CHERRIES striker Wes Thomas is a transfer target for Swindon Town, according to reports in Wiltshire. The nomadic frontman last month stressed his desire for a fresh start at Dean Court after spending much of last season out on loan. Manager
BASHLEY have completed the signing of lively front-runner Jack Odam after the former AFC Totton youngster impressed during pre-season. On the striker's arrival, joint boss Stewart Kearn told the Daily Echo: “He is a good, lively player who has
DETERMINED skipper Tommy Elphick vowed to lead by example and fight hard to regain his place after missing Cherries’ Championship opener. Elphick admitted that sitting out Cherries’ curtain-raiser had come as a “massive blow” after boss Eddie Howe
A NATIONAL singing competition is bringing its search to find the UK’s best singer, duo, vocal group or rapper to Bournemouth. Open Mic UK is being brought by Future Music who are responsible for bringing such acts as Birdy, Lucy Spraggan and Jahmene
WHEREAS many 21-year-olds hope for instant fame on reality shows such as the X Factor or Britain’s Got Talent, Samantha Stevens from Verwood is hoping to go a different route. With a love of musicals and Julie Andrews as her idol, Samantha admits
RESIDENTS are celebrating after Slades Farm has become the latest Bournemouth park to receive a Green Flag Award. The accolade brings the resort’s Green Flag tally to 14, in recognition of the high standards, beauty and excellent facilities on
THE women’s health unit at the Royal Bournemouth Hospital closed last week, and its patients have been moved to the urology-gynaecology ward. The closure has been planned since the beginning of the year, when women’s health in-patients were temporarily
THE Bohemians re-enact the glory days of Queen at Wimborne’s Tivoli Theatre on August 23. Rob Combers, pictured, has an outrageous stage personality as Freddie Mercury, Christopher Gregory is Brian May, Wayne Bourne hammers the tubs like Roger
THE Christians, Hue And Cry and Go West will revisit their 1980s hits at the Pavilion Theatre on November 2. English pop duo Go West were formed in 1982 by lead vocalist Peter Cox and rhythm guitarist and back-up vocalist Richard Drummie. Winners
A CHRISTCHURCH-based company has folded with the loss of 119 jobs nationally. Mostyns Curtains Limited, which had been trading since 1950, went into administration last month. Although the company was restructured in September 2012, a statement
MUMS and dads in Dorset are being urged to protect themselves better against the sun after a survey revealed they set a poor example to their children. The warning comes from Cancer Research and Nivea Sun, after research showed 40 per cent of UK
TRAFFIC in Ashley Cross is heavy after a car crashed into a traffic light and knocked it over on the junction of Commercial Road and Station Road. Two ambulance cars and one police vehicle have attended the scene of the incident which occurred
A NEW children’s charity based in Boscombe is looking for more young people to help from within the county. The Dorset Children’s Foundation, based on Christchurch Road, started up in March 2013, by husband and wife team, Patsy and Scott Hallmey
POLICE are hunting a masked man who attacked a terrified householder during a burglary on Monday night. The incident happened at around 9.45pm at an address along Christchurch Road in Boscombe when a man, wearing thick white tights over his face
A BID to save the Christchurch Museum of Electricity received a welcome boost. The Mission Ignition group, launched to re-invent the beloved museum as a science and engin-eering discovery centre, were delighted by the support shown to them at the
IT was initially known as the Cheddington Mail Van Raid – but before long, it had acquired the more dramatic title of the Great Train Robbery. In the early hours of August 8 1963, 15 men held up a mail train carrying a large quantity of cash between
A DISABLED busker on a life-changing journey has hit out after being the victim of a tirade of abuse caught on camera. Officers investigated death threats made to Alexandria Adamson, who is about to undergo a sex change and suffers from cerebral
Are you sitting on hidden treasure worth £10,000s? This isn’t about a forgotten lottery ticket stuck to your fridge or a sepia map in the attic to Long John Silver’s hoard. It’s a more mundane, but far larger – there's £15 billion sitting in lost bank
CROCKED keeper Kenny Vaughan manfully managed 90 minutes with two broken ribs but could not prevent 10-man Poppies’ 6-0 pummelling at Bemerton. Stricken stopper Vaughan was thrown into action by his own father – Bournemouth boss Ken – after deputy
VEHICLES in Bournemouth and Christchurch were targeted by thieves early on Wednesday morning. Police were called to Douglas Road in Bournemouth after reports of two people – a man and a woman – acting suspiciously in the area. The informant
A HAPPY couple have made history by being the first to say “I do” at Camp Bestival in West Lulworth. Elizabeth and Patrick Convery’s wedding ceremony took place at 3.30pm on Saturday in the Courtyard Ceremony Room at Lulworth Castle. The beaming
A KEY report on the proposed merger of the Royal Bournemouth and Poole hospital trusts has been delayed for eight weeks. The Competition Commission announced on Monday that the report would not be published on August 26 as originally intended,
The BIC's Windsor Hall has been transformed into an underwater kingdom, with a coral palace and a host of colourful creatures for its spectacular new show, Aquaria (August 6-24). Aquaria is the goddess of the deep, who has invited the four elements
