IF you saw a queue of people doubled back in a Bournemouth street on Friday, you either joined in, or thought ‘why bother’? Apple’s second-generation iPad went on sale from 5pm but fanatics queued from 9.30am at the Solutions Inc store in Old Christchurch
A SENIOR Dorset Police officer has insisted the public should not be worried about the number of children being given shotgun certificates. The youngest person to receive a shotgun licence in the county in 2009 was an 11-year-old boy, it
CHRISTCHURCH residents are being urged to turn out and support a team of runners pounding into the town centre on Saturday night to raise money for the New Zealand earthquake appeal. The group of people from Christchurch, New Zealand will be running
CAMPAIGNERS fighting to keep children’s heart surgery at Southampton General Hospital dubbed the Secretary of State for Health a coward. Families were waiting outside the hospital to confront Andrew Lansley but were left disappointed when he was ushered
STAFF staged a one-day strike at Bournemouth University (BU) yesterday but there was some disquiet that students didn’t back them up. The lecturers’ union, the UCU, staged national action over pensions but the local students union, SUBU, worked with
ARSON investigators probing three heathland attacks on the same day fear someone could be seriously injured if the deliberate fires continue. Three fires were started on two of Poole’s urban heaths earlier this week. No one was injured but a substantial
YOU can now see impressive plans for Bournemouth’s Pavilion Gardens and the colour scheme is dividing opinion. “It will be on postcards before you know it,” said the proud developer Trevor Osborne, as he looked at drawings of the £35 million scheme.
SOUTH Coast resorts like Bournemouth should follow in the footsteps of Mediterranean rivals by offering all-inclusive deals to cash-strapped families. That’s the view of travel expert John Kent who says hoteliers, struggling to fill vacant rooms, should
MOTORISTS on the A31 are facing delays again today after two separate incidents on the westbound carriageway. The first incident took place around 9.30am when a car went into a ditch near to the Burley services. The female driver of
ACCORDING to a recent poll of Year 6 children at Talbot House School, their two favourite television shows are TV Burp (Saturdays ITV1 7.10pm) and Take Me Out (Saturdays ITV1 8.35pm). The former left me thinking: “How cool and discerning are those guys
BRIT actor Jamie Bell teams up with Channing Tatum in the Roman epic adventure The Eagle, based on the classic novel of the same name. Centurion Macrus Aquila (Tatum) comes to Roman Britain to solve the mystery of the unexplained disappearance
THESE latest arrivals – already dubbed the Magnificent Seven – are causing quite a stir at a Purbeck farm attraction. Mum Candy gave birth to the seven new Zealand Kune Kune piglets a week ago. When the Daily Echo caught up with farmer
WHAT a fantastic way to break up the working week. It’s early on Tuesday evening and I’m overlooking a distinctly spring-like Christchurch Quay from the magnificent setting of the newly-refurbished Boathouse restaurant. The owners were certainly listening
IT was planned as a fantastic display of colour, but others call it a “pathetic quagmire.” The 20,000 crocuses planted by volunteers on Bournemouth’s West Cliff have sown discontent amongst residents. There is a thin wheel of flowers
A COOL-headed McFly fan came to the rescue after the band’s tour bus broke down as they left their BIC gig on Wednesday night. The band were due to play a second gig for charity in London at 1am. Bournemouth University student Gemma Diaper, 24, said
Our final low-GI delicious recipe for the week is dessert: Oaty Plum Crumbles... GI Tip: Plums, like cherries, apples and pears, are a particularly low-GI fruit. The crumble topping is made with jumbo oats, which helps to keep the GI of the overall
IT WAS Peter Mandelson’s granddad who championed the idea. Labour deputy leader Herbert Morrison decided we needed “a tonic for the nation”. And that tonic would encompass the best of modern British invention and design, combining new ideas, ways of
ONCE again, I see a much-publicised celebration of women in today’s society (International Women's Day, Daily Echo March 8). Along with ‘Women in Business’ awards and similar plaudits, there certainly seems to be plenty of interest in ensuring that
AS chair of Friends of Talbot Heath and one of the leading campaigners to save Talbot Heath from the Talbot Village Trust planning application, I would like to take issue with the current Lib Dem Focus leaflet. I find their remarks to be misleading,
OUR country’s financial problems at both national and local levels could be solved by: 1. Pulling out of Europe, thereby saving our net contribution of £40 million per day. 2. Dorset County Council scrapping its contract with SSE to improve street lighting
I HAVE been using our local bus services for a long time and honestly feel the drivers are very polite, friendly and give smiles whilst we are boarding the bus and when we leave the bus. Only last week I took note when a female driver got out of the
I MUST put in a very good word for the three bus drivers who got me home safe last week as I got on the wrong bus in Boscombe. I got home safe and sound. The last bus I was put on got me to within 15 minutes of my home. I promise you all I will take
THERE used to be a saying ‘The customer is always right’ but that went by the wayside years ago. Now everything is for the benefit of big business. We are told that soon we will no longer be able to pay by cheque. Obviously credit cards and direct debit
I AM appalled by the actions of councillors in the ‘parking cones farce’. I attend the football at Dean Court and will always park around Leeson Road. As I pay my road tax I have every right to park on the highway in a legal manner.
