POLICE were called to a Poole pub this evening after reports of a disturbance. A spokesman for Dorset Police said that officers were sent to The Haymoor at Culliford Crescent, Canford Heath, at 5.40pm. There were reports of a disturbance outside
SWANAGE firefighters were called out on Saturday afternoon after a car caught light. A crew from the town’s fire station was sent to Foxhill Close at 4.43pm. They found a car on fire and put out the flames using hoses. A spokesman for Dorset
TOMMY Elphick bagged his first goal of the season to pave the way for Cherries to claim a deserved 2-0 win at Rotherham today. Skipper Elphick headed home a Charlie Daniels free-kick to give Eddie Howe’s men the lead on the stroke of half-time
THE A35 Upton bypass was closed for the second time today after a lorry shed its load. One lane of the Bakers Arms roundabout was blocked for around an hour following the incident, which unfolded just before 2pm. Dorset Police said the load
AN exhibition of artworks inspired by the evacuation of thousands of Jewish children to Britain before the Second World War has gone on display in Bournemouth. The works are by Wiltshire artist Simon Shaw and were inspired by the tale of his own
A SPORTS car club is planning to head to Monaco from Bournemouth to celebrate its 10th anniversary. Red Dragon Motorsport has put together the Helluvit Sports Car Tour, which is scheduled to set off from Bournemouth at dawn on April 12 to journey
CHERRIES’ youth team are champions of the Football League Youth Alliance South West after a hard-fought 2-1 win over Newport County. Carl Fletcher’s under-18s, who needed only a point from this morning’s final match to lift the crown, came back
THE CHILDREN’S charity Barnardo’s has opened a shop with a difference in Poole. The new store, which is located at the neighbourhood centre in Canford Heath, is the only Bernarndo’s shop in Dorset specialising in children’s items. Store manager
SABAN SOFUTORUNU aged 40 of Institute Road, Swanage. Admitted driving a Fiat Punto on Braidley Road with 53 microgrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath. Fined £400. To pay victim surcharge of £40. Costs £85. Disqualified from holding or obtaining
BRADLEY RUSSELL JAMES GARNER aged 29 of Woodlands Drive, Wareham. Found guilty of stealing four bottles of alcohol to the value of £66 from Tesco Supermarket, Caird Avenue, New Milton on the 20/9/14. Committed to prison for four weeks suspended for
SONIA ANNE DEWI aged 47 of Norwich Avenue West, Bournemouth. Admitted at Bournemouth using abusive words or behaviour within the hearing or sight of a person likely to be caused distress. Discharged conditionally for six months. Restraining order made
RYAN PETER DOMINEY aged 25 of Newton Road, Wimborne. Admitted failing to surrender to custody at Bournemouth Magistrates Court having been released on bail in criminal proceedings. Fined £590. To pay victim surcharge of £20. MARTIN MICHAEL REEVES
THOMAS ROSS aged 40 of Castle Mews, Ringwood. Admitted driving a BMW at a speed exceeding 70 mph on a dual carriageway. Fined £40. To pay victim surcharge of £20. Licence endorsed with three points. MARK CHRISTOPHER BERESFORD aged 57 of Windmill
WAYNE SIMON BROWN aged 38 of Solomon Way, Poole. Pleaded not guilty but found guilty of failing to give information relating to the driver of Nissan who was alleged to have been guilty of an offence. Fined £600. To pay victim surcharge of £60. Costs
THE son of a bigamist accused of murdering his secret wife told a friend her body was in the boot of a car days before she was found, a court has heard. Jonathan Legris, of Spring Road, allegedly told his friend Charlton Green that his father Pierre
SNOW is now unlikely to fall in Dorset this weekend, forecasters say. The Met Office had initially warned that the county could be affected by snow on Sunday into Monday. However, the updated forecast says that is now not likely. A weather
DON’T take this the wrong way but I felt a pang of envy for France in its amazing response to the terror which befell it last week. What they did has shown us how firm they are in their understanding of what their country is all about. Liberty
We've had a wild week of weather but the good news is it's set to stay dry if you're heading out and about this weekend. Saturday is looking cloudy with sunny intervals in the afternoon and highs of 7C, while Sunday is chilly with highs of just
FIRE crews were called out to a property in Hilton, west of Blandford, on Friday night after a grill pan caught light. Firefighters from Bere Regis and Sturminster Newton were sent at 7.27pm and the cause of the fire was discarded fat in the grill
BLUE Monday on January 19 is said to be the most depressing day of the year, but according to the experts, you can use food to improve your mood. Alison Clark from the British Dietetic Association (BDA), pictured inset, is on hand to provide nutrition
HERE are some single malt whiskies to pipe in a classic Burns night menu on January 25. A whiff of stardom surrounds Arran Malt Robert Burns Single Malt (£29.99, 70cl, arranwhisky.com). The official Burns whisky and named after ‘The Bard’ is certainly
