JANUARY may be ticking away, but there’s still time to make New Year resolutions and turn your life around. That’s the message from long term ME sufferer Alexa Warner, who pledged three years ago to ‘try and do something’ and has just set up
Cherries have demonstrated their belief in manager Lee Bradbury by handing him a new three-and-a-half year contract – 48 hours before his first anniversary in charge. Chairman Eddie Mitchell has, in the past few minutes, confirmed to the
THE Government says Dorset’s Olympic sailing events will have “all necessary security measures in place” ready for the start of the Games. Defence Secretary Phillip Hammond was speaking during a visit to the Olympic sailing venue as part of
FIRMS in Dorset should get into the Olympic spirit and make sure preparations are in place to mark the occasion, a leading Bournemouth businessman says. Tony Brown, head of Beales, said for many, the 2012 Games is a once in a lifetime opportunity
A COMMUNITY leader is calling for private funding to finance a long-awaited BMX track on Bournemouth’s Townsend estate. Claire Geraghty, 39, chairperson of Townsend community centre, said: “The estate has totally turned around during recent
BOURNEMOUTH Council has signed up to a new campaign to tackle the issue of chewing gum on the streets. But, shoppers and traders in the town centre are wondering what else can be done to stop it from blighting the area. Chewing Gum Action
A Poole church is planning to help families make 2012 a happier year by running a course for parents of children aged up to six. Poole Christian Fellowship starts Parents Changing Families on February 2 at their church building in Lagland Street
A QUIRK of television scheduling allows me to indulge in one of my guilty pleasures in what, for me at least, has been a slow start to the new season of programmes. Now in its third series, Great British Railway Journeys (weeknights, BBC2, 6.30pm) sees
CHERRIES have handed a contract extension to first-choice goalkeeper Darryl Flahavan. An ever-present in League One this season, Flahavan put pen to paper on a deal that ties him to the Seward Stadium outfit until June 2013. The 33-year-old former Southend
ADDICTION is a dirty word, the stuff of garish tabloid headlines, yet we are all susceptible to compulsive behaviour. Hankerings for caffeine, sugar or tobacco stem from the same dark places as drug and alcohol dependency. We all have our emotional crutches
THE casualties of war extend far beyond the terrible loss of human life. During the First World War, thousands of pigeons carried vital messages over long distances when other lines of communication were compromised. Dogs detected mines
ASPRIRNG internet entrepreneurs Sean (Emile Hirsch) and Ben (Max Minghella) travel to Moscow to sell their online vision to Russian business partner Skyler (Joel Kinnaman). However, he rips them off and Sean and Ben drown their sorrows in a bar where
D-DAY is looming for the leader of Bournemouth Borough Council. On Monday, Cllr Peter Charon faces a motion of no confidence at the Conservative group’s meeting. But at least half of the 46 Tories on the council will have to rebel against him if he
AS the current financial crisis attests, money makes the world go round and when the flow of capital is restricted, the ripple effect is felt from one continent to the next. Writer-director JC Chandor explores the questionable morality of a fictitious
CANINE Partners, a charity which provides specially trained assistance dogs to people with disabilities, is calling on people to organise a bluebell walk in their area. The Bluebell Walk Campaign, now in its ninth year, has raised more than
PART of Bournemouth town centre was closed to traffic after “a very large” diesel spill yesterday. Bournemouth Council put down sand and grit for more than 200 metres. Police shut down Poole Hill between Cambridge Road roundabout and The Triangle.
