POLICE were called to a collision between two Ford Fiestas at the junction of Beechey Road and Wellington Road in Bournemouth at around 7.50pm on Tuesday. They said no one was injured but the road was blocked because of a vehicle in the middle
CHERRIES boss Eddie Howe will keep faith with his current squad of players and says he has no plans to strengthen ahead of the deadline for emergency loans. While clubs have until 5pm on Thursday to make any last-minute additions for the final
A CAMPAIGN to raise £250,000 to maintain the South West Coast Path has hit its target before the fundraising event has even taken place. The South West Coast Path Association (SWCPA) is hosting a Great South West Walk next month to mark its 40th
POLICE in the New Forest say they are becoming increasingly concerned for the welfare of a New Milton man. It is believed the last time Alex Child, 36, from Old Milton Road had contact with family or friends was when he left his mum’s address in
THE Purbeck Breezer bus service team is preparing for the tourist season. Despite the recent cold snap, staff at more bus are expecting lots of passengers on their popular service 50 open top route. More bus commercial manager Nikki Honer said
WAYS to protect Dorset’s coastline have been top of the agenda for a group of organisations at a two-day event in Christchurch. Dorset County Council, in partnership with Christchurch Borough Council, has organised Beachmasters, which is run by
A MAN was treated in hospital after being attacked with a knife in central Bournemouth. The incident happened at around 10.20pm on Monday night in the Horseshoe Common area of the town. The victim, a Bournemouth man aged in his 20s, was assaulted
LAST year was the worst for UK butterflies on record, according to Lulworth-based Butterfly Conservation. The Purbeck charity, the largest of its type in the world, says 52 out of 56 species monitored suffered declines during 2012. Head of
DORSET HealthCare is launching a new counter fraud and security management service called Secure. The 10-strong team aims to prevent money being lost from the NHS through fraud and theft, while also protecting the safety of staff and patients.
SEVERELY disabled Ramon Hansford, who dreams of experiencing a “normal” teenage lifestyle, is set to head off to Ibiza. AFC Bournemouth and the Ebony Robinson Foundation joined forces to help give 18-year-old Ramon, who has limited life expectancy
A 94-year-old man who died after crashing into a parked car died of natural causes, a post mortem examination revealed. Arthur Loader is believed to have suffered a heart attack before the collision in Kinson Road, Bournemouth at 4.45pm on Saturday
SOME of East Dorset's hidden secrets will be revealed in a colourful new guide. Anyone interested in finding out about places of interest and events in key market towns will discover all the information they need in the book, available from Wimborne
A retrospective application for change of use of a gym to a one-bed self contained holiday let at Hill View, 19B Guest Avenue has gone to appeal. Borough of Poole refused the development and applicant Pennyfields international’s appeal will be
EAST Dorset District Council is donating more than 100 legal books to be used by law students and legal professionals in Zambia. The chairman of the council, Cllr Lucy Clark, officially handed over seven boxes of books from the council offices
AFTER almost 50 years of working in a Wimborne school, a popular teaching assistant is taking her well-earned retirement. Ray Coleman has worked at Dumpton School for 46 years, starting as a junior matron when she left school as a teenager.
IT was a secret visit which aimed to show Britain’s wartime monarch the massive scale of the invasion that was about to be launched. King George VI made a hush-hush trip to the New Forest just days before the D-Day landings. The king sailed
A FORMULA 1 day which was forced to be cancelled due to bad weather earlier this month has been rescheduled. Wimborne's Business Improvement District (BID) team members, who organised the event, have now rearranged it for April 13 from 11am until
Marjorie Ryle is sure her father Percy Langridge is in the Malmesbury Park Dairies picture printed in the Remember When supplement of the Daily Echo on January 24. She knows he worked in a dairy for a while when she was a child and thinks the man
WIMBORNE traders won't let a gloomy forecast dampen their spirits this Easter with a special new event. Bunnies of all shapes and sizes have popped up in shops and homes along West Street just in time for the bank holiday break. The public
WAREHAM Boat Hire will be officially launching their new Wheelyboat on April 10, it has been announced. The brand new wheelchair accessible vessel, specially designed to provide disabled people with independent access to waterborne activities,
