POOLE Town were victims of a smash-and-grab raid at Tatnam as this afternoon’s 1-0 defeat to Cambridge City all but ended their play-off hopes. Despite dominating the first 45 minutes, Dolphins fell to Josh Beech’s sucker punch early in the second
AN elderly man sustained a broken hip after being attacked by a cyclist in Boscombe today. The incident, in which a 77-year-old Bournemouth pensioner was pushed to the floor by a male cyclist, happened outside the George Fry electrical store on the
PLANS for a new £6.8million junior school in Poole have been unveiled to the public. Named the Ocean Academy, which will be sponsored by the Aspiration Academies Trust (AAT), the school will be built on council-owned land on the former Fourways
PEOPLE of all ages are being encouraged to get creative this Easter to be in with the chance of winning one of £8,000-worth of prizes. The Bournemouth and Poole College Art Prize aims to encourage school children, college students and adults from
A TODDLER who trapped his head in a banister had to be released by a fire crew in Poole this morning. The fire brigade were called just before 11am to the incident on Alexandra Road, Upper Parktsone, after reports that a two-year-old boy had his
A BOSCOMBE man has appeared in court charged with the attempted murder of a Townsend man and several other offences. Ethan Stanley, of Hamilton Road, was not asked to make a plea when he appeared at Bournemouth Magistrates’ Court on Saturday to be formally
DETECTIVES in Bournemouth and East Dorset are issuing advice to members of the public after a number of elderly people have been targeted by distraction burglars. So far, Dorset Police have received reports of five similar offences across the Easter
BRAVE lifesavers have received awards for plucking surf ski racers to safety in rough seas and high winds. Jack Davey, 23, and 17-year-old Louis Bridet leapt into action when competitors got into difficulty during a race at Lulworth Cove last summer
EIGHTEEN months ago, Emma Hann couldn’t walk up a flight of stairs without getting out of breath. Now she’s signed up for a cross-county race after losing six stone in weight. The shift worker from Creekmoor in Poole, used to tip the scales at
TO paraphrase the parable of the Lost Sheep; there is joy to be had in the return of a lost work into the fold of musical discovery. Although C P E Bach’s 1784 version of the St John Passion may, arguably, not be regarded as a masterpiece, Kirill Karabits
A VINTAGE warehouse that generates up to 10 jobs and supplies about 225 different traders is under threat because it does not have the right planning permission. The owners of Molly’s Den have submitted a retrospective planning application for
“I can tell them you’re a respectable young journalist looking for a lady to share your interest in the theatre – and maybe more.” For my best efforts to steer the conversation to his shows in Bournemouth tonight and Salisbury tomorrow, we spend
A PAIR of teachers, inspired by a six-year-old boy who is preparing for a life-changing operation, will be competing in a gruelling 125mile canoe race this weekend. Brad Nash, who is head of year 10 at the Federation of Glenmoor and Winton Arts
DORSET Police have joined forces with the Urban Heaths Partnership to crack down on crime on the county’s heathland. Officers are working alongside the partner agencies, including Dorset Fire and Rescue Service and Dorset Wildlife Trust, to cut
From the riotous colours of the shelves of fabrics to the racks of practical accessories, The Little Sewing Company is an absolute haven for needleworkers everywhere. Some come from as far afield as Lymington and Wimborne to browse the shop, ask
Andy Briggs, head chef at The Stable, shares his recipe for a pizza with a big difference When most people think of ordering a pizza in a restaurant, they don’t usually think of looking at the dessert menu. At The Stable on Poole Quay, customers
WE have grown to accept the presence of foodbanks in our communities as a social and economic fact of life. But the most worrying things about the latest figures on foodbank use is that they represent just the tip of the iceberg of food poverty
WITHOUT even reading the article I immediately recognised the photograph of the boys fishing at the Hamworthy power station outlet. As a young lad I use to go there to fish. What was so amazing was that I used bicycle valve rubber as bait (probably
YOUR correspondent Christine Peters wrote a lovely letter about a particular annoying problem most of us have experienced sometime or other in letter (Echo, 14th April, ‘Cold calls are a nuisance’). Having mentioned she is a pensioner residing
WITH St Aldhelm’s Academy in Poole struggling with funding and academic progress the question has to be asked why is it Poole Council have stuck to a segregated education scheme, with highest quality grammar schools for a small minority, and for the
LISTENING to the recent debate on BBC television concerning UK’s future membership with the EU, I now find myself with this conclusion. One side says we should vote ‘No’ and the other says ‘Yes’. Yet on the same side as ‘Yes’, another proviso
THE Salvation Army here in Christchurch would like to thank all the people of Christchurch and the surrounding areas for their continued support to us over the past year. As you may be aware, as a registered charity, we rely totally on donations
AS per Mr Grant’s letter (Echo, 1st April), I also believe in European Union to a certain extent. However it has now become a vast bureaucracy, so expensive, and in so many things “out of touch” with ordinary citizens of Europe and the Nation State
A HUSBAND-and-wife benefit cheat couple who enjoyed lavish holidays and spending sprees were lucky not to have got longer jail sentences, an MP has claimed. “Shopaholic” Nicola Rogers was sentenced to 14 months in prison, while her husband Bryan
“All the world’s a stage...” begins one of Shakespeare’s many famous quotes. When visiting the delightful riverside town of Stratford-upon-Avon where the great Bard was raised it is easy to imagine how the playwright could form a view that the
There’s no excuse for kids to sit staring at screens in their free time, not when there’s a wealth of other fun ideas around come rain or shine. On top of the chocolate eggs many children have been enjoying a diet of TV and computer games this
Fashion possesses particular ways of interpreting itself into many different areas of our lives, influencing an array of things accomplished on a daily basis. For example, fashion can determine a mood, an emotion, an appearance, and certainly your
A man has been charged with attempted murder following a firearms incident on the Townsend estate in Bournemouth. The incident, which happened at a property in Jewell Road just after midnight on Wednesday, resulted in a man aged 48 being treated
A ROGUE trader who drove an elderly woman to a cash point to extort more than £1,000 to pay for unnecessary work has had his sentence for a previous offence reviewed. Danny Sherwood was found guilty of seven counts of fraud at Bournemouth Crown
THERE has been a “shocking” rise in the number of people using food banks – and those helping the needy in Dorset say the situation is getting worse. A report published by The Trussell Trust, which runs food banks across the country, said that
POLICE commissioners nationwide have been urged to join the campaign to stop a paedophile getting back pictures of his victim. Dorset’s PCC, Martyn Underhill has written to all the commissioners asking them to support legal and political moves.
A WOMAN died last week after falling from a flight of stairs during a cross-channel ferry crossing. And officials from the coroner’s office have taken the unusual step of asking any witnesses to come forward with information. The inquest into
