SCOTT Mitchell crashed out of the Lakeside world championships at the second round stage after a 4-1 defeat to Robbie Green this evening. The Bransgore ace never really found his form against Scouser Green, who had eliminated reigning champion
CHERRIES boss Eddie Howe highlighted Harry Cornick’s raw potential after today completing a deal for the Christchurch hotshot. Wessex League star Cornick will be tasked with making the step into the professional ranks after putting pen to paper
NEIGHBOURHOOD watch organiser Norman Decent is starting another group in Bournemouth town centre. Norman has gone from running the West Hill Neighbourhood Watch near the West Cliff to adding the Triangle area and renaming his meetings as the Poole
THE Office of Fair Trading today (Tues) referred the proposed merger of the Royal Bournemouth and Christchurch Hospitals and Poole Hospital NHS Foundation Trusts to the Competition Commission. OFT Chief Executive and Decision Maker Clive Maxwell
A PROJECT to build a new eco-friendly visitor centre at Hengistbury Head is on track for a summer finish. Construction is currently taking place at the thatched barn adjacent to the Iron Age double dykes. Part of the work involves extending
THE operator of a care home that looks after people with learning disabilities has been formally warned that it must improve the way it manages their medication. Inspectors from the Care Quality commission made an unannounced visit to The Shores
AN icon of British motoring is helping residents of an East Dorset dementia care home rediscover cherished memories. More than 50 years after it was created, a rare 1958 Hillman Minx has been placed in the memory garden at Colten Care’s Fernhill
SERIOUS flaws were found in the way Poole’s two bridges road system was designed and the council should act now to improve the situation. That was the message from Cllr Brian Clements, whose economy overview and scrutiny committee, held a select
A GANG of scrap metal thieves have targeted a Poole building containing rare 'high-value steel components'. Police are hunting the five-man gang after they broke into the secure garage in Hamworthy on Friday evening. The burglary, on the garage
WITH Poole’s refuse and recycling resuming after the Christmas and New Year break, residents are being reminded to put their wheelie bins out for collection. Borough of Poole says refuse bins and blue bins should be placed on the kerbside by 7am
WORKERS were exposed to asbestos as they refurbished an office block in Poole, a court was told. The 18 workers were put “at risk” as they worked at Sentinel House on the Nuffield Industrial Estate and the company they were working for has admitted
THE £12million maths and science block near the fire-wrecked creative arts building at Lytchett Minster School was built just too late to have sprinklers fitted, education chiefs have confirmed. Dorset County Council’s cabinet agreed in 2008 that
BURGLARS may think any target is fair game. Whether that person in that property is rich or poor it may not matter to them, as long as they get what they are looking for. They may also not be concerned if the building broken into is involved with
WHILST it was a great victory for Christchurch and its residents in securing a community facility in Christchurch town centre, the rejection of the application to breath new life into Christchurch Hospital with a £10m-plus investment just to save an
IT was nice to read the article in respect of AFC Bournemouth`s players visiting children in Poole Hospital as they do every year at Christmas (Daily Echo, December 28). I know AFCB do so much in the local community, especially for children, and
HAVING turned a generation on to the wonders of wildlife, former TV presenter Michaela Strachan brings her Really Wild Adventures to Dorset this spring. The show will take families on a delightful journey through an alphabet jungle of animal rhymes
OF course, psychic Sally Morgan already knows whether you’re coming to see her recently announced show in Bournemouth. With millions of fans, a television series, a best-selling book, and a nationwide tour to deliver, there’s no stopping medium
I HAVE just read with disbelief your report about Christchurch planners rejecting the hospital plans. As one of the ladies who worked on the 6,000 signature petition to keep Christchurch Hospital services, I am asking through this letter for both
EXTREME mountain sports fans are in for the time of their lives when the world tour of the Banff Mountain Film Festival stops off in Poole next month. Following sold-out shows across the UK last year, the festival is back on the world tour circuit
YET another airline pulling out of Hurn airport (Daily Echo, Jan 3). Now Blue Islands is stopping services to Jersey as from next month! All that money spent on a new terminal and still the airport management cannot get the airlines to stay.
