JOE Roach paid tribute to his schoolboy stars as Cherries battled to a 1-1 draw with Torquay United at Hurn Bridge. Roach’s side fell behind in the first minute to Sean Latimer’s strike after the young frontman latched on to a poor back pass. But Cherries
DEATH rates from heart disease and stroke have plummeted across Dorset over the last few years, figures released by the Department of Health have revealed. But people living in the most deprived areas of Bournemouth and Poole are still more than twice
DORSET’S Lee James claimed his third Pro66 Tour title at Burhill GC in Surrey. James, who is sponsored by Salterns Marina in Poole, carded a six-under-par 66 to pocket the £1,250 first prize. He finished two shots ahead of European Tour
BRANKSOME Con found themselves three goals down after the opening 10 minutes of their final Hayward Premier Division game of the season away to bottom-placed TX United. The champions, however, staged a comeback to emerge 5-4 winners thanks to Liam McGlynn
PREMIER Division leaders Bournemouth Electric once again came up against a goalkeeper in inspired form when Parley Sports custodian Neil Gilbert saved penalties from both Leigh Phillips and Mark Dancer. Substitute Charlie Richards bagged an 85th-minute
“WE can’t believe we’re into our fourth festival.” For the team behind the Bournemouth Air Festival, the last few years have been a whirlwind – and a massively successful one at that. Launched in 2008, nobody really knew whether the
ALLOTMENT holders in Poole who have devoted years to their plots face having to give them up as part of a council shake-up. With more than 900 people on the allotment waiting list, multiple plot owners will be asked to choose which one they
MILLIONAIRES, famous faces, sun, sea and stretches of golden sand – Poole’s famous Sandbanks district has it all. And this spring, the world’s fourth most expensive postcode will host its very own boat show. Bosses at Salterns Marina started planning
THE council tax payer picked up a bill of at least £22,000 for the investigation into the conduct of Bournemouth council’s deputy leader Cllr John Beesley, it has been revealed. The case ended in a national tribunal which convened in Bournemouth
YOUR library needs you. That’s the call from campaigners in Sturminster Newton bidding to save their library from a Dorset County Council closure programme. More than 100 people met recently at the town’s Exchange arts centre and agreed to form a
A RETIRED farmer was tied up and beaten up in his own home by burglars who stole guns and cash. The pensioner – aged in his late 70s – was robbed by at least two men who came to his farmhouse on the A35 close to Bloxworth at lunch time on Thursday
Dorset Police have apologised for a catalogue of errors after a Corfe Mullen teenager was wrongly jailed for allegedly brandishing a knife in a busy pub. George Nethercott, 19, was locked up for 18 months when a jury decided it was he who
A SENIOR RAF officer could face a court martial over the deaths of 14 servicemen including an officer from Highcliffe. Flight Lieutenant Leigh Mitchelmore, who grew up in Christchurch and attended Highcliffe school, was among those who died
THIS is an original play written and directed by Annie Robinson. It tells the tale of murder and deceit, leading us through a series of possibilities with many twists and turns and Agatha Christie-style red herrings, but it is not until the very end
GREG Davies tells tall stories. Very tall stories. When this stand-up stands up to his full height, he is 6ft 8ins of towering proportions. You will most likely know Greg Davies from his comic turn as the psychotic head of sixth form, Mr Gilbert,
Knights by name – jesters by nature. Best known for their comic send-ups of chart-topping pop groups in the sixties and seventies, the Barron Knights, unlike many of their targets, have just kept going with their tried and tested format, and are now celebrating
YOU had a report on a lady that had a £95 parking ticket from Homebase at Branksome. My daughter also received a ticket on the same day and it said the parking time limit was 90 minutes. She phoned Homebase and complained that she had spent a lot of
DESPITE the fashionable degree at university, (now in the balance for some), the younger generation needs at least some small dalliance with politics at school, as it seems they are ignorant of the who, the what, and the why of casting their vote. They
THE residents of Raleigh Road, Wallisdown, are not alone with the problems of their road frontages monopolised by visiting all-day parking, but there are helpful solutions which are available to be put into practice. A one-hour ban on parking from say
RADIO’S favourite Rabbi and raconteur, Lionel Blue, brings his unique blend of jokes, stories and anecdotes to the Lighthouse in Poole on April 10. Rabbi Lionel Blue is known to millions through his broadcasts on Radio 4’s Today programme. Others
As a nation we are pretty good at cycling and we have had enormous success on the track; over the past few years we have dominated track cycling and people have started to expect us to come away from every event dripping in gold. However at this
HOT on the heels of a sell-out West End run, comic and musician Bill Bailey is to bring his live show Dandelion Mind to the BIC Windsor Hall on November 29. The show will feature Bill’s trademark musical interludes, observations and stories
IN this age of digital technology, DNA and men going to the moon, can somebody please explain why council car parking ticket machines do not give out change? BOB WOODLAND, Cavan Crescent, Poole
THE people were tricked into believing that the Common Market in 1972 was just for trade, we did not think for a moment that we would be giving away our country to Europe, which has been steadfastly defended and fought for over the centuries. All three
