YOU may have never heard of Ludovico Einaudi, but if you’ve watched Top Gear, Masterchef, Strictly or even the John Lewis ad from years ago you’ll have heard music. Barely a BBC2 programme goes by without one of the the beautiful sweeping,
CHERRIES prospect Jayden Stockley is tomorrow set to sign a five-year deal with the Dean Court club, the Echo understands. The 16-year-old, who made his debut as a substitute during Cherries' Johnstone's Paint Trophy defeat at Northampton
A DORSET businessman has bought Poole’s defunct Tatnam Hotel but says it is too early to know what the future holds for the site. Philip Oram, who owns the iconic Hermitage Hotel on Exeter Road, Bournemouth, acquired the Tatnam from Enterprise
EXCUSE me for coming over all grumpy again after my comments about the joys of Firework Month, but what exactly is the point of Halloween? I keep being told it’s a celebration or holiday but I can’t see too many people out there – beyond retailers and
SHOP workers are likely to face verbal abuse and attacks in the run-up to Christmas, according to a study. Their union, Usdaw, has revealed that angry customers often take their frustration out on staff if there are long queues or items are out of stock
THREE entrepreneurial teenagers from Hamworthy on a crusade to improve their BMX track have won funding from Borough of Poole and a donation from a local business. Guy Crookes, Connor Jarrad and Bradley Rae, all aged 15, wanted to get hold of some topsoil
‘BEWARE the martyrs we make.” I’m talking to Larry Love, the laid-back frontman of Alabama 3 about BNP leader Nick Griffin’s appearance on Question Time the previous night and he echoes the same concerns being expressed across the UK media. But you
THIS impressive life-size poppy man was created to bolster support for brave servicemen and women who have shed blood in conflicts including Iraq and Afghanistan. The model, the work of Lytchett United Royal British Legion standard bearer Shirley Hawkins
LOOKING like the love child of Nick Cave and a walrus, Jesse Hughes cut quite a figure on stage at the O2. As ever, the frontman’s handlebar moustache was a conversation piece amoungst the crowd, although they hadn’t turned up to marvel at his facial
BOURNEMOUTH Airport’s multi-million pound transformation is taking shape as work on its impressive new terminal building progresses. With the shell of the new building almost completed, the new glass and steel building has been built around the former
ALMOST 1.4 tonnes of tobacco which was heading for the UK illegally has been seized at Poole Port this month. UK Borer Agency (UKBA) staff at Poole Ferry Port on Monday evening found 930 kilos of hand-rolling tobacco – enough to make 1.8million
WOMEN are being asked to donate their new or hardly worn shoes to raise money for children with life-threatening illnesses. The Daily Echo-backed Heels 2 Help Heal event is staged at Bournemouth Oceanarium on Wednesday November 18 where good
BASS have been making their presence felt, with Boscombe’s Martin Mansbridge recording the pick of the bunch off Southbourne Beach. His catch tipped the scales to 9-12. Mansbridge, a 37-year-old shop fitter, was fishing in the surf and used a large
Andrew Cheverton spins a tale inspired by this picture to send shivers down your spine just in time for Hallowe'en... The oldest story, as it’s told, is from near three hundred years ago. Little enough compared to some, especially in lands
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BUDDING Spielbergs are being urged to sign up for a challenge that could earn them a fortnight filming in the Bahamas. Organisers are surprised at the lack of entries from Dorset in the 14 Islands Film Challenge, a search for the most talented
KIA’S quirkily-named Cee’d is now two years old and has been given its first update. The popular Korean has proved itself in estate, hatch and coupe (or Pro_Cee’d) guises and has sold more than 17,000 in the UK to date. The new flavour benefits from
WHAT happened after Sara, the Little Princess, was rescued from a life of drudgery? In this sequel we learn the fate of the boarding school inmates left behind who have developed vivid lives of their own. This is different from but just as good as
A GOOD excuse to throw a lot of Dahl’s creations at semi-related recipes, like Crispy Wasp Stings on a Piece of Buttered Toast from James and the Giant Peach. In truth, there’s little here that’s revolting (apart from Strawberry Flavoured Chocolate
