POOLE Pirates were held to a last-ditch 45-45 draw as Brady Kurtz and Josh Grajczonek snatched a heat 15 maximum for Somerset Rebels in tonight's challenge. Matt Ford's mix-and-match team featured only Davey Watt and new boy Kacper Gomolski from
NEW boy Paul Starke insists he is the man to finally lift the curse of the second reserve at Poole Pirates. The club's new fast track charger caught the eye on his Wimborne Road debut with 10 paid 13 from six rides in the Elite Shield against King's
PARKSTONE-attached Georgia Hall made the cut by the narrowest possible margin at her first Ladies’ European Tour event as a professional. The Kinson-based ace, who relinquished her amateur status eight months ago, shot a one-over-par second round
DETECTIVES investigating the murder of a woman in Bournemouth have found a car they were trying to trace. Dorset Police yesterday launched an appeal to find the dark grey Peugeot 308 estate hire car, and it was soon tracked down in London. The
A SPECIALIST facility to help people with autism struggling with sensory problems is set to open in Poole this spring. Alderney Hospital, based on Ringwood Road and run by Dorset HealthCare, will soon boast a state-of-the-art sensory therapy suite after
A NORTH Dorset district councillor was found dead at his home in Winterborne Zelston on Tuesday this week, March 24. Cllr Richard Moyle represented the Riversdale Ward of North Dorset District Council, and had been a member of the authority since
NEW signposts situated around Bournemouth Town Centre have been drawing the attention of the public for the wrong reasons after spelling errors and timing inaccuracies were spotted. More than 140 information hubs are expected to be installed in
MOTORISTS faced long delays in rush-hour this afternoon following a three-vehicle crash near Wimborne. Emergency services were called to the stretch of A31 between the Canford Bottom Roundabout and Merley at around 4pm following reports that three
NEARLY 600 ideas for Poole’s European Maritime festival were generated during a two-day workshop. More than 150 delegates attended the Dorset Coast Forum events hosted by Poole Harbour Commissioners and the RNLI to explore ideas and put forward events
POLICE have issued a new appeal for information after a man believed to be in his 40s died in a serious crash on a Hampshire motorway. The man died after his silver Ford Focus collided with a DAF artic lorry and another vehicle on the eastbound
THE Duke of Kent officially unveiled the Tank Museum at Bovington's new exhibition on the design and manufacture of armoured vehicles. His royal highness toured around the museum, before being joined by Mavis Jones, a tank factory worker during
HUNDREDS of schoolchildren joined local dignitaries in Poole to cheer off Condor Ferries’ latest vessel on its historic maiden voyage. Condor Liberation, the only 102 metre trimaran in Northern Europe, passed by Baiter Park on its first official
POOLE’S largest regeneration site has been confirmed as one of the flagship schemes in the government’s new pilot Housing Zone programme.The former power station site in Hamworthy was shortlisted in January as one of 29 areas outside London and it is
WEST Midlands based indie favourites The Enemy and The Twang bring their double header to Bournemouth tonight, a rescheduled show from last December’s cancelled appearance. Tailor made to tour together both bands released massively successful debut
POLICE are attending a two-vehicle crash on the A31 in Bere Regis. The call came into the emergency services at 9.38am with reports of the incident at White Post next to the turn-off for Winterborne Kingston. It involved a silver Citroen C5
Police detectives are asking the public if they recognise five watches recently seized in the North Dorset area. Police are appealing to the owners of the items, or anyone who knows where they came from, to come forward. Detective Constable
A parent is arrested every day on suspicion of leaving one or more of their children at home alone, new figures reveal. At least 105 mothers and fathers faced criminal investigations for leaving their offspring unsupervised in the final three months
Bloodborne PS4 £47.99 Bloodborne is, quite simply, an awesome action RPG. You're on the hunt for answers in the ancient city of Yharnam, which has been cursed with a strange endemic illness spreading through the streets. Peril, death and
VISITING the Lighthouse this week is Rachel Wagstaff stage play Birdsong, based on the best-selling novel by Sebastian Faulks, which is touring the country this year during the 100th anniversary of the First World war. It follows the progress of
POOLE Pirates star Chris Holder suffered a wrist injury in last night's Elite Shield success at King's Lynn. Neil Middleditch's side retained their Shield crown with a 96-85 aggregate win at the Norfolk Arena. The Aussie star suffered a fall
COMEDIAN Dylan Moran brings his new stand-up tour Off The Hook to the Pavilion Theatre tomorrow night. To many, Dylan is perhaps most famous for the BAFTA winning sitcom Black Books which he starred in as the misanthropic bookshop owner Bernard Black
SINGER Lucy Rose has admitted she had to tame her ego a bit when it came to her second album. The singer-songwriter released her debut album Like I Used To in 2012 and the follow up is due this year. But before then, Lucy has embarked on a mammoth
BACK in the Sixties Manfred Mann was an unstoppable hit machine. Almost ever-present in the charts with classics like 5-4-3-2-1, Doo Wah Diddy Diddy, Pretty Flamingo and Come Tomorrow, their music was so good they survived a change of lead singer when
