European Youth Olympics champion Amelia Maughan set her third national record in eight days at the South West Youth Championships. It came in the heats of the 200m freestyle in which the 13-year-old recorded a time of 2:03.65, slicing 0.7sec off the
BOURNEMOUTH ace Chris Mills held his nerve in a last-heat decider to grab the second place that gave them a nail-biting 47-46 home win over Newport tonight. Hornets pulled back a 10-point deficit and only trailed 41-40 with two races to go.
Ferndown Otters’ former national champions Fran Hughes and Naomi Vides revived their golden double act with two wins apiece in the South West Youth Championships at Millfield. They monopolised the 200m individual medley titles, Hughes winning
A FRANTIC police chase will take place on the streets of Ringwood this summer. Blue lights blazing and sirens wailing, the bobbies will be giving their all to catch a whole host of red-faced drivers intent on going as fast as humanly possible
A DORSET psychologist has written a book describing how many sufferers from post-traumatic stress disorder can make a full recovery. Dr Roger Baker became convinced that PTSD merited further investigation after seeing a dramatic change in his
RAY Dorset (left), the legendary voice of Mungo Jerry, will be making sure it’s all fun In the Summertime at the Gorilla Gala in Bournemouth on Saturday. The event is being staged at the Carrington House Hotel by the Dorset-based charity Gearing Up 4
ANOTHER night of chilled out frivolity at the university students’ home from home. Up first was the proudly middle class Joe Lycett, armed with a notebook full of hilarious Amazon reviews (Complete Works of Shakespeare: Weak) as well as his
A new palliative care area has been opened in Poole Hospital’s Children’s Unit thanks to generous support from the community. The area – named ‘Gully’s Place’ after its major benefactor Diane Gulliford – will provide accommodation for children
MORE than 60 years after she used to help wind the Lansdowne clock by hand, a Christchurch woman is backing an appeal to have it restored. Pamela Butcher is keen to help get the Bournemouth and Poole College clock chiming again and is urging
ARCHETYPAL English Rose actress Susan Hampshire was in Lymington to open the £580,000 first phase of Oakhaven Hospice’s redevelopment programme. The nine-month project has seen the half of Pennington Chase House lived in by hospice benefactor the late
AS part of our election coverage we asked you to suggest questions to ask your local candidates. After lots of responses, we put together this list: Where do you stand on the Digital Economy Bill? Would you support a repeal?
So, with all this talk of balanced and hung parliaments, we thought we'd put together a duffers guide to explain what COULD happen tomorrow. What constitutes a majority? Whoever forms a government needs to know they have enough votes
TWO people, one bike, 4,300 miles. That’s the challenge facing husband and wife team Tim and Ruth Dunsby as they limber up ready to take on the rough roads of the United States, riding from West to East in a 64-day test of their endurance.
THE quest for the perfect body has led to a steady increase in demand for cosmetic procedures in the UK over the past few years. A new GMTV survey found that almost 90 per cent of people questioned would have plastic surgery and three out of four believed
OVER the past three weeks I’ve criss-crossed Dorset speaking to everyday people about the election. It’s taken me to the market towns of Wimborne and Blandford, the seaside resorts of Bournemouth and Swanage and the hustle and bustle of
Tuna Carpaccio with Rocket and Wasabi Peas Serves 2 400-500g tuna loin 2 tbsp vegetable oil Salt and pepper 1 bag ‘Super Hot Rocket’ 1 handful wasabi peas 2 tsp olive oil 1 tbsp lemon juice
DORSET’S wildlife will once again star on national TV as acclaimed film-maker Simon King returns with his cameras. The wildlife cameraman has announced he will be based in the county to film for the BBC’s popular Springwatch, starting on May
As the General Election reaches fever pitch and voters are attracted by the X-Factor style hysteria surrounding TV performances by the party leaders, this historic three-horse race has all the ingredients for a Hollywood-style election night special
After last week's drifting Ally, Annie and I are back to Weymouth this week for a few days training. Nick Cherry is with us to train against and coaching us we have Si Shaw so we're looking forward to making steps forward, focusing particularly
