LOAN star Joel Ward paved the way for Cherries’ emphatic last-day victory at Morecambe and then expressed a desire to return to Dean Court next season. The teenage defender, who was making his first start following a three-month injury layoff, headed
A taste of 1950s America is coming to town with the return of the drive-in movie to Canford Park Arena. Film-goers can sample a unique slice of American life at showings of Grease and fellow sing-a-long favourite Mamma Mia, projected on a giant nine-metre
AN experimental Cherries side produced a quite majestic performance to end their eventful campaign on a huge high this afternoon at Morecambe. First-half goals from Joel Ward, Liam Feeney and Brett Pitman all but ended the League Two match as a contest
AN UNDISCOVERED Francis Bacon masterpiece could be lurking on the back of a painting given away by a Poole artist more than 50 years ago. Bacon, whose now work sells for tens of millions of pounds, gave the canvas to artist John Rosser, who now lives
A COUNCILLOR has started the ball rolling in an effort to save Christchurch Bowling Club from closure. Christchurch Borough councillor Peter Hall is leading the campaign along with members of the club and concerned local residents after a severe drop
A coroner raised "concerns" about mine clearance in theatres of war after two Royal Marines serving in southern Afghanistan were blown up by a makeshift device that metal detectors failed to find. Lieutenant John Thornton, 22, of Ferndown and Marine
A DORSET man has died following a collision between a car and a lorry in south Wiltshire. Retired electrical engineer Colin White, 69, from Sturminster Newton, died when a silver Vauxhall Astra he was travelling in and a DAF articulated livestock carrier
A surveyor with ancestral links to Poole Pottery is fighting to save a 135-year-old building which was part of the historic tile works at Hamworthy. Richard Sanders has applied to English Heritage to list the engine house of the Patent Architectural
CONTROVERSIAL euthanasia expert Dr Philip Nitschke has confirmed his plans to give talks on suicide methods after being allowed into the country yesterday (Saturday). Dr Nitschke, dubbed Dr Death, who is due to hold a workshop on assisted suicide
A SECOND driver has been arrested by police following a three-vehicle smash at Breamore that claimed the life of a woman from Weston-super-Mare. The accident on Wednesday afternoon led to long detours for motorists after police closed the main A338 for
SEVERAL letters have been written on the subject of Poole’s litter (Have Your Say, April 29). The pavements in Boscombe have quite a scattering of cigarette ends. Much worse are the layers of assorted cigarette ends at the start of Boscombe Precinct
ISN’T the problem with these large sums of money being offered to the likes of executive managers and support officers a greedy reflection on the people at the top? (Chief’s four support staff to cost council £120,000, Daily Echo, April 20). They want
What a refreshing change to read that Hamilton Hall boss John Bellamy has had enough of “religious claptrap” and intends to let controversial speaker Dr Philip Nitschke put forward his views on euthanasia (Daily Echo, April 30). However,
Some of us who dare protest for better control of drugs in society will be presenting a petition for the rights of cannabis users and protesting outside Downing Street today (May 2). This is a small detail compared to those who attended a special
I THOUGHT you might like to see one of your youngest readers. This is my grand-daughter Kayleigh Harris, aged 23 months. The photograph was in no way staged – she climbed up beside her mum who had just finished reading the Echo, picked
FORGET the teaching for a moment. It must be obvious to anyone that maintaining discipline in schools is one of the toughest jobs in the education business. That’s one of the reasons why this newspaper does not often publish stories about bullying.
I am puzzled but not surprised that Mr Reeves (Have Your Say, April 25) chooses to criticise Poole Liberal Democrats over our opposition to the 4.8 per cent increase in this year’s council tax, concentrating on the large increases in 2001, 2002 and 2003
RE Mr Belcher’s letter (Debt of honour must be repaid, Have Your Say, April 28) I and many other ex-servicemen and women would totally agree with his sentiments on government policy towards the Gurkhas. Mr Brown, our Prime Minister, on his visit to
A NOTED authority on the Dead Sea Scrolls will visit Bournemouth this month to speak at a meeting of the Bournemouth Branch of the Council of Christians and Jews. Oxford Professor Geza Vermes was one of the first scholars to examine the Dead Sea
THE Bishop of Salisbury, Dr David Stancliffe, has announced that the next Bishop of Sherborne is to be Dr Graham Kings, vicar of St Mary’s Islington in the Diocese of London. Dr Kings, 55, succeeds Bishop Tim Thornton, who became Bishop of Truro last
FREELANCE anglers have caught a number of quality fish including some nice rays from shore locations and hefty pollack from charter boats. Maurice Childs of Poole had a successful sortie to Worbarrow Bay where he recorded a brace of spotted
FOUR Bournemouth schoolgirls at the centre of a vicious fight captured on video and posted on YouTube have been excluded, it has been revealed. In footage seen on the video sharing website, Avonbourne pupils could be clearly identified punching
IT’S 12 years since Bournemouth was dubbed the UK’s clubbing capital by Mixmag, the country’s premier dance music magazine, but following a spate of closures of major nightclubs in the town this year its position appeared to have slipped.
MATT Ford has likened new Pirates asset Mark Baseby’s riding style to that of Grand Prix star Leigh Adams and former top Swede Henka Gustafsson. The 21-year-old Buccaneers second string has played a major role as British speedway’s newest team
FIVE members of a gang jailed for a total of 72 years for conspiring to smuggle £1 million worth of cocaine into the UK were told their activities were “evil” by a judge at Bournemouth Crown Court. Judge Christopher Harvey Clark told them:
PAUL Hurry has revealed how a surgeon took the time to study speedway on Sky TV so he could help the rider get back in the saddle following 19 months on the sidelines. Pirates’ reserve, who has a guaranteed two matches left in his 28-day loan period
PERFECTIONIST Eddie Howe has thrown down the gauntlet to his Cherries players – challenging them to move up a gear now their Football League safety has been confirmed. The popular young manager masterminded the club’s miraculous relegation escape, which
TALISMAN Steve Fletcher believes Cherries boast realistic promotion credentials and he wants to spearhead a play-off push next term. The Cherries legend struck the winning goal against Grimsby Town last weekend to ensure his side’s League Two safety.
