DORSET trio Matt Metcalfe, Nick Park and Simon Watkins all came to the party as Bournemouth maintained pole position in Division One with a four-wicket win over Lymington. Paceman Metcalfe (5-66) ripped through the top order as Lymington struggled
THE first woman across the line at Poole’s Race for Life morning event collapsed a few seconds after completing the 5km course on the hottest day of the year so far. Carly Harrison finished in 22 minutes 23 seconds as 1,749 other women took
Ten days of exciting Poole Beachfest events kick off on Friday July 9 with the British Beach Polo Championships. Sandbanks’ glorious beach will host a stupendous range of events from international competition to local community events until Sunday July
THE sun shone again for Winton Carnival on Saturday with thousands turning out to soak up the rays and party atmosphere. Students, parents and staff from Glenmoor School and Winton Arts and Media College re-enacted the visit of Buffalo Bill
I HAD occasion to look up the words of the Slovenian national anthem the other day. You see, I’d drawn Slovenia in the office World Cup sweepstake and was trying to find out more about my adopted nation. The words turn out to be admirable if bland
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SUPPORTERS of a Christchurch community centre fear the council could be using underhand tactics in a bid to quietly sell off the facility. The Friends of Mudeford Wood have spoken out after being alerted to a council survey asking residents about a variety
A YEAR on, three buildings ravaged by fire in the heart of Wimborne are nearly fully restored. Since 30-foot flames engulfed the picturesque High Street last July, it has taken intense work to repair damage to roofs, floors and walls. Now building contractors
PUPIL-to-pupil body massages are angering parents in Parley. Parley First School, in Glenmoor Road, wants all children to have 10-15 minutes each day to rub each other’s backs, heads and arms. Year Two children have been taking part
THE chief executive of Bournemouth council had to urge political leaders to “sort out” councillors who were complaining about their families not being invited to a reception to honour The Rifles. The Daily Echo revealed on Saturday how some
ANGRY parents at a Poole pre-school hit by funding cuts are fighting to keep it open. After 40 years St Clements Pre-school in Parkstone, which has some 30 children, is facing closure after with withdrawal of the “free entitlement funding”. The Department
Poole shoppers are facing a triple whammy of parking charge rises, facing three in nine months. Borough of Poole is due to hike charges twice in five months to fill a black hole in the budget, while it is likely costs will rise yet again with VAT hitting
ENGLAND suffered World Cup heartbreak today in a controversial but crushing 4-1 defeat to old rivals Germany. Two goals from Thomas Muller, plus strikes from Miroslav Klose and Lukas Podolski, secured the Germans' passage into the World Cup
SRI Lanka, this magical, teardrop-shaped tropical island… probably the best holiday destination in the world. It has wildlife safaris, plantations, idyllic beaches, lagoons, spectacular waterfalls and seven Unesco World Heritage sites. Not forgetting
England’s World Cup dream is over – again! We lost 4-1 to Germany, we had a goal disallowed just before half time which would have taken us to the break at 2-2, we played badly but if we’d had that goal I really think things would have been different
IT HAD to be Germany, didn’t it? In the World Cup, it’s as traditional as moaning about the ball, the Brazilians being over-rated, or the Dutch squabbling among themselves. Actually, that latter hasn’t happened at all yet, which must be a good
Charlotte Chandler, whose previous biographies have focused on Bette Davis and Alfred Hitchcock, offers a glimpse into the world of Hollywood legend Hepburn, based on the author’s personal recordings of interviews, alongside recollections from friends
ROUSING a near full house from its sun-drunk stupor is a tall order, lucky then that we were afforded the skill of a blue-eyed soul man as seasoned as Michael McDonald on a sticky Saturday night. Backed by a slick and technically excellent band
WITH a guarantee of no rain and glorious music the punters unpacked their picnics on the artificial turf and made ready for the second evening of the BSO’s Indoor Outdoor Festival. The warmth of the evening was underscored by the male members of the
A BOURNEMOUTH pub is flying the German and English flags ahead of today’s big game. The Pig and Whistle on Queen’s Road has had the two flags, plus the Scottish Saltire, displayed outside since the start of the world cup two weeks ago.
THIS time last year Britain’s Got Talent star Paul Burling was beginning another summer season in the holiday parks of South-West England, clocking up 40,000 miles-plus a year and wearing out cars like most of us do shoes. Not that he was
Ferndown fire engine was called to a large heath fire at 1.30am in West Moors this morning, Sunday. They found an area 100m by 50m well ablaze and called for help from dozens of colleagues. Light vehicles, water carriers and fire engines came from Verwood
THERE are no World Cup fixtures, the weather forecast is good – so why shouldn’t you join the Daily Echo-backed Macmillan Dorset Bike Ride? The annual fundraiser next Sunday, July 4, will suit almost everybody who likes to take to two wheels
ON the battlefield, the football pitch and the sunbed, we’ve never seen eye-to-eye. But the Germans really are our funny cousins and we’ve got more in common than you’d think. So, before you settle down to watch the match today, arm yourself