TO allow for the completion of Poole’s new bridge, there will be temporary changes to the lifting schedule for Poole Bridge from tomorrow. The 2.30pm and 4.30pm bridge lifts on Saturdays and Sundays will be cancelled and replaced with a single bridge
ANOTHER big name store is set to close in Boscombe today – a week before Argos shuts its doors. Robert Dyas, in the Sovereign Centre, is due to close down today. The company has not responded to the Daily Echo’s requests for a comment
BRAZILIAN Jiu Jitsu fighter Jeff Lawson was due to start a 24-hour marathon sparring session at 10am today to raise money for Dorset children’s hospice Julia’s House. The 33-year-old brown belt has recruited some of his students and even his own teacher
ONE big, happy family – that’s Dorset’s Lewis clan, who can soon be seen in a TV show exploring the lives of some of Britain’s biggest families. The three-part series, called 15 Kids and Counting, starts on Channel 4 next Tuesday and the Lewises
A HEARTLESS thief pushed and shoved an elderly woman in a charity shop, before stealing her purse and treasured family photos. Hilda Bowles, 72, said she has “lost her confidence” after the incident, in which the thief made off with just £12
A DISABLED woman was among terrified residents who fled for their lives from a burning block of flats following an early morning arson attack in Boscombe. Cherie Hitchens was in bed when she heard the fire alarm sounding and realised the bedsit above
A COLLEGE student who admitted causing the death of a cyclist by careless driving has been handed a community order. Lee Cahill, 18, of Tamlin Street, Wareham, appeared at Weymouth Magistrates Court on Thursday for sentencing. The court
A SECOND public meeting on the Burton Road footbridge will take place on Wednesday January 18. Dorset County Council is inviting local people to discuss work to replace the Burton Road footbridge over the A35 Christchurch bypass. This
ONE of my favourite places to dine for a special occasion is The Print Room which is conveniently located under the Echo office! We’d just finished work for the Christmas break and thought it would be a good place to celebrate. When we arrived shortly
MY beautiful cat Maisie was killed by a car on Redhill Drive early in the morning on Friday December 9. She was only 18 months old. I would like to say a big thank-you to the kind ladies who got her out of the road, wrapped her in a towel and got her
ON the basis of what’s good for Bournemouth Airport is good for the local economy, the announcement by Ryanair that it will be operating three new routes this summer is very welcome news indeed. The Irish carrier has added Malta, Rhodes and Carcassone
I WAS very struck by the Echo Opinion on the matter of the decline of our high streets (January 10). This is indeed a highly perilous situation. Going by the rate of close downs and empty stores I don't think we should be surprised if our high streets
IS there a would-be Gareth Malone out there? My friends and I spent a pleasant hour prior to Christmas singing carols with ‘churches together’ at Boscombe, with the Christchurch U3A brass band. As regular churchgoers we know how enjoyable it can be singing
PROFESSOR Price (Letters, January 3) has rightly highlighted radiotherapy as an effective and cost efficient treatment for cancer, and the uneven availability of advanced treatment techniques such as IGRT and IMRT (Image Guided Radiotherapy and Intensity
HOW on earth can anyone possibly justify spending £32 billion on a high speed rail link that will permanently destroy hundreds of thousands of acres of England’s most beautiful countryside – merely to shorten the rail journey between London and Birmingham
KEN Adam’s reminiscences, (Daily Echo, January 5), prompt memories of the parlour state of the UK, when the Attlee administration took control following World War Two. The country was bankrupt, its cities devastated and its industry and infrastructure
I READ with interest the letter you published from Mrs Warburton regarding the recent closure of Club 31 in Verwood. Although the town council regrets the demise of this privately-owned club, the presence of another footpath is unlikely to have affected
VANDALS carrying out a tyre-slashing spree across seven Poole roads put lives at risk and left drivers with hefty repair bills. Police say at least 35 vehicles had one or more tyres slashed when the culprits struck in Parkstone in the early hours of
Ryanair will be adding three new routes for passengers keen for a summer getaway this year. The company’s popular Bournemouth to Malta flights will resume in March while it will be starting two routes – one to Carcassone in France and another
CHERRIES boss Lee Bradbury has been forced to put on hold a move to re-sign Josh McQuoid from Millwall, claim sources in south London. Reports suggested Bradbury had been hoping to bring the 22-year-old frontman to the Seward Stadium on loan from the
BOSS Graham Kemp is vowing to give former Priory prospect Dan Loader the chance to prove himself following Stewart Kearn’s shock exit. Experienced goalkeeper Kearn departed Hurn Bridge earlier this week when he joined Southern League outfit Bashley.
NOTTINGHAM-born Cherries star Simon Francis is targeting victory over his hometown club as he bids to show them what they are missing. The 26-year-old will lock horns with his local team when Cherries host Notts County at Seward Stadium tomorrow (3pm
MARC Pugh is vowing to put contract talks to the back of his mind and focus his attentions on helping Cherries maintain their promotion push. The talented winger, who is mulling the club’s offer of a new three-and-a half-year deal, has been one of Cherries
CHAPEL Gate chief David Dunn has highlighted the importance of Sam Hardcastle’s eye-catching form as Lions prepare to continue their title tilt. Bournemouth will be bidding to carry on their table-topping run when they host Barnstaple tomorrow. Key
MANAGER Ken Vaughan says FA Vase places will be up for grabs when Bournemouth Poppies entertain Wessex Premier rivals New Milton Town tomorrow (3pm). Vaughan’s men host the Linnets in their final game before their fourth round tie against South Midlands
BOSS Tom Killick insists he must maintain a ruthless selection policy if ambitious Poole Town are to continue on an upward spiral. His comments come after midfielders Micky Hubbard and Taffy Richardson were both left out in recent games, much to the
