PLANS for the second hike in Poole’s parking charges in just five months have been given the green light by councillors. The planned increases, hot on the heels of the last round of rises in April, will go to portfolio holder Cllr Mike White for a final
THIS has shot into my top five gigs of all time, and I’ve been to plenty over nearly 40 years. Students mingled happily with 50-somethings, brought together by their enthusiasm for this little-known Texan band whose music sounds so familiar... yet is
A REAL treat and quite a coup to land big fish Noah & the Whale for a graduation ball, and although their performance at the 02 was all too short and sweet, it certainly whetted my appetite for more. With a 45-minute set that dipped into tracks from
A LONG-haired heavy-metal-loving anti-capitalist Aussie and a black comedian from Georgia with a penchant for the “N word” – this was never going to be a gig for the faint hearted or easily offended. No apology was necessary but one was made anyway at
IF you noticed a gentleman in 19th century clothing wandering through Bournemouth Lower Gardens, don’t worry, you didn’t see a ghost. Local historian and Lower Gardens Project officer Andrew Emery dressed up as Decimus Burton, the Victorian garden
A Poole café has been branded “insensitive” after it refused to return a £500 deposit for a wedding celebration, cancelled after the mother-of-the-bride was diagnosed with a brain tumour. Alistair Macrae and his new wife saw their world turned
A CELEBRITY charity football match at AFC Bournemouth has been cancelled. The club’s chief executive Neill Blake confirmed yesterday afternoon that the game, due to be held on Sunday, July 18, had been called off because too many celebrities involved
DARREN Powell is backing the quality of Wimborne Town’s squad ahead of Magpies’ first crack at Southern League football. The newly-promoted Cuthbury outfit are bidding to make a successful step up after earning promotion from the Wessex Premier Division
SOUTHERN Premier League strugglers Lymington have bolstered their resources with the addition of Hampshire’s David Griffiths. The 24-year-old, who hails from Newport on the Isle of Wight, is due to make his debut in Lymington’s Division One
A NEW ecological trust to protect beautiful streams and rivers from pollution in Hampshire, Dorset and Wiltshire has been launched at Somerley House on the banks of the Avon near Ringwood. With a membership drawn from six interested organisations, the
“ONE minute she has got a job then she hasn’t got a job. It’s just been a total mess.” The words of mum-of-three Erica Lindon as she described her daughter Helisha’s fruitless battle to get her first paid job. The 21-year-old who has
A final call is being made for fundraisers to sign up for this year’s Daily Echo-backed Ferndown Relay For Life. Some 36 teams have already signed up for this year’s 24-hour walkathon around the athletics track behind Ferndown leisure centre
Fabio Capello is to continue as England manager, the Football Association announced today. Capello can now continue with the holiday he went on within hours of his arrival back in London, and start preparing for the friendly with Hungary on
FROM its gold lettering and dark curved windows, Isabels has a mysterious appearance amid Ashley Cross’s other dining experiences. Inside the décor is dark red and very intimate, with cosy booths offering privacy for that business deal or marriage proposal
BEAUTIFULLY produced with gilt lettering on the front, it marked the Bournemouth centenary celebrations of exactly 100 years ago. Full of colour illustrations, it was produced to commemorate the centenary fetes taking place in the resort.
Ever wandered why those basil plants you buy in the supermarket die so quickly? Well according to Edible Garden gardener Alys Fowler, it's because they ram too many seedlings in one pot. So split them up or grow your own from seed and use the fruits
THE fourth and final instalment of the computer-animated series puts a fairy-tale spin on It’s a Wonderful Life, but Shrek Forever After lacks the heartfelt emotion of Frank Capra’s 1946 classic. The adventures of the jolly green ogre have been on a
The sight of Spanish palm trees could soon welcome visitors travelling into Bournemouth after traders hailed a continental-style makeover in the resort’s Holdenhurst Road a huge success. That’s the hope of one civic leader who has spent years
A PUBLIC outcry has greeted the “pathetic” sentences for the teenage killers of popular Westbourne Big Issue seller Ralph Millward. Poole trio Jimmy Ayres, 15, Warren Crago and Craig Real, both 17, were locked up for the manslaughter of the
Sophie may not be academic like her family, but she’s practical – a skill scoffed at by those closest to her. And she’s had enough – no more taking orders. Okay, just one more, as mum sends Sophie to look after supposedly wealthy Evil-Uncle-Eric.
MISERY loves company – our company – in writer-director Noah Baumbach’s deeply depressing character study, based on a story conceived with his wife, actress Jennifer Jason Leigh. The film provides funnyman Ben Stiller with a rare opportunity
A NEW sex establishment policy for Bournemouth seeks to restrict the numbers and locations of sex shops and lap dancing clubs. The draft policy states that an area of Holdenhurst Road, from the junction with Northcote Road to the Richmond Park Road junction
THANK goodness you Daily Echo readers are an intelligent lot, because I need someone to explain to me what on earth, or any other planet for that matter, The Big Bang, the final Doctor Who episode (BBC1, Saturday 6.05pm) was all about! I
BOURNEMOUTH’S beleaguered Tory council leader bowed to growing political pressure and resigned last night, leaving Cllr John Beesley in charge. Cllr Stephen MacLoughlin stepped down at a meeting of the Conservative group at the town hall following
RESPECTED documentary maker Frederick Wiseman turns his camera on the Paris Opera Ballet, one of the world’s greatest ballet companies, and the result is a beautifully filmed insight into one of Europe’s foremost cultural institutions. By
A SUSPECTED arson attack caused “untold damage” to a large area of heathland and forest just outside Bere Regis yesterday. Around 50 firefighters battled to contain the blaze, which started near Turners Puddle at around 10.20am. Flames
Up against a solid and original title, Crackdown 2 promises bigger and better with more challenges, more players and a bigger story. Don't forget the original sold well on launch purely because of the Halo 3 Beta codes that shipped with the game. People
FOUR-wheeled competition can be a complicated business, so news that Ringwood’s finest mechanics, information gurus and legal minds are backing the town’s pedal car race has been welcomed by organisers. With the countdown to the Daily Echo-backed Magna
A FRESH attempt to redevelop a Bournemouth car park has seen plans for 208 flats replaced by a scheme that would include two hotels. Previous proposals to build 208 flats on the Terrace Mount car park were put on ice because of the slowdown
DYNASTIC jazz vocalist Jacqui Dankworth couldn’t really fail to reach the top of her profession given her parentage, but it is so obviously her exquisite voice and songwriting skills that have enabled her to achieve so much. She’s touring
THE throb of seven Ferrari engines could be heard across Dorset and the New Forest yesterday as Chris Evans and his lucky chums rolled into town. The Chris Evans Drive and Dine Magnificent Seven saw seven lucky drivers and guests get the chance
The father of Big Issue seller Ralph Millward says that he can’t forgive his son’s killers. Speaking after the hearing at Winchester Crown Court yesterday, Ken Millward, 77, from Boscombe said: “I cannot believe what the boys say about being sorry.”
