AN investigation has been launched after palm trees in Bournemouth’s award-winning Lower Gardens suffered fire damage. Firefighters from Westbourne were alerted at 11pm on Wednesday following reports that a palm tree had been set alight. A
On 28 July 2013, I had the amazing opportunity to take part in the annual sitting, where Members of Youth Parliament (MYPs) from all over the country come together to debate and discuss the issues that affect young people. We travelled up to Leeds
MANAGER Eddie Howe has confirmed that Cherries have rejected a bid from Swindon Town for striker Wes Thomas. Sources in Wiltshire claim the Robins tabled an offer in the region of £125,000 for the Cherries frontman. But speaking at his pre-match
BROADSTONE visitors need not worry about getting caught short thanks to a new scheme to improve access to loos in the town. The Community Toilet Scheme allows anyone to use the toilets in scheme members’ premises, whether they are a paying customer
A FORMER postman is planning to run the Bournemouth marathon after finally conquering his drug and gambling addictions. After spending more than two decades battling his demons, 44-year-old Gary Hilton has turned his life around and wants to boost
DO you recognise this man? Police want to speak to him in connection with a burglary which took place in Bournemouth town centre. Two watches, a Macbook Pro, an X-box, which had an Arsenal sticker on one side, and a controller were stolen from
A WOMAN was taken to hospital after falling into the road from her mobility scooter in Bournemouth, firefighters said. A crew from Redhill called an ambulance and closed Ensbury Park Road after she fell close to the junction with Wimborne Road
HEALTH organisations across Dorset have come together to take part in The Big Ask – a unique Echo-backed survey which will help shape NHS services in the future. This week we are looking at dementia... DEMENTIA is a degenerative condition of the
FOR the first time in 50 years a pair of marsh harriers is breeding in Poole Harbour and has produced young. The birds of prey, the largest of the harriers and once a common site flying over the harbour, are breeding in the reed beds around the
WIMBORNE residents left frustrated after a bus service was cut have welcomed news that a new company is taking on the route. More than 200 people signed a petition calling for bus services from Wimborne Road West, Leigh Road and surrounding local
A GROUP of young people have created a lasting monument for patients at a hospice in Poole to celebrate their lives. Fifteen teenagers, aged 15-17, worked together as part of their National Citizenship Scheme course, where, over the space of two
EDDIE Howe felt the furore surrounding Watford’s links with Udinese last season had overshadowed the “excellent job” carried out by boss Gianfranco Zola. Zola, appointed in July 2012, guided the Hornets to the Championship play-off final against
A PUB with a history of problems including under-age drinking and drug abuse has cleaned up its act, council chiefs were told. Police said the situation at Wellingtons in Osborne Road, New Milton, had improved since Peter Smith was replaced as
A BOURNEMOUTH legend is calling on Daily Echo readers to help a little girl with cerebral palsy. Parkstone youngster Skye Cowan, six, has been given the chance of a life-changing operation in America. But her desperate family have been left
PLANS to close a major road into Christchurch have been revised after complaints from residents and community leaders. The move to close Stony Lane in Burton this autumn led to concerns from outraged res-idents, members of Burton Parish Council
CHERRIES manager Eddie Howe admits he is relishing the chance to pit his wits twice in quick succession against much-fancied Watford. Howe’s men, who face the Hornets in the Championship at Vicarage Road on Saturday, have been handed a return trip
A BOURNEMOUTH cricket league chief is warning that Dorset’s premier ground could end up as a building site. Evening Cricket League secretary Warwick Rust said: “If Dean Park closes at the end of next year it will only be a matter of time before
RESIDENTS and business people have been giving their views on how to improve the Poole town gyratory system for cyclists and walkers. Borough of Poole has put forward two options to make changes to West Street and West Quay Road with cycleway,
DORSET will be leading the way in helping young children flourish after winning two scarce national early intervention places. Borough of Poole and Dorset County Council have both secured pioneering places on the Early Intervention Foundation –
POLICE have released a CCTV image after a conman tricked an elderly man out of cash in Christchurch. Officers have renewed their appeal for witnesses following the incident in the Purewell area on the morning of July 9. The CCTV image has just
THE official Bournemouth Air Festival brochure, sponsored by the Daily Echo, is now on sale. Priced at £6, which includes a £1 charity donation, a charity wristband and an access code to keep up to date with changes to the flying programme.
