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30th June 2016    2nd July 2016

  • Van fire closes one lane on A338

    Emergency services were called to a van fire on the A338 this evening. Fire crews were called to the incident, which was on the southbound carriageway of the A338 just before the Blackwater junction, around 6.20pm. According to a Dorset and

  • UPDATE: Missing Jack Russell Brodie is found

    A Jack Russell who went missing near Moors Valley over a week ago has been found.  Brodie went missing at Potterne Park on the evening of Wednesday, June 22.  A Facebook page set up by Kim Ball to help find Brodie had reached 177,000 people

  • Bags of success for upmarket online leather retailer

    WITH many men now the proud owners of a man-bag, we caught up with Fabian Lintott who has launched his own wholly individual business. Dividing his time between homes in Boscombe and Hertfordshire, Fabian’s brand Rufus Country has been producing

  • WATCH: Callum Wilson signs new four-year deal at Cherries

    STRIKER Callum Wilson has handed Cherries a huge boost by penning a new four-year contract at Vitality Stadium. The highly-rated 24-year-old, who missed the majority of last season with a serious knee injury, will remain in Dorset until at least

  • Bournemouth dance school shortlisted for prestigious award

    BOURNEMOUTH’S First Position School of Dance has been shortlisted as a finalist in the prestigious Dance School of the Year Awards. Now in its fourth year, the Dance School of the Year Awards was founded by Anne Walker MBE to celebrate the achievements

  • AFC Bournemouth: Ritchie completes switch to Newcastle

    MATT Ritchie has ended his three-and-a-half year spell at Cherries by joining Rafa Benitez's Newcastle United revolution. The Gosport-born winger today put the finishing touches to his switch to St James's Park for a reported £12million, signing

  • PICTURES: Talbot Heath School Year 13

    Here are all our pictures from Talbot Heath School Year 13 prom at the Royal Bath Hotel on June 30.  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: Queen Elizabeth's School Year 13 prom

    Here are all our pictures from Queen Elizabeth School Year 13 prom at Athelhampton House on June 30.  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: St Edward's School Year 13 prom

    Here are all our pictures from St Edward's School Year 13 prom at the Salterns Hotel on June 30.  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: Glenmoor and Winton Academies Year 11 prom

    Here are all our pictures from Glenmoor and Winton Academies Year 11 prom at the Carrington House Hotel on June 30.    There's 25 per cent off all photo prints, just enter the code Echosave25 at the checkout to claim the discount. A selection

  • PICTURES: St Peter's School Year 13 prom

    Here are all our pictures from St Peter's School Year 13 prom at the Queen's Hotel on June 30.    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: Oak Academy Year 11 prom

    Here are all our pictures from Oak Academy Year 11 prom at the Cumberland Hotel on June 30.    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

  • Revered guitarist to celebrate 50 year career

    CRITICALLY-ACCLAIMED songwriter Michael Chapman is to bring his 50 Years On The Road tour to Bournemouth. The show takes place at Mark’s Place in Moordown on Saturday, July 9 at 7pm. Support on the night comes from Coosticks (Graeme Wey) and

  • PICTURES: Poole High Year 13 

    Here are all our pictures from Poole High Year 13 prom at the Durley Dean Hotel on June 30.  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 from

  • PICTURES: Bourne Academy Year 11

    Here are all our pictures from Bourne Academy Year 11 prom at the Hilton Hotel on June 30. 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 from

  • PICTURES: Bishop of Winchester Academy Year 11

    Here are all our pictures from Bishop of Winchester Academy Year 11 prom at the Miramar Hotel on June 30.  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: Parkstone Grammar and Poole Grammar Year 11

    Here are all our pictures from Parkstone Grammar and Poole Grammar Year 11 prom at Compton Acres on June 30. 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

  • New barbershop to open at the Bournemouth Vintage Emporium

    ONE of Bournemouth’s longest established barber shops, Razorhead on Old Christchurch Road, has opened a new barbershop inside The Bournemouth Vintage Emporium. The barbershop is open Monday to Friday with a retro feel that is right at home with

  • Review: Barry Cryer and Colin Sell, Tivoli, Wimborne

    ALTHOUGH Barry Cryer devotes a whole song to his disappearing short-term memory, the first thing to be said about this show is that it represents an astonishing feat of recall. The 44-year veteran of I’m Sorry I Haven’t a Clue, and writer for just

