POOLE Town boss Tom Killick has moved to bolster his striking resources by making an audacious approach for Hamworthy United hitman Jack Swann. With Dolphins thin on the ground up front following the loss of Karim Benssaouda and Stuart Cannie, Killick
Former British champion Richard Carr from Poole has proved his powerboat racing prowess across the Atlantic by winning his second race and second title in America. Throttleman Carr and his driver Paul Sinclair steered their 39ft Skater monohull HoneyParty.com
BOURNEMOUTH'S Denise Mellor clinched the WIKBA Intercontinental Mini-Flyweight Thai Boxing title after a stunning performance against Las Vegas star Patti Teran. Mellor, who was beaten by Teran last year just eight weeks after giving birth, took the
ALCOHOLISM is on the rise among young people in Bournemouth, according to a youth worker. The problem of underage binge drinking is getting worse and in a few cases some teenagers have developed alcohol addiction. Yesterday Gordon Brown lent his support
BOURNEMOUTH'S cyclists may soon be pedalling along plastic pathways. Councillors and environmentalists heard that the council's waste contractor can turn plastic bottles into road surfaces. And when the contractor's commercial director Peter Mills told
THE steering group driving a scheme to improve shopping and community facilities in Ringwood is to recommend district council cabinet members provide £100,000 to progress it further. Despite opposition from some members of the public at a packed public
WHAT new landmark would you like to see in Poole? Last week we revealed the mystery tourist attraction proposed for the area - a giant sundial called the Solar Pyramid. But we want to hear YOUR ideas. Lady Liberty is the much-loved guardian of New
ROGUE traders claiming to be council staff have scammed the elderly and vulnerable out of up to £300 per visit by charging for cutting back trees. Men wearing fake ID approached residents in three separate incidents, claiming they were from the council
APOLOGIES to the store detectives at a famous chain of high street chemists for my behaviour recently. They probably thought they had a live one on their hands (or whatever their term is for people who they suspect are about to go on the rob) as I must
LOCAL GP practices have been defending their use of non-local telephone codes after an attack from the Patients' Association. The association says one in five practices is using 0844 numbers, which can cost as much as 40p a minute to call from a mobile
PLANS for a giant 100-metre wind turbine have been given the thumbs-down by Bournemouth council. Members of the planning board voted to register an official objection to the proposals for a massive turbine almost twice the size of Nelson's Column. But
ARE you sitting comfortably? Then I'll begin... Just seven simple words that didn't just define a generation, it helped shape its children into well-rounded individuals who knew right from wrong, good from bad and that it was wrong for Looby Lou to join
BUNGLING officials have exposed 25 million people to fraud by losing detailed personal information. The slip-up by an employee of HM Revenue and Customs which resulted in two discs, containing unencrypted data on everyone who claims child benefit, getting
A BRAVE building boss who refused to sit back as thieves targeted his pick-up truck was almost mown down as he tried to stop them escaping. Darren Burridge, who was shocked into action after two men leapt into the cab of his works Mitsubishi Warrior,
The Daily Echo has thrown its weight behind the appeal by three hospices to Light Up A Life. The campaign offers the chance for anyone to dedicate a light on one of three Christmas trees in Poole, as a special memorial to a loved one. A friend, relative
A BLANDFORD trainee beauty therapist told how she was struck by lightning - as she washed her hair in the shower. Student Abbie Jackson was hit when the bolt came in through her bathroom window. She was left reeling in pain but escaped without serious
KIDS' TV - love it or hate it, everyone has an opinion. We all have favourites, mainly based on our ages, and most of us would argue that the programmes we watched when we were little were the best. Most of us 40-somethings won't hear a word said against
YOUR local school needs you. Highcliffe pupils are urging the public to pick up the phone to support their TV bid for a National Lottery grant. Students from Highcliffe Secondary School and Sixth Form, in partnership with the tesidents' association,
THE financial rug is to be pulled out from under two leisure centres from next April, which will see some residents without access to sporting facilities while one centre is being rebuilt. District bosses have now decided the fates of Gillingham and
A WAREHAM man died after a discarded cigarette set fire to his Wareham flat on Tuesday night. Emergency services were scrambled to Robert Christmas House, Christmas Close, just after 9.30pm and found heavy smoke billowing from the building. Fire
BOURNEMOUTH-based Willy van Rysel, Britain's oldest female competitive swimmer, is to be honoured in the International Swimming Hall of Fame in Florida for the third time. The 91-year-old, who has previously been recognised in both the masters and long
Bournemouth look to improve on a sequence of just one win in four Hampshire/Surrey Regional League matches when they visit Barnes on Thameside on Saturday. They were held to a 3-3 draw by basement boys Andover, having held a 3-1 lead at Chapel Gate.
