TWO-times world under-21 world champion Emil Sayfutdinov and three-times senior winner Jason Crump will line up in Davey Watt’s testimonial at Poole. Castle Cover Pirates’ captain has pulled off a major coup by attracting the two leading Grand
PRIORY boss Graham Kemp says he won’t be sorry to see Hayling drop out of the Wessex Premier if they are relegated. Kemp’s Christchurch side triumphed 1-0 at Church Road on Tuesday with a second-half strike from substitute Joseph Kittle. And the boss
SOUTH east Dorset’s “big three” dominated the Dorset County Championships at Littledown, sharing the vast majority of medals and championship titles. Between them they also accumulated more than three times as many points as the other 12 competing clubs
WETHERSPOONS has renewed its bid to open a pub in Wimborne. But East Dorset District Council, which threw out the chain’s original application last December, has complained the plans are still not detailed enough. This time around, Wetherspoons states
FRUSTRATED Christchurch councillors are fighting to revive plans for a long-awaited Christchurch bypass. Christchurch county councillors David Jones and Colin Jamieson asked for the scheme to be reconsidered by officers after it was omitted from the
Residents may have lost the battle to make their Poole recreation ground a town green – but they have won the war to update it. Work is due to start next week on £20,000 worth of improvements to the dilapidated pavilion at Branksome Rec and £40,000 of
IT’S not quite feeding the 5,000, but a Kinson church is doing all it can to help those on the breadline. Every month up to 135 hungry people turn up for a free roast dinner at St Andrew’s Church – so organisers are setting up a foodbank.
POOLE Town have confirmed their FA Vase semi-final first leg clash against Whitley Bay later this month will be all-ticket with a ground capacity of 2,000. Dolphins commercial manager Mark Bumford admitted they had turned down an offer from
A WOMAN was arrested in Wimborne as part of a police crackdown on ticket touts ahead of the London 2012 Olympics. The 36-year-old was arrested on suspicion of fraud as part of a series of dawn raids which also saw four arrests in London. Detectives
THE name of a supermarket planned for Bournemouth will hopefully be revealed in the “next few days”. Tesco has long been rumoured to replace the shops at Millhams Road in Kinson. The developer Hampton Hill Richmond will reveal its plans with a public
It's British Pie Week! (Well, there's always something...). So dust off your pie dish and try this chicken and leek number. You won't be disappointed. Chicken and Leek Pie Serves 4-6 Olive oil A large knob of butter 2 rashers smoked bacon
A FLIPPING marvellous Shrove Tuesday was enjoyed across Dorset and the New Forest. Bournemouth Pier hosted its annual pancake race yesterday with the Royal Bath Hotel taking victory for the second consecutive year. The race around
WE all know even Jedi get a census form – but now car park machines seem to count too. Startled staff at Moors Valley Country park had to laugh when they were opening up the morning post yesterday and found the car park ticketing machine had
LILY Allen has admitted that she has fought an eating disorder, getting sick after meals at the peak of her fame. The 25-year-old singer talks about her battle with bulimia in a Channel 4 documentary to be broadcast next week. In the documentary, about
TRAUMATISED rape victims in Dorset will receive more specialist help when one of just four new support centres in the country opens in Bournemouth. The town has been identified as one of the areas most in need of such a facility and will benefit from
TODAY I feel privileged. Adam Klodzinski has invited me down to his underground studio in Pokesdown, where the urban artist permits few visitors. “Even I don’t even usually come down here,” says Tony March, Adam’s friend, business partner and the building
It is sad but true that wildlife in the UK and across the world continues to be under threat. Farmland bird populations have fallen by half and some of our best loved native birds such as cuckoos, house sparrows and nightingales are in sharp
ON the subject of tourists visiting our town using bus passes (Councillor complains over use of free bus passes by tourists - Echo March 5), Do critics stop to think about the revenue these visitors bring to the area out of season? Also there are
I FEEL that people driving into Christchurch in the evening should be warned that you will not be-able to enter a car park. My wife and I were looking forward to the film at the Regent Centre on March 3. We had booked our tickets on February 4 and
IT WAS a welcome sight last Friday to see schoolchildren flying their kites on Hengistbury Head. Why has the Council withdrawn the annual Kite Day on the Head? It gave so much pleasure to people who visited from all over the area. It would bring so much
RE: THE IMAX. Just pull the ‘BLOT ON THE LANDSCAPE’ down and revert back to how it was before, a swimming pool where people can enjoy a variety of entertainment’s, like Aqua Shows, Water Polo matches, Ice Shows like Christmas Pantomimes on Ice and the
YOU MIGHT have seen me appearing on the TV show ‘Dancing on Ice’ on Sunday evenings over the last few weeks – it really is a thrill for me to be taking part in the show and I have become incredibly enthusiastic about skating. Something else
POOLE’S notorious speed camera at Holes Bay will be switched off at the end of this month. The controversial device, which snares drivers passing through green lights at more than 30mph, is being axed due to the spending cuts. It will
FIVE years ago, we were reporting that in Poole alone, the number of reported rapes had tripled and twice as many sex assaults had been reported. Whatever your sex or age, those statistics chilled you to the bone. Back then, the 21st century curse of
WHILST going down Columbia Road on Monday morning at 8.30 I noticed a group of young lads coming out of a local shop wearing hoodies and getting on their bikes. I thought to myself, it must be a bank holiday and they are off school then I realised as
I HAVE read the article, Tank Hero slapped with parking fine, (Echo, March 7) I write to express my disgust that the Borough of Poole is so hidebound by red tape that it took your paper to extract an apology. Why is it nowadays that officials cannot
Having first read what you’re saying about people’s hardships online, More than just a gut feeling? (Echo, March 4) Then the comments by Wally Bazoom it was nice to read a more sensible thought to the situation regarding making people sell off there belongings
BOB Diamond at Barclays Bank gets a bonus of a £6.5million – obscene or what? When you work it out this amount of money would have secured the jobs of more than 400 low-paid council workers, on about £15,000 per annum, who have probably already
WE'VE seen it before, almost on a weekly basis, haven't we? but this time it's: 'Barclays Boss Gets £6.5million Bonus' (Echo, March 8); and at some point the government said they would put a stop to it. Well, as ever, they lied. Most, if
A DORSET police leader has warned that some cash-strapped officers could face losing their homes in the wake of the wide-ranging Winsor review of officers’ pay and conditions. Police Federation chairman Clive Chamberlain said: “We already have
Cherries boss Lee Bradbury shrugged off his first defeat as manager and accepted his side had been beaten by the better team. Bradbury’s 10-match unbeaten run since taking the Dean Court reins came to an end in disappointing fashion as goals
DAVEY Watt plans to announce the first two riders who have signed to line up in his testimonial during a Pirates supporters’ club meeting at Poole Stadium tonight. The Aussie ace’s benefit is at Wimborne Road on August 31 and Poole’s skipper is aiming
A CAMPAIGN has been started to reduce animal accidents by slowing traffic on a busy road linking New Milton with the A35. Spurred on by a collision which led to the death of a New Forest pony on the B3058 between Wootton and Holmsley, Paul
LEE Bradbury tasted defeat for the first time as a manager as Cherries’ promotion charge suffered a setback at St James’ Park. Bradbury’s 10-match unbeaten run as boss came to an end as Jamie Cureton’s strike early in the first half and Richard Logan