TONIGHT night sees a homecoming show for rock band The Villanovas at The Winchester bar in Bournemouth. The highly-rated band all met at local music school ACMR in Kinson, and are now studying together in London. Last year, they packed out Mr Kyps
TV starlet Tess Daly swapped the studio for Bournemouth seafront this morning. The Strictly Come Dancing presenter swooped into town to reveal her very own creation – a funky frock made form more than 1,000 balloons. She designed the dress
TWO Bournemouth-based English language schools have been raided by would-be thieves in the last two weeks, police have warned.MLS International College in Hinton Road was broken into sometime between midnight and 12.25am on Monday (MAR23).And a break-in
BOURNEMOUTH council has poured cold water on the idea of the IMAX basement being used as an art gallery. The company Art Aspirations Ltd had unveiled plans for the large subterranean area of the former Waterfront building. It wanted an art
MOTORISTS and business chiefs are being urged to help shape future disaster response plans for major crashes on roads. Motoring giant the AA has issued a rallying call urging people to have their say on how local authorities and emergency services
LAST year there was considerable controversy in the Ashley Road area of Parkstone on the decision of Poole council to close down the public toilets. But then the issue was in the end not just the actual close down, but the whole matter of the due
EASTER is almost here and the school holidays, when parents are ‘allowed’ to take their children on holiday, are about to start. Taking holidays outside of the official holiday period is now liable to fines and legal proceedings. It is unfortunate
LAST year I moved to Poole. In looking for something to do, I wandered down to Tatnam to see Poole Town v Biggleswade Town. It resulted in a 1-0 win for the home side. Since then I have become a regular and what a special season it has been
I AM writing in response to ‘Too many roadworks’ published on 20 March. The council won a government competitive tender to improve roads generally in the town. This programme has enabled the council to carry out works which will benefit all road
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SUPERB hauls from Dakota North and Maciej Janowski helped Pirates grab their first silverware of 2015 as they retained the Elite Shield at King's Lynn last night. The heavy-hitting duo scored more than half of Poole's points in a 46-43 second-leg
CHERRIES have confirmed the signing of former Southampton, Sunderland and Stoke City striker Kenwyne Jones, as reported earlier by the Daily Echo. Jones has joined on loan from Championship rivals Cardiff City and will remain at Dean Court until
CONSENSUS seems to be that the Mercedes GLA is supposed to be an SUV, or a crossover at least. But, to be honest, it’s not. What it is, though, is a very good high-end hatchback. That we can certainly say. For me, it doesn’t have that raised
THE body promoting Bournemouth’s coastal suburbs has a new boss.Stefan Krause is moving along the south coast from Plymouth to manage the Bournemouth Coastal Business Improvement District (BID).He recently led the Plymouth BID through a successful ‘renewal
A MENINGITIS survivor from Poole is campaigning for the introduction of a vaccination it is hoped could stamp out a strain of the killer disease. Melanie Corney, who lives in Canford Heath, was 26 years old when she fell ill with meningitis B and septicaemia
THE former David Lloyd site in Bournemouth, which has been derelict for years, is now set to be transformed with 74 Victorian-style apartments.The site has been an eyesore for residents ever since the leisure centre was demolished in 2009 and previously
THE popular miniature railway at Poole Park has been temporarily closed after a carriage overturned and a passenger had to be taken to hospital.The incident took place on Monday and Borough of Poole immediately suspended the railway's operations and launched
MANAGERS at banking giant Barclays are being urged to pay a visit to Bournemouth to see the effects of an “ill-informed” decision to close its Wallisdown branch.Independent councillor Ron Whittaker said the closure of the Wallisdown branch had inconvenienced
THE M27 motorway has reopened this morning following the horror crash that left one dead and seven injured yesterday. Emergency services rushed to the stretch of motorway between junctions eight and nine, near Segensworth in Hampshire, shortly
A TEENAGE boy from Bournemouth has been tipped as one of the UK's top sprint cyclists after being asked to join an Olympic training scheme. Ali Fielding, 15, who goes to the LeAF Studio, on Holloway Avenue, has been invited to become the newest
ASSISTANT James Wood admits title-chasers Poole Town have missed the presence of banned boss Tom Killick on matchdays. Killick is currently four games into a six-match stadium ban having been charged with improper conduct by the Football Association
THE RSPCA has received a complaint from a retired pet shop owner after the charity killed his beloved pet pig before pursuing a private prosecution for neglect. As first reported in the Daily Echo earlier this month, 63-year-old Robert Skinner,
DORSET Police have signed an agreement with their counterparts in Devon and Cornwall over the future of policing in the three counties – saving £12 million in the process. An agreement has been reached for a large-scale strategic alliance between
