CHAIRMAN Eddie Mitchell tonight confirmed directors Jeff Mostyn and Steve Sly had agreed a deal to sell their respective stakes in AFC Bournemouth. The announcement comes just days after the Daily Echo exclusively revealed a Russian consortium headed
CELEBRITY swimmer David Walliams could dive in to help a “unique” Hampshire swimming pool that has recorded a £40,000 loss. Walliams, star of Little Britain and Come Fly With Me, swam the English Channel for Sport Relief in 2006 and recently
CHERRIES have completed the emergency loan signing of Brighton defender Steve Cook. Cook could go straight into Lee Bradbury's squad for the trip to Preston North End on Saturday. The 20-year-old came through the Seagulls youth set-up
MORE than 40 undiscovered stars will be battling it out on Saturday for the Grand Finals of Talentcall 2011. The lucky contestants will face a panel of celebrity guest judges and a 1,000-strong audience in a nail-biting finale at the Bournemouth Pavilion
TRUSTEES at Bournemouth Aviation Museum say it may be in serious danger of closing unless they can successfully appeal a planning decision that rejected the permanent siting of their static display at Adventure Wonderland. Due to difficulties in finding
STUDENTS produced examples of stunning Indian-style art to mark the Hindu festival of Diwali. Almost 90 students from the Arts University College at Bournemouth worked with two specialists in ‘Rangolies’. They used rice, gravel, lentils
CONCERNS over the financial position of Mouchel were being expressed before Bournemouth Council “outsourced” four of its departments to the company at the end of last year. A meeting of the audit and governance committee heard that Cllr Ron Whittaker
NATIONAL Park chiefs are celebrating a £550,000 grant that will fund vital research into the New Forest’s role in the Second World War. Planes equipped with infrared survey equipment will enable the National Park Authority (NPA) to pinpoint
BOURNEMOUTH Council’s equality and diversity manager was racially discriminated against by South Wales Police to a “limited extent”, a tribunal has ruled. Sam Johnson had taken his claim against South Wales Police Authority to an employment tribunal
Romany’s Lucky Ducky Pies Serves 4 50g butter 3 shallots, sliced 2 garlic cloves, chopped ¼ small red cabbage (about 150g) shredded 2tbsp cider vinegar 150ml dry cider 2tbsp demerara sugar 2 star anise ½tsp ground cinnamon 2 Williams pears,
A LIST of the top toys for Christmas 2011 have been released, with technology being the main highlight of gifts children want from Santa this year. According to the Toy Retailers’ Association, 2011 is set to be most interactive year so far,
A CLUBBER suffered a fractured eye socket following an unprovoked attack in a Poole venue. The incident happened in the Penthouse night club in the High Street at around 2.30am on Saturday October 15. DC Mandy Brimicombe, of Poole and Bournemouth CID
IN CONSIDERATION of the present economic climate, might I suggest to all cash-strapped families that they forego wasting any money at all on fireworks this year. Hopefully then, most kiddies will receive a present or two at Christmas, and perhaps people
NOVEMBER is world vegan month and a chance to reduce animal suffering, your carbon footprint and boost your health. Animal products are not essential for a healthy diet and a large number of studies show that a balanced and varied plant-based diet can
I HOPE the person who very kindly posted my ‘bus pass’ and ‘rail card’ to my home address, after I lost it in Christchurch is reading this, as I would like to thank them. It made my day (as the expression goes) when I received them. So, whoever you
WITH reference to the article “Green waste bins debate heating up” (October 20) I would like to clarify one or two points. Firstly, my proposal for an additional 11,000 bins, bringing the total number of bins to 33,000, would actually save the council
LOVE it or loathe it, the European Union is here to stay. Or is it? The Government survived a backbench revolt on Monday to stave off a referendum on the UK’s membership, but the issue is sure to stick around. But while politicians wrangle over what
I FULLY sympathise with your correspondent Robert Readman regarding excessive number of adverts during Downton Abbey, as stated in last week’s Advertiser. I too find them extremely irritating and an interruption to what is otherwise an enjoyable programme
WHILE agreeing with Ms Taussig (Have Your Say) that we should afford cyclists as much protection as possible, we can do little to save the really stupid ones from themselves. I was recently driving along Surrey Road on a dark and wet night, and as I reached
TODAY, Market day in Christchurch, we returned to this lovely town to find an unpleasant – and to us unexpected – dimension to the shopping area in the form of a gang of children, away from the discipline of school, hurtling along the temporary pedestrianised
I AM not a traveller but just an ordinary holiday camper. I work hard all year round and pay my taxes both local and national, as well as all my other bills. I vote as well and have a lot to do with my local community. Only twice a year, preferably
IS this a blagger that I see before me? Tomorrow the film Anonymous goes on general release, questioning whether Shakespeare was a fraud and just the frontman for the real playwright, the educated Earl of Oxford. Friends, yeomen, funkymen, lend me your
ENTICING exciting, exultant playing from Jon Kimura Parker in Rachmaninov’s Piano Concerto No3 in which conductor Andrew Litton (no mean pianist himself) drew top flight playing from the BSO. The music eases lyrically at first and with gathering pace
THE brothers jailed after being convicted of conning thousands of customers into visiting their Lapland-style theme park at Matchams have had their convictions quashed – and will not face a retrial. In the wake of the news yesterday, Dorset County Council
THE man convicted of killing Heather Barnett and the prime suspect in the murder of Italian schoolgirl Elisa Claps was the subject of an Italian secret service report in 1997, it has been alleged. A former agent of SISDE, the Italian Intelligence
EXPERIENCED counterpart John Ward is backing Cherries’ young management team to hold their nerve as they battle to climb out of the League One relegation zone. Colchester United boss Ward believes manager Lee Bradbury and his staff need to be afforded
RESILIENT Wes Fogden is adamant he can make up for lost time and cut it in League One – after earning his Cherries chance the hard way. The versatile playmaker has made a promising start to his Seward Stadium career since being signed from
BOSS Lee Bradbury offered rich praise to Wes Fogden after the rookie playmaker made an impressive start to his Cherries career. Fogden produced an eye-catching performance on his full debut at Colchester United on Tuesday night. Playing just behind
A PREP school’s links with Swim Bournemouth are being strengthened following the appointment of a former international swimmer and coach as assistant head and director of sport. Nick Robinson, who represented Great Britain in World Cup events
Bournemouth School should be challenging for a medal for the second year running at the England Schools Relay Championships in Southampton next month. The team of Oscar Esposti, Noah Vides, Dan Speers and Jamie Gray are ranked third in the
