Dorset Music Forum continued their successful series of Insight sessions on Wednesday (16th September) by inviting Chris Knight and Mike Rundle from UK Trade & Investment (UKTI), the government organisation that helps UK-based companies succeed
Bashley boss Steve Riley watched his 10-man team crash out of the FA Cup but then quickly shifted his focus to his side’s play-off prospects. Goals from Jack Pitcher and Lee Marshall in each half handed Gloucester City a 2-1 victory at the
SACKED, resigned, parted company – call it what you like – I just think it’s a shame that Phil Simkin’s Hamworthy United reign has ended in such an unhappy manner. Since joining the Echo, I’ve spent plenty of time chatting to Simkin – and also
REIGNING champions Poole Town showed no signs of a Charlie Austin hangover as they continued their domination of the Wessex League. With prolific striker Austin set to complete his move to League One outfit Swindon Town in the next 24 hours
ANGRY Phil Simkin pulled no punches after claiming he was sacked as Hamworthy United manager – despite chairman Bruce Scammell insisting the outgoing boss resigned from the role. Hammers chief Scammell said “the club point of view is he resigned
A BATCH of cereal has been removed from the shelves of 99p Stores nationwide after yet more moths were found in purchases from Poole. Last week the Daily Echo reported that a mum of two had found a live moth, still sealed in the cereal bag from a box
A NEW FOREST headteacher who was at the centre of a police investigation has announced that he is to retire next year. John Crisp, head of New Milton Junior School for the past 23 years, said he had decided to retire at the end of the summer
The south west’s gardens are a hotbed of wildlife, according to participants in the RSPB’s summer wildlife survey. In June some 62,000 people across the country joined in Make Your Nature Count, the first RSPB survey that observes wildlife
PHOTOGRAPHY students are exhibiting their work from the last two years at the In The Frame gallery in Lymington Road, Highcliffe, next month.
THE site safety officer for the Great Dorset Steam Fair has been presented with a rare award. Loric Collins was given a Commanders Award for outstanding support and commitment to St John Ambulance. His first shows were spent volunteering and helping
A POPULAR Poole secondary school has been teaching pupils in the hall and dining room and taking drama lessons in corridors. According to government recommendations, the 860-pupil St Edwards RC/CE VA Comprehensive School in Oakdale is bursting
POLICE are cracking down on vehicle crime after a spate of incidents involving vehicles on private driveways, commercial car parks, rural car parks and lay-bys. PC Simon Walters, of the priority crime unit at Lyndhurst, said: “Thefts from motor vehicles
After a summer break that MPs would be chuffed with, the Funnybone Comedy Club reopened on Friday night with a cracking line up of comedians. Harvey Oliver blew away the cobwebs with a well-received warm-up set. That said, the front row probably
A proposal to open a busy Blandford street to two-way traffic has been shelved by the town council. Town councillors wanted to replace the one-way system on White Cliff Mill Street with a two-way traffic flow to improve access to doctors’ surgeries
ROBBERIES of Business premises have gone up during the credit crunch. Figures released by Dorset Police under the Freedom of Information Act show there were 27 such crimes for 2007, 38 in 2008, and 20 in the first six months of 2009.
JERRAN Hart has saluted Buxton’s Craig Cook as a worthy winner of the National League Riders’ Championship after exonerating him from any blame after they clashed in a fiery heat 18 at Rye House last night. Fourth-placed Hart’s Buccaneers team-mate Jay
It has been a month now since our Elliott's had their first dip in the water down at the Weymouth and Portland Sailing Academy and since then Ally, Annie and myself haven't stopped! A weeks' hard training getting used to the boats as much as possible
THREE people were taken to hospital with serious injuries after a head-on collision that shut a Dorset road for seven hours. Emergency services were called to the Higher Blandford Road at Limberlost at around 7.50pm on Saturday after a silver
I’M talking to a very distressed Ellen MacArthur… then suddenly the smooth-talking Cadbury’s Caramel bunny … followed in a flash by national treasure Moira Stewart. “With Moira, the lips are stiff, with a very slight smile, and you have to talk through
IF you want to get off the beaten track in France and rediscover the country’s rural charms, the Auvergne region is the perfect destination. Less than three hours by train from Paris, set in the Massif Central, it has as much to offer as Provence
