NO NEWS is definitely not good news for residents of a village near Christchurch as concerns are raised about the continuing deterioration of a former private school. Despite declarations by developers that work was due to start in spring at Homefield
ALEXANDRA Park landed a technical KO to beat Section One rivals Boscombe Cliff 10-4 after the visitors’ skip was forced to leave the contest. Darren Clarke’s three-man rink lost 25 per cent of their winning score (19-14), reduced to 14.25-14, but disastrously
WITH the top three A Division teams all in winning mode, West Moors benefitted most by collecting all six points at Iford Bridge. Olive Freeman’s rink (19-18), undermined the Bridge foundations as Anne McIntyre, June Simmons, Judith Miles and Janet Price
BOURNEMOUTH’S Chris Ridley is hoping his mammoth century will help him reclaim his first-team place and stake a claim for a county call. The 20-year-old smashed an unbeaten 172 off just 137 deliveries as the reigning Sunday Division One champions thumped
IT’S being dubbed the longest emergency call out in history – a fire engine is travelling 26,000 miles around the world in memory of a Wimborne fire fighter. Garth Moore, 63, died of lung cancer in July 2009 after 33 years of service. Now son Steve Moore
CHRIS Seagal is no ordinary private eye. He doesn’t wear a raincoat with the collar turned up, nor has he been duped by a femme fatale or tailed by a car. The 37-year-old, Bournemouth-based sleuth is smart, techno-savvy and takes no nonsense
Beaches including Bournemouth Pier, Canford Cliffs, Southbourne, Poole Harbour and Studland Knoll Beach are just some of the places in Dorset that have been given the highest grading due to their sea water quality, in the Good Beach Guide 2010.
SEVEN Poole pirates rowed 250 miles under the blazing sun in a Cornish gig for charity, and apologised for the town’s most infamous son along the way. They completed their 15-day long journey at the quay on Sunday and celebrated with beer and sea shanties
FOUR years after earning a sensational selection for the 2006 World Cup, Theo Walcott has been left out of Fabio Capello's England squad for this year's tournament in South Africa. Walcott has endured an injury-troubled time since scoring his
Never let it be said that I don’t give you the very latest from the world of beer. Just yesterday I popped in to my favourite shop in Southampton, Bitter Virtue (www.bittervirtue.com) where they had on sale a beer which they had the world premiere of.
PLANS to convert Bournemouth’s former post office into a pizza restaurant will help revitalise a neglected part of town, it is claimed. Town centre manager Roger Parker said it was “absolutely delightful” that Pizza Express planned to move
THE eagerly-anticipated Twenty20 clash between Dorset and Hampshire has been called off due to a waterlogged pitch. A big crowd had been expected to attend today's match at Dean Park, but a decision was made at 2.15pm after consistent rainfall.
Work to mend a collapsed sewer in Bournemouth Road, Poole, has proved more complex than anticipated and the road is unlikely to re-open before Thursday. The half-mile stretch between Pottery Junction and St Osmund's Road was closed at 6am on Saturday
A BRAVE girl from Bournemouth battling a rare form of cancer was the star at a special party to honour the courage of youngsters coping with the disease. Amelia-Grace Cooper was the guest of honour at the Cancer Research UK and TK Maxx Little
SANDBANKS has earned another title, though this one might be more unwelcome than others. Poole’s Millionaires’ Row has, perhaps unsurprisingly, been named Britain’s least affordable seaside area. The average house price – £544,951 – is almost 19 times
Baked Seafood and Saffron Risotto - Gizzi's nutritional breakdown: One serving has 416 kcals and 9.7g fat. Serves 4 • 1tbsp olive oil • 1 onion, peeled and finely chopped • 8 slices chorizo, chopped • 3 garlic cloves, peeled
It's started, just like it does every year at about this time. I'm talking about the letters to the editor and the general abuse towards cyclists. There have been the usual letters criticising cycling along the seafront, this topic is raised
When an opportunist fox struck at Farmer Palmer’s, four little eggs were left behind without a duck to hatch them. Until, that is, a Silkie hen called Babs stepped in to keep them warm. Now Lucky, the first duckling to hatch, is taking
Heavenly singing - June 1 After a phenomenal 2009, including some live dates across the UK and selling over 2 million records world wide, The Priests return in their 2010 UK Tour joined by rising star and very special guest, Camilla Kerslake
After our actioned packed finals on Sunday we had the joy of loading our Elliotts (which were used for the Delta Lloyd Regatta) in containers yesterday and arrived home late last night. Ally and I now have a couple of days off before starting training
POOLE Citizens Advice Bureau has seen a 66 per cent increase in appeals for help over the past year. Managers say most of the enquiries have from newly unemployed people struggling to pay for commitments like mortgages – and then being caught
NUMEROUS emergency calls alerted fire fighters to a heath fire in Poole yesterday. Around 50 square metres of gorse and heath land were alight between Dorset Way and Canford Way, and three appliances from Poole arrived within six minutes.
