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  • Police search for missing vulnerable man in Christchurch

    POLICE are currently searching the Christchurch area following a concern for welfare report of a vulnerable man. The NPAS helicopter was also called to assist officers on the ground at around 4.30pm. A spokesperson for Dorset Police said enquiries

  • Premier League: Southampton appoint Claude Puel

    CLAUDE Puel has been announced as new Saints manager on a three-year contract. Former Aston Villa caretaker manager Eric Black becomes Puel's new assistant manager, while fellow Frenchman Pascal Plancque joins as assistant first team coach.

  • Tyre slashers target cars in overnight vandalism spree

    Police are appealing for witnesses after three cars had their tyres slashed.  The incident happened sometime between 6pm on June 23 and 10am on June 24 in a residential car park off Coles Crescent in Shaftesbury.  A Vauxhall Vectra had two

  • New venue set for rocking launch with The Goddamn Gallows

    AMERICANA band The Goddamn Gallows are set to play a new alternative music venue in Poole, the Freestyle Music Centre On July 1 at 7pm with support from local band, Catratchers. The unique gig is presented by Dorset’s first Americana specialist

  • AFC Bournemouth: Cherries sign Lys Mousset from Le Havre

    CHERRIES have completed the signing of flexible attacker Lys Mousset from French side Le Havre for an undisclosed fee understood in the region of 6.5million euro. The 20-year-old, who was reportedly on the radar of Arsenal, Spurs, Sunderland, Southampton

  • Police called to Tesco Express after attempted robbery

    A WOULD-BE robber attempted to steal a cash box from a security van outside Tesco in Highcliffe this afternoon. A spokesman for Dorset Police said the force was called to the store in Lymington Road at 12.07pm, and an investigation has been launched

  • Boris Johnson WON'T stand to be Conservative leader

    UPDATE: Five minutes before the deadline to declare his candidacy, Boris Johnson has said he will not stand, after Michael Gove threw his hat into the ring instead. We're trying to contact Conor Burns for an update to this story but he's in a Finance

  • Who will be next PM: The Echo's guide to the candidates

    Here are the candidates  Michael Gove: justice secretary, MP for Surrey Heath. Brexiteer. The 48-year-old former Times columnist seemed to be giving his fellow Brexit campaigner Boris Johnson a free run at the top job – until yesterday

  • PICTURES: Talbot Heath School Year 11

    Here are all our pictures from Talbot Heath School Year 11 prom at the Queen's Hotel on June 29. There's 25 per cent off all photo prints, just enter the code Echosave25 at the checkout to claim the discount. A selection of our prom pictures

  • PICTURES: Corfe Hills School Year 13

    Here are all our pictures from Corfe Hills School Year 13 prom at Athelhampton House on June 29. There's 25 per cent off all photo prints, just enter the code Echosave25 at the checkout to claim the discount. A selection of our prom pictures

  • Woman has purse stolen while talking to man on bike

    A woman had her purse stolen as she talked to a man on a bike in Bournemouth town centre this week. Dorset Police said the woman was approached by a man on a bike in Commercial Road at around 3.20am on Monday, and while talking she removed her

  • PICTURES: St Peter's School Year 11

    Here are all our pictures from St Peter's School Year 11 prom at the Vitality Stadium on June 29. There's 25 per cent off all photo prints, just enter the code Echosave25 at the checkout to claim the discount. A selection of our prom pictures

  • PICTURES: The Grange School Year 11

    Here are all our pictures from The Grange School Year 11 prom at the Carlton Hotel on June 29. There's 25 per cent off all photo prints, just enter the code Echosave25 at the checkout to claim the discount. A selection of our prom pictures

  • Teachers across Dorset due to strike on Tuesday

    PARENTS are bracing themselves for a teachers' strike scheduled for Tuesday next week. Members of the National Union of Teachers have voted 9-1 in favour of industrial action meaning schools across Dorset and Hampshire could be forced to close

  • Council education expert to take the reins at academy trust

    EDUCATION expert Phil Minns will take the reins at the successful Ambitions Academies Trust when current boss Brian Hooper retires in August. With a varied background in education, Mr Minns hopes to bring his wide-ranging experience to the chain

  • Dorset man Lee Beck found 'safe and well'

    A Dorset man who went missing has been found safe and well in Hampshire. Police issued an appeal on Wednesday for help in finding missing Lee Beck, 35, was last seen at 7.30am on Tuesday when he left home in Jellicoe Drive, Christchurch for work

