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11th February 2016    13th February 2016

  • Crash between a car and a motorbike in Charminster

    COMMUTERS should expect long delays around Charminster this evening after a crash between a car and a motorbike. Emergency services were called to the incident, which took place on the roundabout at Wellington Road and Charminster Road, at 5.30pm

  • AFC Bournemouth: Max Gradel still has 'hurdles to overcome'

    EDDIE Howe welcomed the return of Max Gradel but insisted the winger still had “a lot of hurdles to overcome” before he could be considered for selection. Gradel has been rehabilitating at his home in France after suffering a serious knee injury

  • Fire precept rises for Dorset residents

    DORSET residents will pay a 1.99 per cent increase in their council tax fire precept for over the next financial year, it has been announced. The Shadow Dorset & Wiltshire Fire & Rescue Authority has agreed a budget of £54.815 million to

  • Bournemouth hotel evacuated after smell of burning

    NEARLY 200 guests and staff were evacuated from a Bournemouth hotel on Friday lunchtime. Five fire crews were sent to the Queens Hotel in Meyrick Road after reports of a smell of burning. A spokesperson for Dorset Fire and Rescue said they

  • University chief earns £255k, report reveals

    UNIVERSITY chiefs in Bournemouth have salary packages of more than £200,000 and spend thousands on air fares and hotel accommodation, a new report has revealed.Bournemouth University’s Vice Chancellor Professor John Vinney earned £255,000, spent £2,624

  • "Astounding" number of drivers caught speeding at 'rat run'

    POLICE have been targetting a ‘rat run’ in Ferndown where some motorists have been caught going twice the speed limit. Officers from the Dorset Police No Excuse team were in Chine Walk on Tuesday following recent requests for help from local residents

  • Dog rescued after getting wedged in pile of logs

    A LUCKY dog was rescued after getting stuck in a pile of logs in the New Forest. Bernie, the seven-year-old Jack Russell cross, had become wedged in a large stack of cut trees at Hawkhill Inclosure, Beaulieu on Thursday. Fire crews from Lyndhurst

  • Flood alerts issued for Poole and Wareham

    AN Environment Agency Flood Alert is in force for Poole Harbour and Wareham. The warning, covering the harbour and tidal stretches of the Rover Frome and River Piddle, is in place for two hours after high tide, from 11.45am-1pm. An Environment

  • Second man arrested over alleged store raid

    A MAN has been arrested in connection with an alleged store robbery on Sunday. A shop worker at Best One convenience store in Windham Road, Springbourne, was said to have been assaulted with a “lump of wood” in a robbery at 2.20pm. The suspect

  • Bournemouth Magistrates Court to close by end of the year

    BOURNEMOUTH Magistrates Court will close by the end of the year as part of a major cost-cutting drive by the government. The 100-year-old building in Stafford Road is one of 86 courts across the UK that will shut in the next two years. Plans

  • Actor and musical trust founder Raymond James

    ACTOR and founder of a musical trust, Raymond James, has died at the age of 93. Born in Bristol, Raymond was one of five children who went on to become a soloist and headboy at Bristol Cathedral. He had hopes of becoming an artist, but the

  • Bowls club co-founder Ron Porter

    BOWLS club co-founder Ron Porter has died after a short illness aged 87. Ronald Leonard Porter, who was described as Mr Poole Park BC and more recently Mr Dolphin by his bowling friends was a high standard county bowler both indoors and outdoors

  • Review: Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Mayflower

    THE smash-hit, phantasmagorical spectacle that is Chitty Chitty Bang Bang has landed on the south coast with – well – a bang. Southampton’s Mayflower Theatre is the first stop on the musical’s year-long tour of the UK and Ireland. And the theatre's

  • AFC Bournemouth: Spotlight on Stoke City

    TIMES have certainly changed at Stoke City. The Potters sealed the biggest deal of deadline day when they splashed out £18.3million on Porto midfielder Giannelli Imbula. That deal shattering the previous club-record fee of £12m which the club

  • Man admits attempting to murder his father

    A BOURNEMOUTH man has pleaded guilty to the attempted murder of his father. Daniel Ormerod appeared before Winchester Crown Court yesterday during which he admitted to one count of trying to murder David Ormerod, on June 2, last year. Thirty-five-year-old

  • Hundreds flock to Daily Echo Jobsfair

    HUNDREDS of job-hunters came face-to-face with their next potential employers and trainers at the latest Daily Echo Jobs Fair.The event was on course to see more than 1,000 people through the doors of the Premier Inn on Bournemouth’s Westover Road.There

  • Hundreds set to Run For Chocolate at Kings Park

    PLACES are still available for this year's Run For Chocolate 5k in Bournemouth. Participants of all abilities are invited to walk, jog or run five kilometres along a route at Kings Park on Sunday. Around 500 people have already signed up and

  • The George Tapps reopens after major refurb following fire

    A RECENTLY-refurbished pub that was severely damaged by smoke has now reopened at the cost of over a third of a million pounds. Staff celebrated the relaunch of The George Tapps, at Old Christchurch Road, following several weeks of closure after

  • Kind Kevin came to my rescue during floods

    I WOULD like to say a big thank you to the very kind gentleman, whose name I only know as Kevin, and his wife, who come from Charminster, who gave my niece and I a lift home from Parkway on January 29 when our train from Southampton was cancelled through

  • Why 20mph speed limits are bad for business

    TRAFFIC lights in the UK should be scrapped, according to the think tank in the Institute of Economic Affairs after researching the growth of traffic management in the UK over the last 16 years. They found that the number of traffic lights had

  • I built Arnold Schwarzenegger a Terminator and he loved it

    A BOURNEMOUTH sculptor met one of his film idols after making a statue of the Terminator. Garry Ault, who created a bronze sculpture of the character made famous by Arnold Schwarzenegger, was shocked when a picture of his work he posted online went viral

  • Rugby: Bournemouth get back to basics to banish away-day blues

    HEAD coach Will Croker reckons reaffirming the basics has helped Bournemouth to banish their away-day blues. During a patchy first half to the National Three South West campaign, Croker bemoaned his side's inability to see through victories on the road

  • Toilet closure approved so council can save £100k a year

    CIVIC chiefs have backed plans to shut four public toilets in Poole town centre, in a bid to claw back almost £100,000 per year.Borough of Poole's (BOP) cabinet agreed proposals to close the toilets at Chapel Lane, Quay Visitors, Quay Watch Station and

  • Pupils dreams to come true thanks to John Thornton foundation

    STUDENTS have benefitted from £16,000 worth of monetary awards as part of a charity's campaign to help them progress in their chosen fields.Forty applications for grants from The John Thornton Young Achievers Foundation were approved for Ferndown Upper

  • Cash-strapped council axes free Christmas parking

    FREE Christmas parking in Christchurch has been axed by cash-strapped councillors. Last year there were no charges in several borough car parks between December 19-24 to help boost festive trade. But the council lost £16,500 revenue over the

  • I'm banned from Aldi... for taking pictures of strawberries

    A FATHER says he’s been banned from Aldi for taking photographs of fruit on his mobile phone. Nathan Winson, from Boscombe, was at the discount supermarket taking snaps for his five-year-old son’s school project when he was approached by staff.

  • Real Highway Code could make roads safer for all

    WITH driving standards in this area seemingly at an all-time low, I am thinking that maybe that there is an ‘alternative’ Highway Code which has yet to reach the HMSO shelves? The amber light which follows green has – and always will be – the signal