Further to Mr Root’s observations and comments about dogs being imported from abroad (Pet charities must begin at home, Have Your Say, April 29), I feel I must reply in order to explain more of what my charity, Friends of the Strays of Greece,
ACCORDING to yet more new research probing into our lifestyle habits, UK viewers are watching more than four hours’ telly every day. Well, all I can say is lucky old you – I just wish I had the time. As the Echo’s resident television
BOURNEMOUTH politicians past, present and future met in the town yesterday. Lord Eden, who as John Eden was Bournemouth West MP between 1954 and 1983, returned to the town in support of Conservative parliamentary candidate Conor Burns, and also met with
“I DIDN’T touch him.” That is what a jury was told yesterday by the youngest of three teenagers accused of beating to death Big Issue seller, Ralph Millward. The 15-year-old, who cannot be named because of his age, told Winchester Crown Court he kept
AFTER four weeks of relentless campaigning, at 7am tomorrow the polls open and the people finally have their say. It will be a long day and night for politicians making their final attempts to win votes and for all those who play a part in
JUBILANT AFC Bournemouth supporters will get the chance to congratulate their heroes on Sunday when Cherries embark on an open-top bus parade. Fans can show their appreciation for the campaign enjoyed by Eddie Howe’s team by turning out
I absolutely agree that the enormous problem of stray animals in other countries such as Greece should be their problem and that they should have their own animal welfare organisations, but they don’t. This leaves two options. We could turn a blind
Mr Root alludes to ‘bringing in dogs from Greece and Ireland’. He presumably refers to Greyhounds in Need, with their desperately-needed work to help greyhounds which are starved and beaten – in one case I know of, a greyhound’s ears were cut off so
I noticed in your paper that Cllr John Beesley will not be asked to stand down as planning board chair (Daily Echo, April 29). I cannot agree with this. I shall not be asking but demanding this happens. I would think that the situation in Bournemouth
TRIBUTES are pouring in for a popular and “funny” teenager killed as he walked along a bypass in the early hours of Saturday morning. Hundreds of messages have been posted on Facebook for 18-year-old Sam Gunstone, described by many of his friends
A MEETING to discuss the effectiveness of Boscombe’s controversial surf reef will be held behind closed doors, it has been revealed. The public and press will be barred from a briefing on a long-awaited report to ascertain whether the reef
Roger James of Oxfam (Have Your Say, May 3) reminds us of the need to support low-carbon developments to help protect the world’s poorest countries from the threat of climate change. Faith Eckersall’s ‘make do and mend’ article in the same edition reminds
Remembering the mantra my driving instructor left me with after passing my test in 1968, that you must ‘treat everyone else on the road as an idiot’, I can’t say that I have noticed ‘barging in’ by 4x4 drivers more than any other type. (Have Your Say,
POLITICS is a rough old trade, as everyone knows. Occasionally – or perhaps more often than that, it’s also a dirty business. This is never more the case than at election time, when all parties do everything they can to maximise their vote and
WHILE Weymouth and Brighton have been given the thumbs-up by travellers in a new survey, Bournemouth failed to win any accolades. The resort’s award-winning gardens, seven miles of golden sands and vibrant nightlife didn’t impress holidaymakers
MARK Molesley – the forgotten man of Cherries’ successful season – admits the prospect of playing League One football will provide all the incentive necessary during his lengthy comeback mission. The luckless midfielder went under the knife
CHAIRMAN Eddie Mitchell expects the vultures to circle Dean Court this summer – but he is determined to fend off any interest in Cherries’ stars. Eddie Howe’s heroes have enhanced their reputations by helping the club achieve an against-the-odds
WIMBORNE Town chairman Ken Stewart is “pretty confident” the club’s promotion to the Southern League will be rubber-stamped later this week. The Magpies look set to profit from Poole Town’s ground-grading difficulties and move up the non-league
BUCCANEERS reject Kyle Newman insists he doesn’t have anything to prove ahead of his Wimborne Road return with Newport tonight (7.30pm). The dynamic teenager was axed from Bournemouth Castle Cover’s 2010 team plans shortly after he’d left Britain to