THE NEW drama season at the Lighthouse this spring promises to be the most thrilling ever. Boasting a mixed programme of captivating shows, there should be plenty to keep the audience on the edge of their seats. From February 24-25 the international
THE continued popularity of ice skating at the BIC has proved there is a demand for a permanent rink in Bournemouth, campaigners say. Calls for a rink have been growing in recent times thanks to the Facebook group Westover Ice Rink Memories, which
WHAT did you have for breakfast this morning? A slice of toast on the way out the door? A quick takeaway coffee from the petrol station? Or, worse still, nothing at all? You wouldn’t be alone. According to new research, a quarter of us skip our
FIREFIGHTERS were called early this morning after a suspected arson attack. Crews from Hamworthy and Poole were sent out to Fitzworth Avenue, Turlin Moor, at 2.05am and found a double garage and a van on fire. Firefighters wearing breathing
POLICE closed the A35 Upton bypass this morning because of ice. There were several accidents on the stretch between the Bakers Arms and the A350 fire station roundabout. The road was shut for that stretch. There were also reports of cars
I THINK Al Murray may have the solution to the local councillor problem. Let’s make it a compulsory requirement that firstly they live locally in the area they want to represent and secondly they are a landlord/landlady of a local pub or inn.
CRAIG Real (‘Killer “victimised” by crime coverage’, Daily Echo January 12) battered an innocent man to death. Now we are supposed to feel sorry for him. So he feels ‘victimised’ and thinks people are judging him for his crime. Too right we
Regarding ‘plans to cut adult social care are attacked’ in the Echo on January 12. As a member of the independent Poole People group, I make my own decisions and vote with my conscience, and do not just follow the lead of other parties as implied
SOMETHING that probably only aviation anoraks would know, is that immediately after World War Two, Hurn was the UK’s first international airport with flights to all corners of the globe. It was soon replaced by somewhere called London Heathrow
AS I live in Christchurch, I would like to know where Christchurch council stand in respect of the Navitus Bay proposal. Surely they must have a collective view on this? Two questions come to mind. What is in it for the people of Dorset? And
I SEE all the arguments made by our local Tory MPs and Tory-run councils (Critics want fresh wind farm debate, 12 Jan) came to nought. The inspector has now ruled that ‘the materiality of the change’ of the Navitus Plan B is not ‘of such a degree
Who isn’t impressed by those posh restaurants, where the napkins are teased and folded and coaxed into all kinds of wonderful designs, like orchids and swans? But, equally, who could have imagined that you could fashion a whole career from it?
A LONG-established carpet seller has gone out of business, potentially leaving some customers hundreds of pounds out of pocket. Bob Hughes Carpets, in Ringwood Road, Poole, is to be liquidated after being hit by falling sales. The family business
A MASKED robber who menaced shop staff with a baseball bat has been jailed for three years. Drug addict Ben Beck, dressed all in black with gloves and a balaclava, stole scratch cards from the Best-in store in Palmerston Road, Boscombe, on Monday
ACCIDENT and emergency departments in Bournemouth and Poole are seeing more of their patients within four hours than the average nationally, according to the latest figures. Poole Hospital A&E saw 91.4 per cent of patients in four hours or
Taher Jibet of The Dining Room in Weymouth shares a healthy fish recipe designed to help Seven Days readers stick to their good eating intentions One of my favourite healthy staples, especially being based in a harbour town, has to be fish!
‘The fairest place on earth’- those are the words William Wordsworth used to describe Grasmere. And it’s not difficult to agree with him when you arrive in the idyllic village, which is surrounded by majestic Lakeland fells and named after the
A HAMPSHIRE man died in a New Forest crash after falling unconscious at the wheel having taken a cocktail of drugs, an inquest heard. William Cooper crashed into a tree on the A338 near Fordingbridge after taking heroin and getting behind the wheel
SANDBANKS property magnate Eddie Mitchell has seen receivers called in to seize some of his company’s upmarket Poole homes. Mr Mitchell – the high-profile former chairman of AFC Bournemouth – has voiced his “disappointment” after Nationwide Building
Get ‘hands-on’ at Beaulieu this February Half Term, with interactive activities for all the family to get involved with. Younger visitors can pick up a pass book and follow the kids’ trail, collecting stamps at each of our ‘hands-on’ activity stations
Jillian Michaels, America’s leading health, wellness and fitness authority, will bring her critically acclaimed “Maximize Your Life” motivational tour to the U.K. for the first time ever in 2015 and is coming to Bournemouth Pavilion 27th January.
