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  • AFC Bournemouth boss Howe: Play-offs will be difficult

    MANAGER Eddie Howe saw Cherries suffer an unexpected reverse at the hands of Sheffield Wednesday and then all but conceded defeat in the race for the Championship play-offs. Late goals from Leon Best and Chris Maguire earned the 10-man Owls a 4

  • Flat blaze drama in Bournemouth

    FIREFIGHTERS tackled a blaze at a property in Ridley Road, Winton on Friday afternoon. Two fire crews were called to the scene shortly before 3pm, after it was reported that a first floor window was blackened and smoke was coming from the building

  • Ringwood school to open doors for summer students

    A RINGWOOD school is set to open its doors again this summer to give local and foreign students a chance to shine in the arts. For the fourth year running, the Ringwood Waldorf School will become a summer school for 12 to 16-year-olds. From

  • Boss of pest control firm is handed Royal Warrant honour

    THE boss of a local pest controller has been appointed national president of the Royal Warrant Holders Association. Alec McQuin, MD of Ringwood-based Rokill, was handed the chain of office at the association’s AGM at St James Palace, in the association

  • Poole Pirates: Pawlicki withdraws as Pirates thump Swindon

    A THIRD injury of 2014 failed to overshadow Poole Pirates’ Elite League victory over Swindon at Wimborne Road in the first of a Good Friday double-header. Pirates triumphed 56-34 in the meeting that doubled as the first leg of the Elite Shield,

  • 'Matriarch' Mildred is 105

    A RETIRED headteacher and author from Bournemouth celebrated turning 105 surrounded by friends and family yesterday. Mildred Gillett, who was born in 1909 and grew up on Canford Road, was presented with a special cake at Nightingale Nursing Home

  • Lifeguards patrolling beaches over Easter

    LIFEGUARDS will be patrolling Dorset’s beaches over the bank holiday weekend. The RNLI is providing cover at Bournemouth East, Bournemouth West and Sandbanks for the remainder of the Easter holidays. The charity is also advising beachgoers

  • Common thieving cheats

    IF they are looking for work when they come out of prison, Nicola Rogers and her husband Bryan could be a poster couple for the Department for Work and Pensions. The pair stole £69,000 of taxpayers’ money by defrauding the benefits system, lounging

  • Kind tribute to members

    TWO of our long-serving members, Lionel Hiatt and Roy Sheppard, sadly passed away on consecutive days. By coincidence their obituary notices were printed side by side in the Echo. No doubt they would have appreciated that. JM WATCH, Honorary

  • Your plan is basic slavery

    There is a flaw in the argument advanced by Mike Aston (Working for dole). Leaving aside his choice that the work offered should be menial, if local councils were to make the savings he seeks they would have to terminate their existing arrangements

  • Show details of reserves

    I have noticed how regularly Councillor John Beesley replies to letters which ask questions of the council and its operations and indeed many of the letters do require answers and information to be given to the public. Councillor Beesley in his

  • Pylons worse than Navitus

    OVER the last few months, or years, there has been thousands of words printed in the Echo by local people voicing their protests about the wind farm that will be 10 miles off Bournemouth, of spoiling of the view, yet not one word in the protest about

  • Navitus wind farm pros and cons

    I write in response to the letter from Tony Hamilton (printed Echo April 11th) in which he states that I said the offshore wind farm is a red herring. What I actually said, and I quote: “Mr Unsworth writes at length in defence of the wind farm,

  • Meet the best young philosophers in Dorset and Hampshire

    ASPIRING Aristotles and pioneering Platos from Bournemouth have been crowned the best young philosophers in Dorset and Hampshire. A team of four boys from Harewood College outwitted 12 other teams from schools across the region at a philosophy

  • In The Dock: Swanage

    DANIEL NEVILLE LEGG aged 34 of Steer Road, Swanage. Pleaded not guilty but found guilty of assaulting a woman by beating at Leigh Road, Wimborne, on 22/12/2013. Committed to prison for six weeks suspended for 12 months. To carry out unpaid work for

  • In The Dock: Poole

    DANIEL KEITH REEKS aged 23 of South Road, Poole. Admitted criminal damage to a window to the value of £444. Conditional discharge of 12 months. To pay compensation of £444. To pay victim surcharge of £15. Costs £85. VLADEMIRO CALHO ROCAS aged 48

  • In The Dock: Blandford

    BARRY JOHN TOSTEVIN aged 23 of Goathland, Whitby, Yorkshire. Admitted criminal damage to a Volkswagen Transporter to the value of £1,015, at Cashmoor, Blandford. Also admitted criminal damage to a fence belonging to The Inn on The Chase. Conditional

  • In The Dock: Christchurch

    ROSS STEPHEN SMITH aged 28 of Stour Road, Christchurch. Admitted the theft of food and drink to the value of £5 from One Stop, Christchurch. Also admitted commission of a further offence whilst subject to order of conditional discharge for 12 months

  • In The Dock: Bournemouth

    ANTHONY JOHN BARRETT aged 48 of no fixed abode. Admitted failing to comply with a direction given by a police constable to leave the locality of Christchurch Road, Bournemouth, where his presence was likely to cause or contribute to alcohol-related

  • Bikers - stay safe on Dorset's roads, says top cop

    WITH the weather warming up, many bikers will be hoping to hit the road and enjoy life on two wheels. PC Chris Smith, Dorset’s BikeSafe co-ordinator, has put together a few tips to make sure that those bringing their bikes out of hibernation can

  • New Ibiza could be a hard ACT to follow

    IT’S not always a bad thing not to be firing on all cylinders, says SEAT as it aims for fast and frugal all in one. The new 1.4 TSI ACT engine in its Ibiza FR Edition has four cylinders, but if it only needs to use a couple of them to get along

  • Tested - Nissan Note

    IT’S a bit of a quiet one, the Nissan Note – it doesn’t seem to get many headlines and probably isn’t as well known as the Micra, Juke or Qashqai. But it slots nicely into the mini-MPV sector and does its job very well. I drove the Tekna, which

  • Police box Tardis pulls the crowds at Boscombe

    JUST a week after it was installed the Boscombe Police Box was still drawing in curious onlookers. The Tardis-like box was unveiled on Tuesday last week before a large crowd of local residents and Dr Who fans, many of whom had travelled long distances

  • Meldrum's verdict: AFC Bournemouth 2 Sheffield Wednesday 4

    IT was a piping hot day at the Deva Stadium in Chester five years ago to the day. You might remember it. The 2-0 win on the road went quite a long way to Cherries securing Football League survival in the face of a 17-point deduction that year.

  • Poole Town: Ekow's repeat is music to Killick's ears

    EKOW Elliott’s third match winner in six days fired Poole Town to within touching distance of the play-offs as title-chasing Chesham United were professionally put to the sword last night. Having struck the only goal at St Albans City and against

  • AFC Bournemouth: Gray keen to deal with Grabban danger

    SHEFFIELD Wednesday boss Stuart Gray has warned his players to be wary of the threat posed by Lewis Grabban when they visit Dean Court today. Grabban surpassed Luther Blissett’s second-tier goalscoring record on his way to 20 goals this term and

  • AFC Bournemouth: O'Kane predicts summer transfer firepower

    MIDFIELDER Eunan O’Kane believes Cherries’ late-season charge has provided boss Eddie Howe with added “ammunition” should he look to strengthen his squad this summer. Some 14 points off the play-offs at the end of February, Cherries are now in