WARDENS will be patrolling at Studland during the summer after claims that a no anchor zone for protected seahorses is a “catastrophic failure”. Natural England is appealing for the co-operation of boat owners, after a number of craft were
BUSINESS and tourism experts at New Forest District Council have dropped plans for a points-based loyalty card in favour of one linked to offers advertised on a website. And instead of the card being offered free, residents who want to take advantage
TEARFUL friends huddle together at the gates of a Bournemouth school to remember ‘the man with the biggest laugh’. Forty people gathered at Portchester School on Sunday evening to mark the death of 18-year-old Joshua McArthur from Christchurch
In recent months there has been a worrying increase in the number of people keeping meerkats as pets. Animal dealers have exploited the popularity of the TV commercials featuring Alexsandr Orlov (the Russian meerkat who wears a smoking jacket) and have
As a recently retired member of staff working both in theatre and on Portman Ward at Blandford Community Hospital, it is with shock and dismay that I read in the local press that the ‘powers that be’ are proposing the closure of Portman Ward, together
Presumably the licences required to take photos on the beach (Daily Echo, May 28) are aimed at institutions such as The Daily Echo, film companies staging shoots, and people who will be publishing the photos in some form or another – not the general public
I am at a bit of a loss to fully understand the point of Cllr MacLoughlins’ letter (Have Your Say, June 30). While I am sure everyone is delighted that he is doing the job for which he has been elected and for which he is paid, it seems that his sole
It is astounding that your unnamed correspondent (Have Your Say, June 22) writes: “Shouldn’t Poole council be ashamed that its children’s social care was underspent by £500,000 in the year?” These savings were achieved, as in other service areas, by
AT just 36, paraplegic Sam Fairbrother faces the frightening prospect of moving into an old people’s home. The father-of-three’s life changed forever on October 23 last year when his motorcycle was involved in a crash at Sandford near Wareham
IF you are in need of a little bit of inspiration, look no further than Sam Fairbrother and his wife, Kerry-Anne. As today’s lead story explains, Sam’s life was turned totally inside out by a traffic accident last October, which was no fault of
Apart from plans from our now new government mainly hitting the poor in UK, may I suggest another idea that might even save a lot more money than six billion pounds? Get our military support out of Iraq, Afghanistan and even in the Falkland Islands.
