BATTLE-weary Kevin Spurgeon is looking forward to a welcome break before he returns to ‘fighting mode’ for The Senior Open Championship later this month. Spurgeon has a fortnight off competitive golf before he locks horns with major champions Bernhard
A FAIR lady and her star-crossed lover have raised the curtain on their dream of creating a theatre company designed to inspire young people across the conurbation. Actress Charmaine Parkin, 26, who has played Eliza Doolittle in My Fair Lady
TASKMASTER Roshan Embalagama skippered Parley to a crushing eight-wicket win over Suttoners and then expressed his disappointment at their failure to collect maximum points. Despite enjoying a cakewalk at Dean Park, Parley were left to count
AN ALCOHOL-fuelled Bournemouth man armed himself with kitchen knives and threatened to kill his terrified girlfriend after an argument flared over what they should watch on television. Bournemouth Crown Court heard how Gary Elverd, 29, from Calvin Road
FORMER cabinet minister Shirley Williams said her party’s coalition deal with the Tories was right but ‘not easy to live with’ during a visit to see supporters in Poole. Baroness Williams of Crosby was the special guest at a cream tea hosted by Annette
A PUBLIC inquiry into a ferry company’s controversial plans may be scrapped because of new guidance from environment experts. The firm wants to dump 2,000 cubic metres of mud off the coast to safeguard marshland from new ferries travelling between Lymington
HOSPITAL bosses failed to diagnose and properly treat a police officer’s leg injury, meaning it had to be amputated, a legal document claims. PC Miles Wilson from Bournemouth slipped on a low fence as he got out of a police car responding to an emergency
ANGRY customers who paid hundreds of pounds for tickets to the failed Lapland theme park in the New Forest have reacted furiously to news there will be no refund. Accountants have told creditors are owed £1.2 million and there is no point pursuing
PLANS for this month’s inaugural Bournemouth Food and Drink Festival have been unveiled. The event which takes place in the town centre from Friday July 29 to Sunday July 31, celebrates the best of international culture, food, wine, beer and
Cherries are today expected to announce the signing of Crystal Palace defender Adam Barrett. Barrett is set to move to the Seward Stadium after the two clubs agreed a fee. The 31-year-old will become boss Lee Bradbury’s third summer
ONLY the prompt action of firefighters and wind conditions prevented a weekend heath fire in Poole from raging out of control, on the same shocking scale as the Upton Heath blaze. Just three weeks after Upton Heath, on the outskirts of the
Another week goes by and another load of miles racked up on the bike. On average, my weekly mileage is around 100 miles; my daily commute is about 20 miles, plus anything I do in the evenings or at weekends. Some weeks it's a lot more and some
CENTRE court seats at the Wimbledon final have got nothing on being part of Dorset’s Macmillan Bike Ride. Not according to Peter Heness anyway, who gave up his tickets to see Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic play in order to be among the 950
SHAME Mrs K Milligan (Letters June 27) is unhappy with Christchurch refuse and garden waste collection. We think it is all a first class system. The rubbish does not require ‘own strong refuse bags’, a dustbin suffices. The price of garden bags at 36p
IN 2003, I had the privilege of interviewing by phone a former Poole man named Ron Toms. Like me, Mr Toms had gone to Poole Grammar School, albeit decades earlier. Unlike me, he hadn’t found the maths hard. In fact, he was so gifted
I WOULD just like to comment on the dreadful situation that is ongoing at Bournemouth Airport. What an horrific impression one gets on arrival or departure. We are greeted by cones, barriers and men in yellow jackets. It would appear we were approaching
I SUSPECT that I am far from being in the minority when I say that I haven’t an iota of sympathy with or for the public sector strikers. Even after the proposed changes to pay and pension packages proposed by the government, the vast majority of them
AT first glance the saga of Fred Curtis’s parking fine (‘Bureaucracy gone mad?’, Daily Echo, June 29) certainly does seem to indicate a lack of compassion, even common sense, on the part of the council. However, on studying the full story a different
