Robert Green was guilty of an horrendous error as England were held to a 1-1 draw by the United States in their opening World Cup game in Rustenburg. The West Ham keeper gifted Clint Dempsey a 40th-minute equaliser when he allowed a shot from
NINETY years ago a series of houses went up on the rural fringes of Bournemouth, on land off Muscliffe Lane. They were the Homes for Heroes, smallholdings built to exacting standards to house some of the men who had bourne the terrible brunt
A FACEBOOK campaign to bring Radio 1’s Big Weekend to Bournemouth has attracted more than 15,000 members in less than a month. The group was only set on up May 25 but has attracted huge interest and members have suggested possible venues including
EXTRA beat officers will be put on patrol in Dorset town centres during key World Cup matches as part of an ”enhanced” level of policing throughout the tournament. Dorset Police has been working closely with local partners and licensees in preparation
“ONE more nail in the coffin of tourism.” That’s the view of one independent tourist group as the impact of spending cuts becomes evident in Christchurch. Traditional black tourism signs containing helpful maps and information about
FUNNY old place, Cherbourg. It’s a town people seem to pass through rather than visit – long known as the gateway to Normandy (and the rest of France) and a favourite haunt of booze-cruising Brits. But I was keen to prove there’s more to Cherbourg than
ENGLAND fans have a chance to bid for an England shirt signed by Wayne Rooney. The sealed bid auction will raise money for the Daily Echo-backed Sparkle Appeal, which is raising money towards a new hydrotherapy pool and therapy centre for disabled
ONE of the great eccentrics of our age, John Otway careers happily through a life that is an object lesson in controlled chaos. The self-styled great rock 'n' roll failure may be limited in musical talent but his engaging personality and exuberant approach
WE know you don't really need us to make any suggestions here. But we're going to anyway...
FIREFIGHTERS cut a woman from the wreckage of a car following a crash in Poole. The accident, involving one car, happened around 10am, on Saturday, in Fernside Road. The woman, who is not thought to have sustained life-threatening injuries, was freed
A MAN claims he saw a big cat prowling Wareham Forest. Lytchett Matravers man Daniel Green says he saw the puma-like creature crossing the Bere Regis Road as he drove from Holton Heath on Monday morning. Daniel, aged 20, a manufacturing
MILLIONS will be trimmed from council budgets in Dorset as local authorities feel the squeeze of the government’s austerity measures. Councils knew the bad news was coming, but Communities and Local Government Secretary Eric Pickles MP has
MOST siblings look out for one another, but Francisco Canelas has done something extraordinary for his. At the age of just four he saved his big brother’s life with a bone marrow transplant. Now, four years on, both boys, from Vale Road, Poole, are healthy
THESE sweet, chewy pancakes, filled with nuts and syrup, are a staple street food in South Korea. You can make them at home, or if you can't be bothered (and if you have access), buy a packet of Hotteok mix from an Asian grocery store.
DEMAND for in vitro fertilisation treatments increased by nearly 10 per cent in Bournemouth in a single year, it has been revealed. The number of cycles of treatment rose from 2,385 in 2008 to 2,622 last year and cost £8.06 million. The number of patients
FIGURES from the fields of education, medicine and law enforcement, as well as the county’s volunteers, have been awarded CBEs, OBEs and MBEs in the Queen’s Birthday Honours. A CBE went to Dr Mary Armitage, from Broadstone, who is a consultant
THESE are not really recipes which go together. So for this match, you might just have to choose which side to support... From Argentina, we've passed over the various meat dishes that make up the traditional asado and gone for pizza. But not
AT least you knew where you stood with Hitchens. Left-winger, friend of the great and good, his address book filled with the names of Watergate people, the Clintons, Martin Amis and many more. His journalism and books elevated him from Oxford student
DIONIS MacNair, the first woman to be elected as a New Forest Verderer, is made an MBE for services to the area. Miss MacNair, of Castle Hill, Burley, has written a book about New Forest ponies and was secretary of the New Forest Pony Breeding
THE LOST art of male belly dancing is alive and well in Wimborne, thanks to a 63-year-old mobile librarian. Paul Jones, of Hardy Crescent, started dancing, teaching and performing more than 20 years ago. “It started off through the day
THE daughter of a killer who is serving a life sentence for murdering her mother says he should not be freed until he has said what he did with the body. On Monday 25 years will have passed since Veronica Packman disappeared from the family
