MANAGER Eddie Howe admits Cherries have been handed a “tough task” in their bid to write a new chapter in the Dean Court record books. But Howe also says Cherries are relishing the prospect of pitting their wits against Championship rivals Cardiff
PIRATES chief Matt Ford has hinted that Friday night racing could be on the cards at Wimborne Road following this evening’s postponed fixture against Eastbourne. A waterlogged track saw the Elite League meeting rained off before it had even started
THERE'S plenty to see and do at the Bournemouth Air Festival and four days to see it all. But, if you're only going for one day, we've picked just a few of the things you don't want to miss. And, if you've never been before, these are some
DELAYS are expected tomorrow and Friday as two wide loads are transported from Poole to Southampton. The 5.2m wide coolers will be escorted by police from the Holton Heath Trading Park at 10am tomorrow and the same time the following day along
SPARKLING costumes and sensational choreography are at the heart of a new show featuring two of Strictly Come Dancing’s favourite dancers. Anton Du Beke and Erin Boag are returning to Bournemouth with a new show called That’s Entertainment taking to
DETECTIVES in Bournemouth are hunting a man who exposed himself to a teenage girl. During the incident, which took place between noon and 12.18pm last Saturday, August 23, the 15-year-old was flashed as she walked through recreation land between Harewood
ANYONE wanting to see Shakespeare live on stage from the Bard’s birthplace can see it in cinemas in the south next month. The Royal Shakespeare Company’s production of the comedy Two Gentlemen of Verona will be filmed from Stratford-upon-Avon.
A MAN who confessed to downloading indecent images of children as part of a failed suicide bid has been sentenced to a community order. Sean Robinson admitted possessing 12 photographs depicting the abuse of children in a note left to his family
CHILDREN’S centres in Poole still have work to do to provide a good service for families, despite making headway since the last damming Ofsted inspection. The 2013 inspection judged the Rossmore and Branksome centres ‘inadequate’, in a report which
MOTORISTS are being warned of long delays at a major junction next month. Temporary traffic lights will be used at Parley Cross in Ferndown while a damaged traffic light controller is replaced. Dorset County Council is carrying out the emergency
A BRANKSOME woman who a fortune-teller predicted would live to become a centenarian celebrated her 105th birthday. Joyce Bevir, who lives at Park Manor Residential Home, on St Aldhelm’s Road, enjoyed a chocolate birthday cake with the fellow residents
It’s difficult to know whether the developers recruited family members for the voiceovers here or if its hired professionals were directed to sound unfeasibly wooden. The script is horrible enough without this hilarious delivery. Our hero sounds
THE General Manager of The Winchester pub was one of two people to suffer horrific injuries in a terrifying hit-and-run incident. Mark Berry, 51 needed 30 stitches to his face, internal stitches, suffered a fractured wrist and injuries to his chin
Mrs Meryol Norris, of Sturminster Marshall, would like to return this charming First World War autograph book to the relatives of the owner. “The book was found by my husband at a property when he was an estate agent in Canford Cliffs,” said Mrs
For the first time, we’re running a phone-only photo competition with a prize for every day of the Bournemouth Air Festival – and thanks to local iPhone app Postsnap we’ve got some great prizes to win. Every day we’ll choose our favourite from
AFC Bournemouth’s Simon Francis has been announced as Player Ambassador for an infection prevention schools project with Nuffield Health Hospital Bournemouth. The new Bug Busters initiative will see the right-back, who signed a new three year contract
Bournemouth Daily Echo Editor Toby Granville was nominated for the ice bucket challenge by his friend Caroline Fogerty - so today we gave him a good soaking. He's nominated council leaders John Beesley, Elaine Atkinson and Ray Nottage.