BRILLIANT sunshine, live music and dancing made for a “perfect” Christchurch Festival. Thousands of people flocked to Saxon Square and the Quomps for the three-day fun-filled event, packed with toe-tapping performances from bands such as Pronghorn,
UNBELIEVABLE that catastrophic, genocidal climate change should not be included in the National Curriculum (Guardian June 13). As a teacher (36 years) it is horrifying to watch our youngsters being kept in ignorance by our sandcastle civilisation. The
SEVERAL proud past presidents of the Bournemouth Chamber of Trade and Commerce, who are still alive and living in the area, will be delighted to read the article published in the Daily Echo on Wednesday, June 28, explaining the value of the Chamber and
THE recent coverage in your pages about green waste bins has focused on costs – with little said about value. After the dreary days of back-to-backs and urban slums, there was an emergence of ‘garden cities’ to ensure all residents could relax and enjoy
HAVING previously been a primary school governor, I do not subscribe to the view that teachers have a cushy number with the luxury of 13 weeks holiday etc. I know many work 12-hour days and come in to school in the holidays, as well as taking work home
POWER cables were left dangling after a van collided with a telegraph pole in Three Legged Cross. The white Vauxhall Vivaro van went through a front garden in Joys Road, overturned and hit the power cable just before 5.13pm last night (SUN 3). Witnesses
BACK in the 1950s, the idea of space travel captured the imaginations of millions, not least in the USA. Slightly dodgy sci-fi movies and comic books were all the rage, with things like living on the moon being dreamt of as a real possibility. Then
A MAN risked his life to save his beloved dog from a burning building. Martin Blunden, 49, and his elderly mother are lucky to be alive after a fire engulfed their Colehill bungalow on Saturday. But after getting his 82-year-old mum
Chorizo, Potato and Thyme Quesadillas (Makes 4 large quesadillas) 350g potatoes ½ onion, finely chopped 1 clove of garlic, chopped 200g chorizo cooking sausage, chopped A small bunch of thyme, chopped Sea salt and black pepper 4 large
THOMASINA Miers could be any graduate talking excitedly about her year abroad. In fact it’s 17 years since the 2005 Masterchef winner, who's gone on to open four Wahaca restaurants and now star in TV show Mexican Food Made Simple, discovered South American
GRAMMY Award-winning dance hall and reggae star Sean Paul is crossing international waters and will be visiting Dorset for one show only. Backed by a live band and back up dancers, the international superstar will be playing a ninety minute set on August
POTENZA in southern Italy was declared a town in mourning on Saturday for the funeral of Elisa Claps, the student believed to have been slain by Bournemouth man Danilo Restivo 18 years ago. People hung white sheets from their balconies and
WITH just nine days to go until Larmer Tree Festival celebrate their 21st event, organisers have announced that all weekend tickets are sold out with only day tickets remaining. As the site in the stunning Larmer Tree gardens starts to take shape, the
FAST rising, folk/punk artist Frank Turner will be returning to Bournemouth on November 22 this winter. After touring relentlessly around the globe, Frank Turner will be making a stop at the O2 Academy. Known for his witty, observational
A 24-year-old man has been charged with kidnap following an incident involving a small boy in the exclusive Canford Cliffs area of Poole on Saturday afternoon. Police are appealing for witnesses after reports that a man “grabbed” a young
A £7.6 MILLION cycle route launching in 2013 will open up a mini Tour de France – and Angleterre – on Poole’s doorstep. Thanks to European funding, budding Sir Chris Hoys will be able to saddle up, explore the county and then hop on a ferry to pedal
EDDIE Mitchell says Cherries will cast their net across Europe for new recruits and believes some English players are pricing themselves out of the market. Chairman Mitchell has already started to forge links in Russia – with Lokomotiv Moscow due to
DAVEY Watt, Darcy Ward and Renat Gafurov will be looking to put their Grand Prix Challenge disappointment behind them when Pirates visit Peterborough in the Elite League tonight. All three Poole Castle Cover stars crashed out of world championship qualifiers