SENDING out those good vibes are pop favourites The Feeling who are spreading some sunshine at the O2 Academy Bournemouth on April 25. With the finishing touches currently being made to their fourth album, the band takes the tour bus out for the
POLICE are appealing to Good Samaritans who helped a woman after she was the victim of an assault in New Milton. A 38-year-old man and a 33-year-old woman were walking along Station Road, between 10.30pm and 11pm on Sunday, when they were approached
TO those who doubt the advantages of an offshore wind farm out to sea from the Hampshire/Dorset border coast line, may I enquire whether they would prefer a nuclear power station, which if that were damaged, would affect us all? Let alone the fact
TWO men accused of robbing women of their handbags have been found not guilty by a jury. Daniel Gaffney, 23, of Millfield, Poole and Stephen Eaton, 19, of Barnes Road, Bournemouth were accused of robbing Tessa Beck and Carla Gosling after befriending
COMMITMENT was the name of the game at Avon Beach in Christchurch as dedicated residents got their hands on prized seasonal beach huts. The picturesque tourist spot at Mudeford again proved a popular draw for locals keen to make sure they got a
First of all, let me begin by wishing everyone a very happy new year. Yes, it’s rather belated, but then everything has either been late or just not happened this Christmas time. There we were, in the days leading up to Christmas, congratulating
Police in Christchurch are appealing for witnesses and anyone with information to come forward after a fail to stop road traffic collision in the Highcliffe area of the town. At approximately 12.20am on Sunday 6 January 2013, a collision occurred
TWO people were injured in a collision at the West Howe roundabout on Ringwood Road this morning. Emergency services were scrambled at 8.15 am following the accident which blocked both ways of the A348. As traffic built up, police officers
The number of people arrested during this year's Christmas drink and drug driving campaign fell by 25 per cent compared with last year. A total of 100 people were arrested during the campaign - which ran from December 1 2012 to New Year's Day,
AN area of a busy Poole commercial street, which failed a pollution test, is to be extended. Air quality tests have found that a larger section of Ashley Road has exceeded acceptable nitrogen dioxide levels. Borough of Poole’s environment overview
POLICE are hunting hard-hearted raiders who fled with a safe containing hundreds of pounds worth of takings from a Highcliffe charity shop. The thieves forced entry through a rear door of the Salvation Army’s Lymington Road premises between Saturday
The number of people killed on Dorset's roads jumped by almost a third last year. Here are the 25 who lost their lives. Carmel Buckley, 76, of Southbourne, suffered fatal injuries as she tried to get off a bus in Bournemouth. She received a
THE number of people killed on Dorset roads jumped by almost a third last year to a tragic 25. Among the victims were five-year-old Lily-Mae Jeffries who was involved in a collision with two motorbikes as she crossed the road with her grandmother
ASSISTANT manager James Wood admitted Poole Town’s “only aim” was promotion after Dolphins had been installed as odds-on title favourites. Bet Victor rate Poole at 1-2 to claim the silverware in Southern League Division One South & West this
PROUD Dorset lad Scott Mitchell is determined to turn on the style at Lakeside as he bids to put the area on the darting map. Boscombe-born Mitchell is confident he is ready to fulfil his potential on the big stage after finally breaking his world
PIRATES chief Matt Ford is convinced he has built a team with the balance and ability to challenge for the Elite League championship. Ford gave his verdict on the Wimborne Road class of 2013 after putting the finishing touches to his new-look line-up
EMERGING Cherries talent Eunan O’Kane believes the experience of role model Richard Hughes will boost his Dean Court development. Summer signing O’Kane revealed he had been regularly quizzing his midfield colleague in a bid to tap into his knowledge
A Poole cyclist who believes he was targeted by thieves who followed him home and stole his expensive bicycle is warning others to be wary. Eddie Wilkinson had been on a training ride around Poole Harbour and Purbeck and thinks he must have been
