COASTGUARDS have sealed off a section of Swanage seafront following a “significant” landslip near the Grand Hotel. A landslide was reported around 4pm yesterday (Friday), and at 8am this morning in the same area. It is not thought anyone has been
MEMBERS of a Bournemouth Rotary Club have been spreading some Christmas cheer, handing out presents to some of the town’s most vulnerable people. The North Bournemouth Rotary Club distributed presents, including toys, sweets, books and clothes,
DORSET Police are calling on victims of domestic violence to speak out and not suffer in silence this Christmas. Incidents of abuse in the home traditionally increase over the Christmas and New Year period and officers are warning offenders their
HEALTH chiefs have launched a poster campaign highlighting the dangers of binge drinking. The Drinkheads campaign will be displayed at bus stops, phone booths and high streets across Dorset throughout Christmas. It has been commissioned by
ONE of Bournemouth council’s most senior figures has died following a brave battle with cancer. Geoff Turnbull, who had worked for the local authority for four decades, passed away at the Royal Bournemouth Hospital on December 12, aged 61.
THE Sandbanks Ferry is back in action. An update posted today said: "There is still a little more work to be done after which trials will take place to commission the rebuilt engines and hydraulics. "We hope to restore service at some time
PLANS to build the UK’s first coastal activity park at Boscombe beach have been given the thumbs-up by councillors. The £3.3million attraction aims to cater for everyone from elite athletes to beach tourists and will operate all year round.
LOYAL supporters of a Christchurch community hall have called on the council to “cast out Mr Scrooge” over plans to demolish the building. Campaigners opposing the demolition of Druitt Hall attended a meeting of the full council at Christchurch
KIND-hearted business people stepped in to ensure a group of disabled children could visit Father Christmas. Pupils at Langside School in Parkstone, Poole, looked set to have their trip cancelled after thieves stole the exhaust and catalytic converter
Want to take your family to the panto? Here's what's on and where.... Sleeping Beauty – Pavilion Theatre, Bournemouth IN Sleeping Beauty at the Pavilion Theatre, the children will be delighted to see television star Chris Jarvis alongside Su
THE last few months, due to a spell of ill health, I have had to visit the “out of hours” doctor unit at Poole hospital. May I, via your paper, say a sincere thank you to this service. We are very fortunate to have this. I have always found
TOYS and other goodies donated by generous Echo readers were given out to families in Townsend, Bournemouth, last night. Youngsters were celebrating Christmas at the Holly Jolly party at Townsend Children’s Centre, where many of the gifts collected
I WAS disappointed to read in the Echo (December 11) that the camera car had made a profit of £100,000. I thought it should have made a lot more. Either the driver is taking a lot of coffee breaks or the fines are not severe enough. Let’s not
WITH a gun being pressed against the side of your head, most people would have frozen with fear. But when an armed robber held up an elderly couple in their Hampshire home, he couldn’t have guessed one of his victims would be a feisty retired nurse
WITH reference to Mr Dugdale’s letter dated (December 13) on aircraft noise, there are no restrictions to flights arriving or departing. In fact the Bournemouth Airport website actively encourages cargo companies to use their night time facilities,
KIERAN Burke, 12, is in Year 7. He said: “The lessons have a lot of information in and the teachers are kind and try to make learning interesting. I like PE and games and I play football and hockey for the school.” YEAR 6 pupil Kayla Dargan, 10
JACK DANIEL WELLER aged 23 of Mill Road, Worthing, West Sussex. Admitted driving a Toyota car on the A31, Ferndown at a speed exceeding 50 miles per hour. Fined £100. To pay victim surcharge of £15. Costs £35. Licence endorsed with 3 points.