A former musician has won a prestigious award for his work on BBC series Sherlock. Doug Sinclair and his colleagues at Bang Post Production faced off against the technical staff of big-budget American shows to bring home the Emmy for outstanding
MATTHEW SEAN AMBRIDGE aged 30 of Hillside Drive, Christchurch. Admitted driving a Ford Focus, Reg No DF63 ZTW at Bargates, Christchurch with 77 microgrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath. Fined £110. To pay victim surcharge of £20. Costs
DAVID BEARDMORE aged 59 of no fixed abode. Admitted being drunk and disorderly at Poole Quay . Discharged for six months. To pay victim surcharge of £15. Also admits the theft of four sandwiches to the value of £8.80 belonging to Tesco Express at Dolphin
TOMASZ BIS aged 23 of Church Road, Crystal Palace, London. Admitted assaulting a person by beating him at Old Christchurch Road, Bournemouth on 03/08/2014. Fined £200. To pay compensation of £300. To pay victim surcharge of £20. Costs £85. DAWID
BRODIE LEWIS HARRISON FEW aged 26 of Barnes Crescent, Wimborne. Admitted using threatening/abusive or insulting words and behaviour with intent to cause that person to believe that immediate unlawful violence would be used against them. Conditional
LLOYD JOSEPH MCGRATH aged 41 of Crane Drive, Verwood. Admitted driving a Fiat Bravo at Cranborne Road with 94 microgrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath. Community order made. The defendant required to carry out unpaid work for 80 hours within
JANUSZ STANISLAW ELWART aged 66 of Wollaton Road, Ferndown. Admitted driving a Citroen Picasso at Barrack Road, Christchurch with 91 milligrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of blood. Fined £200. To pay victim surcharge of £20. Costs of £85. Disqualified
A 67-YEAR-OLD woman has been told to remove her pop-up gazebo from a communal garden or risk being evicted from her home. Joan Bourne, who lives in a Bournemouth Housing Society for the Elderly (BHSE) flat in Southbourne, bought the gazebo so she
A PUBLIC consultation into the preferred sites for future development in Swanage has revealed “no clear consensus” for where new homes should be built, says Purbeck District Council. Feedback during the recent Swanage Local Plan is being analysed
A BOURNEMOUTH couple are today celebrating their 80th wedding anniversary - and said if they knew the secret to a long and happy marriage they would 'bottle it and sell it'. Devoted Maurice Kaye, 102, and wife Helen, 101, are one of just two known
A FAMILY business behind some of the best-known buildings in the area has shared its fascinating collection of pictures. The Drewitt Group can trace its history to 1877 and spent much of the 20th century working on landmark projects around Bournemouth
From the start of the Great War German U-Boats caused a serious problem for the Allies, destroying about half of all the food and supplies transported by British ships. Within the first ten weeks of the conflict they had already sunk five British
A TEENAGER is organising a skate jam dedicated to improving facilities in Upton. Alex Stanzel, a Bournemouth and Poole College student, wants to raise funds for the town’s ramp, located in Lytchett Way. And after months of planning, Upton Mini
A NEW report has shown that 70 per cent of pregnant women are failing to achieve the recommended 30-minutes of exercise five days a week. But joining a gym can be daunting prospect for expectant mums who’ve never exercised before. Health experts
HIT-and-run seemed to be the flavour of the weekend. In Bournemouth, in the early hours of Sunday, a car repeatedly hit pedestrians and the driver then sped off from the scene abandoning the vehicle on the East Overcliff. Two people needed hospital
I SHOULD like to use this page to express the gratitude of my husband and myself to all who helped in his removal to Poole hospital recently. It was no mean feat to bring him downstairs as he was quite helpless. I would commend the fire brigade
MANY letters have appeared in the Echo over the years questioning the whole political make-up of councils. Most recently there was one from Mr Atkins (Echo, August 16) over the failure of councillors to oppose closure of toilets in Parkstone.