I HATE to be the one to break it to you all; the one to rain on our English parade. But we're NOT going to win the World Cup. Football is NOT coming home. The only thing that is coming home is Rio Ferdinand, he of the crocked foot. And not
THEY’RE the Paris Hiltons of the canine world. With their diamond-studded collars, gourmet dinners and regular “paw-dicures” (groan), these doggy divas live a life that some of us can only dream about. Harrods’ pet emporium now sells £300 Swarovsksi
A 26-year-old motorcyclist from Dorchester died following a collision with a car on the A357 in North Dorset. The accident, involving a motorbike and a blue Rover, happened a mile north of Shillingstone just after 12.30pm yesterday. The
THIS is my favourite match so far, because it's got some of my all-time favourite flavours. First up, tzatziki. Is there anything better? And served with the classic Greek souvlakia - marinated meat barbecued til sticky and tender. I don't
Much to the dismay of residents and ward councillors who strenuously objected, outline planning permission for 450 student units and 378 houses at Talbot Village has been approved (Daily Echo, June 10). May I through this paper thank all those objectors
Do we need palm trees in Bournemouth? We have our own botanic character with elegant evergreen pine trees, great planting in parks, baskets, planters and on roundabouts. We do not need to try to be continental to appeal to visitors – let’s be British
Our council leader Cllr Stephen MacLoughlin rebuts David and Mary Hilliam’s comments regarding openness in democracy in the town by saying that his administration “encourages greater public involvement in decision making by local public bodies” (Have
THE title Jeremy and Amy may sound like a slushy Mills and Boon offering. But the new book chronicles a very different type of love story. Monkey World co-founder Jeremy Keeling, 53, has committed his story – and that of the world-famous
In response to the article in Wednesday’s paper Time to sort out yobs on the cliff’ demand, I would like to reassure residents that work is continuing in this area to help prevent anti-social behaviour and keep our open spaces clean and tidy. During
BAHA, the local hotel and hospitality association, are fully supportive of the council’s move to introduce a new ‘boulevard atmosphere’ to Holdenhurst Road recently mentioned in the Daily Echo. As part of the continuing development within the town,
So pleased to read the news (Daily Echo June 10) that the mass buying-up of property, either as a whole or for back garden urban development, is coming to an end. There have been more than enough of these purchases already, and the row of bad teeth
COULD the leaders of Bournemouth council please arrange a public meeting to answer and discuss the following questions: l How will Boscombe benefit from your planning application to demolish the BCCA in favour of an ‘integrated services hub’? Some 470
DEAR Lord, what would you have me learn about patience? I confess I’m not always a patient person, especially as I’m waiting for my friend to come back from exploratory surgery and it’s been nearly five hours already. “Be still and know that I am God
We would like to thank all the people who so kindly donated money to the CRUMBS Project in memory of Mrs Betty Ellson after her tragic car accident. Please accept that I may not be able to write to you personally through lack of a contact address. CRUMBS
MR JUSTICE Sir Peregrine Simon is the judge who decided that Sarah Payne killer Roy Whiting should have 10 years lopped from his 50-year prison sentence. He then asked the court to “pause for a moment” to remember that Sarah would have been 18 if she
IF you happen to hear a few more American accents than usual around Dorset in the next year or so, blame US writer David Amsden. In a travel piece recently published in the prestigious New York Times, the novelist and journalist waxes lyrical
CHRISTIAN campaigners have called on local churches to show the World Cup on big screens. Christian Vision for Men and the Evangelical Alliance voiced the idea when highlighting the dramatic fall in the number of men under 30 attending church.
Asda has submitted plans which could complete the regeneration of a gateway site into Poole town centre. The multi-million-pound Holes Bay development at Lifeboat Quay has begun its journey through Poole council’s planning department. In April Asda
INTERNATIONAL support is rolling in for a Dorset team heading on an epic charity rally. The group, led by Ashley Platen-Mills, will leave Wimborne on July 2 for the 6,000-mile Roof of the World Rally to a children’s school in Kurgan-Teppa, Tajikstan,
CHERRIES legend Steve Fletcher is backing Jermain Defoe to be a “big player” for England and he is desperate to see his old strike partner get an opportunity on the world stage. Fletcher played alongside Defoe during the frontman’s prolific loan spell
MUCH more than local pride will be on the line tomorrow when Dorset and Wiltshire face off for a place in the last four of the MCCA Trophy. The neighbouring south-west counties clash at Dean Park in the Minor Counties’ one-day competition, knowing that
