PIRATES fans must be wondering if their luck will ever change. Under-strength Poole were well on their way to a crushing defeat at Lakeside when Przemyslaw Pawlicki was sent out on a damage limitation mission, taking the visitors’ second tactical
HOLT United seem set to complete a u-turn and remain in the Dorset Premier League next season after appointing Mike Rees as their new manager. The Bulls had informed the league that they intended to pull out following the departure of manager Phil
It’s been a very busy month for us as Members of Youth Parliament but more importantly as students; with the pressures of revision and exams, as we’re sure many of you are experiencing yourselves. As a result of this it has been a rather quiet
IT took a lost hat for Clifford to ask Margaret on a date. The pair, who both worked for British Rail, had already met at the now-defunct Wimborne railway station, and while Clifford was smitten at once, he couldn’t pluck up the courage to ask
TONIGHT a special tribute concert is being held for Nick Buckle, one of the best-known faces on the local live music scene. Nick, passed away in January and this special memorial gig at Mr Kyps in Poole is set to celebrate his musical passion. His
CELEBRITIES On Ice star Chico warmed up for his Bournemouth show by practising his moves on a packed beach. The X Factor favourite stunned sunbathers when he waded into the sea to attempt an ambitious Dirty Dancing-style lift with a line-up of
Take That’s cheeky chappy gave us a taste of these songs on his visit to the BIC last month. This is his fourth solo album, which he crafted at the bottom of his garden while on a year-long hiatus from the boyband. Now 41 and a dad-of-two,
RESIDENTS are being urged to get involved in an ambitious new project to create Dorset’s first urban Living Landscape. A series of public events is being held by Dorset Wildlife Trust and its partners where people can have their say and be a part
POOLE’s luxury yacht maker Sunseeker is on the verge of being sold to a Chinese property group for £300 million, it is understood. Daily Echo sources suggest that Dalian Wanda could seal the deal by the end of the month. Wang Jianlin, chairman
DORSET Police are searching for two missing women from the Bournemouth area. Pamela Rumbold, a 64-year-old from Boscombe, was last seen at around 4.45pm on Monday, June 3, and her family believe she may be staying in a hotel or guest house locally
A COMMUNITY choir that featured on national TV will host a mini-festival at a Boscombe landmark this summer. Members of the Wessex Chorus, which has raised thousands of pounds for local charities, have been chosen to stage Bournemouth’s Our Big
A MASSAGE parlour in Pokesdown alleged by police to be operating as a brothel has closed down. Rose Beauty and Body Shop was accused of attracting men seeking sexual services, leading local residents and business owners to fear for their safety
A broken down car, which was towing a caravan, caused tailbacks on the A35 this morning. Dorset Police were called to the A35, near Slepe, in between Bere Regis and the Baker’s Arms roundabout at 11.20am. Officers directed traffic until a recovery
TWO Dorset men were arrested by Ringwood police after they found a van abandoned in Burley Road, Bransgore, on Thursday afternoon, June 6. Plain clothes officers were on patrol when they found the white Iveco van abandoned and blocking the road
HEALTH organisations across Dorset have joined forces with the Daily Echo to invite you take part in The Big Ask – a unique survey which will help shape NHS services in the future. We are asking for your views on a whole range of NHS services, from
IF YOU want locally sourced, sustainable food in a great location then this is the right venue. Executive chef Matt Budden, left, has made changes to the this restaurant at the stunning West Cliff location that retains the wow factor and is aimed
‘A REAL gentleman’, who waited seven decades to receive recognition for serving on the perilous Arctic convoys, has died – just days before being presented with his medal. Eric Alley had seen his Arctic Star award before passing away peacefully
KENNETH Coulthwaite, known as Ken, died peacefully on May 3 at the Royal Bournemouth Hospital after a short illness. Born in Lancaster, Lancashire, on December 10, 1929, Ken joined the accounts department of Storey Brothers after leaving school
GLAMOROUS entrepreneur and much-loved wife, mother and grandmother, Patricia Mathews has died at the age of 92. Born in Stanpit, Christchurch, in 1920, Patricia, known to many as Pat, worked as a secretary in Bournemouth after leaving school.
