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  • Bournemouth man had "corrosive liquid" thrown in his face

    DETECTIVES in Bournemouth investigating a serious assault in the Meyrick Park area of the town are renewing their appeal for witnesses and anyone with information to come forward. The incident occurred between 6pm and 7pm on Thursday 27 December

  • Delight as Lytchett Matravers recreation ground gets £60,000

    A DORSET village is celebrating after being given a £60,000 grant to carry out major drainage work on its recreation ground. The field at Lytchett Matravers is home to the Lytchett Red Triangle Football Club and Youth Football Club, as well a popular

  • UPDATED: Jessops stores close with the loss of 1,370 jobs

    ALL branches of the camera chain Jessops closed on Friday afternoon, with the loss of 1,370 jobs nationwide. PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), which was appointed to the group on Wednesday, announced on Friday that it would begin the process of shutting

  • Drivers face £60 fine for shortcut

    DRIVERS are being warned they will soon be fined if they use a shortcut at Bournemouth’s Travel Interchange. The council announced last year that it would be installing two cameras at Coach House Place. They are now in situ and, as of Monday, motorists

  • Works at Civic Centre gyratory causing traffic delays

    PEAK time traffic delays are being caused by improvements to Poole’s Civic Centre gyratory traffic lights. Lane closures around the Parkstone Road/Sandbanks Road system are in place and pedestrian crossings temporarily out of use as Borough of

  • Snow likely in Dorset with Met Office warnings for ice

    DORSET is likely to see snow tomorrow and on Monday, with the north of the county set to be worst-hit. After weeks of milder weather, local forecasters are predicting a cold snap that will start at the weekend. In coastal areas, residents may

  • Ashdown Technology College making progress

    A POOLE secondary school in special measures is making satisfactory progress with improvements, according to government inspectors. Ashdown Technology College received a damning Ofsted report in February last year and senior staff were told to

  • Widows' social club celebrates second anniversary

    FRIENDLY Christchurch pensioners celebrated a special anniversary of a popular widows’ social club in the town on Tuesday. Ladies from the New Horizons Widows Club in Christchurch celebrated the second anniversary of the much-loved group with tea

  • Champagne lover Elizabeth celebrates 102nd birthday

    A Poole resident – the first female president of the Bournemouth Association of Butchers – has celebrated her 102nd birthday. Elizabeth Boast of Parkstone care home the Aldbury celebrated with a party on Monday. Mrs Boast, grew up in Southampton

  • The games begin on Poole hospital ward

    YOUNG cystic fibrosis patients at Poole Hospital have been given a welcome distraction during their long stays on the respiratory ward. Following an appeal by respiratory nurse specialist Nikki Lopez, John Lewis’s store at Branksome has donated

  • Enjoy a taste of Cuba at Revolution Bournemouth

    AN exotic slice of Cuba can now be found on Old Christchurch Road in Bournemouth with the recent opening of Revolution Bournemouth. Formerly Sherbets Lounge, the site has undergone an £800,000 transformation to turn it into a two-in-one vodka and

  • Prepare to be amazed: Circus of Horrors rolls into Lighthouse

    SOMETHING wicked this way comes, when the Circus of Horrors rolls into Poole on Saturday night. The critically-acclaimed show, seen in the finals of Britain’s Got Talent, is set in 1927 Berlin, the birth of the cabaret, and is entitled The Curse

  • Go wild at Disco Africa's first birthday

    Club night Disco Africa, celebrates its first birthday on Wednesday night. As a special treat they have booked two of their favourite DJ/producers of the moment. Auntie Flo and Cottam have both had a steady stream of releases this past year, plus

  • Joey Essex coming to V Bournemouth

    SHUT UP. The Only Way is Essex star Joey Essex is putting in an appearance at V nightclub on Exeter Road, Bournemouth on Monday Night. The reality TV star returns to host Bournemouth's biggest student night, Re-Vision. Essex, 21, who stars

  • Paint It Blue's Hannah Robinson releases debut album

    AS well as singing with Southbourne five-piece Paint It Blue, indie songstress Hannah Robinson is now making waves as a solo artist. Hannah, 22, has released her debut album, Oil and Turpentine. The album is a collection of original material

  • You'll go wild for The Troggs at the Tivoli

    THE Troggs have always been remembered for the 60s anthem Wild Thing. However, this is just one of their many hits such as With a Girl Like You, I Can’t Control Myself, Anyway That You Want Me, Give It To Me and of course Love Is All Around.

  • Baby water voles spotted at Moors Valley

    RANGERS at Moors Valley Country Park are celebrating after baby water voles were spotted in the grounds. Water voles, which are Britain’s fastest-declining mammal, were brought to East Dorset during a long-term reintroduction plan in September

  • Case was about fair treatment

    THE story regarding my son in the Echo (‘Mum wins son’s care package battle’ January 3) reveals the level of confusion that exists regarding both his case and care funding in general. The ‘maladministration’ and ‘injustice’ that the Local Government

  • That's entertainment: From The Jam heading for Mr Kyps

    From The Jam are acclaimed by many as one of the most authentic live recreations of the legendary British band. The audience at Mr Kyps in Poole will be taken to a Town Called Malice next Friday with Jam veteran Bruce Foxton on stage. Incredibly

  • Objection concerned mass of buildings

    I FEEL I must reply to letters in the Echo regarding Christchurch Hospital. For some objectors our reasons were for the mass of buildings, eg a care home, residential homes for the elderly, three-storeys of flats, plus numerous houses in the grounds

