Poole Town’s £2 million stadium plans for Canford Magna are winning widespread support from councillors. The football club has submitted proposals for a new ground off Magna Road and hopes it will provide the new home it has been striving for
ENGLAND'S roller-coaster campaign to host the 2018 World Cup ended in bitter and controversial defeat in Zurich this afternoon. FIFA's executive committee voted to give the tournament to Russia ahead of England, Spain/Portugal and Holland/Belgium
CUTS are already having an effect on Dorset’s transport systems. Since the change of government in May, two major road schemes have been delayed. The £26 million rebuild of the A338 Bournemouth spur road, right, will now not go ahead until
FAITHFUL Meat Loaf fans battled through the snow to see their idol's flamboyant and dramatic Hang Cool Tour at the Bournemouth International Centre. It may be more than 30 years since the Bat out of Hell album first entered the UK charts but it seemed
MAKE the most of it - it's the biggest snowfall in Bournemouth for years but it will all be gone by Sunday at the latest. That's the message from a Bournemouth-based weather forecaster who said the town woke up to between six and 10 centimetres of snow
THE heaviest snowfall in 17 years is causing chaos across Dorset. A severe weather warning is in place, with snow forecast to continue throughout the day. As much as six inches is thought to have fallen in some places overnight. Schools and
THE Met Office has issued an advisory severe weather warning for tomorrow and Saturday. Temperatures are forecast to drop to minus nine degrees in some parts of Dorset tonight - minus five in Bournemouth - sparking fears of widespread ice on
A “STAGGERING” hike in fees for speed awareness courses in Dorset has been branded a moneymaking scheme by campaigners. The cost of the course, offered to drivers in lieu of a fine and points on their licence, rocketed from £70 to £100 this
IT’S advent – the chocolate calendars are out, the decorations are up and the hard-core Christmas shopping has begun in earnest. But are you looking forward to a bumper Christmas akin to the heady hedonism of those days of pre-2007? Or will job insecurity
AT the age of 101, John Wilson has been dazzling fellow dancers with his moves for years. But what not many know is that Mr Wilson’s love of dancing was sparked aged 14 when he would watch Fred Astaire and his sister Adele on the dance floor at the Piccadilly
IT was a fair cop and a very embarrassing one at that. Barely 12 hours after chairing a meeting about the Daily Echo supporting a road safety campaign aiming to cut the number of young drivers speeding recklessly on the roads of Dorset, I proceeded to
A COACH company owner who fell more than four months behind on safety checks is to lose his licence after a watchdog said it was “only a matter of time” before passengers were hurt. David Thompson has been disqualified from running David Thompson
CRIPPLING budget cuts could lead to the shutdown of police stations across Dorset. The Daily Echo understands at least six are being considered for closure as police chiefs battle to find savings. Main stations such as Bournemouth and
PLANNING chiefs have granted permission for four towering wind turbines to be built in Purbeck. Members of Purbeck District Council’s planning board made their landmark decision, which will be subject to appropriate conditions, at the climax
Chestnut Bourguignonne Pie Serves 4-6 110g dried chestnuts, soaked for 6-8 hours 2 bay leaves 1 spring fresh rosemary or 1tsp / 5ml dried rosemary 210ml vegetarian red wine 300ml vegetable stock or water 25g butter or soya
A COMPLETE and utter farce from start to finish. That is how residents of a Poole street have described a set of roadworks that have blighted their lives for eight months. Amazingly, the gasworks on Kitchener Crescent are still rumbling
Looking for today's closed schools? Click here . The following Bournemouth schools are closed today – Thursday December 2: Avonbourne School Barbara Rose Pre-School Bethany Junior School Bishop of Winchester Academy
This is a subject that is far too common, it simply means you are fed up managing your Diabetes and you simply don’t care! It has become apparent that this happens to an awful lot of teenagers, especially during the transition from children’s Diabetes
THIS footage shot near Milton Abbas today (Dec 2) illustrates how compacted snow and ice has turned minor roads into skating rinks. Pete Jackson’s Milklink tanker got stuck half way up a hill in Long Close, near Milton Abbas, for almost
BOURNEMOUTH Council says its gritting operation has been in constant operation since 9.45pm on Wednesday. The authority’s fleet of four gritting lorries has been laying down quantities of the council’s 1,200 tonne supply of Safecote salt on
Cllr Eades is alarmingly misinformed as to the constitutional role of elected councillors (Have Your Say, November 30). Councillors make the democratic and policy decisions and task professional officers to fulfil operational roles. Our coalition
Regarding some of the comments about students living in the ‘real world’, as a 67 year old pensioner conscious of the fact that my generation had the ‘best years’, I went along to the demo last week and joined in the march to support them for various
So Poole council “fears a 50 per cent cut in cash” for transport projects (Daily Echo, November 30). So hopefully there will be no more of the so-called road improvement schemes we have had to endure in recent years, eg: * Parkstone Road/Mount Pleasant
The front page of Saturday’s Echo mourns the loss of 200 bureaucrats, none of whom produce anything but reports and red tape. Yet one must wait until page four to discover 60 per cent job losses at one of the area’s largest construction firms, shedding
VOLUNTEERS are needed to become school governors in the Bournemouth area. Vacancies in schools across the borough have prompted the School Governors One Stop Shop (SGOSS) to appeal to members of the public who want to make a difference. Anyone interested
The planning committee of Purbeck council on Tuesday voted to support the East Stoke wind turbines proposal, subject to certain conditions being met. It was a landmark occasion for Purbeck and for Dorset. After four-and-a-half gruelling hours of deliberation
A SWITCH-off of street lights in parts of Poole after midnight has been made permanent after 70 per cent of locals who responded said it did not make them feel unsafe. Cllr Ron Parker, cabinet portfolio holder for transport at the Borough of Poole, has
A FIELD in Christchurch could soon see the county’s first solar energy farm take shape pending planning permission from the local council. A formal proposal for the 30 acres of land next to Eco Sustainable Solutions’ Chapel Lane site, has been submitted
On behalf of Broadstone residents I would like to extend sincere thanks to Broadstone Chamber of Trade and those volunteers who have given of their time so generously to ensure the Christmas season gets off to an excellent start. This year the
Bernard Clark (Have Your Say, November 30) is wrong if he belies it is appropriate in the 21st century to impose his own religious beliefs on others. The UK is a multi-faith and multi racial society and as such there is now no need for Christmas stamps
CHAMPION Kevin Spurgeon is relishing the prospect of defending his first European Senior Tour title next week. The Ferndown favourite returns to sunnier climes this weekend in a bid to win back-to-back Mauritius Open tournaments. “This is a whole new
JON Stewart insists he is ready and prepared for the challenge after being unexpectedly handed an opportunity to prove himself in League One. The goalkeeper was called into first-team action after Cherries number one Shwan Jalal suffered a fractured
BOSS Eddie Howe admits the weather has disrupted his team’s routine but is hopeful Cherries’ scientific fitness approach can help beat the Big Freeze. Cherries have seen their usual training schedule affected by the recent freezing conditions