THE winners of the Daily Echo-backed Blooming Beautiful Bournemouth have been announced. Following the voting process, which asked readers to choose their favourite business in Bournemouth’s coastal areas, the winner and two runners-up from the
TIME is running out for an East Dorset mum of three after she was refused a break-through cancer treatment that could prolong her life. Kathy Craven, who lives near Wimborne and has been fighting breast cancer for five years, has been denied treatment
POLICE have appealed for help in tracing burglars who fled the scene of a raid in a conspicuous van. They hope the offenders will be easy to spot in the colourful, sign-written van stolen as part of a burglary at Lansdowne Florists in Bournemouth
TOMMY Needs A Gun may be only just starting out as a band but they are aiming for a busy year ahead. In the last couple of months they made the Make It – Take It video with Bournemouth footballer Steve Fletcher, radio DJs and fellow musicians appearing
GALAHAD are set to enter the studio to record songs for new EPs. The long-serving prog-rockers, who released their eighth studio album last year, will get to work on either two or three EPs, which will be released between this autumn and spring
FEARNE’S long-awaited third album is now available on iTunes and Spotify. Songs on Postcards, which was nearly three years in the making, was funded by fans through Pledge Music and was made available to pledge customers only last month. The
A HOST of bands will be coming together for a special all-day event this Sunday in memory of a little girl who lost her life to a form of childhood cancer. The Litten Tree Festival will feature 12 hours of music from some of the area’s finest musical
As well as a new percheron foal, the family-run Dorset Heavy Horse Farm Park and Rescue Centre has welcomed lambs, piglets and ducklings – and even owner’s daughter Taya Street has just had a baby. She said: “Our mare Iona had a foal on Sunday
SUN worshippers shouldn't panic as the warm weather is set to reappear in time for the weekend following a morning of rain and thunderstorms in Bournemouth and Poole. Despite the Met Office issuing a yellow weather warning for rain until midnight
FLYING fans will get to enjoy the ‘Vulcan effect’ for longer than expected after it was announced this morning that the Bournemouth Air Festival favourite will stay in the air until the end of 2015. The world’s last flying Avro Vulcan, one of the
FOUR-piece band, Wolf Alice, from London, will be bringing their show to Sixty Million Postcards on Saturday. The group, which have been lauded by the likes of NME and Clash, they are a little loud, a little raucous, but lots of fun and it would
DURING her glamorous life, Hazel Charlton lovingly built a collection of furs, ballgowns and expensive jewellery during two decades touring the globe with her partner. Childless and wealthy, Mrs Charlton and rubber company director John Fishbein
JUSTINE BRYAN aged 40 of Anthony’s Avenue, Poole. Admitted causing unnecessary suffering to a shih tzu-type dog by failing to provide adequate veterinary care and attention for its skin condition. Community order made. The defendant to carry out unpaid
SIMON LEE BAUGH aged 43 of Stanfield Road, Bournemouth. Admitted damage to a front door belonging to Coral Bookmakers, Winton. Discharge conditionally for 12 months. To pay compensation of £220. To pay victim surcharge of £15. Costs of £85. JASON
Finally, the saga of Reece James’ killing is over, bar the sentencing which happens today. The four defendants were charged with (and denied) murder, but were found guilty of manslaughter. The response of the authorities in the wake of the
AS Bournemouth welcomes in the new mayor, I would like to thank the outgoing mayor Cllr Phillip Stanley-Watts for all the effort he has put in during his term. He surely must be the most featured mayor of Bournemouth ever in the Daily Echo.