WE read a lot about the malfunctioning of the Twin Sails Bridge in Poole. It is no wonder when even the advisory signs are confusing to say the least. As a motorist the sign saying ‘bridge closed’ could mean it is actually open to allow vessels
I am rather surprised that no one in authority saw the recent article in the Sunday Times concerning how a town in Europe has solved the problem of a traveller invasion. They should be welcomed by the use of a very large, powerful PA/tannoy system
I agree with Ken Cole (‘No road tax for Travellers’, August 18) about how travellers seem to be above the Law. But if he asks why then I’m sure he will be told that it’s just not worth the time or effort and I find that totally unacceptable.
IN response to A G Ruffhead (Echo, letters) can I say that there was a lot work and petitions to try to keep the last bank in Highcliffe open. We had write-ups in the Bournemouth Echo and the Daily Telegraph. I have a collection of approximately
POLICE have arrested one person after raiding a house in Charminster this morning. A spokesman from Dorset Police said officers executed a warrant at a property in Fitzharris Avenue and arrested one person at the scene. Witnesses reported seeing
HEAVY rain and muddy conditions caused delays for hundreds trying to access the site of the Great Dorset Steam Fair. Many people - either exhibitors or pre-booked campers - who were delayed trying to access the site on Tuesday chose to sleep in
TROUBLED footballer Paul Gascoigne is back at his Sandbanks flat after five days in Poole Hospital. The 47-year-old, who has a long history of problems with alcohol, was found slumped outside his home on Thursday August 21. Looking pale and
LOW WATER TOMORROW Bournemouth 0553 (0.6m) 1807 (0.8m) Christchurch 0618 (0.5m) 1848 (0.6m) Lymington 0634 (0.7m) 1846 (0.9m) Poole 0606 (0.6m) 1821 (0.8m) Swanage 0541 (0.7m) 1758 (0.9m) Wareham 0803 (0.9m) 2016 (1m) HIGH WATER TOMORROW Bournemouth
A HUNT is on for a hit-and-run driver and a passenger who fled the scene of a crash in Wales which left two Dorset pensioners seriously injured. A 79-year-old man and a 71-year-old woman, both from Poole, along with a 63-year-old man from Newport
IT'S a classic case of like father, like son with Daniel Tomberry qualifying for the national stages of the Bowls England singles championship alongside dad Mark. This family feat is unique in Dorset bowls history and means both Alexandra Park
POLICE are hunting raiders who fled with thousands of pounds worth of cigarettes from a Bournemouth convenience store. They broke into Boscombe East News, Food and Wine in the early hours of Saturday morning, causing damage and stealing cigarettes
HAMWORTHY Recreation blew a two-goal lead and their 100 per cent record as reigning champions Portland United fought back with a 3-2 victory on Saturday. Rec's Luke Stone, the Dorset Premier League's 40-goal top scorer last season, took to five
THE last flying Vulcan will make a popular return to the Bournemouth Air Festival this year following a £400,000 wing modification funded by supporters. The iconic all-British jet took off for the first time in early June following a painstaking
ARSON cannot be ruled out as the cause of a blaze that destroyed a £1.4 million house in Poole at the weekend, firefighters say. Investigations continue at the detached property in affluent Branksome Park, following the drama that unfolded in the
TWO young men were found dead in separate Bournemouth car parks within the space of a week. The body of 21-year-old David Atkinson was discovered at a private car park behind the Dalkeith Arcade on the morning of Thursday, August 21. It has
CHERRIES assistant manager Jason Tindall delivers his post-match verdict following tonight's consummate 3-0 win over Northampton Town in the League Cup. Tindall talks professionalism, the qualities of Dan Gosling and Cherries' wish list for tomorrow's
POOLE Pirates promoter Matt Ford wants world speedway chiefs to show leniency and avoid banning skipper Darcy Ward before tomorrow's team declaration deadline. Ward's fate remains in the balance after a failed alcohol test resulted in his exclusion
CHERRIES eased into the third round of the League Cup for the first time in 10 years after finally breaking their Northampton Town jinx in a 3-0 win at Dean Court tonight. Eddie Howe’s men made light work of seeing off the League Two outfit who