SEA swimmer Declan Callahan put his open water stamina to good use as Poole recorded a comfortable victory at the Weymouth 50m Inter-Club Gala. A shortage of older boys meant a busy night for some Poole swimmers, including 13-year-old Callahan, who swam
FERNDOWN Otters' Nick Vaughan provided two of Dorset's seven wins in the South West round of the ASA National Inter-Counties Masters competition at Salisbury. The 43-year-old Royal Marines chef won the 35 and over 50m freestyle in 25.79 and the 50m butterfly
WIMBORNE Wayfarers ladies continued their fightback in Channel Division One with a comfortable 3-0 victory over Yeovil and Sherborne at QE. Wimborne had most of the meaningful possession and opened the scoring when Gemma Newson-Smith touched in from
IT is still generally cheaper to buy property than rent despite rising house prices and increases in interest rates, says high street bank Abbey. But the difference between buying and renting has narrowed sharply since last year and in some areas of
A FORMER coastguard volunteer and ex-pier master says lives could be put at risk if district planners refuse to back the relocation of Swanage's coastguard station. Rescue chiefs want to move their Peveril Point base to the town's North Car Park, and
LIKE many ten-year-old boys, Daniel Legg loves to play the drums and make a bit of a din. And yet only six months ago he couldn't even bear to go to the cinema with his family because he found the soundtrack too loud. For Daniel has autism - a condition
DESPONDENT Darren Sheridan admitted Barrow were "absolutely gutted" to exit the FA Cup on a night of high drama at Dean Court. Midfielder Sheridan was one of three players placed in temporary charge of the Bluebirds following the sacking of Phil Wilson
BOSS Kevin Bond admitted his players' confidence is "smashed to pieces" after Cherries stumbled to a narrow 3-2 FA Cup victory over non-league Barrow last night. Bond's remarks came following a troubled night at Dean Court, with Cherries extremely fortunate
NEIL Middleditch has stressed he is "happy to carry on" as Great Britain team manager for an eighth successive year. But he admitted he would step down if British speedway bosses thought there was "a better man to do the job". Middleditch's part-time
GROUPS representing more than 10,000 Poole residents have voiced their strong opposition to the controversial Solar Pyramid. The chairmen of seven south Poole residents' associations plus the Poole Campaign to Protect Rural England have sent a strongly
A DELIVERY driver had a dramatic escape as he was pulled from his van as it was swept away in a river torrent near Wareham. Maurice Lennox, a driver for the Tesco home delivery service at Tower Park, Poole, was hauled to safety after he attempted to
DELAYS caused by renegotiating the Pavilion redevelopment project could have a cost of £1 million. Bournemouth cabinet members will today be warned they need to make a final decision on the Pavilion by Christmas and then let the scheme progress. Otherwise
OUTRAGED councillors stormed from the council chamber last night after a recommendation to close Townsend School was carried by a single vote. Townsend people who had packed the chamber shouted their disappointment at supporters of a motion to close
HAVING been told he was the worst employee the small town guitar shop had ever had, the 25-year-old Joseph Arthur sent out demos of his songs to everyone he knew. Bizarrely, one of them up ended with Peter Gabriel who fell in love with the song History
Bill Bailey, BIC, Bournemouth THE last time Bailey was in town he played to a packed Pavilion... and brought the house down. Last night he was in the much bigger BIC Windsor Hall, again full to bursting, with an all-singing, all-dancing, state-of-the-art
TOM Vavrecka's second-half wonder goal paved the way for Wimborne Town to claim pole position in the Sydenhams Wessex League Premier Division. Vavrecka's stunning strike, coupled with Scott Joyce's 26th league goal of the season, saw the Magpies leapfrog
A DOUBLE helping of last-minute drama saved Cherries from FA Cup embarrassment at Dean Court. Kevin Bond's side were second best to non-league Barrow for much of a thrilling match before Max Gradel's late penalty forced extra-time and Danny Hollands
