LEWIS Mitchell ran in three tries as Wimborne registered a 37-19 victory over South West One (East) rivals Grove.His exploits helped the Minstermen maintain their 100 per cent winning record for the season as they chalked up a bonus-point victory in Oxfordshire.Wimborne
HEAD coach Will Croker was pleased with the way Bournemouth kept control to seal a 32-25 success at Weston-super-Mare on Saturday.Lions recorded an away victory in South West Premier at the first time of asking with a bonus-point triumph.Sam Hardcastle
THE director of rugby at Ellingham and Ringwood Ladies RFC believes the heroics of former club player and England World Cup star Poppy Cleall will inspire the senior women’s team as they mount a new league challenge this season. Steve Benson welcomed
ELLINGHAM & Ringwood clawed back a 17-0 deficit to run out 29-27 victors over Hampshire One neighbours Fordingbridge. The hosts scored three tries, with one converted, inside the opening 20 minutes as the Es paid for a poor start. Fly-half
DORSET’S Yazmin Davis won her first world ranking grand prix after recording the only double clear on Zilverster at the FEI 2* Oswestry Scope Festival.No fewer than 40 combinations tackled course designer Raf Suarez’s 1.45m track with 11 finding all the
SWANAGE moved back to the summit of the Dorset Premier League after beating Bridport reserves 4-1 at Day’s Park.Graeme Rose nodded the Swans in front on 23 minutes before top scorer Cameron Beard doubled the hosts’ lead six minutes before the break. Beard
JOSHUA King’s first goal of the season booked Cherries a place in the last 16 of the League Cup for the third time in the past four seasons. King came off the bench to settle the tie with a finely-taken winner in the ninth minute of extra-time.
Property buyers flock to the Dorset coast in search of luxury living and fine views aplenty. Horizons is a new multi-million pound, luxury development commanding a beautiful position overlooking Poole Park and Poole Bay, with breath-taking views
When we find luxury products to revamp the home, it can help lift our spirits, not just the interior aesthetics. Fired Earth, established in 1983, began life in a rented farmyard in Oxfordshire, selling handmade terracotta tiles - hence the company
A WOMAN wanted by detectives for breaching her licence conditions has been arrested.Kelly Louise Bignell, aged 36, was released from prison on Monday , September 11, after serving part of a 16-month sentence for assault occasioning actual bodily harm.Following
1,000 years of Majesty at Milton Abbey Historic Church and Landscape They say that good things are worth waiting for and this is certainly true of Milton Abbey Church. It has been more than 150 years since in 1865 Sir Gilbert Scott last restored
POLICE have released CCTV images of a man they would like to speak to in connection with three shoplifting offences in Blandford.On Friday, June 23 and Monday, July 3, offenders stole hand and power tools from Homebase on Stour Park.The same offenders
A MAN suffered stab wounds to his legs during an attack in Wareham. Police were called at 8.23pm on Monday night to reports of a disturbance at an address in Brixey’s Lane. A 41-year-old local man sustained stab wounds to his legs and was taken to hospital
SWANAGE Railway's latest steam gala has broken all previous attendance records - making it the most successful gala in the heritage line's history.Some 5,700 passengers were carried on the trains hauled by the classic 1940s-built Bulleid Pacific
PART of a busy road in Poole is closed after a crash between a bus and a car this morning. Emergency services were called to Poole Road in Branksome at 9.16am following a crash between a car and a bus. Police, ambulance and fire services are
Retail giant Toys'R'Us has filed for bankruptcy protection in the US and Canada after struggling amid mammoth debts and online competition. But the group, which has around 1,600 stores worldwide and 64,000 employees, said its stores outside of
Ryanair has published details of flights cancelled up to the end of next month - with passengers flying from Bournemouth unaffected so far. The Dublin based airline, which has a base at Bournemouth Airport, is shelving up to 50 flights daily over
VANDALS smashed up the kitchen area of a Bournemouth cricket pavilion on Saturday night.Police were called to Slades Farm at 6.30am on Sunday after the damage was discovered.Nothing is believed to have been stolen.PCSO Steph Garner of the Northbourne
ARMED officers were patrolling popular places across Dorset at the weekend after the latest terror attack in London.Members of the public reported seeing a number of armed police at Castlepoint shopping centre on Saturday and Sunday.Superintendent Steve
MANY workplaces are unprepared to deal with stalking or domestic abuse when it affects their staff, according to a consultant running training on the issue. Only half of businesses have a domestic abuse policy and only 20 per cent have a stalking
