RAMPANT Rochdale condemned Cherries to their heaviest home league defeat for three years to put the cat among the pigeons at the top of League Two. Eddie Howe’s men were put to the sword during the second half as the visitors ran amok by netting three
POLICE are still trying to identify a man who was seriously injured in a road traffic collision, so they can contact his next of kin. The middle aged man is being treated at Southampton neurological unit and was last week said to be in a serious
THERE’S nothing like a tale of kindly old biddies with a cellar full of dead bodies to blow away the Halloween cobwebs. Joseph Kesselring’s clever, funny play first appeared in New York in 1941 and has enjoyed phenomenally long runs ever since. It might
THIS being the season of Halloween, NFP could not have made a better choice of play for their autumn production. While there are neither ghouls nor ghosts in the play – although a few things do go bump in the night – it is a thriller that really does
WHEN teenager Ryan Eaton went to have his eyebrow pierced, he joked: “I might bleed a bit more than usual, I’m on iron tablets”. Those who didn’t know him would not have realised was that he lived with a rare life limiting medical condition which finally
So it’s still happening (Toddler hurt as bus drove off, says mum, Daily Echo, October 28). I was able, as a 74-year-old widow of 33 years, to walk, with my shopping trolley, to the exact rear of the local bus, leaving the front seats for those less
I WONDER if any of your readers have noticed a very disturbing trend inherent within today’s schoolchildren which will have to be curbed before it is too late? Three times in as many months have found me jolting to an emergency stop at a green traffic
I AM writing to say thank you to the 95 per cent of cyclists who respected the pedestrians during the summer months, especially in July and August when cycling on the prom was not meant to take place at all during the day. Of course there were some
The number of people facing fuel poverty is on the increase, and vulnerable households are particularly affected. That is why I am writing to back Macmillan Cancer Support’s campaign to freeze out fuel poverty for cancer patients. Feeling colder and
I sincerely hope the article in Wednesday’s Echo is a serious lesson to the taxi driver (My midnight robbery terror, Daily Echo, October 28). The lady in question was honest with him to say that she only had £4. She could have got to her destination
A DISABLED man has spoken of the moment his beloved blind poodle cross was savaged by two vicious rottweilers. The attack, which a veterinary surgeon said nearly killed the 10-year-old pooch, Jake, was the latest in a string of disturbing incidents
LOVE has conquered all for Rachel and Samuel Richman, who have been reunited in their 90s following three decades apart. The couple’s romance was rekindled after their daughter Claudia played Cupid and just a year before the couple’s platinum wedding
First of all there was furore over the Wareham to Carey crossing being closed, with residents saying that doing so would cut the town in two, and there would be no easy way to get into the town itself from the Carey side. Then security tapes were released
November is Vegan Month – the perfect opportunity to start eating ethically. By going vegan, in one simple step an individual can help to end animal suffering, reduce their carbon footprint and boost their health. What other diet has such overwhelmingly
THE mother of Jude Law’s love child, Samantha Burke, appears in a gossip magazine to claim the actor hasn’t seen his new daughter Sophia or even asked for a photo for her. May I suggest to Samantha, who appears to exist in a parallel universe
A KEY report into Poole Town’s plans for Branksome Rec has backed the football club – but raised questions over the long-term viability of the scheme. One of the hottest topics surrounding the controversial £1 million proposals, in which the club hope
WHEN news broke that the Pope had extended a welcome to disillusioned Anglicans to the Catholic Church, I was at the Sacred Heart Church in central Bournemouth, discovering the welcome they give to Latin Americans seeking a spiritual home in the town.
POLICE in Dorset arrested 6,550 people during the first eight months of this year with almost one in four of detainees under the influence of alcohol, new figures have revealed. The statistics, contained in a report to be considered by Bournemouth
COUNTING sex aids and assessing adult material? It’s all in a day’s work for council officers. Bournemouth trading standards and licensing officers have taken part in a “day of enforcement” against four premises in the town to investigate whether they
ACCRINGTON Stanley manager John Coleman seemed to know all about the wage bill at Dean Court. And now Rochdale chief Keith Hill is getting in on the act – maybe there’s something in the Lancashire water. However, while Coleman kept his thoughts on Eddie
PIRATES chief Matt Ford has admitted publicly for the first time he definitely wants his side to line up in the Elite League again in 2010. But only if he gets “assurances” from other top-flight promoters at next month’s annual meeting in
A RAPIST, who was caught after being captured on camera, yesterday pleaded guilty to the early morning sex attack in Bournemouth’s Lower Gardens. Restaurant worker Rasuijon Kuchkarov from Uzbekistan pounced after his victim spurned his advances
ROCHDALE boss Keith Hill has provided plenty of added spice ahead of today’s top-of-the-table clash by firing a broadside at Cherries’ financial history. In a candid interview published on his club’s official website, the Dale manager claims
Hopes of securing the future of a gem of Poole High Street may have been dashed after a planning appeal was lost. Boones owner Geoff Barfoot had applied for planning permission for flats on the two floors above his preserved Victorian shop front and
AN “island” from the Arctic will be heading for Poole Harbour in the UK’s Olympic year. It will be towed the entire length of the coastline of south-west England to highlight climate change as the clock ticks down to the start of the 2012 games. It
JERRAN Hart confirmed he’d like to line up in the National League again next year after almost single-handedly clinching the title for Buccaneers in Plymouth tonight. The teenage star marked the end of only his second full season of speedway
PAUL Gazzard has signed dual registration forms with Brockenhurst. Gazzard, who has made 260 appearances for Bash, will get some game-time under his belt with Brock in the Wessex League. Elsewhere, Southern League outfit Gosport Borough have swooped
