YOUNGSTERS at Swanage First School have good reason to cheer – they’ve got a brand new play area to experience. The play trail, hidden away among the trees in the school’s gardens, boasts a horizontal climbing wall, a cargo net, tree house
Cherries missed out on the chance to force their way in the play-off places after they were held to a 0-0 draw by League One rivals Hartlepool today. An uninspiring contest, played in freezing conditions on Teesside, produced little in the
BOURNEMOUTH’S deposed council leader Peter Charon has become the first councillor in the region to achieve an Advance Community Leadership Award. Ironically, the award comes just weeks after Cllr Charon lost a vote of no confidence proposed
FIREFIGHTERS were called to a block of flats in Kinson on Saturday morning after fire broke out. Crews from Springbourne and Redhill attended the building in Wimborne Road at around 10.30am. Nobody was injured but the flat was severely damaged. A Dorset
HERE is your winner of the Daily Echo’s Apprentice of the Year competition. After votes by phone, email and text, you’ve chosen Craig Adams as deserving the title. Craig, 21, will now be given £100 worth of equipment to help him on his
A BIG-hearted Bournemouth woman has swopped her home comforts for three months to work with a human rights charity in West Africa. Felicity Newman, 22, who lives in Throop, is a former pupil of St Walburga’s primary school and St Peter’s secondary
VOLUNTEER dog owners are needed to help with a unique charity which uses pets to help people in their everyday lives. Caring Canines offers a wide range of services where owners and their four-legged friends visit all ages to provide companionship and
BOURNEMOUTH’S historic Pier Theatre will re-open for the summer season after plans to convert it into an adventure sports attraction were hit by delays. Pier operators Openwide International had hoped to have the new all-weather attraction up and running
A MAN sustained a fractured jaw and will have to undergo surgery following a vicious assault in Bournemouth town centre. Detectives are appealing for witnesses to the incident, which happened outside Snappy Tomato Pizza on Exeter Road shortly after 3am
IMPRESSIVE youngsters from Christchurch were awarded for their achievements at a recent prize-giving ceremony. The annual event, which took place at Highcliffe Castle, was organised primarily by Christchurch Youth Council to reward the youngsters who
A RODGERS and Hammerstein concert with enough songs to please everyone. Their genius-Richard Rodgers wrote the music, Oscar Hammerstein ll penned the lyrics-for musical plays are timeless. My wife and I thoroughly enjoyed the South Pacific production
A BOURNEMOUTH school was forced to take “swift action” after rumours began circulating that three pupils had taken cocaine on campus. Teachers at Avonbourne School were alerted on Thursday that three students were alleged to have taken the class A drug
A DEFENDANT admitted Contempt of Court after calling a judge a “mug” and swearing at him. Justin Smith, 36, became angry after being denied bail at Bournemouth Magistrates Court. He told the judge: “No wonder the prisons are packed.
• Nicky Loizides from Moordown: “I would definitely fancy my husband if he wore this aftershave! He needs something like this to perk him up a bit.” Her husband Graham added: “I can’t really smell anything because I’ve got a cold – I just wear
THE sweet smell of Bournemouth has been captured in a fragrance. Eau de Bournemouth was created by two local mums with a nose for success. Both Heather Gorst and Jane Popperwell are trained perfume designers and decided to create a scent
GOLD medal winning Paralympian Tim Prendergast took time out from his rigorous training schedule to inspire youngsters at a Christchurch school. The Kiwi athlete, who won gold at the 1500metre event in Athens, started losing 95 per cent of his sight
WESSEX Volleyball Club is hoping to have a major interest in London 2012. No fewer than seven players produced by the local outfit are aiming to secure an Olympic place in the months ahead. The septet all learned their trade as Wessex youngsters before
IT would be easy to be scathing about the plan to put a play area on the car park at Queen’s Park but rather I appeal to the common sense of the council on its decision. First and foremost is the location of the course which is dangerously close to
WORK on AFC Bournemouth’s new £600,000 development at King’s Park has been halted after the council took the club and chairman Eddie Mitchell’s building firm to court after land contamination fears. The building of AFCB’s four new pitches
It is really exciting that this is a home Olympic Games. We are out in Cadiz at the moment to continue our preparations. During training, we spend a fair bit of time in the gym. The boats we sail are quite physical. The event we sail
I CERTAINLY remember El Cabala coffee shop (Snapshots, February 1). It was the first coffee bar where young people met. My group of friends met there in 1956 for a nice cappucchino, music, congenial atmosphere and a place to meet young people of all
RE CANCER mum in battle to keep sons together (Echo, February 6). Who are these faceless people making these ridiculous decisions? I expect the answer is “we have to abide by the rules” but for goodness sake what happened to good old common sense? Obviously
PRAYERS could be off the agenda at council meetings, following a High Court ruling that they are “unlawful”. The National Secular Society has succeeded in bringing legal action against a Devon council, with Mr Justice Ouseley ruling that local
FURTHER to the article in the Daily Echo (February 1, 2012) there is no way that I will be attending the events on February 25/26 to ‘walk-over’ the new bridge in Poole and buy a certificate. It is not a “stunning symbol” for the town, just an eyesore
I WAS astonished to see the proposal in paper, to have private policemen on our streets. What on earth are the Bournemouth Town Rangers going to do that isn’t already covered by the Police Community Support Officers? You didn’t even mention them in
I THINK that a mountain bike park at Chewton Bunny is a terrific concept; the terrain is perfect for this exciting new sport. This is also a popular area for water sports so why not build changing rooms and showers as they would on the continent?
IT seems that courts of all shapes and sizes are increasingly making judgements that defy common sense. The European Court of Human Rights has effectively made it difficult, if not impossible, to deport the radical cleric Abu Qatada to Jordan, much to
CONOR Burns MP and Tobias Ellwood MP are reported (Daily Echo February 7) as being “unable” to sign the campaign asking for reconsideration by the government of its support of wind farms on the basis that they are Parliamentary Private Secretaries (PPSs
DR Simon Hill’s letter (Have Your Say, February 8) made interesting reading. While I agree with most of what he wrote, there are one or two issues of hygiene in NHS hospitals that I have some concern over. Why is there no monitoring of visitors to Poole
CHEEKY Olly Murs is happy to be returning to Bournemouth next week for two sold-out shows at the BIC. The singer told us about his previous visits to the bright lights of our seaside town. “I’m not going to lie. I’ve been to Bournemouth before for a
A MAN has been charged with causing death by dangerous driving on Christmas Eve. Peter Chen, 40, was brought before Bournemouth Magistrates Court yesterday afternoon accused of causing the death of Ray Tutton. He was also charged with
AS I was sitting in Wimborne Minster last Thursday to witness the installation of the new female rector – the first woman to be given the job – I knew I would like the Rev Vanessa Herrick. Just observing her smile as she answered questions, speaking
CHERRIES legend Ted MacDougall is adamant Harry Redknapp is the prime candidate to manage England – because he knows how to handle the “millionaire egos”. Redknapp, who played alongside iconic striker MacDougall at Dean Court during the early seventies
MANAGER Lee Bradbury is confident Adam Barrett can boost Cherries’ play-off charge – with the captain on course for a rapid recovery. The Cherries boss has revealed that his skipper could defy predictions by returning quicker than expected from his hamstring
WIMBORNE Town manager Steve Cuss has boosted his attacking options by signing forward Gregg Taffe. The 23-year-old could make his Magpies’ debut in today’s Southern League Division One South & West match at leaders Bideford (3pm). Cuss said: “Gregg