DORSET'S police and crime commissioner has warned "police officers are not mental health professionals" ahead of a meeting about mental health provision.Martyn Underhill said the NHS Dorset Clinical Commissioning Group's public consultation
A NEWLY-married couple have been left devastated after precious photographs of their wedding were stolen during the reception.Mark and Alexandra Fane were hosting the event at their home near Fordingbridge when a Canon camera belonging to the wedding
‘WHY do you believe longer travel times wouldn’t compromise patient safety?’ That’s the question a health watchdog wants to ask those responsible for the biggest shake-up of healthcare in a generation. As previously reported, NHS Dorset CCG’s recommendations
A MUSIC shop is celebrating five years since opening with a month of activities and a prize fund in excess of £20,000. Throughout October, Absolute Music will be marking the anniversary of moving into their Knighton Heath superstore on Ringwood
A POPULAR children’s play centre had to close yesterday after the building was damaged - a month on from a similar incident.The Ark at Poole Park was targeted by a lone vandal in the early hours of Monday morning.Dorset Police are investigating the incident
AN EXPERT in film sound may have the answer to a question that has been hotly contested by filmgoers: was Dunkirk too loud? The volume of the music and effects in director Christopher Nolan’s World War Two epic prompted debate in the news and letters
A SINGLE mum with a two-year-old child was left "devastated" after learning a man she’d started a relationship with was a convicted sex offender, a court has heard. The young Bournemouth woman had no idea Andrew Dolman - who was staying at her
BRAVE AFC Bournemouth fans enjoyed their special evening as mascots for the Premier League clash with Brighton on Friday.The match at Vitality Stadium, which was broadcast live on TV, will live long in the memory for the young Cherries supporters.Jacob
by Ian Girling, chief executive, Dorset Chamber of Commerce and Industry THE Dorset Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) recently announced that I have been appointed to the LEP board, representing Dorset Chamber of Commerce and Industry and providing
Echo Camera Club member Jenifer Bausili López captured this photo of paddle boarders at sunset, Poole Harbour. If you have a picture for our letters page email letters@bournemouthecho.co.uk
A MUM says she can no longer take her three-year-old daughter to her local play area after it was “trashed” by vandals. Sarah Cross, 29, used to take her three-year-old daughter to the play park at Uppleby Road in Upper Parkstone, Poole several
THE family of a Poole man killed in a motorbike crash in Cambodia are still searching for answers nearly a year after he died.Phil Powell was alone when his bike crashed into a stone wall in the Sihanouk Province, in the west of the country in October
FORTY-five musical acts are set to perform across seven venues in a live music extravaganza next month.Bands, artists, singers and songwriters will play everything from pop punk to electro and blues when Oxjam Bournemouth returns on Saturday, October
BOROUGH of Poole's cabinet has agreed to set up a special team to oversee regeneration plans for the town centre and surrounding areas. Cabinet also approved the submission of an outline business case to Dorset Local Enterprise Partnership (DLEP)
MORE THAN £8,000 was raised as hundreds walked the red carpet for an exclusive film screening in Christchurch to support a Dorset charity.The Dorset Premiere of the film Victoria and Abdul took place at the Regent Centre in Christchurch on Monday September
THE number of illegal traveller sites in Bournemouth has fallen this year, according to council figures.Bournemouth Borough Council claimed investment in "traveller defences" and improved communication had led to the drop in encampment sites
DORSET Innovation Park has received a prestigious award from the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB).Purbeck District Council (PDC) and Dorset County Council (DCC) won the award for the most innovative 'small business friendly programme or project
A FRAUDSTER behind an extensive telephone scam has been ordered to pay back more than £100,000.Giles Ward-Best, of Firbank Road in Bournemouth, made unsolicited phone calls as part of a bid to sell ‘call blocker devices’ for £99.In total, more than 10,000
FOR fans of the undisputed king of light orchestral strings any Magic of Mantovani concert is a special event.But next month’s appearance in Bournemouth by this extraordinary hand-picked 48 piece orchestra will be a landmark show.Called simply Mantovani
WHILE I have no experience of the A303 at Stonehenge, I do have experience of driving on other roads up and down the country. And I would say to the Freight Transport Association and the Government to stop dualling them as it may be good for transport
JAMES RUSSELL aged 22 of Sheringham Road, Poole, admits to damaging a glass panel to a door to the value of £446 belonging to Central Convenience Store, Seamoor Road, Bournemouth, on 1/1/17. Conditionally discharged for 12 months. To pay £446 compensation