  • Thanks for making festivities a success

    THE Rotary Club of Ringwood had another successful event with the festivities on Christmas Eve in the Market Place, Ringwood, with a similar format as previous years. The Market Place was festooned in lights as usual and we had over 2,000 people

  • A35 roadworks are going to clash again

    AFTER reading your article on the roadworks on the A35 at the Baker’s Arms, it amazes me to find out that these roadworks coincide with the roadworks at the junction of Rigler Road and Blandford Road, Hamworthy. So anyone trying to avoid the A35

  • Annie Dorothea (Dolly) Green

    A CENTENARIAN who put the secret of her long life down to lots of fun and a regular tipple, has passed away peacefully at the age of 105. Born on July 28, 1907 in Watlington Norfolk, Dolly Green (nee Lucas) was the eldest sister of Sybil and Faith

  • Dr James Frederick Fisher

    A MUCH-LOVED and respected GP, pillar of the community and outstanding orator has died peacefully at the age of 90. Jim Fisher came from a medical family and was the son and grandson of general practitioners in Kings Langley, Hertfordshire. He

  • Four Jimmy Savile abuse claims in Dorset

    FOUR people in Dorset have come forward to say they were abused by disgraced TV presenter Jimmy Savile. The victims made contact with the police following the launch of Operation Yewtree – a dedicated investigation set up following the death of

  • Paying the price of spending cuts

    TODAY’S Daily Echo reports two striking examples of how the public spending cuts are starting to bite. The first is the case of Dorset Police’s diminishing band of traffic officers – just 34 full-time equivalents now compared with nearly 50 last

  • 'Think again' plea on Dorset Enterprises factory closure

    COUNCILLORS poised to close a factory for disabled workers have been urged to consider the “wider cost” of their decision first. The Dorset Enterprises factory in Elliott Road, West Howe is likely to close at the end of March, after Bournemouth

  • Only 34 traffic cops left in Dorset

    DORSET has lost a third of its traffic cops in the last year, figures have revealed. The number of officers specially trained to deal with traffic incidents has fallen from nearly 50 in early 2012 to 34 full time equivalent posts now. The cull

  • Witnesses to attempted armed robbery in Verwood sought

    DORSET police are stepping up their search for witnesses of an attempted armed robbery in Verwood last week. A 59-year-old woman was threatened with a gun by a man demanding money as she was getting into her car in the Chiltern Drive Morrisons

  • New round of consultations for wind farm announced

    THE firm behind the controversial wind farm off the Dorset coast, Navitus Bay, has announced its next round of public consultation events. They are: West Moors Memorial Hall, Friday February 1, 2–8pm Bournemouth International Centre, Bourne

  • Defending worries Magpies boss Cuss

    WIMBORNE Town manager Steve Cuss admits his team’s defending must improve if Magpies are to recover from their midweek knockout blow. Magpies contributed to their own downfall as they were dumped out of the Southern League Red Insure Cup 4-3 by

  • Cornick won't fear being singled out insists Kemp

    PRIORY boss Graham Kemp has issued a warning to managers plotting to thwart Cherries new boy Harry Cornick: Your tactics won’t bother him. Christchurch prospect Cornick hit the headlines this week when he signed an 18-month contract with Cherries

  • Cherries: Quinn backs quiet man Howe over shock king Paolo

    JIMMY Quinn is backing Cherries boss Eddie Howe to win the day over Swindon’s Paolo di Canio in the battle of the contrasting management styles. Quinn – who played for and managed both clubs – is tipping Howe to lead Cherries to promotion but believes

  • Elphick: We can't afford another barren spell

    STAND-in skipper Tommy Elphick knows Cherries can ill afford another blip if their League One promotion dream is to become a reality. Elphick has played a starring role as Cherries have climbed from the relegation zone to the fringes of the play-off

  • Football: George sparks Poole goal spree

    POOLE Town under-14s returned from the Christmas break in emphatic style – toppling Redhill Rangers 8-0. George Burgess netted the first in five minutes and doubled his tally, and Poole's lead, six minutes later. Morgan Tutt scored a left-foot

  • Athletics: High fives for Dorset runners in South West race

    BRIDGET Dence, Grace Copeland and Andrew Smith were Dorset’s top-five finishers in the South-West Cross-Country Champion-ships at Bicton College, near Exmouth. Wimborne AC under-13 Cope-land missed a medal by just eight seconds as she finished

  • Football: Greenfields gunning for county cup glory

    UNBEATEN Greenfields under-14s marched into the last eight of the Hampshire Cup with an emphatic 8-0 win over Travaux FC at Ferndown. The hosts boasted eight different goalscorers as they brushed aside their Horndean-based opponents to book a quarter-final

  • Youth Olympics: Dorset trio representing Team GB in Australia

    THREE Dorset girls will be looking to emulate Team GB’s London Olympic heroes in Australia next week. Georgia Hall, Izzy Songhurst and Lynnlette Aung are among 120 athletes selected for the Australian Youth Olympic Festi-val in Sydney on January

  • Killick ponders 'delicate' Byerley situation

    POOLE Town boss Tom Killick is keen to quickly resolve the future of star striker Warren Byerley but admits it is a “delicate situation”. In an interview with the Daily Echo this week, the prolific frontman hinted that he could be prepared to stay