BOURNEMOUTH is staging a free ‘Sky Ride’ for a predicted 5,000 to 7,000 people through the town centre on July 24. The event has been organised with Sky and British Cycling and similar events have been staged around the country. They are mass participation
THERE was a taste of Italian passion and English pedigree for Poole’s Victoria Education Centre and Sports College students. Pupils, who were taking part in a series of exciting Sports Week events, got the chance to get up close and personal
WE will fight for our police station. That’s the pledge from Wimborne Town councillors shocked by a threat to their station’s counter service. The two staff who run the counter have been told their jobs are at risk under the review, which could see
AS TENNIS fever grips the nation Andy Murray’s latest fan will be keeping one eye on Wimbledon from his new home as he works on his powerful forehand. Cyclops, a 40cm, one-eyed common lobster, who was found washed-up and injured on Bournemouth
CONTRACTOR ASR still has not agreed details of its return to work on the crippled Boscombe Surf Reef – but has won a new contract to design a reef in America. The firm will design a “multi-purpose reef” off Ventura City in Southern California to protect
A FLASH mob of around 80 to 100 people staged a sudden sleep-in on Bournemouth square. They lay down – some in pyjamas – for five minutes to raise awareness of St Paul’s Nightshelter, which helps 500 individuals a year. Curious shoppers
DON’T be fooled by all those fashion rag proclamations that colour blocking’s where it’s at or even, God help us, the horror that is ‘porange’ – wearing purple and orange together, a la Cheryl Cole’s disastrous debut in the US. Because the real story
THE family of an Italian schoolgirl murdered by the man who killed Bournemouth mum Heather Barnett will finally lay their daughter to rest today in the knowledge he will never be free. Jailing Danilo Restivo, 39, of Chatsworth Road, Charminster, on Thursday
THE best-selling children's book and award-winning play, War Horse, is coming to the big screen - and a trailer has just trotted its way onto the internet. Michael Morpurgo’s epic adventure is directed by Steven Spielberg and intended
DERMOT O’Leary and friends James Ginzler and Paul Shovlin have published their debut cook book, inspired by their two Fishy Fishy seafood brasseries – one of which is in Poole. The Fishy Fishy cookbook follows the success of the sustainable fish restaurants
THE Church of England is set to approve the appointment of gay bishops, providing that they are celibate. Following years of controversy and debate, in an attempt to clarify its policy, the church published its legal advice on the issue on Monday
A 29-YEAR-OLD man was last night being held by police after a man and his dog were rescued from a burning New Forest pub Five people were inside the Tollhouse pub – formerly known as the Monkey House – in Southampton Road, Lymington, when it went up
I DON’T think these cutbacks in public services are a good idea. It takes ages to get a reply from them. Just this week HMRC have not calculated my wife’s tax return. I fill it in for her every year because she always gets a tax rebate. Recently she
NEW pay machines have been installed by Poole Council in the Lighthouse car park in Seldown Lane. These are located on the ground floor near the exit. Having obtained your ticket, you must return to your car in order to display it, even if your car is
I MADE a rare journey to Bournemouth town centre and what a disappointment it must be to visitors to our area with very little of quality to the discerning. I used to enjoy the annual exhibition of art in Westover Gardens but there were hardly any exhibitors
ANIMAL Aid would like to thank the people of Boscombe for their generosity in raising £99.51 at a street collection on Saturday, June 18. The money will help fund our peaceful campaigns and our important educational work on all aspects of animal cruelty
WIMBORNE, Westbourne and Wareham look beautiful with the flowers decorating the towns. It is a pleasure to walk or drive through and the residents should be very proud of what they have done. Sadly, I live in Poole and it is dull. Not one hanging basket
I WOULD like to respond to the recent letter ‘Let’s see dancing in the ballroom again’. The Pavilion Ballroom hosts more than 140 ballroom, ceroc, ballet, salsa, contemporary, samba and disco dance events spread over the course of a year. The Pavilion
FURTHER to ‘On-Line’ Dorset-girl, saying (Echo June 13) cheques are on the way out and old people will just have to live with it, campaigning all they like will not make any difference. Perhaps she might think differently when she is old and money being
WE’RE about to witness a historic event. On July 9, Africa’s newest country, the Republic of South Sudan, will be born. It is an extraordinary moment for the people of South Sudan who, after years of conflict, have secured the right to form a country
HERE we go again. Philip Whitelegg attacks the cycling on the Promenade. Since being introduced more than 10 years ago, this facility has been a massive and growing success. The opportunity for cyclists and families to travel from Sandbanks to Christchurch
EDUCATION Secretary Michael Gove, answering questions in the Commons about the teachers’ strike, sounded, according to the impish columnist Quentin Letts, like ‘a dowager just goosed’. I wish I’d written that. It would have made Lord Simon Stuart proud
EDDIE Mitchell confessed he could have to cash in on unsettled Cherries keeper Shwan Jalal – or risk losing him for nothing next summer. Jalal has just a year left to run on his current Seward Stadium deal and told the Echo earlier this week
CHAIRMAN Eddie Mitchell has hailed as a “great coup” the impending arrival of two-times Russian champions Lokomotiv Moscow to Dean Court. Cherries could get a chance to pit their wits against the Russian giants during the £150,000 EC Group Cup at Dean
LIAM Green has become the latest senior player to leave Wimborne Town – with Bashley his likely destination. Boss Steve Riley confirmed Green was poised to link up with Bash for pre-season training after Magpies manager Steve Cuss revealed the midfielder