ACTOR Stephen Fry has written a letter to David Cameron, Seb Coe and the IOC, adding his voice to growing calls for a boycott of the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics. Campaigners say recent anti-gay legislation passed by the Russian government means
TOURIST information centres in Christchurch and East Dorset will no longer be council-run as part of ongoing cost-cutting measures. The Christchurch and East Dorset Partnership announced today they are reviewing the way it provides tourism information
Britain's Prince George has been offered a role on 'Coronation Street'. The royal baby - who was born on July 22 - is being lined up for a brief appearance on the family-favourite soap alongside his parents Prince William and Duchess Catherine,
Kelly Osbourne's mother once put her in a padded cell to cure her drug habit. The 28-year-old star is grateful for Sharon Osbourne's determination to help her get clean as an unruly teenager, claiming the 'X Factor' UK judge even had her locked
Chloe Moretz has been offered a part in 'Hollyoaks'. The 'Kick-Ass' star recently announced on Scott Mills' Radio 1 show she's become an avid viewer of the long-running British soap while filming for her upcoming superhero movie 'Kick-Ass 2', and
SEND a text and change a little girl’s life. That’s the message to Daily Echo readers from the dad of a six-year-old girl with cerebral palsy who has just weeks to raise £31,000. Skye Cowan, of Parkstone, has been accepted for an operation
ASK people whether traffic goes too fast in their road and a high percentage will say “yes”. Yet many of those same people drive too fast in someone else’s street, town or village. So will the growth of Community Speed Watch groups – consisting
I AM writing to complain about the state of the roads in Kinson. There is dirt and debris in the gutters at least a foot into the road in places. The pavements too are pretty filthy. Where the buses stop in Millhams Road there is a hole at least
YOU may have read in Saturday’s Echo about the two Matts’ cycle tour of Europe in aid of The Mustard Seed Communities Charity. I have had many people ask me about how they can follow the boys’ progress and donate money. All you have to do is
JIM O’Brien’s letter (August 2) highlights one of the contributing causes to the weed problem in Poole Park Lake. The fact of the matter is that it is caused by the process of eutrophication. The activity of organisms in the mud are releasing nutrients
YET again Dorset County Council have shown that common sense is not one of their attributes by scheduling nine days of non-urgent road works at the Bakers Arms roundabout on the A35, to commence on the August 12 at the height of the peak summer holiday
I KNOW there are some selfish people out there, but Saturday July 27 at 11.30pm in the Charminster/Winton area was taking the biscuit. Somebody was having fireworks. Now is that selfish or what? Not only are they waking people up, they are scaring
I WAS intrigued by Poole’s Sports Day that was held on Sunday July 28 in Poole Park. It was fantastic. Being disabled makes it a lot more difficult to find teams in the Dorset area, let alone Poole. But today I found Dan Cook and his wheelchair
A MOTORWAY in Hampshire will be shut this week for resurfacing work. Two sections of the M271 will be closed overnight tomorrow and Friday for the work to take place. Motorists travelling on the motorway, which is a major route into Southampton
POLICE are searching for an elderly motorist who drove the wrong way up a dual carriageway in North Dorset. A small silver car driving the wrong way along the A30 near Horsecastles Lane in Sherborne on Saturday lunchtime forced a woman driving
AN INQUEST is to be opened at Bournemouth tomorrow morning into the death of a 29-year-old Wool woman who died when her car hit a tree near Monkey World at the weekend. The woman, who has not yet been officially identified but was named locally
THE deal to build a multi-million pound leisure complex next to Bournemouth’s Pavilion Theatre could end up costing Bournemouth taxpayers hundreds of millions of pounds, it is claimed.
RUBBISH was found strewn across playing fields and gardens after travellers moved on to another site in Poole. Residents found horse manure on their front lawns and rubbish including nappies in their back gardens after the group of caravans left
CRASH, smash, bang, wallop! The eight performers that made up the cast of STOMP were loud and brimming with enthusiasm and energy during the opening evening of their five-night stop in Bournemouth. As each cast member's feet tapped faster and faster
THE occupants of a house in Gillingham had a lucky escape when a fire started in a bedroom on Tuesday night. Firefighters were called to Jay Walk at 11.32pm. A spokesman said that the fire was caused by smoking materials setting light to the
BOSS Michael Cuffie admits Christchurch face an unknown quantity in newly-promoted Whitchurch United - but backed his own boys to be the season's surprise package. Priory will look to avoid a sticky start to their Wessex Premier campaign against
THE Section Three title race could be heading for a photo finish after all three top teams recorded victories. Knyveton Gardens racked up a full 14 points after their 82-64 home win over Argyll. Prize-winners for the Gardeners were Biddy Parkinson
WINTON’S last-ditch victory at Shillingstone saw Sam Wynn’s side leapfrog their rivals to take fourth spot in the Division One standings. The visitors surpassed their target of 239 for eight with just one ball to spare at the Recreation Ground
EDDIE Howe celebrated his first League Cup win as AFC Bournemouth boss and then admitted his squad rotation had given him plenty of food for thought. Howe made no fewer than seven changes to his starting line-up as Cherries comfortably saw off
