A REVIVED Birmingham will face Poole at Perry Barr tomorrow as the Brummies aim to arrest a disappointing run of results. That is the opinion of Pirates chief Matt Ford, who insists his riders will take nothing for granted when they clash with
CAMPAIGNERS opposed to swingeing government cuts and the privatisation of public services demonstrated outside Poole Civic Centre this evening. Around 20 Bournemouth & Poole Anti-Cuts Coalition members, who think Borough of Poole could be reducing
POLICE want to speak to this man in connection with a series of thefts from lockers in changing rooms at the Careys Manor Hotel in the New Forest. The thefts occurred on April 10 shortly before 11am. Debit and credit cards were stolen from lockers
A DELAYED retirement party has taken place for Borough of Poole chief executive John McBride, who officially left the council at the end of March. His party was delayed by ‘a nasty bout of food poisoning’, but took place at the Civic Centre on
FIVE young people were injured, two seriously, in a horror crash near Bovington when a car flipped over on its side. Those hurt included the 19-year-old female driver who broke her arm and had to be cut out of the car to avoid the risk of further
A SHOP in Westbourne is in the running for a national award that recognises the best homeware and gift retailers. Scape Interiors West Ltd, a family-run business in Westbourne’s Arcade, is a finalist in the Best Lifestyle, Homewares and Gifts Retailer
CAKES, cooking demos and circus workshops will make up some of the events on offer at this year’s Christchurch Food Festival. The foodie extravaganza will take place over the weekend of May 10 and 11, with the Kings Arms in Christchurch hosting
SHE’S willing to throw herself out of a plane and go through an arduous run to fund the trip of a lifetime. Maddi Tonks, 17, from Verwood, is joining a group from Oakmead Academy in Bournemouth on the trip to Kigali, Rwanda, in October. Maddi
A SHOPPER alerted police after spotting what appeared to be drug dealing in a Dorset town centre in broad daylight, a court heard. Sam Johnson, 21, of Willowdene Close, New Milton, pleaded guilty to possession of cannabis, supplying cocaine and
JUNIOR school youngsters have been helping to plant “vibrant” wildflower meadows at Poole’s Hamworthy Park. Ten members of Hamworthy Park Junior School’s Year 5 and 6 joined forces with The Friends of Hamworthy Park to prepare the areas, which
HE left school with no qualifications or prospects – but businessman Stuart Wischhusen has just relocated to California after his company’s profits grew 6,000-fold. And he says he owes it to a course, advertised in the Echo, which taught him how
A LAW firm is offering six deserving women the chance to take part in an award-winning career and personal development programme. Wimborne-based Harold G Walker says the initiative will give six local women – whether currently employed or not –
AN appeal has been lodged against a decision to refuse permission for a revised Christchurch supermarket scheme. Developers Brookhouse have appealed against Christchurch council’s refusal to approve their revised plans for the food store at Meteor
COMEDIAN Omid Djalili is back on tour with a spring date at the Tivoli Theatre in Wimborne on April 28. The five-time comedy award winner (including the EMMA Award and Time Out Award – for Best Stand Up) is best known for his endless energy, his
A DISABLED man from Poole said he is ‘over the moon’ after Poole Housing Partnership (PHP) agreed to reinstate a parking space for blue badge holders outside his home. As reported in the Daily Echo last month, Darin Ball, who has type one diabetes
LAST week, we held our quarterly Bank of England briefing, kindly hosted by Bournemouth Airport. This unique event for DCCI patrons and council members provides an interactive platform for Bank of England agents to both give their perspective on
“IMMEDIATE improvement” is needed at a Bournemouth care home, a Care Quality Commission (CQC) report has revealed. New clients will not be accepted at Windsor Court Nursing Home until changes are made after a damning inspection of the Bodorgan
A DISTRAUGHT couple are appealing for help from shoppers in Christchurch after a treasured wedding ring was lost in the town. John Smith, from Tuckton, went to the High Street on Good Friday morning, parking outside Kelly’s Kitchen and walking
AN INSURANCE specialist has played a key part in an industry-wide campaign to find bright recruits through a new apprenticeship scheme. The idea was originally devised by Susan Reeves, human resources director for Poole-based Alan and Thomas Insurance
THERE was a festival atmosphere at an Alice in Wonderland-themed event in the centre of Boscombe at the weekend. With the help of the Coastal Business Improvement District (BID), the Sovereign shopping centre played host to a three-day event, which
