CHERRIES have snapped up Brighton star Marcos Painter on loan as cover for injured full-back Charlie Daniels. Painter, 26, will remain at Dean Court until the end of the season and is available for tomorrow's clash at Preston. The Birmingham-born
WHEN big-hearted health worker Margaret Farman saw an 11-year-old disabled African boy lying helplessly on the ground, she knew she wanted to help. The boy, Jonah, lives in a small hut with his mother in Lamu district near the Kenyan coast.
A WALKER who ignored warning signs and became stuck in the mud on Swanage beach was rescued this afternoon. The walker was helped by Dorset Fire and Rescue crews and the Coastguard after getting trapped in a waterlogged area of sand and mud situated
AN EAST Dorset library that faced closure after council cuts has been brought back from the brink by the community. Colehill Library was one of eight threatened in the county after Dorset County Council pulled their funding as part of a bid to
POLICE are appealing for information about a burglary at a house in New Milton. The incident took place between 9am and 3.30pm on Wednesday February 6 with someone entering the semi-detached house through a conservatory window before smashing a
A BOURNEMOUTH-based poet has joined hundreds of others in sharing their thoughts through an exhibition on soldiers serving on the front line. Steve Biddle said he felt compelled to write after seeing In Our Own Words: Soldiers’ Thoughts from Afghanistan
ONE of the highlights of the Christchurch Food and Wine Festival will be a part of this year’s event once again. The Kids’ Kitchen workshops will be taking place at The Priory School in Wick Lane on the same days as the festival market – Saturday
IT was not love at first sight when George and Peggy met. Peggy Lightbown found George Milne “arrogant”, while he felt she was “childish”. But despite the rocky start, the Branksome couple will celebrate their 65th wedding anniversary tomorrow
A 43-year love affair with AFC Bournemouth sadly ended when Deryk Jack Watling passed away peacefully, after a short illness, on December 13. Born in Stratford, West Ham in 1933, Deryk started life with a strong allegiance to his local team The
TOUCHING tributes have been paid to a “wonderful father and grandfather” who died on November 9, at the age of 86. Douglas Edward Button came from a happy and loving but relatively humble background. Everything he went on to achieve in life was
A RENOWNED bridge player, who played his last hand on January 11, has died at the age of 84. Born in a Bristol suburb on March 16, 1928, Terry Udall began his working life as a rope and binder twine salesman. He was very successful but not
A TAKEAWAY owner has been told to pay £4,000 in fines and costs after a dead rat was found in a food storage area. The rodent was discovered when an environmental health team carried out an inspection. Owner Yasar Sen, 42, appeared at Southampton
POLICE are directing traffic around an accident in Boscombe, at the junction of Kings Park Road and Ashley Road. Officers were called at 11.05 am with a report that a silver Vauxhall Vectra registered to a Poole company and a blue Toyota Avensis
A SURVEY of Christ-church traders has revealed frustration, discontent and unhappiness among businesses in the town. The town centre survey, organised by the Christchurch Chamber of Trade, was issued to traders to get views on the state of their
Following the success of their lively gothic rock album Dig!!! Lazarus Dig!!! in 2008, Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds are back in more sombre territory with this latest offering. The Brighton-based Australian noisemaker, fresh from penning the screenplay
ADVENTURE films packed with adrenaline-charged sports including climbing, kayaking, skiing and mountain biking, make up the Banff Mountain Film Festival, which returns to the Lighthouse in Poole tomorrow roughly halfway through its UK tour. The
SPRINGWATCH star Michaela Strachan brings her lively and educational Really Wild Adventures show to the Lighthouse in Poole on February 20, and families can expect to participate in an exciting show. From antelopes, through orphaned orangutans
OUTRAGEOUS Aussie comedienne Caroline Reid brings her cruelly-funny air hostess alter-ego Pam Ann to Bournemouth Pavilion tomorrow for a night of camp mayhem. Queen of the Skies Pam comes direct from sell-out tours of her home country, the US and
Angler Steve Redhead had a miracle escape when his fishing weight flew at him 'like a bullet' and lodged in the side of his face. Please note some people may find the second image distressing. Steve, 51, was hoping to land some carp at Walley's
1. Mighty Dun Katz - Let The Drums Speak 2. Laura Mvula - Green Garden 3. Devolution - My Friends 4. Solidarity - Find Away (J-JS Mix) 5. The xx - Chained (John Talbot & Pional Mix)
A FILM-mad teenager from Bournemouth lived his dream as he interviewed Hollywood A-listers at the Baftas on Sunday. Luke Beer, 13, who goes to Harewood College, is a junior reporter for the Filmclub education charity and was chosen to cover the
WIDELY acclaimed DJ and producer Paul Van Dyk is opening the Slinky Valentines Ball at the O2 tonight with a selection of new tracks from his upcoming (R)evolution album. The German trance wizard has thus far kept the contents of the new record
A BRAND new national singing competition comes to Bournemouth this Sunday. TeenStar is specifically for pre-teens and teenagers and scours the UK for the best solo singers, vocal groups and rappers up to the age of 19. Auditions come to the
THERE’S not long to go until Voodoo Vegas drop their debut album. The Rise of Jimmy Silver is released on March 4 through Cargo Records and has already picked up positive reviews from a string of music reviewers. The quintet, who are featured
THE first Shindig of 2013 takes place on March 9. Weymouth rock ‘n’ roll three-piece The Surfin’ Birds, who recently released a five-track EP, will headline the event at the Cellar Bar in Boscombe. Support will come courtesy of Basic Blues,
THERE is a distinct garage rock flavour to this year’s NME Awards Tour, coming to the O2 on Wednesday night. As a frontman for supergroup The Last Shadow Puppets, alongside the Arctic Monkeys’ Alex Turner, Miles Kane is perhaps less in need of
SHAKEAWAY founders Rob Hazell and Peter Moody returned to their roots when they opened Flirt Café Bar in the Triangle 18 months ago, aiming to re-create the chilled-out atmosphere of the Legend Café they ran back in the 1990s. However, while they
OUR readers are quite rightly concerned about the welfare of five horses that have been abandoned on Redhill Common in Bournemouth for a week. We have had a number of calls on the issue and the problem has been highlighted in the paper today.