A FASCINATING and richly researched historical account of one of Britain’s best known mental institutions, focusing on our changing attitudes and treatment of the insane. Bethlem Hospital, or “Bedlam” as it is better known, is the world’s oldest psychiatric
HOW could this scion of an affluent family not succeed? Born to a towering intellect and a woman of no little talent, the young Alan rose and rose, through school, to Oxford (where else?) and eventually graduated, aiming for the Bar. He coasted along
Art Loan Exhibition 2008-09 – Bournemouth University, Talbot Campus Manga to Mural: The Sketches of John Thomas – Russell-Cotes Art Gallery, Bournemouth (until April 30) Hidden Gems: 20th Century Faces – Russell-Cotes Art Gallery,
THERE are a lot of men out there who are big kids at heart; I should know, I’m married to one of them. Despite the fact that we have two small girls, he has, since the day they both managed to play with toys, insisted that they prefer Star Wars Lego
OMG. How brilliant was last night's episode of The Restaurant? Raymond Blanc may not have the catchphrases of Masterchef's Michel Roux Jnr but this was still television of the highest order. There is neither time nor space here to go
EXPANDED from an Oscar-nominated 2005 short film, 9 is a computer-animated odyssey set on a post-apocalyptic earth devoid of human beings. Writer-director Shane Acker greatly embellishes his original 11-minute vision into a 79-minute quest
IF getting your kicks involves being scared half out of your wits – or you’re insomniac and fancy something different to watch on Saturday night/Sunday morning – then Empire have thoughtfully lined up a four-film programme that should serve your needs
This is it: the behind-the-scenes film of the 50-date concert series at the O2 Arena in London that sadly never was. Hastily constructed from hundreds of hours of backstage and rehearsal footage, Kenny Ortega’s documentary is a glowing tribute to the
SUMMER made a welcome return to Bournemouth on Thursday with many families heading to the beach to bask in the sunshine. This week Britain put Corfu in the shade with temperatures of up to 70F caused by warm air coming from Southern France, Spain and
COUNCIL leader Stephen MacLoughlin can expect a stormy reception when he faces his colleagues for the first time since the computer porn row broke. The Conservative group leader went on holiday with his family shortly after the Daily Echo revealed
The long-awaited publication of Charles Haddon-Cave’s inquiry into the Nimrod disaster that cost the lives of 14 British servicemen has laid the blame squarely on the Ministry of Defence for sacrificing safety to cut costs (Daily Echo, October 29). However
Giving voters back the whip hand (Have Your Say, October 27) is a splendid sentiment and your correspondent Gordon Cann clearly supports this. But he concludes that most problems relating to council officers “pulling the wool over councillors’ eyes
BEING a proprietor of a hotel in Alum Chine I pride myself on hospitality. To that extent I went to Bournemouth Railway Station last week. My guest, who is 91 years of age, was isolated and carrying suitcases. There were barriers up and I asked
RECENTLY I was driving my car down the lower part of Glenferness Avenue when a football was propelled in front and then underneath my car. It came from a side road. As I approached the traffic lights to turn left I heard a severe grating noise from under
I could not let the letter by Gordon Cann (Have Your Say, October 27) go by without a reply. How perceptive and accurate Mr Cann is in summing up his concerns which are relevant to so many residents in Poole and Bournemouth. He is right when he
On Sunday evening we had to call the police. An elderly lady was wandering the streets late at night and she was very confused. We are apt to run these services down but they were there in less than 10 minutes and the lady was picked up and taken
IT is predicted that because of improvements in medical care average lifespan will soon exceed 100 years. In view of this the retirement age should be raised to eighty. GEOFFREY LINDLEY, Branksome Wood Road, Bournemouth
A SIX-year-old boy died after falling down a well while playing with other children, just hours into a trip abroad. Little Matin Nochad had just arrived in Sri Lanka with his parents and two-year-old sister when the tragedy happened.