BRITAIN’S biggest national singing competition is coming to Bournemouth to find the greatest undiscovered talent to be crowned Best On The Mic 2013. The Open Mic UK auditions are expected to attract more than 12,000 talented hopefuls from a variety
THE legal costs of moving on travellers from unauthorised encampments in Poole this year has already reached more than £3,000. The Borough of Poole’s figure is for the expenses incurred over seven incursions on public land, including last week’
DORSET’S Police and Crime Commissioner has pledged to lobby the government for a change in the law as councils and police battle with traveller incursions in Dorset. Martyn Underhill, speaking ahead of a community forum in Christchurch yesterday
IN his first solo outing since 2006, Robbie Williams takes his massive Take The Crown Stadium Tour to Tallinn in Estonia on August 20. The show will be filmed live and beamed into cinemas across the continent that will include the Empire cinema
A TEACHING assistant who was named the best in the South West has said goodbye to her school. Hilda Beddard has been a TA at Sylvan First School in Parkstone for 16 years and was a volunteer for four years before that. She recently won the
YESTERDAY, we reported on the volunteers being recruited in Dorset to operate speed check devices. Today comes the news that Christchurch council wants volunteers to run the tourist information centre. And that comes on top of last year’s appeals
AN INQUEST has been opened and adjourned this 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. Kelly Jane Wood from Tollgate was pronounced dead at the scene of the crash, which
WE read regularly in the Echo that high streets are struggling. We therefore think it is very good that Poole council, at long last, is spending money on modernising Ashley Road. It is after all the largest shopping high street in Poole.
I NOTE the huge surplus that Bournemouth council derives from car parking charges in the town (Daily Echo, August 3) – £3.4million in the last full year – and would suggest that some of this money could be used to breathe a bit of life into the shopping
IT appears that Poole Council is not concerned at Poole Harbour Commissioners (PHC) determination to ruin, once and for all, our beautiful harbour by building an unnecessary giant 950 berth marina at Poole Town Quay. By permitting the alteration
EAGLE-eyed motorists driving into Bournemouth on the A338 this morning may have spotted the first stages of the Welcome to Bournemouth sign hoisted into place. The words “Welcome to” were put in place on Wednesday night as part of three nights
FIREFIGHTERS were called to Bournemouth's lower gardens on Wednesday night after a palm tree was set on fire. Two crews from Westbourne were called to the scene just before 11pm. They extinguished it using a hose reel jet. Dorset Police
BOURNEMOUTH LLOYD STEPHEN COATES aged 49 of St Catherine’s Road, Bournemouth. Convicted in absence of keeping a Renault on Darracott Road which was unlicensed. Fined £400. Excise back duty of £84.17. Costs of £90. DANIEL JOHN CRAIG aged 42 of Western
A MEMBER of the public was hit with a bottle as robbers carried out a raid on a Bournemouth shop last night. Two others - another member of the public and one offender - were also injured in the "traumatic" incident after raiders struck at Premier
CHERRIES manager Eddie Howe insists referees need to help protect Ryan Fraser as the diminutive winger battles the defensive bully boys. Howe lauded Fraser's durability and attitude in the face of some punishing treatment during Cherries' opening
POOLE MARC BEECHING aged 39 of Wroxham Road, Poole. Convicted in absence of keeping a Volkswagen on Serpentine Road having made a statement that the vehicle would not be used on a public road, the previous licence having expired. Fined £600. Excise
POOLE’S Steve Way believes he has found his favoured distance after becoming Britain’s fifth-fastest road runner over 100km – at his first attempt. Way, 39, completed the 62-mile stretch in Sunday’s Stockholm Ultra Marathon in six hours, 40 minutes
EUNAN O’Kane insists the prospect of facing big-name opposition in the League Cup holds no fears for Cherries. The talented midfielder fired Cherries to a 1-0 victory over south coast rivals Portsmouth in the first round at Dean Court on Tuesday
KATE Macgregor set her sights on Rio 2016 after recalling the “incredible” experience of making her Olympic debut on home waters. The 22-year-old was the youngest member of Team GB’s sailing squad when she lined up alongside sister Lucy Macgregor