A DEMONSTRATION against cuts to care budgets will be held outside Poole Civic Centre this evening. Members of the Bournemouth and Poole Anti-Cuts Coalition will be gathering outside the centre from 6pm, ahead of he full council meeting, which starts
IT looks like the saga of the Winter Gardens site is about to get going once more tomorrow. Plans to build a hotel, apartment and leisure complex have come and gone – and the most recent ones to be turned down are at appeal in June. Tomorrow
THE EU has become notorious for wasting taxpayers’ money and seeking to influence countries beyond its immediate political control. One of the latest examples is 2.5 billion Euros to prop up South American countries including Argentina, better
PUBLIC houses being boarded up or pulled down is met with little more than a murmur nowadays. Camra, a lone voice, inform us that since January 2012, 208 pubs have been converted into supermarkets, and that current pub closures are running between
I WOULD like to take this opportunity to thank those kind individuals who helped me when I collapsed in Sopers Lane on Saturday, April 12. I would particularly like to thank the couple who came to my aid, summoned an ambulance, and stayed with
It is very thought-provoking that the recent worldwide tragedies and loss of life have been mostly caused by water. Be that via disasters with air or sea travel, storms, tsunamis, flash-flooding and landslides, even global warming and melting ice
THE fact that Mr Cole (Letters, April 18) compares the visual threat of the Navitus industrial development with electricity pylons shows how inadequate the ‘consultation’ process has been. The very tallest pylons in the UK are barely a quarter
I REFER to the article ‘Heathland crime crackdown begins to prevent arson, theft and damage’ (Echo, April 17). When we, the Friends of Kinson Common formed 15 years ago, arson was an almost daily event on site. Our small heathland areas were
A MOTHER and baby were rescued by firefighters after a fire broke out in their home this morning. At just before 7am fire crews scrambled to the property in Shaftesbury and had force their way into the building. The mother and her two-year-old
IT was flowers, bunnies and eggs galore at this year’s Variety Easter Bonnet competition. The event, held at Key West restaurant on Bournemouth Pier yesterday, has been running for the last few years in a bid to raise awareness of the charity,
McFLy, Busted - Busted, McFly. If I'm honest, I was never particularly good at working out which noughtie guitar band was which. And that's why the birth of McBusted is such a genius idea. You get cute little Tom Fletcher AND crazy Matt Willis.
It’s a game for the children among us, yes, but surely even smaller gamers deserve better than the appallingly stilted, horrifically acted opening scene. Thankfully that’s where the live action stops, but not, sadly, the instructional I-am-reading-from-a-script-completely-devoid-of-emotional-involvement
TWO men were treated for smoke inhalation after a mattress caught light in a Poole home. Fire crews from Redhill and Poole were called at 7.18pm on Monday to Roberts Road, Waterloo, and found that the occupier had removed the mattress from the
TEENAGERS at a Poole academy could be putting in an extra four hours of study if proposals to extend the working day are approved. Magna Academy Poole at Canford Heath is currently consulting parents about extending the school day until 4.30pm
NEW proposals for Bournemouth’s Winter Gardens site will be unveiled to councillors tomorrow. Representatives from developer Inland Homes will appear before the council’s planning board to make a 10-minute presentation before they submit a new
A LIMITED edition print of Hengistbury Head is being raffled off to support the campaign to save the land train. The framed print was donated by artist Wendy Brown. She said she wanted to show her support for the train service that has run
BOSCOMBE residents and business owners yesterday reacted with disgust to the news that a pensioner was assaulted by a cyclist on Saturday morning. As reported in the Daily Echo, the 77-year-old Bournemouth man suffered a broken hip when he was
RESIDENTS of a quiet Poole road were left in shock after the body of a woman was discovered in a house. Police and ambulance crews were called to the address in Cooke Road at around 9am on Easter Sunday. The body, believed to be a local woman
Beginner? Well alright, if you say so. New Fifa titles have a nifty habit of rummaging through the data saved by older versions and taking an educated guess at a suitable difficulty level. World Cup Brazil's recommendation here hinted that perhaps
After the horribly short episode two, A Crooked Mile is, thankfully, padded out for a little more 18-rated juice. And the Big Bad Wolf shows his true colours and gets his beans big time at the hands of his adversaries. It's a far more satisfying