  • Cricket: Sixteen-year-old Trueman set for Minor Counties debut

    DORSET skipper Chris Park believes the forthcoming Minor Counties debut of the 16-year-old Max Trueman offers hope to all youngsters with county ambitions.Trueman, who attends Queen Elizabeth's School in Wimborne, is set to become one of the youngest

  • Car crash left me unable to walk - please wear a seatbelt

    A WOMAN who was left unable to walk after a car crash has warned other motorists about the importance of wearing a seatbelt.Liz McMillan, from Poole, was travelling in the front passenger seat of a car when the driver collided with another car at a busy

  • Lib Dems the only way

    I HAVE taken some time to reflect on the referendum result. While hardly a decisive decision to leave at 52/48 (indeed, Farage had said if he lost at 48 per cent it would mean “unfinished business”) it is the legitimate result of the referendum

  • The point of the EU referendum was...

    AS the person expressing their views has not the courage to put their name to their letter, it is no wonder that they have completely misread the whole purpose of the referendum. It was to regain control of immigration, not to put up a bar to immigrants

  • We should celebrate stepping off EU's 'sinking ship'

    AS opposed to recent letters, I would urge people to embrace our newly elected status and rejoice at the opportunity to move forward and make this country great again. We have just stepped off a sinking ship! We have simply Uncoupled politically

  • England needs home-grown football stars

    ENGLAND’S dismal performance against Iceland clearly shows the disadvantages of buying foreign players into the Premier League. While foreign stars may be good for club business, it such practice of buying in these players denies many of our younger

  • ASBO to stop man repeatedly self-harming in public

    A POOLE trouble maker has been slapped with a civil injunction barring him from self-harming in public and from abusing the emergency services. Graham Chiverton, 64, of Mansfield Road in Poole, had previously been given three anti-social behaviour

  • Golf: No Joy for Luke in final qualifying for Open

    LUKE Joy missed out on a spot at the Open Championship after an unexpected dash to final qualifying. The Remedy Oak player failed to progress automatically at regional qualifying on his home fairways last week after he was eliminated in a play-off

  • We must leave the EU as quickly as possible

    THERE is confusion on how the UK should leave the European Union. It is instructive to note that so far none of our political caste in Westminster has whispered the obvious method to leave quickly and avoid half in/half out solutions. We need

  • Golf: British Open glory is Georgia's dream

    RISING star Georgia Hall admits winning the Women's British Open is her biggest dream in golf.The Bournemouth ace is currently sixth in the Ladies' European Tour order of merit in only her second full year on the circuit.Alongside the likes of

  • Greyhound racing: Castlehyde is King in Golden Crest

    HOMETOWN hero Castlehyde King took home the Golden Crest trophy after a trap-to-line victory in the £4,000 showdown at Poole.Bill Black's charge held off My Mate Max to win by half a length in the fastest time of the year, 26.36 seconds, just outside

  • McCarthy and Stone: Brexit could have impact on our order book

    RETIREMENT housebuilder McCarthy and Stone has said the Brexit vote could affect its projected growth for the year.The Bournemouth-based housebuilder expected its current order book to be enough to deliver its target of 20 per cent increase in sales volumes

  • Griff Rhys Jones to share memories of Mel Smith at the Regent

    BROADCASTER Griff Rhys Jones will share memories of his long career with his late comedy partner Mel Smith at the Regent Centre in Christchurch on November 17.Griff shot to fame alongside Mel in hit comedies Not the Nine O’Clock News and the long-running

  • WIN: A Weekend Family Ticket to Camp Bestival!

    You and your family could be part of the unmissable cosmic goings on at this year’s space-themed Camp Bestival. With out of this world music from Fatboy Slim, Tears for Fears, Jess Glynne, Katy, B, Squeeze, Arrested Development, Sasha, David Rodigan

  • The orchestra helping people with dementia

    A GROUP of people with dementia and their carers have been taught how to perform classical music to challenge perceptions of the condition. The Bournemouth University Dementia Institute (BUDI) Orchestra, which has been running for two years, aims

  • 'My brother was at Istanbul airport two hours before attack'

    A BOURNEMOUTH shopkeeper has spoken of his shock after discovering his brother was at Istanbul’s Ataturk Airport just two hours before it was attacked by suicide bombers. Ali Varis, 35, told the Echo he was “really worried” when he heard about