HOWARD Davies makes excellent points in his letter on public and private pensions in his letter of March 23. I entirely agree public sector pensions could hardly be more modest in comparison with high-end private sector pensions. It is indeed beyond
WHY is it that even though we pay our taxes our local councils are not listening to what the people want? The Imax situation is ridiculous. Why can’t they see that to build a permanent ice rink, large enough to be used for Olympic competition would
SADLY, it seems we are degenerating into a nation of protesters. Every day the media is seemingly full of nothing else, whether it’s closures, power sources and the latest in the south, against the bio-energy plant in Southampton. However, there is
DORSET was well represented in the anti-cuts protest in London at the weekend and given the scale of what the county council alone has to do – £55m to be hacked from the budget in the next three years – that was only to be expected. Equally predictable
DEVELOPER Philip Oram has dropped his appeal against the council’s decision not to let him build a 110-bedroom hotel in Bournemouth called ‘Aurora’. Hermitage Hotel owner Mr Oram, right, was contesting the planning committee’s decision over his proposals
Everything we’ve had for our evening meal this week has proven to be just not quite right. I don’t mean that everything has been horrible, or inedible – far from it. Some things have been really quite nice, but just not quite right. Something has
“GOING green should be fun.” That’s the message from the organisers of this year’s Big Green Fortnight, the only event of its kind in the country. Over a two-week period, a huge range of events and activities will be taking place throughout the Bournemouth
PUBLIC sector workers and union leaders from across Dorset joined a crowd of 250,000 in London to protest against Coalition cuts. The TUC event was marred by outbreaks of violence by a small minority and most of the campaigners were unaware
DUE to a printing error, some of the previous solutions and clues to today's Quick Crossword haven't appeared in today's Daily Echo. But never fear, we're reposting them here. If you're looking for the previous solutions click this link
NEW research suggests that Brits are spending less time eating together as a family, so with Mother’s Day this weekend there’s never been a better reason to get the whole family around the table. No one appreciates that more than DJ and TV
A NEW Zealand surf reef trust is considering asking Bournemouth Council to launch joint legal action against the builders ASR. The Opunake Surf Reef Trust said its own reef has still not been finished after five years and a cost of £935,000
A MAN died and others were forced to jump for their lives after a fire broke out at a Bournemouth hostel early yesterday. An investigation has been launched to discover the cause of the blaze at the DKB Services building which provides supported
DISC brakes can seem alarmingly complicated but to the trained eye they are simplicity itself. Here’s Johnny from Ride to give you the low down on pads, springs, callipers and fluid. Step One – Remove the wheel Yes, it’s possible to
BOSS Ian Chandler credited Poole Town with stifling his Whitley Bay side and admitted the holders needed to up their game for the second leg. Chandler, a Vase winner as a player, has guided Bay to the trophy for the past two seasons. His men emerged
PROUD father Marc Pugh dedicated to his new daughter his opening goal for Cherries against Charlton. Pugh’s close-range header quickly cancelled out Scott Wagstaff’s first-half goal for the Addicks during the 2-2 draw at Dean Court on Saturday. Leading
BOURNEMOUTH council has been condemned for cancelling a month’s worth of meetings “to enable councillors to concentrate on the election”. Some veteran councillors have voiced their astonishment that members will not be at committee meetings while still
CHARLTON goalkeeper Rob Elliot claimed he was stamped on by an unnamed Cherries player during Saturday’s incident-packed 2-2 draw at Dean Court. Elliot pulled off a string of fine saves to thwart Cherries, his exploits during five frantic minutes of
DAVEY Watt has been quick to jump to Rafal Dobrucki’s defence over claims from some Pirates supporters that the Pole never wanted to ride for the club. Dobrucki has lost his Poole Castle Cover team berth after promoter Matt Ford labelled the Pole’s position
CONFIDENT captain Carl Poore insisted Poole Town’s FA Vase dream was still alive after Dolphins suffered a miserable first-leg finale. Two late goals from holders Whitley Bay handed them a 2-1 advantage following a dramatic semi-final clash at Tatnam
BOSS Lee Bradbury singled out for special praise Rhoys Wiggins and Jon Stewart after the pair had both put testing times behind them to make valuable contributions to Cherries’ draw with Charlton. Defender Wiggins, fully recovered from a
IT remains to be seen whether this proves to be the catalyst for the biggest missed opportunity of their footballing careers. But if Poole Town’s players end up looking back on their FA Vase campaign with regret rather than joy, they will not have to
A WANT-AWAY full-back who slapped in a transfer request on Wednesday and a goalkeeper who was suspended for two weeks until Thursday for alleged breaches of discipline and a poor attitude to training. Both start. Both turn in commanding
STEVE Fletcher and Lee Bradbury both felt referee Mark Haywood had been culpable as promotion-chasing Cherries were robbed of a potentially-priceless victory. The West Yorkshire-based official, making his first visit to Dean Court, had a day to forget