WHEN the last original Noddy story was written in 1963, poor old Big Ears probably thought he and his proportionally challenged lugs could enjoy a quiet retirement. But nearly half a century later Noddy and chums are back thanks to Enid Blyton
MORE than 300 residents packed a highly-charged meeting on the future of Wareham’s controversial pedestrian level crossing on Thursday night. The crossing, recently named by Network Rail as the most dangerous in the UK, looks set to be closed
Anyone old enough to remember the classic all-nighters at The Flamingo Club in Soho’s Wardour Street back in the sixties could tell you that this concert - excellent though it was - bore scant resemblance to those amazing marathon sessions.
COUNCIL claims that a Bournemouth park cannot be opened to all traffic during two-month bridge repair works in Boscombe have been branded “absolute rubbish” by a former civic leader. Just days after Cllr Robert Lawton maintained that the
PARP parp. Make way for the new Noddy. Enid Blyton wrote 24 Noddy books between 1949 and 1963, many featuring Golly Town and golliwogs. But the new book by her grand- daughter has removed them. Quite right too. To someone like me, white
EMERGENCY services cordoned off part of a Poole beach after canisters of toxic material washed on to the shore. Police cordoned off some 200 metres of Flaghead Chine and Shore Road while fire crews from Poole, Springbourne, and Westbourne worked to
EDDIE Howe is urging the Dean Court faithful to pump up the volume – and has enlisted the help of a partially-deaf Cherries fan to lead the way. Howe has asked John Garard – the North Stand’s chief cheerleader – to spearhead his request for added vocal
DANNY Warwick believes the “wake-up call” Buccaneers received at Weymouth earlier this month can spur them to title success at Plymouth tonight. Bournemouth Castle Cover take a seemingly unassailable 28-point lead into the second leg of the National
THE pirate hostage drama has got “10 times more complicated” said a Bournemouth-based security expert. Paul and Rachel Chandler from Kentwere sailing from the Seychelles to Tanzania when Somali pirates seized their yacht. The couple
TOM Killick is set to keep faith with his youthful midfield partnership – despite veterans Taffy Richardson and Aaron Skelton coming back into the selection frame. The experienced duo are available for tomorrow’s Wessex Premier Division trip to Alresford
CHERRIES’ ace marksman Brett Pitman has unselfishly admitted providing goals gives him almost as much pleasure as scoring them. Pitman was both architect and executioner as Cherries maintained pole position in League Two with a 3-1 victory
CHERRIES boss Eddie Howe has delivered his verdict on the League Two title race – insisting Notts County are still rightly regarded as favourites. The moneybags from Meadow Lane boast the shortest odds with all the leading bookmakers, despite
VERWOOD Town boss Adie Arnold has urged his players to find some consistency – because that holds the key to unlocking the door into the Wessex Premier. Division One hopefuls Verwood lie in seventh position, nine points adrift of leaders
GARETH Barnes has completed his dream move back to Wimborne Town – but he must wait for the chance to pull on a Magpies jersey again. Barnes officially left Christchurch on Tuesday after admitting that the opportunity of a fourth spell at Wimborne was
HE was signed in the wake of Richard Gillespie’s departure – and Mark Gamble is revelling in the task of filling those prolific boots. When goalscoring legend Gillespie left Bashley for Eastleigh in June, the New Foresters’ Southern League prospects
BOURNEMOUTH boss David Dunn is preparing for another tough test at Maidenhead as Lions bid to pull off their fourth National Three South West triumph of the season. Maidenhead are bottom having lost all eight league matches, but Dunn added
HAYDEN Hokianga has labelled Oakmeadians’ home clash against Walcot tomorrow (3pm) a “must-win game” as they bid to force their way back into a promotion spot. The third-placed Meyrick Parkers are reeling following reverses against Buckingham and new
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