  • Former Wimbledon tennis star Kay Maule

    FORMER Wimbledon tennis star, Kay Maule of Bournemouth, has died at the age of 94.Born in Godalming in Surrey to Charles and Agnes Tuckey, Katherine Lilian Agnes Tuckey, who was known as Kay, attended St Catherine's School at Bramley before the family

  • Syrian refugee families to be housed in Dorset

    WORK is taking place to resettle six to eight Syrian refugee families in Dorset. Millions of refugees have fled their homes due to the civil war in the country since 2011 with the British Government pledging to rehouse 20,000 by the end of the

  • Former chairman of Dorset County Council John Wilson

    FORMER chairman of Dorset County Council, John Wilson, has died at the age of 74.John grew up in Leeds, where he attended the local grammar school before going on to study Chemical Engineering at the Imperial College London.He began a career in engineering

  • Nine things to do in Dorset and the New Forest this weekend

    Shake and Stir Vintage Festival returns on Friday with a bigger and better line-up than ever before. The three-day festival, which takes place on Fishermans Walk, Southbourne Grove and the Green, will feature, music, dancing, classic cars and a host

  • UPDATE: Man's body found in underpass in Canford Heath

    A PROBE has been launched after a man was discovered dead in a Poole underpass. Dorset Police, who were contacted by a concerned member of the public just after 6.15am on Thursday, say the death is not being treated as suspicious, and the investigation

  • Youth tennis: Wimborne quartet crowned champions of Dorset

    FOUR youngsters from Wimborne TC were crowned champions of Dorset at the Aegon County Team Finals.Freddie Boger, Daniel Lindenberg, Finley Betteridge-Hanson and Woody van der Feltz won to lift the top prize in the eight-and-under category.And there was

  • AFC Bournemouth boss Eddie Howe: Lys can be a real asset for us

    EDDIE Howe is predicting a bright future for Lys Mousset and believes the exciting Frenchman could prove to be a “real asset” to Cherries.Cherries saw off strong competition to secure the services of the 20-year-old striker who yesterday became their

  • Non-league: Wort hopes to make big impact at Poole Town

    STRIKER Lee Wort is adamant he will score goals for Poole Town in National South – if he enjoys a settled season.The 24-year-old spent two months on loan at Tatnam from Gosport Borough last term, netting twice in seven Southern League Premier Division

  • Seven year old planning 'best charity garden party ever'

    A SEVEN-YEAR-OLD boy has become one of the town’s youngest charity organisers after planning a fundraiser for disabled children. William Moore has branded his charity garden event this Sunday (July 3) ‘the best party ever'. The summer garden fundraiser

  • In The Dock: Blandford

    VICKI LOUISE TURPIN aged 29 of West Street, Blandford Forum, admits to failing to surrender to custody at Weymouth Magistrates on 20/6/16 having been released on bail in criminal proceedings on 7/5/16. Fined £50. To pay £30 victim surcharge.

  • Look who's filming in Swanage this month...

    TOM Hardy, Cillian Murphy, and One Direction’s Harry Styles will be filming in Dorset this month to shoot a major World War Two film. The A-listers are shooting in Swanage and Weymouth at the end of July for Christopher Nolan’s new film Dunkirk

  • New Prime Minister needs to deliver on their promises

    REFERENCE the recent referendum vote, many politicians and the political media are now saying that such and such a politician failed to get their message over or they failed to convince voters of the advantages of being in the EU. Most politicians

  • We need strong leadership, not school-yard fighting!

    IT is so sad that at a most historic and important part of our history that all of our known Parliamentary leaders are falling apart and instead of sorting out our country, during this most crisis time, are instead just fighting amongst each other.

  • Disabled toilets are open from dusk til dawn

    IN response to the letter “Toilets are locked” published in the Echo on June 25, Bournemouth council operates the Radar key scheme for its accessible toilets in the borough, a national scheme which allows access to over 9,000 sites across the UK by

  • Council's conflict of interest over housing plan

    THAT there is a need for affordable housing in Upton is beyond question. However, we would suggest that this does not give the local housing authority, Purbeck District Council, the right to unilaterally and without any consultation whatsoever,

  • Is Poole going to lose European Maritime Day after Brexit?

    THE future of Poole hosting European Maritime Day next year is due to be discussed following the BREXIT vote. Dubbed as ‘one of the biggest international boosts to the town’s maritime industry and tourism in decades’, the annual event is due to