Newly-crowned national 12-hour champion Julian Jenkinson (Utag-Yamaha) completed a weekend double by winning the EDCA 15-mile time trial at Upton on Bank Holiday Monday. Fresh from a victory in the Alton CC 25 at the Bentley course on Sunday
COUNCIL leaders have decided to lift the brake on parking problems in Lymington by increasing the ratio of short to long-stay spaces and agreeing to talk to private land-owners about using their parking lots. The scheme, which follows a
PUB chiefs have vowed to fight on after district planners turned down an application to build two staff cottages in the centre of an idyllic North Dorset village. Brewery bosses want to turn staff flats inside the Stapleton Arms, Buckhorn Weston, into
THE final week of a major touring production coming to Bournemouth has been cancelled. The Sound of Music was due to run at the Pavilion from September 22 to October 9, but will now finish on October 2. Steve Turner, entertainments programming
A successful showcase of local artists’ work comes to a close this month at Blandford Museum. Museum staff have chosen artist William Cooper to round up their summer exhibition, and will display his work until the museum closes for the winter on Thursday
CCTV images of raiders who broke into a Sherborne store have been released by police. The thieves stole cash and cigarettes from the Co-Op at Westbridge Park, using a crowbar to prise open the sliding entrance doors. Although the two
The Great Dorset Steam Fair has been living up to its name with thousands of visitors streaming in on Thursday (September 2) for the second day of this five-day festival-style event. The 600-acre show ground at Tarrant Hinton has been notably
It’s time to slam the door on unwanted doorstep sellers, the letterbox on junk mailers, the handset down on unsolicited sales callers and more. We’ve now more rights than ever to be left alone. Britain’s ‘big six’ energy companies finally waved
Ringwood Carnival has been given a boost with a £1,000 cash injection from Bournemouth store Beales. The money will go towards prizes for entries in the two processions on September 18. Spokesman Leigh Whitbread said: “We were dead chuffed
THREE new academies will open their doors to students in Bournemouth and Poole on Monday despite fears they will not receive funding for much-needed building work. St Aldhelm’s Academy is replacing Rossmore Community College in Poole, the Bourne
Dorset’s first offshore marine protected area has been welcomed by conservationists, who are delighted that a stretch at Purbeck is also being considered. The Lyme Bay and Torbay Special Area of Conservation, with its unique reefs, is one of 15 new
THE teenage hairdresser who died when her car exploded in flames had broken up with her boyfriend the day beforehand. Jennie Mitchell, 19, died at the scene despite the heroic efforts of two Polish workers who were beaten back by intense flames
Lunchbox Muffins Makes 12 50g butter (or sunflower oil) 300g self-raising flour 2tsp baking powder 80g caster sugar 2 eggs 110ml natural yoghurt 110ml milk A few drops of vanilla extract
A LEADING drinks company is calling for alcohol to be taxed by strength. Diageo Great Britain is proposing a reform of the excise duty, so that a unit of alcohol is taxed at the same rate, whether it is in beer, wine, cider, spirits or alcopops. “Alcohol
THE first tiny baby Seahorse has been discovered at Studland, at the UK’s largest known breeding colony of the fascinating creatures. The 4cm long female spiny seahorse is the smallest recorded in British waters since a survey was begun in
A VICTORIAN house previously earmarked for demolition has been incorporated into new plans for the expansion of a Bournemouth primary school. The house, converted from a hotel to seven flats and a maisonette six years ago, is in a conservation
AROUND 27,000 adults in Poole drink more than the government-recommended safer limits for their health, a new report has revealed. A report to NHS Bournemouth and Poole warns that the town’s young people drink more than the national average
IN his newly-published memoirs, former Prime Minister Tony Blair has admitted that he used alcohol to help him escape from the pressures of his job. “If you took the thing everyone always lies about – units per week – I was definitely at the
A TASK group looking for a solution to the problems of Boscombe’s artificial reef will today hear from local surfers. Bournemouth Borough Council’s “task and finish” group on the issue will meet in private as members consider whether the reef
A 69-year-old woman stabbed to death outside a block of flats in Bournemouth has been named. Retired PE teacher Rosemary Elaine Armstrong was found dead by police in a driveway in Queensland Road, Pokesdown, last Wednesday afternoon.
IT’S the fastest-selling autobiography ever, according to Waterstones. And it’s currently outstripping the thrillers of Stieg Larsson at the top of the Amazon sales chart. But Tony Blair’s much-publicised memoir, A Journey, was slower to fly off the
NOW you see it – soon you won’t? As the bid to rid Bournemouth of its hated IMAX building continues, potential developers are being issued with a strict set of instructions for the site. And these include a condition that the building –
A CRACKDOWN on drug dealing in Bournemouth led to 12 arrests yesterday following a series successful raids. Police drugs squads found drugs, cash and stolen goods in 11 homes across Boscombe, Westbourne and Lansdowne and arrested suspected
“It was like a rollercoaster,” I said to my wife, waving my hands up and down violently in reply to her “how was your flight?” enquiry. I’d just flown in to Limoges, in france, on a bumpy Flybe flight from Southampton. It was the day
I have just returned from a long weekend in Bournemouth. The first thing I have to do before anything else is to write to you. Please can I take this opportunity to thank the staff at the Pavilion For one of the best weekends ever in Bournemouth
May I, through the medium of your paper, thank a gentleman who saved the life of my dog. I was on the harbourside at Hengistbury Head on Sunday evening. My dog decided to swim out following a swan. We haven’t had her long and I was convinced that she
The article in Snapshots of the past detailing the wartime role of the Dorset Regiment in the 43rd Wessex Wyvern Division (Daily Echo, August 31) should have included the part played by the 7th Battalion Hampshire Regiment in the drive from Normandy to
Your article on the problem of stray dogs – and the “conflicting” advice given – highlights an impossible situation (Daily Echo, September 31). The RSPCA used to take stray dogs from the police – but stopped doing this a few years ago.
I LIKE the odd drink as much as the next man. Unless the next man is someone with the thirst of a George Best or Oliver Reed. I’m sure my intake’s very moderate indeed. But how many others are saying exactly the same? And how many are blind to the truth
THERE can be few things more heartbreaking for mum and dad, than to see their small child struggling to stay alive. Claudia and Duncan Collins, however, were able to present to the camera a look of cheerful hope (Daily Echo, August 28). Readers will
IN reply to the letter headed Where does my council tax go? (Have Your Say, August 28) we are sorry that Mrs Fudge found the public toilets in a state which was less than acceptable. Public toilets are cleaned several times throughout the day. They
Tony Blair’s memoirs, A Journey, turn out to be exactly what we all thought that they would be – a paean to himself. He suffered delusions of grandeur while in office, behaving more like a president than a prime minister, and it is clear from his memoirs
Hooray, August is over – not just the awful weather but the end of the infuriating cycling ban along the prom! The petty minded ban encourages the hysteria that all cyclists are maniacs and a danger to pedestrians, so may not enjoy the scenic, safe
LUCKLESS Peterborough dispelled any ideas Pirates’ charge for the Elite League crown was going to be a cakewalk last night. Panthers, written off as serious title contenders following their shock 47-43 home reverse against Eastbourne on Monday, produced
MICHAEL Symes is hoping to build a productive strike partnership with Josh McQuoid after describing the emerging star’s recent performances as “brilliant”. The duo have formed an impressive pairing in attack in Cherries’ past two league matches and caught
DARREN Cowley is hoping he can perform on the big stage and help Dorset to a second Minor Counties Championship national crown. The big-hitting batsman cracked 75 and 63 to claim the man-of-the-match award in their five-wicket win over Cumberland in