MAY I, through your newspaper, take this opportunity to thank the hard working members of the Winton Carnival committee for their excellent event on Saturday. Considering the additional problems that carnivals throughout the land have had to contend
One has to agree with the comments in the letter regarding Sky sports (Have Your Say, June 30). It would appear that this company now holds a virtual monopoly on the control of quite a number of the most popular sporting events. It is mostly financed
Bournemouth council is soon to be making one of the most important decisions in its history, to vote on proposals to outsource three of its departments – facilities management, IT, and revenues and benefits. The staff working in the Town Hall and in
In my capacity as an education volunteer for the RNLI, I was in Elm Rise Primary School when the school made the front page of the Echo (Savage cuts for school, Daily Echo, June 23). Failing school? Well, you could have fooled me!
I write in reference to the reporting of Jim Durkin (Daily Echo, June 29) and the seriousness of fire risk on the West Cliff. There has been a considerable amount of discussion recently about the issue of barbecues on the West Cliff Green and I give
THE government’s dash for wind power is being driven by the EU Climate Change Directive, under which the UK must generate 15 per cent of its energy from renewable sources by 2020. Because wind farms are not profitable on their own merits, their developers
IN reply to the complaints about the council’s excessive use of road bumps, especially on Boscombe Overcliff Drive, I would also like to complain on behalf of all the people with bad backs. We live at Hengistbury Head and to travel into Bournemouth we
“SHOULD I stay or should I go?” The words of that Clash song must have been clashing around Cllr Stephen MacLoughlin’s head following the series of unfortunate events, as they say, impacting heavily on the reputation of Bournemouth Council's ruling group
THE Stable Family Home Trust does exactly what it says on the tin. Situated in the former stables at Bisterne Manor between Christchurch and Ringwood, it provides a stable family base for 105 adults with learning disabilities, giving them an education
NESTING birds have been disturbed by Forestry Commission timber operations this spring it is claimed. Brian Tarnoff, a member of the New Forest Association’s management committee, told the June Court of Verderers the organisation was broadly in favour
SUMMER circular open-top bus tours around the beautiful New Forest have just begun. Two-hour hop-on, hop-off services, which run both clockwise and anticlockwise, take in the sights and attractions at Brockenhurst, Lymington, Beaulieu, Exbury and Lyndhurst
A RAFT of proposed cycle routes in and around Hordle and Milford have been generally welcomed by parish councils. The suggested routes will be formally agreed by Hampshire County Council later this year. Among the 15 proposals are: Everton
The former husband of the woman at the centre of the Russia spy ring has been revealed as being from Bournemouth. Trainee psychiatrist Alex Chapman, 30, was married to Anna Kuchchenko for four years before their divorce in 2006. The
GO ON, admit it. It’s been kinda weird having two days without any football, hasn’t it? After something approaching a solid fortnight of international games, the wait for the quarter-finals has been almost unbearable. And that’s without the anticipation
PROSPECTIVE Imax developers are being told what the town wants to see on the controversial Waterfront site. A draft planning brief informs would-be developers they need to provide a commercially viable attraction which can be proven to enjoy
CHERRIES boss Eddie Howe has fast-tracked teenage striker Jayden Stockley into his first-team ranks. Stockley, who shot to prominence last season, will divide his time between training with Howe’s squad and continuing his education at Brockenhurst College
DORSET racer Daniel Lloyd will fulfil a lifetime ambition when he lines up in the Tour de France tomorrow. Queens-Park-based Lloyd (Cervelo Test Team) was originally named as Tour reserve, but following team-mate Heinrich Haussler’s withdrawal with a
EDDIE Howe believes a successful youth policy is vital to Cherries and he is urging the club’s latest homegrown prospects to seize their big chance. Cherries this week put the finishing touches to one-year deals for goalkeeper Dan Thomas and defender
CUP specialists Bournemouth will be hoping to avenge last year’s agonising loss at Ventnor when they face the same opposition in the quarter-finals of the Southern Electric Twenty20 Cup. Ventnor were the last side to defeat the Chapel Gate outfit in
CRAIG de Weymarn believes the race for Division One honours is wide open and he is hoping his men can continue to set a furious pace. The Bournemouth skipper has overseen a superb opening to the campaign for the Chapel Gate outfit – with their eight-match
ART Robert Golden – Lighthouse café, Poole (until December 31) Sea Fever – Southampton City Art Gallery (until September 5) Cruising with the Queens – Southampton City Art Gallery (until January 30) Bournemouth Arts Club