May I extend an invitation to any reader who has served in the Electrical, Radio, Radar, Weapons or Control Branch of the Royal Navy, to visit the Royal Naval Electrical Branch Association stand on June 5th at the fantastic HMS Collingwood open day in
How ironic that there were two stories about our beautiful seafront in Friday’s Echo. One was drawing attention to the “accident waiting to happen” illegal cyclists and the second starring Beach 8, ( very scary), the warden from Poole council. Surely
I was so furious to read that Kelly’s Kitchen are appealing yet again against eviction that I felt I had to write to you (Daily Echo, May 17). I understand that they are a popular cafe in Christchurch and are well frequented, but there are
It is astounding that your unnamed correspondent (Have Your Say, June 22) writes: “Shouldn’t Poole council be ashamed that its children’s social care was underspent by £500,000 in the year?” These savings were achieved, as in other service areas, by
ACCORDING to the programme, this jazz theatre tour is for London Studio Centre students with “considerable physical skill, stamina and personal dedication.“ To sum up, it’s “not for the faint hearted.” They’re not kidding. The London college’s four
THE organisation that runs the New Forest National Park is due to welcome its new boss today. Alison Barnes, formerly employed by Natural England as its regional director for London, has been appointed chief executive of the National Park Authority
A BOURNEMOUTH theatre company is entering the hallowed territory of Hancock’s Half Hour to present two of the great comedian’s best known radio plays as stage plays. Burnt Toast Theatre will perform The Missing Page and The Bowmans at Bournemouth’s Winchester
AIMING down the barrel of the Browning 12-gauge sporting shotgun feels pretty good, but nothing prepares me for how it feels when I blow my first clay target into smithereens. Purbeck Shooting School owner, and expert shot Graham Brown, has seen my look
Cllr Nick King, the narrowly defeated Conservative out in a fiercely contested general election battle in Mid Dorset, has been a Bournemouth councillor since 2005. Never hiding his sexuality from political colleagues or the public, Mr King, who owns
An evening out with top entertainment might be difficult to find in 2010. There might be a big name pop band at the BIC, a one-nighter comedian at the Pavilion, films in the cinemas, and even a tribute band in a club. Sixty years ago, the situation
DARREN Cowley is out to prove he shouldn’t have been dropped by Dorset earlier this season when he lines up against a star-studded Hampshire side at Dean Park today. Suttoners’ all-rounder, back after almost a whole campaign out through injury, blitzed
LEE Bradbury pledged his future to League One Cherries and then insisted: “We can deal with anyone in the division.” The 34-year-old revealed he |had agreed terms on a one-year contract extension after a |productive season at Dean Court.
NEWLY promoted Wimborne Town were last night set to open talks with two potential signings as they build for life in the Southern League. Assistant manager Darren Powell also revealed that discussions had already been held with one player, with the club
FORMER Cherries skipper Mark Morris has underlined the vital effect off-field stability can have on the club’s players. Centre-half Morris was an important figure for Cherries from 1991-96, playing more than 200 games in a popular spell. The ex-captain
DORSET manager Sean Walbridge says it will be a big thrill if Hampshire captain Dimi Mascarenhas is declared fit for their Twenty20 clash at Dean Park today. Royals boss Giles White is keen for the England international to make his first senior
A SUMMER GARDEN (Serves 8) For the cake (white chocolate and cardamom rosewater sponge): • 130g unsalted butter, softened, plus more for the tin •20 green cardamom pods •170g self-raising flour •100g white chocolate
HIGHCLIFFE Castle may well be just down the road, but the buyers of this lavish house will be procuring an imposing property of their own when they sign on the dotted line. Dubbed Monterey Pines, it is arguably one of the areas finest houses and
IT was a rather unusual group of travellers that gathered silently on platform 4 of Bournemouth station on a sunny Friday morning. Retired sergeant major types and ladies of a certain age, who definitely lunched, a lot, rubbed shoulders with
AS we sat sipping cocktails in an art deco bar by a palm tree-lined pool, it was easy to imagine we’d just arrived in Miami Beach – only without the long haul flight! After a warm welcome from Christian Seres, the charming bar and brasserie
5 years ago: Abdullah Ibrahim – Lighthouse, Poole (31.5.05). Climax Blues Band + Funhouse – Mr Kyps, Poole (2.6.05). 10 years ago: Colin Blunstone & Rod Argent – Pavilion Theatre, Bournemouth (1.6.00): Zombies pair dip toes in reunion water