In reply to the recent letters regarding beach hut use. I will agree some people do not use their huts as much as others. However what your readers are failing to understand is, we can’t be there every day! We all have lives to lead away from the
HAVING just read Elaine Attfield’s letter ‘Like jungle on our verges’ (Letters, June 4). I have only one short reply for her – please don’t be like that unless overgrown grass verges present a safety risk or conceal a focal attraction like a cultivated
OPINIONS clearly differ about the non trimming of grass verges. Many of us are equally critical of council authorities which make a practice of wantonly cropping and trimming wayside verges and waste spaces only in the interest of creating a lawn-like
HOW I agree with the comments from Elaine Attfield in Tuesday’s Echo. We moved to Ferndown two and a half years ago and were over the moon that the area was so smart for us and our many visitors, especially those from where we used to live in Chatham
Former BBC Radio 1 DJ Chris Denning has been arrested under Operation Yewtree, it has been revealed. The 72-year-old was questioned on Monday as part of the police inquiry set up after the Jimmy Savile scandal. Mr Denning, who lived in Poole
ANYONE who buys a new car from Westover’s Dacia, Fiat, Hyundai, Peugeot and Renault dealerships during June could win back half the value of the invoice price paid. The showrooms will give 50 per cent of the invoice price paid for the winning new
A POST-mortem examination is due to be carried out today on a body found at a Hampshire beauty spot. The body, which was that of a middle-aged woman, was spotted in the Lymington River near Brockenhurst by a man walking his dog on Wednesday morning
GET set for a foodie feast. Final plans for this year’s Bournemouth Food and Drink Festival can now be revealed. And festival organisers are promising an event to remember. For what started as a small three day trial last year, has now grown to
WITH summer finally here Car-Link of Bournemouth is selling this Mercedes CLK 350 AMG Sport Cabriolet at its Christchurch Road showroom. The car develops 273 BHP, which propels the car from 0-60 in 6.7 Seconds. The sublime V6 engine which is
Old Fashioned Cocktail (Makes 1) 1 sugar cube 4 drops Angostura bitters (these should be in the spirits aisle) 60ml rye whisky 10ml soda water Ice cubes 1 strip orange zest Place a sugar cube in a tumbler and sprinkle
THE one-millionth Jeep Wrangler JK model has just rolled off the assembly line at Chrysler Group’s Toledo, Ohio, Assembly Complex. Chrysler executives, plant employees, UAW representatives and supplier partners gathered at the end of the line to
DETECTIVES at Lyndhurst are appealing for anyone who can identify the man in this CCTV image at the time of an armed robbery. At about 3pm on Bank Holiday Monday, May 27, a man entered the Mace store at the Esso Garage in Sway Road, Brockenhurst
TERRIFIED golfers jumped for cover when a car crashed through a hedge and sped up the 18th fairway. Players at Bournemouth’s Queen’s Park were shocked to see the silver Ford Focus burst through from Queens Park West Drive and screech to a halt
ROUMELIA Lane in Boscombe has been plagued in recent years by a series of shocking crimes. Nick Verron, then 25, was stabbed in the head with a screwdriver in the lane 2009 and suffered horrific injuries. The business development manager was not
POLICE have carried out more than 175 drugs raids in Boscombe in the last year in response to the Roumelia Lane shooting. News of Reece James’ death last July was met with shock by the local community and Inspector Chris Weeks said he was keen
OK, let’s be honest, Ssangyong, even if it has been around for quite some years, isn’t going to be your first thought for a new 4x4. But fortune favours the brave – or at least the ones who like to look away from the mainstream – and often rewards
FOUR men have been found guilty of the manslaughter of a young father in Boscombe last year. Reece James, 21, was shot dead at point-blank range at a flat in Roumelia Lane after a planned burglary went awry. Kieron Wellington, 30, of Durley
FIRE crews from Cranborne, Wimborne and Ferndown were called to a blazing straw-filled barn in Wimborne St Giles at 4.50pm yesterday. Firefighters extinguished the fire by 6.15pm using two main jets and remained on the scene for several hours to
PROMOTER Matt Ford is confident Pirates will be able to call on Przemyslaw Pawlicki for tonight’s trip to Lakeside (8pm) following illness. Depleted Pirates, already without injured Tomas H Jonasson, were sweating on the availability of the 21-
PIRATES chief Matt Ford says his team have “a score to settle” at Lakeside tonight – but he expects few favours from the Hammers. Neil Vatcher’s men fought back from a 10-point deficit to complete a stunning recovery at Wimborne Road a month ago
CAPTAIN Ali Jaffer claims a bright start to the campaign has fuelled Lymington’s title ambitions ahead of tomorrow’s showdown with defending champions South Wilts. Lymo top the table after winning four of their opening five Southern Premier League
CAPTAIN Richard Morris hopes Bashley can cope without the “heartbeat” of their side after confirming wicketkeeper Dan Friedman will be sidelined for the next two weeks. The glovesman was forced to pull out of last week’s capitulation against Totton
A POST-mortem examination is due to be carried out today on a body found at a Hampshire beauty spot. The body, which was that of a middle-aged woman, was spotted in the Lymington River near Brockenhurst by a man walking his dog on Wednesday morning
