CHERRIES registered their first draw for 22 games – since they were held 0-0 by the Valiants at Dean Court in early March. The two sides carved out a number of decent opportunities during an entertaining encounter but were unable to make a breakthrough
CHERRIES have been granted permission to make a second conditional signing by the Football League, the Echo can reveal. The news will come as a further boost to Eddie Howe and his injury-ravaged squad following the singing of West Ham youngster Anthony
TRADERS have welcomed council plans to upgrade the Triangle in Bournemouth and local residents are being invited to have their say on how the area should shape up. The council has released an artist’s impression showing how the Triangle could be transformed
SALT Factory, the new resident theatre company at Lighthouse, took an opening bow with this fascinating exploration of an obsessive but deeply flawed relationship. Paradise is the latest work by award-winning Bournemouth playwright Nell Leyshon
HERE’S one pretty Philly you won’t be able to resist… Philadelphia, the city of brotherly love. There’s a thriving night scene, with plenty of clubs and great restaurants, but it’s also vibrant and bustling by day. However, if you prefer a more leisurely
SOCIAL networking sites like Facebook are most commonly used by friends and family to keep in touch with each other, arrange events and share holiday pictures. However, a more sinister use for the site has been revealed. Over a six-month period and
GIVEN the size of the task facing Bournemouth’s council leaders in cutting the budget in the coming months, the departure of Manjeet Gill would seem to be something of a blow. However, in view of the chequered history of her post, the news is not
Thousands of children and their families have lost everything following the three separate natural disasters which have recently hit the Asia-Pacific region. UNICEF – the United Nations Children’s Fund has launched the Asia-Pacific Disasters Children
I was disturbed to read (Daily Echo, September 30) that a local photographer had been taken to task for using the council’s beach as a setting for commercial photography. The Echo website is brimming with colourful responses, generally implying that
AT the forthcoming Conservative conference, the first act the party leader should undertake is a covenant with the people, to reinstate English Christian culture and values. I want the Rt Hon David Cameron MP to put an end to that treasonable left wing
NEARLY 40 volunteers donned wellies and bags etc, to clean up at Mudeford recently – wonderful and they should be congratulated. Sadly the call goes out almost weekly for volunteers to do this sort of work. Yes, sometimes it can be very enjoyable, chatting
Twynham Rangers Football Club is recruiting for their under-14 girls’ team. The club is based in Christchurch and all teams play league football. Girls who are interested in playing good class football and taking part in regular training sessions please
HAVING recently had an operation at Poole Hospital, I too can not speak highly enough of the care I received. From my local surgery at New Milton Health Centre through Bournemouth and Poole hospitals, my treatment has been excellent, very
AN infants’ school has closed after an outbreak of the highly contagious norovirus. Queen’s Park Infants in East Way, Bournemouth, will not reopen until at least Tuesday after children and teachers were struck down by the diarrhoea and vomiting bug.
THAT WAS the week that was Freshers. The week when a huge swathe of Britain’s new students got stuck into the grand traditions of the university life they’ll be leading for the next three years – drink, more drink and lots of pizza. Now, possibly for
ST Peter’s Choir has a lot to celebrate thanks to a recruitment drive which began with an article in the Echo last November. Since then, the choir has quadrupled, growing from three to 12 boys. Two of the candidates who came forward have now been
HIS Holiness Pope Benedict XVl is to visit Britain next year – which will be only the second Papal tour here in 500 years The Pope has accepted Prime Minister Gordon Brown’s invitation to visit “all parts of the UK” so is expected to visit Northern Ireland
MURDER squad detectives are continuing their enquiries into the death of a 26-year-old woman who is believed to have suffered stab wounds and fallen from a second floor window. Scenes of crime officers erected a tent underneath a blood-spattered
There have been a number of letters in the Echo recently about the rise of the BNP, but what is really behind it? I would suggest that the main causes have more to do with negative media spin, and politicians who prey on or over react to the
I’M PRETTY sure that very few of those on the stage at the Labour Conference really understood just why so many people have felt so anguished about the case of Fiona Pilkington, the Leicester mum who burned herself and her mentally disabled daughter to
MELISSA Courtney continued her remarkable run of success when securing team bronze for Poole AC with the fastest under-17 leg at the South of England Road Relays. Africa Mason and Abigail Jones set the scene, clocking 11:11 and 11:19 respectively
quality tope have been making an appearance to the south west of the Purbecks with 16-year-old Chris Allen from Poole landing a beauty while fishing from the Swanage-based boat Sangina II, skippered by Tom Greasty. The young angler was using a mackerel
SPINNING star Max Waller is relishing the prospect of bowling at cricket legend Adam Gilchrist as he prepares to display his talents in the Champions League Twenty20. Waller, from Highcliffe, will board the plane to India with his Somerset team-mates
CHERRIES’ top scorer Brett Pitman was yesterday named as the Professional Footballers’ Association fans’ League Two player of the month. The homegrown forward has been in excellent form, his goals proving to be a major factor behind Cherries’ fine start
IF Liverpool lost Reina and Torres, could they still win the Premier League? What about Chelsea without Cech and Drogba? Almost unthinkable, isn’t it, that these teams could still be as dominant without the players who hold them together at
LEE James’s slump of form continued yesterday when he retired after 12 holes of his second round at the ECCO Tour Championship in Denmark. “I was playing really bad and was 17 over par when I lost a ball at the 13th,” explained James. The Broadstone
Cherries captain Danny Hollands has issued a rallying call to his battle-weary troops – urging them to “stand strong” in the wake of the club’s injury problems. Eddie Howe’s league leaders travel to Port Vale this afternoon (3pm), looking
HEADLINE acts went unpaid at a dance music festival in Poole branded a “shambles” by angry ticket holders. The Southern Sound Festival held at Canford Park Arena on September 19 and 20 had been billed as hosting the “world’s most prestigious artists”
TWO pensioners claim they are being treated like “caged animals” following a decision to permanently lock gates leading to their council bungalows. Great-grandmother Edna Travis, who relies on a walking frame and wheelchair to get around, has
