and Community Centre, which was set up as a charitable company limited by guarantee in 2006, has so far raised £420,000
KINSON’S high street has been dealt a blow with the announcement that its Nationwide branch will close in the new year. The closure will leave customers with a journey of around three miles to the nearest branch in Winton. Nationwide said the
FOR some campaigners it won’t make any difference. But it is a step in the right direction. The companies behind the Navitus Bay offshore windfarm proposals have come up with a Plan B. After facing months of campaigns and protest against
VANDALS have trashed the Christmas lights at Upton leaving untold damage just days before the town’s big carol event. Some £4,000 of lights on two trees – including brand new sets for this year – were targeted on Friday night. Vandals ripped the
RAILWAY campaigners were in Poole yesterday to hit out at planned New Year ticket hikes they say ‘put profits before people’. The Action for Rail protest, part of a co-ordinated trade union campaign targeting stations across the UK, took place
IS punk still relevant in 2012? Rancid would suggest it is and the sea of mohawks and studded jackets walking into the crisp Boscombe night would agree. For everything the likes of The Offspring and Green Day have done to take punk rock from the
YOUR correspondents Mike Boydon (6 November) & Jane Willis (10 December) would do well to do the arithmetic on the potential of tidal power around the UK before they start singing its praises too loudly. Poole Harbour’s entrance looks like
WITH regard to Mark Chivers’ letter, ‘This wind farm may meet UNESCO criteria’ 10/12/12. He ventures to state that anyone who disagrees with his correspondence must go on ‘the growing list of dubious claims’. There is nothing dubious about what I have
IN response to your correspondent Karen Bauch, who was charged an exorbitant amount of money to park for a short time in a non-council operated car park, I would like to let your readers know there is plenty of really cheap parking in Bournemouth town
CURTIS DEAN LANKSTEAD aged 25 of Kilbride, Lindsay Road, Poole. Pleaded not guilty but found guilty of assault by beating. Committed to prison for seven days forthwith concurrent. LEE TIMOTHY JASON DIMMER aged 24 of Hennings Park Road, Poole. Admitted
I’VE usually tended to avoid youngsters en masse, suspecting them of being loud, frisky and/or rude. However, I’m a changed woman after attending a tea party organised for elderly people by pupils at Carter Community School, Hamworthy. They introduced
AMANDA JANE BAKER aged 41 of Tedder Road, Bournemouth. Pleaded not guilty but found guilty of driving a Ford car on Bryant Road and failing to stop when an accident occurred and damage was caused to a Nissan car. Fined £300. To pay victim surcharge
Jack turns 12 years of age on 12/12/12 WHEN the clock struck midnight today, young Jack Critchley began to celebrate a very special birthday. The Bishop of Winchester pupil, who lives with his family in Hastings Road, Bournemouth, turned 12 on
FOR an act which made its name playing to tens of thousands of arm-waving ravers at the very biggest festivals, Orbital will tonight play an intimate show at the O2 Academy Bournemouth. It is 22 years since Paul and Phil Hartnoll first got dance
LET it snow, let it snow, let it snow – at Lighthouse in Poole at least, where December’s family show is based all around the white stuff. Snow Play is a showdown between Spring and Winter over who gets to stay and who has to go. When Mr Green
FIVE million television viewers saw the Christmas lights turned on in one Poole cul-de-sac. The inflatable Santas and snowmen in Runton Road were joined by three hundred residents who came out in the cold to be part of the BBC programme The
A WOMAN has denied making a false allegation of rape against two illegal immigrants because she regretted it. The 23-year-old, who cannot be named for legal reasons, alleges she was assaulted by Farid Ghor-zanig, 22, and Amir Wallezadeh, 19, at
A SCHOOLGIRL turned away from the Royal Bournemouth Hospital’s emergency department was later diagnosed with a life-threatening brain tumour. Despite complaining of severe headaches, sickness and poor vision, 13-year-old Olivia Wicks was told she
THE wind farm proposed for the Dorset coast will be moved further out to sea and have fewer turbines, it has been revealed. Navitus Bay yesterday said that the changes, which were a ‘direct result’ of discussion with statutory consultees and communities
MOTORISTS are being warned to take extra care on Dorset’s roads this morning due to icy conditions. A gritter lorry overturned on the B3351 Studland Road near to Purbeck Golf Course early this morning, shedding its load across the carriageway.
THE circumstances surrounding the crash that killed a Red Arrows pilot near Bournemouth Airport are set to be revealed. A two-day inquest into the death of Flt Lt Jon Egging, inset, who died when his Hawk jet came down near Throop following a display
CHERRIES star Wes Fogden is vowing to keep playing through the pain barrier after suffering a nasty thumb injury during the 2-1 win at Scunthorpe on Saturday. Fogden, who netted to put Cherries 2-0 ahead at Glanford Park, partially dislocated the
WIMBORNE have been thwarted by a lack of video evidence in their bid to appeal Jason Harvell’s controversial sending off at Mangotsfield on Saturday. Harvell received a straight red card after throwing one of his gloves at Mangotsfield’s Ryan Bath
DORSET darter Scott Mitchell overcame horrendous travel problems to reach his first ever TV semi-final. The Bransgore ace made the last four of the prestigious Zuiderduin Masters, one of the BDO’s flagship events, to make a huge statement of intent
CHERRIES chairman Eddie Mitchell is set to reveal revised plans for a new fourth stand at Dean Court, increasing the capacity to around 13,000. Mitchell is working on a proposal which would see the club erect a 2,500 all-seater stand, including
PIRATES chief Matt Ford insisted Sam Masters could still win a 2013 team spot at Wimborne Road. The Aussie was a disappointment in 2012, seeing his 4.51 starting average drop to just 3.85 at the end of the campaign. Masters, who earlier this
HEAD coach David Dunn was left to rue a catastrophic second-half spell as Bournemouth suffered a surprise defeat at the hands of National Two South strugglers Lydney. Lions had no fewer than three men sin binned and lost Ben Featherstone to a dislocated
SWANAGE & Wareham stormed to a crucial victory in the South West One East relegation battle with High Wycombe. The Bestwall Boys leapt up one place in the standings following the 22-12 triumph and now sit two points clear of bottom-placed Newbury
TWO young men killed in a horrific high speed crash were both over the drink-drive limit at the time of the tragedy, an inquest heard. Driver Craig Jewell was more than one-and-a-half times the limit when the car he was driving smashed into a tree
