DAVID Dunn believes the next four weeks will decide Lions’ National Three South West promotion fate. Dunn’s men secured their eighth straight victory of the campaign with a comprehensive 43-0 drubbing of Chippenham on Saturday. That, due to an eighth
SWANAGE & Wareham overcame the absence of try-scoring sensation Charlie Rowberry and captain Robert Elford to beat Bletchley 20-13 in South West One East. Bletchley’s Dave Coleman handed the visitors a 3-0 lead early on, before a misplaced Swans pass
RED Arrows pilots completed a 400-mile cycle to raise money for a charity set up in memory of his colleague and best friend, Flt Lt Jon Egging. Flt Lt Ben Plank, 32, from Stanford, took part in the Coast to Coast challenge, alongside 20 of
A TRIAL post office service will be set-up to replace a former facility in Throop, Bournemouth, which closed earlier this month. The temporary post office will operate from the One Stop Store in Castle Lane West after the community post office
A PHOTOGRAPH taken near Milford on Sea has come top in its category in this year’s Landscape Photographer of the Year Awards. Baxter Bradford won the ‘living the view’ prize for a picture of sailing boats at sea. The photograph titled
A 21-year-old accused of involvement in a violent armed robbery told a court he had “a sense of fear that something was wrong” on the day the alleged offence was committed. Samir Lammali of Alton Road, Bournemouth, told Bournemouth Crown Court
Each winter hospitals in Dorset see an increase in the number of people admitted with seasonal illnesses such as flu and norovirus. Sometimes, the number of patients coming into hospital exceeds the number of beds available - this is known as winter
A SWASTIKA flag and a chunk of marble from a table in Hitler’s Reich Chancellery fetched more than expected at an auction in Poole. The massive flag, captured in the final days of the war against Nazi Germany, went to a private collector for £520. And
A CORNUCOPIA of foods was on offer to tantalise the taste buds at Wimborne Food Festival. Celebrity chefs rustled up treats in the Corn Market, including BBC2’s The Campervan Chef Martin Dorey, who drove his trademark van into the tent before
A COMMUNITY in Poole is to lose its supermarket, the Daily Echo can reveal. The Somerfield store in Adastral Road, Canford Heath, will close at the end of November, with 23 staff facing an uncertain future. Businesses and residents were
MOST of us like a ghost story, but one pensioner has spent 10 years cycling the length and breadth of England searching for them. On his quest to find the country’s haunted inns, Donald Stuart found some 2,000 – with 55 of them here in Dorset. The 75
I'm not really sure what's going on with the weather at the moment, but I seem to be one of the only people that is slightly concerned about the weird year we've had so far! I'm usually the person that insists we still had a good summer, but
Love Bunny Pie Serves 8-10 3 tbsp olive oil 25g butter 800g rabbit meat, diced 200g pancetta, diced ½ head of celeriac, peeled and diced 2 carrots, diced 4 shallots, diced 2 heaped tbsp
A VILLAGE community has been left in shock after a man was killed in a tragic accident involving a vintage tractor. Robin Wells, 59, died after the tractor rolled over and trapped him underneath as he was carrying out gardening work at his
WIMBORNE St. Giles will be transported back to the heady days of the 1920s next month, when The Bull Inn plays host to an award-winning classic jazz quintet. Fronting this one off performance on November 7 will be Josh Duffee and Andy Schum. These
IF Hello magazine were around in the 1950s, then Sybil Leek would have been splashed across their pages on more than one occasion. She may not have been an obvious choice by today’s standards with her ‘comfortably plump’ frame, penchant for garish eye
PHOTOGRAPHS from the Royal Collection are to be displayed in Bournemouth next year to mark The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee. Bournemouth’s Russell-Cotes Art Gallery and Museum has announced that it in one of only two venues in the country to host an exhibition
A “GREAT champion” for bicycle riders is still in a critical condition in Poole Hospital. Lindsi Bluemel suffered head injuries after riding over a piece of UPVC plastic in the cycle lane of the westbound A338 Wessex Way at around 9.15am on
MAY I please pass on my thanks to the unknown Bournemouth couple who came to the aid of my wife on Monday, October 17, when she fell in Church Road, Ferndown and broke her wrist. They went out of their way to help her into their car, brought her home
MAY I add to the debate on Creation? There is a story about a great nephew of Charles Darwin. The little boy said to his mother; ‘Mamma, the Bible says God made the world in seven days; great uncle Charles has written a book which says
I WAS interested to read about the new plans for the former power station site and especially the proposals for the community area. With such a large number of homes being built in the area I am sure that there will be a great demand for a community
CLLR John Beesley, in his letter (Have Your Say, October 21), is showing little concern for the views of the online commentators, as reported by the Echo. His arrogance in dismissing the opinions of the public over the association with Mouchel only serves
HALF of the reserve £150,000 has been spent on the surf reef so far, Bournemouth Council has said. The Echo revealed that contractor ASR has agreed to return in spring 2012, for what will be its fourth year of work on the £3.2million reef
BOURNEMOUTH Council had a ‘very productive’ meeting with surf reef contractors ASR on Friday. Now I don’t know what your idea of a ‘productive meeting’ is, but it wouldn’t be coming away after almost four years of work and a £3.2million bill with the
ONLY just recently, Bourne-mouth Council mailed thousands of letters to every council home dweller. It basically just told them that they would soon get an inspection visit. Not inside their home but outside. It listed such things as untidy gardens,
WE WOULD would like to say thank you to a very kind lady who saw our cat lying in the middle of the road and moved her to the verge of the road after she was killed by a car last Thursday night in Martins Hill Lane, Burton. We understand the lady knocked
I AM writing in connection with the quite unbelievable article in Thursday’s Echo regarding the consideration of land near Carey’s Road as a possible traveller site. I am a father of two young boys and we live in Barrowgate Way. The
HIGH winds forced the closure of Brownsea Island on Monday, just as the busy half term school holiday began. Hundreds of families hoping to take a day trip to the Poole Harbour isle had their plans scuppered as it was declared out of bounds for fear
SOME plays shrink with time while others grow and, nine years after its National Theatre premiere, David Hare's play has matured well. It is 1979 and Esme is sufficiently financially privileged that she can write a cheque for £5,000 for Amy
LEE Bradbury is hoping Cherries can banish the memory of his one and only outing to the Weston Homes Community Stadium when they face Colchester tonight. Bradbury made the 570th and final appearance of his illustrious career when Cherries suffered a
BOSS Tom Killick remains hopeful Russell Cook will return to Poole Town after the striker decided to temporarily hang up his boots. Cook had struggled to regain his form after sustaining a broken ankle during Dolphins’ FA Cup fourth qualifying round
GARY Johnson has quashed rumours linking him with a possible director of football role at the Seward Stadium. The Daily Echo yesterday suggested the Northampton Town manager could be a candidate for the position should a Russian consortium invest in
STEVE Fletcher admits Cherries can have no excuses for their indifferent start to the season but is adamant it is too early to press the panic button. Lee Bradbury’s troops slipped into the League One relegation zone after being condemned to another
MANAGER Glenn Burnett has further bolstered his New Milton Town squad with the addition of AFC Totton duo Scott Chester and Callum Davies. The pair could be in line to make their debuts when Burnett’s new-look Linnets host Wessex Premier Division rivals
A RUNDOWN piece of land bought by Christchurch council for £1 will be turned into a community garden and allotment. Councillors at Christchurch Borough Council’s community services committee voted in favour of recommendations to grant a one-year licence