Following the letter regarding the Fourways Day Centre (Letters, March 21), I felt it was important that I reassure residents about the council’s commitment to day care services. Borough of Poole is remodelling the Sea View Centre in Parkstone to provide
A 26-YEAR-OLD woman is recovering following a terrifying attack in her own home. The victim, who suffered bruising to her face and body, was assaulted during a raid at a Bournemouth flat yesterday morning. She was taken to Poole hospital
HERE’S a bit of good news on the property front. You can buy a house for less than than £30,000, according to new research out today. The bad news (no offence) is that it’s in Burnley, a lovely place no doubt, though I have never been there. The Lancashire
FANCY doing something different for Mother's Day this year? The lovely Clare at Chococo in Swanage has been kind enough to share a recipe with us to celebrate the publication of Chococo's first recipe book. They're also doing a host of Mother's
I had the pleasure of meeting Kate Nash the day before this gig as she launched her own campaign to get more schoolgirls writing and composing songs at Avonbourne School in Bournemouth. I don't like this cliched phrase, but "down to earth" really sums
MORE than £3million of extra cash is heading to Dorset to repair potholes. In his budget speech on Wednesday, chancellor George Osborne confirmed that an extra £100 million was being provided by the Department for Transport to councils across
MANAGER Lee Bradbury is hoping new recruit Donal McDermott will sprinkle his magic dust on the final stages of Cherries’ promotion push. Bradbury yesterday swooped for the gifted 21-year-old after Premier League Manchester City had agreed to
BOSS Lee Bradbury and chairman Eddie Mitchell are keen to quickly draw a line under Rhoys Wiggins’s decision to hand in a shock transfer request. Wiggins expressed an interest to leave ahead of the loan window closing last night after Championship outfit
CHERRIES apprentice Matt Vokes has had an eventful introduction to senior football – with five players sent off in a Brockenhurst brawl in only his second game. The Dean Court trainee is on work experience with the Wessex League outfit and he made his
CIVIC chiefs have approved plans to build a sheltered housing flat block on the prime cliff-top site of a former Bournemouth hotel. The 28-bedroom Grange hotel on Overcliff Drive, Southbourne, a favourite haunt for dog walkers and live music
CHERRIES look set to battle it out with former boss Eddie Howe for the services of Dean Court loan star Adam Smith. The Tottenham defender, signed by Howe in September, has played a key role in helping Cherries maintain their promotion push. Smith,
Cherries chairman Eddie Mitchell insists goalkeeper Jon Stewart still has a future at Dean Court. Stewart returned to training yesterday after serving a two-week suspension for alleged breaches of discipline and a poor attitude to training
MARK Winzar has urged relegation-threatened New Milton to make the most of defeats for their rivals and push towards safety. Lowly Brockenhurst, Hayling and Fawley, the sides closest to Wessex Premier strugglers Linnets, all suffered losses in midweek
NON-LEAGUE legend Jimmy Sheppard admits he will always been haunted by Bashley’s FA Vase nightmare – and is backing Poole Town to avoid a similar fate. Sheppard skippered Bash when their first adventure in the competition took them to a two-legged semi-final
LATE arrival Nick Hutchings is determined to grasp his golden FA Vase opportunity by starring in the biggest game of his life. The Poole Town goalkeeper landed on his feet when he secured a move to Tatnam last month. With regular stopper Nic Jones unavailable
DAVID Dunn insists his Lions charges are ready to establish themselves “fair and square” as National Three South West promotion big guns. Lions all but sealed their play-off place behind leaders Hartpury College by hammering Weston-super-Mare 70-24 on