INTERNATIONAL triple jumper Trecia Smith showed youngsters at Christchurch Infant School how it’s done, when she took part in a sponsored sporting event. The Jamaican athlete, who trained with Olympic favourite Usain Bolt, paid a visit to the school
THE National Trust has renamed a Studland bird hide in honour of a Dorset conservationist who has given 44 years service to protecting the area’s wildlife. The former Woodland Bird Hide was rededicated the Rees Cox Bird Hide. Mr Cox spent 28
THE Lions Club of Christchurch is hosting regular car boot sales at Stanpit Recreation Ground on the second Sunday of the month. The next event takes place on April 14 and costs £5 per car or £8 per van or trailer. To find out more, call 0845 833
TV chef James Martin will be appearing in two cookery demonstrations at this year’s Christchurch Food and Wine Festival. The Saturday Kitchen host will be in the marquee in the car park behind the Regent Centre on Sunday May 12 at 11.30am and 3.30pm
PAPER ‘n’ Paint is the title of a free art exhibition being held in Christchurch. Local artists Brian and Pam Wadie are staging the “eclectic mix” of images produced on ceramics and fine art papers created by ceramic artist Pam and photographer
FRIENDS of soldier Warren Jackson, who died in a motorcycling accident on Dorset’s A31 in 2011, will complete a cycle ride in his honour this summer. Mr Jackson, known affectionately as Jacko, was a career soldier with almost 25 years service,
A YOUNG graduate is the first of a newly-funded apprenticeship scheme that is hoped will breathe new life into Purbeck’s traditional woodland skills. Fiona de Wert, aged 25, will spend the next three years training with coppice and green worker
A RECENT discovery in the grounds of Highcliffe Castle could help to determine more about the site’s garden history. Gardeners and volunteers clearing an overgrown area found a row of previously unrecorded garden edging tiles following a line about
POLICE are appealing for information after a number of cars were destroyed by paint in Sherborne last weekend. The incident took place sometime between 5pm on Saturday and 8.30am on Sunday at Newlands North Car Park. Those responsible targeted
The number of dogs killed by a mystery toxin in the New Forest has risen to 11. An investigation is continuing in a bid to discover the source of the poison, which has caused acute kidney failure in dogs that have been exercised at Latchmore Brook
A FUNERAL manager has helped to raise more than £10,000 for a number of children’s charities. Julian Hayley from Tapper Funeral Services joined hundreds of fantasy and science-fiction enthusiasts at a role-playing game convention. Julian, a
CIVIC chiefs say plans to transform Lymington’s famous seawater baths have been wrecked by the decision to make it a listed building. The Government has agreed to give it extra protection, sparking fears that proposals to carry out major improvements
A TEENAGER says she was knocked unconscious by a gatecrasher at her party. Sian Gallagher, 17, hosted a gathering at her house in Christchurch, but the night took a nasty turn after two uninvited teenagers turned up. She said one of the new
TWO traffic light cameras in Bournemouth have clocked a staggering 1,876 people jumping red lights in just five months. Enforcement action at Castle Lane East resulted in the shocking number of notices of intended prosecutions being issued between
A SPECIALIST clinic in Bournemouth is offering free treatment programmes to people living with obesity. The National Slimming Clinic, a member of the Obesity Management Association (OMA), is inviting local GPs to refer obese patients for the treatment
A child’s quad bike, worth about £400, was stolen from a home in Shaftesbury on Saturday morning last week. The treasured red bike, which has a large number five on the front and is covered in stickers, was taken from a field at the rear of a house
Ferry Way car park work has finished ahead of schedule. The car park at the end of the Sandbanks peninsula opened again on March 20 – in good time for the Easter weekend. It has been closed since January for partial resurfacing, maintenance work
LESS than a second separated the first and second placed runners in a Ferndown fundraiser, but in age terms they were 50 years apart. Jordan Fudge, 14, took the top slot in the 5km race in Ferndown Rotary’s charity run, with 64-year-old Brian Long
Unseasonably cold weather has delayed work on Poole Park tennis courts. The courts, which are being resurfaced and upgraded with an electronic entry system, were due to open for the Easter break, but the opening date is now unlikely to be before
Ashley Road Post Office will shut for renovations on April 5. The closure is part of a multi-million-pound nationwide Post Office counter upgrade. It is scheduled to reopen on April 15.
The town’s household recycling centre is closed for three days from today. The Westminster Road site reopens at 9am on Good Friday. Dorset County Council says the closure is to enable “essential maintenance”.