ALDERMAN Douglas Eyre may want to live in a “conurbation”. Most of us would rather live in something more human. Bournemouth itself is still a collection of villages that have grown together. Just because the fields between Christchurch, Bournemouth
WITH 20 years service under his belt, Peter Schouten is one of the longest-serving head teachers in Poole. He has overseen many changes at Haymoor Middle but none as big as the switch to a junior school, which takes place next September. The
TEENAGERS from a Bournemouth school brought festive cheer to young people in Ethiopia when they made a special mission to the African country. A team of 22 youngsters from Oakmead Technology College, part of the LeAF Academy, went to the capital
MARY MARGARET PRYOR aged 72 of Knollside, Knoll Lane, Corfe Mullen. Admitted driving a Hyundai car on the Wareham Road, Corfe Mullen at a speed exceeding 30 miles per hour. Fined £65. To pay victim surcharge of £15. Costs £35. Licence endorsed with
IT won’t come as a huge surprise to many of you to discover that this year could be one of the five wettest since Met Office records began in 1910. Torrential downpours have brought with it pain and misery for thousands of people just trying to
ENJOY a festive knees-up with the Jack Ratts at The Winchester tonight. The folk-punk sextet, who formed in 2009, will be launching their latest album, Sail the Deadly Seas, at the Christmas fancy-dress spectacular. There will also be music
FOLK singer/songwriter Tom Whitman has released the first single from his upcoming second album. Christmas single Walk of the Moment, pays homage to Bournemouth’s former Borders store, which closed on Christmas Eve three years ago and went on to
KATHY CURTIS aged 24 of Thornham Road, Ashley, New Milton. Admitted driving a Honda car on the A338, Wessex Way, Bournemouth whilst using a mobile phone. Fined £75. To pay victim surcharge of £15. Costs £35. Licence endorsed with three points. Also
AFC Bournemouth striker Steve Fletcher managed to scoff a whopping 100 sprouts in just 10 minutes – with not a drop of gravy in sight. The charity eating challenge at the Hot Radio studio at the Goldsands Stadium raised more than £1,200 for
THE senior Poole council officer responsible for delivering Poole’s Twin Sails Bridge, Jim Bright, has had his contract terminated due to ongoing ill health. Mr Bright, 54, has worked at the council for 23 years and was on a salary of £94,903 in
A PEDESTRIAN was seriously injured after a collision in Poole on Thursday night. The collision between a male pedestrian and a Bournemouth yellow cab took place in Branksome just after 10pm. Police were called to Poole Road to the eastbound
MANAGER Eddie Howe is tipping team player Eunan O’Kane to flourish with Cherries as he aims to help tap into his “undoubted potential”. Howe is confident Cherries have yet to see the best of O’Kane as the young midfielder continues to establish
STEVE Fletcher has urged the Cherries defence to be wary of the threat posed by familiar foe Lauri Dalla Valle. The Cherries legend believes the Finnish prospect will have improved from gaining further experience since his Dean Court loan spell
NON-league aficionado Adie Arnold says the remarkable rise of Crewe’s Jon Guthrie proves there are hidden gems – even as far down as step six. Verwood Town manager Arnold is aware of the Alex defender after he played for Pewsey Vale in Wessex One
TWO Cherries promotion heroes have emerged as contenders in the race |to succeed Graham Kemp at Wessex League Christchurch. Priory are searching for a new manager after Kemp announced his resignation on Tuesday night, as exclusively revealed by
POOLE Town boss Tom Killick has urged his title contenders to seize their big chance over the festive period – by making their resources count. Killick has the luxury of a virtually full-strength squad heading in to a potentially defining set of
BOSS Steve Cuss is facing a selection dilemma after Wimborne’s impressive 3-2 Dorset Senior Cup win over Dorchester in midweek. Cuss welcomes back Adam Costello and Jon Blake ahead of tomorrow’s home Southern Division One South & West clash
DAVID Dunn believes a Christmas break in November could pay dividends for Lions when they line up at home to National Two South leaders Worthing tomorrow (2.30pm). National League new-boys Lions are used to two or three weeks off over the festive
DYNAMIC duo Rob and Jackie Dobson (Jeronimo) were crowned Class One winners in the Poole Winter Series. The 10-week competition came to a conclusion last weekend with several podium places up for grabs. Early on in Class One, it had been Ian
The five winners of the Daily Echo Child of the Year 2012 competition have been announced. Readers voted in their thousands to decide who they believed were the top children, after the Daily Echo launched the annual search to find the kids with