I WOULD really like to issue a plea to some cyclists in the area to take care on pavements. I take the bus to work every day and the bus shelter takes up most of the pavement, leaving only a narrow strip of pavement for passage. Everyone that
I WAS shocked to hear of the homeless man found dead in a church yard. How sad in this day and age. My family watched my husband die a year ago. He had great care, a warm bed and was surround by family and friends, I am so grateful for that.
REGARDING a feature in last Wednesday's Echo: Lewis Jordan Brown, the 11-year-old rock and roll piano player, proved to be an outstanding young talent, fully deserving of your attention. Close to 200 seasoned rockers stood and applauded his performance
I WAS born in Bournemouth a little over 60 years ago and although now living in Poole, still consider myself as a Bournemouthian. I took my grandson to the aquarium by the pier recently and was filled with despair at the desperate state of the
AS a gay man I have followed the Partnership and Marriage debates, both gay and straight, with a certain amount of self-interest over the years. The letters in the Echo encapsulate a few thoughts that come to my mind. Given so much weight is
A teenage girl has been left "extremely scared" after a man tried to grab her as she walked through a subway. Detectives in Poole are appealing for information to come forward after the incident in the subway on Ringwood Road near the Alderney
A meteor streaked across the sky above Russia's Ural Mountains this morning, causing sharp explosions and injuring more than 400 people, many of them hurt by broken glass. Fragments of the meteor fell in a thinly populated area of the Chelyabinsk
A 150ft-wide space rock will pass within 17,200 miles of the Earth today. Experts believe there is no chance of Asteroid 2012 DA14 hitting the planet, but its projected path will bring it as close to the earth as 100 of our telecommunication and
CONCERNS have been raised for the wellbeing of five horses who were abandoned on Bournemouth parkland a week ago. The horses are on short chains at Redhill Common with no access to shelter, food or drink. Kind-hearted residents have been bringing
AMBITIOUS plans to attract visitors to the South Coast and capitalise on the Olympic legacy will be unveiled in Bournemouth next month. Senior civil servant Deirdre Wells OBE is set to open the Hotel and Catering Show at the BIC on March 5 and
BROADSTONE Middle School’s dream of playing at Wembley Stadium has received a major boost – from England Ladies star Steph Houghton. Houghton this week paid a visit to the school’s under-13 girls team as they stepped up their preparations for today
BOSS Eddie Howe believes Brett Pitman doesn’t get the credit he deserves for his work rate, insisting: If he didn’t graft, he wouldn’t play. Pitman has firmly established himself as a key man in Cherries’ League One title bid by netting nine goals
WIMBORNE will be hoping to pass a memorable milestone when they host Southern League Division One South & West promotion hopefuls Tiverton Town tomorrow (3pm). Victory over sixth-placed Tivvy at Cuthbury would ensure Magpies hit their highest
BUOYANT boss Frank Gray believes his Bashley players should be full of confidence as they go in search of completing a rare back-to-back Southern Premier Division double. Bash will be bidding to follow up their morale-boosting 3-1 win over Kettering
A TOWN centre nightclub has had its licence suspended after a man had his face slashed with a knife. Police were called to V Club in Exeter Road, Bournemouth, at 1.37am on Tuesday by the ambulance service following reports of an assault. The
WIMBORNE colts secured their place in the Dorset and Wiltshire Under-18s Cup semi-finals with a 39-15 win over Dorchester at Swanage and Wareham’s ground. Jack Mason opened the scoring for the young All Blacks, with Jono Edwards doubling their
AMATEUR golfing sensation Georgia Hall expressed her pride after being invited to play in her first professional tournament later this year. The Dorset star will showcase her skills alongside the world’s leading players when she tees up in the
SIBLINGS Lily and Cherry Stent won the Dorset under-12 girls’ doubles title at Harewood College last month. Lily (St Katherine’s) showed her strength in her six singles games, only dropping 18 points in total. She then partnered her 10-year-old
INJURY victim Charlie Daniels has revealed his frustration as he anxiously awaits a verdict on whether he can rejoin Cherries’ promotion bid. The luckless left-back has been confined to the treatment room since sitting out the Dorset club’s home
DAVID Dunn is hoping the return of a familiar face – and the emergence of some fresh ones – can hand Lions a much-needed boost. Director of rugby Dunn bolstered his first-team squad with some new additions when he drafted in different personnel
HAMWORTHY United boss Simon Browne believes Christchurch manager Graham Kemp has become embroiled in a “soap opera” at Hurn Bridge. Browne was referring to the ongoing saga surrounding Kemp’s decision to quit Priory but to remain in the hot-seat
I like a pretty game, and Special Forces X is pretty. Which is an odd thing to say about third-person soldiering software, but it employs a graphical style similar to the utterly gorgeous Borderlands titles, but sadly inherits none of its