Police raided two homes and recovered a "substantial amount" of stolen property. The raids, on two homes in Shaftesbury last week, led to the seizure of televisions, computers and jewellery that police believe are stolen. Safer Neighbourhood
MORE of the IMAX roof is due to be removed today as demolition of the controversial building continues. And the next two days should see the road side section of the building and the atrium entrance dismantled. The demolition was originally
A MAN suffered head injuries after his car went out of control and landed on its roof. The accident happened at 9pm on Monday at the junction of Brickyard Lane, Corfe Mullen, and the A350, just south of the Roundhouse roundabout. The driver
A woman pedestrian who was transferred to Southampton hospital after a crash at a pelican crossing is being described as in a “critical but sedated” condition. The Bournemouth woman was hurt in a crash involving a Smart Car at the Cooper Dean Roundabout
KIND-hearted knitters have started a campaign to create handmade blankets for charity. The Big Blanket Campaign in Ringwood raises money and creates blankets for small local charities and good causes without any cost. The initiative takes place
A STUDENT claims to have seen a monkey on the loose in Dorchester. Terri Leigh Cox, 17, captured a photo of the mystery creature from her window in Fordington. She claims the ‘monkey’ scampered across Salisbury Fields and up a tree on Thursday
THERE is nothing quite like a story about cycling or cyclists to get letters pouring into the newsroom and posters on the website going into overdrive. Mike Anwyll was puzzled at the police reaction to the woman driver who mounted the pavement, crossed
I WOULD like to bring to the attention of readers a tragedy that occurred on Thursday March 27, 1941 which resulted in the biggest loss of life in one war time bombing incident in Poole. The 72nd anniversary of which is remembered next week.
IT is fair to say during this period of extreme austerity that local councils across the country are being faced with making very tough decisions on future provision of services as well as how to best protect the elderly and most vulnerable in society
AS the proprietor of Christchurch Traders pine furniture shop, at I feel it would only be fair to have my say on Thursday’s Daily Echo’s front page story regarding my decision to no longer allow tourists (who live further than 30 miles away) entry
REGARDING your review of the Anton and Erin show (March 21), I agree that it was a wonderful show but the person who you hardly mentioned was Lance Ellington, whose singing in my opinion was equal to any other performance. He is always brilliant on
SMOKING (Daily Echo March 13), Vikki and Tasha said they would be devastated if their child started smoking. Lead by example and stop smoking now, while your child is young enough to enjoy a fit and healthy mum who can take them out. Think
AS a dog owner myself I make the effort to clean up after Meg when she succumbs to a call of nature and place it in the next available bin. Over the last few weeks, visiting places such as Upton Country Park, Ham Common and Baiter Park, I found
SALE of alcohol in Bournemouth’s pubs and clubs could be restricted if new laws are adopted in the town. Licensees could be forced to stop selling booze at a certain time if Early Morning Restriction Orders (Emros) are introduced. Emros are
A NEW off-road cycle route is to be built from Burton School to the Grange School to improve access for cyclists. Pupils travelling from Burton Primary School to the Grange School in Christchurch will soon benefit from an off-road cycle route as
A MAN accused of murdering his flat mate at their Boscombe home hoped to “get away with murder”, a court heard on Monday. Simon Jones for the prosecution accused “squirming” Benjamin Henry Walter, 22, of lying about his involvement in an attack
A CYCLIST who was knocked over in a designated cycle lane has hit out at the punishment meted out to the driver. Mike Anwyll needed hospital treatment for cuts and bruises and his bike was a write-off after the accident on Gravel Hill. But
BUTTERFLIES colonies in Dorset were among those to suffer a 'catastrophic' year, according to a new study out today. The UK Butterfly Monitoring Scheme by the Dorset-based Butterfly Conservation and the Centre for Ecology and Hydrology blamed the
CHERRIES star Matt Ritchie carved his name in the Football League records books after being voted League One player of the year. Ritchie, who joined Cherries from Swindon in January, received the award at a gala ceremony at The Brewery in London
GLENN Howes admits he wants Poole Town’s season to be remembered for all the right reasons. Howes, who was last week forced to quit due to a serious knee injury, endured play-off heartbreak with the Dolphins last season. His former club Gosport
CHERRIES star Harry Arter edged a step closer to reaching his goal target for the season and then admitted his record could be better. Arter was on the scoresheet as Eddie Howe’s men maintained their promotion push with victory over League One
STRICKEN Glenn Howes has revealed how everyday life has been turned upside-down since his non-league playing career was ended by an X-rated horror tackle. The Poole Town midfielder sustained multiple injuries to his left leg when he was caught
HERO Dorset Fire and Rescue specialists dramatically scaled a 10-storey crane to rescue two men in Bournemouth town centre last night. Around six ambulances, five police cars and a van, a fire engine and a technical support vehicle attended a car
