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  • Spring Is Just Around The Corner

    Spring is just around the corner (I promise!) and so the garden is a hive of activity at the weekends. I just love the fact that the nights are drawing out, it just makes you feel so much better, even though the weather needs to get its act together

  • High-flying Wimborne hammer Oaks

    JIM Brokenshire and Steve King starred as Wimborne maintained their hopes of a top-two finish by hammering local rivals Oakmeadians 62-0. Brokenshire and King touched down twice each in a ruthless 10-try demolition of Oaks at Leigh Park on Saturday

  • Cherries: Sainty and Redknapp lead tributes to Ray Bumstead

    HE was a “magical fella”, a true Cherries legend and a fantastic player. Those were some of the warm tributes paid to Cherries’ 1960s star Ray Bumstead, who died in Royal Bournemouth Hospital on Sunday. He was 77. Former Dean Court striker

  • Cerebral palsy mum's novel way to beat prejudice

    A SINGLE mum with cerebral palsy has turned her experiences of disability into a novel for teens. Phillipa Vincent-Connolly’s debut Miracle, which is set in her hometown of Wimborne, will be released on April 5. However, independent Wimborne

  • Saad's on the move again thanks to Christchurch charity

    A CHRISTCHURCH charity’s generous donation has made playtime for a youngster at Victoria Education Centre more fun. Six-year-old Saad Elkholy, a full-time pupil at the Poole school, is now able to move around his classroom thanks to a new walker

  • Barrister is Tory choice for Mid Dorset

    BARRISTER Michael Tomlinson has been selected as the Conservative Party’s prospective parliamentary candidate for Mid Dorset and North Poole. Mr Tomlinson, who has lived in the constituency for the past decade, will fight for office in the next

  • When steam was no dream

    THE Bournemouth Belle train service and the stations of Dorset play a vital role in Keith Widdowson’s new book The Great Steam Chase. Keith, born and raised in Kent, joined British Railways in 1962 and worked as an enquiry clerk at Waterloo for

  • Schools struggle to meet demand as population soars

    COUNCILS are still struggling to meet rising demand for primary school places, despite their efforts to create hundreds of extra spaces. Both Bournemouth and Poole have already expanded local primary schools to cater for hundreds of extra pupils

  • REVIEW: God of War Ascension (PS3, Sony)

      It’s a good old-fashioned prison break for gaming’s favourite angry Spartan as the God of War series fills in the story’s early blank pages with this super-fighty prequel. But it’s not just any prison. This is a penitentiary cobbled from

  • Post mortem due on motorist who died in Kinson Road crash

    A post mortem examination was due to be carried out today following the death of an elderly man in Bournemouth on Saturday. The man, named locally as Arthur Loader, is believed to have been taken ill at the wheel before his silver Daewoo Matiz

  • Number of girls arrested down by 75%

    THE number of girls arrested in Dorset has fallen by 75 per cent in three years, according to figures released today. The statistics have been released by campaign group the Howard League for Penal Reform, and the group praised Dorset Police when

  • Body in a suitcase murder trial: day eight

    3:54pm Q: He was threatening to rape your sister and you described him as  "dear friend"? Stuart: Yeah Q: Did he deserve to die? Stuart: No Q: Who do you say killed him? Stuart: To be honest I didn't see

  • Boys’ lives gave such inspiration

    THE lives of Harry Churchill and his brother Cody were cruelly short. Yet family friend Adam Murry is right when he describes the boys, who died within days of each other, as an inspiration. Echo readers have known about Harry since 2010, when

  • Pleased hospital to remain focal point

    WE would both like to express our sincere thanks to local people, patients and our staff for their overwhelming support of the developments proposed for Christchurch Hospital. We are delighted that the planning committee voted unanimously to support

  • Thanks for kindness and care from staff

    AFTER spending five nights in Poole Hospital’s Ansty Ward and nine nights in Cardiac Care, Ward 23, at Royal Bournemouth Hospital, I would like to thank all the staff for their kindness, efficiency and the round-the-clock care I received. Twice

  • Demolition job too complex to sub-let

    I FEEL compelled to respond to Mr Geoff Cooper’s letter (Echo, February 22). While it is not my place to make comment on the financial efficiency of other public sector services, I feel it appropriate to reassure residents that the work being undertaken

  • Still a need for Imax 3D films

    HOW many of those who disliked the grey exterior of the Waterfront building ventured into the colourful foyer to buy a ticket for an Imax movie? At first, only shorts (40 minutes or so) were available. These acted as promotion, but most were comp-letely

  • UPDATED: A354 Blandford re-opened after accident

    A RANGE Rover towing a 14ft trailer overturned on the A354 near Blandford this morning. The vehicle ended up on its roof, with the 3.5tonnes triple axle trailer on its side, blocking the road. The road was closed from the A350 near Tarrant

  • VIDEO: On the hunt for Jade Clark crash driver

    “THE net is closing in.” That’s the message from detectives hunting the driver of the car who fled the scene of the horrific collision which killed Ringwood teenager Jade Clark last month. Detectives have now inspected more than 800 vehicles with

  • Pirates: Title race too close to call says Ford

    PIRATES chief Matt Ford believes the 2013 Elite League title race will be too close to call and is predicting an intense battle for silverware. Ford’s comments come as Poole and their rivals begin to step up their preparations for the start of

  • Charlie Austin feature: Former Poole star talks to the Echo

    IT is little wonder Charlie Austin still takes a moment to pinch himself. One of the most prolific strikers in English football, he is the hottest property outside of the Premier League. But life was not always such a dream for the bricklayer

  • Verwood boss Arnold: Christchurch are the benchmark

    VERWOOD Town boss Adie Arnold believes his club should aspire to mirror the progress of Dorset rivals Christchurch. Arnold’s Potters visit Priory for a Wessex Premier derby showdown at Hurn Bridge tonight (7.45pm). In their first top-flight

  • Cherries: Star stopper Ryan's the 'real deal' says Moss

    GOALKEEPING guru Neil Moss is convinced the best is yet to come from new Cherries favourite Ryan Allsop and insists: “He is the real deal.” Mentor Moss urged the 20-year-old to continue seizing his big Cherries chance after watching him make an