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  • Cherries: Boss Bradbury says ref made right call over penalty

    BOSS Lee Bradbury admitted Rochdale’s last-gasp penalty was the right call from referee Carl Boyeson. Cherries suffered back-to-back league defeats for the first time since September as Gary Jones handed Dale a battling victory with a 92nd-minute

  • Hinton Admiral bridge work starts on Monday

    WORK to improve the safety of the narrow bridge at Hinton Admiral begins on Monday. Hampshire County Council wants to improve the safety of the bridge at Station Road for both road and railway users, with the work expected to take six weeks to complete

  • Cherries: Late penalty agony for Bradbury's men

    GARY Jones broke Cherries’ hearts with a last-gasp penalty as Lee Bradbury’s men tasted defeat at Spotland. Jones slotted home a stoppage time spot kick after Cherries had lost Stephen Purches to a broken leg early in the first half.

  • Southbourne paramedic stretches herself for a good cause

    A SUPER-FIT paramedic is planning to put on her running shoes for a cause close to her heart. Despite the demands of juggling her job with preparations for her wedding in June, Michelle Evans is training to take part in this year’s London marathon.

  • Bournemouth social club joins forces with group

    A BOURNEMOUTH social and activities club for people with learning disabilities has launched a new partnership with a disabled social enterprise group. Bournemouth Gateway and DotComUnity have joined forces to support adults with learning disabilities

  • Driver remanded in Ray Tutton death case

    A MALAYSIAN man appeared before Bournemouth Crown Court yesterday accused of causing death by dangerous driving on Christmas Eve. Restaurant worker Peter Chen, 40, of no fixed abode, spoke only to confirm his name, through a Mandarin interpreter

  • Purbeck school pupils invited on tour of the capital

    STOBOROUGH First School pupils were thrilled to be invited to the Houses of Parliament. The children accompanied adults on a guided tour of the House of Commons, the House of Lords and Westminster Hall. The 27 Purbeck pupils were selected for the London

  • Marketing expert speaks about Sovereign Centre

    A MARKETING manager has given an insight into the new owner’s plans for Boscombe’s Sovereign Centre. Lucy Mitchell from New River Retail was speaking at the February meeting of Boscombe Business Forum. Her company paid £12million for the centre last

  • Massacre of the Vikings – in Dorset

    BACK in 2009, as excavators cut though the chalk at Ridgeway Hill in preparation for the Weymouth relief road, they made a shocking discovery. In a shallow grave was a tangled mass of decapitated skeletons, their heads piled to one side. So important

  • Women take to streets for Cancer Research UK's Race for Life

    “IT’S all of us versus cancer”. This is the rallying call from volunteers who took to the streets of Bournemouth yesterday to encourage mums, daughters, sisters, grandmas and friends to enter this year’s Cancer Research UK’s Race for Life.

  • Gold for the Match Race Girls at the Rolex Miami OCR

    It is impossible to write this without talking about the weather – and that’s not just because I’m British. After the World Championships in Perth, we gave ourselves a few days back in the UK to remind ourselves of what minus temperatures felt

  • Drivers repaid after camera car gets fines wrong

    THEY say the camera never lies – but try telling that to the hundreds of motorists wrongly accused of inconsiderate parking by Bournemouth’s camera car. An Echo investigation has revealed that in the past three years 481 innocent drivers received £70

  • Chocolate Pikelets

    Chocolate Pikelets (Serves 4) 25g cocoa 50g 72% chocolate broken into squares (or use a good milk chocolate) 100ml double cream 2 eggs 2dsp plain flour 2tsp caster sugar 300ml milk Pinch of salt Knob of butter

  • End in sight for the saga of green bins?

    WHEN are we going to be informed of the final decision of the Green Bin Saga? There have been so many suggestions, to name a few – sharing a bin with a neighbour, discounts to those who apply by a certain date, those who hold an Access to Leisure Card

  • Drug addicts still in need of a lot of help

    I AM recovering from drug addiction and mental health issues. Since 1994 I have been clean of abusing drugs. There was no help in those days and the sad fact is nothing has changed. People that have severe mental health issues and drug or alcohol addiction

  • Self service doing us all a dis-service

    AS supermarkets became ever bigger, they boasted of the big number of check-outs, some going up to 30 odd. Has anyone been shopping lately in Tesco and Sainsbury’s? Both have closed down almost two thirds of them and instead have opened up numerous self-service

  • We can’t turn back the hands of time

    THE high street can never be the same as it was yesterday. Cars and parking are a big factor at the out-of-town Castle Point, Dolphin and Sovereign centres. I went to the Dolphin yesterday and it was packed with people, warm and comfortable. I remember

  • Appalling curriculum

    I WAS absolutely appalled to read about “suicide lessons” being given at the otherwise excellent school Poole High. My grandaughter attends this school and I sincerely hope that common sense will be brought to bear and this appalling curriculum will

  • Turbine plan is blowing in wind

    WHEN it comes to the planning process in this country, nothing much happens very quickly. So it’s no surprise that opposition to the possibility of a windfarm off the coast of Dorset has taken some time to gather coherence. It hasn’t been helped by

  • Is council prayer ruling a blow for tolerance?

    A Bournemouth councillor is urging his colleagues to resist the destruction of their tradition following a legal ruling banning prayers at the start of council meetings. The High Court backed an anti-religious campaign to abolish official acts of worship

  • Memorial designs for Red Arrow Jon Egging ‘uplifting'

    THE widow and the mother of Red Arrows pilot Jon Egging have spoken of their hopes for a “positive, uplifting and inspiring” memorial to him. Flight Lieutenant Egging died at the age of 33 after he crashed in fields in north Bournemouth

  • OAPs should not be the ones punished

    PRISONERS seem to have a lot better lives than some of our vulnerable and elderly population. They get good food, warm cells, television etc paid for by the taxpayers. How ironic it is when people who break the law get comfortable accommodation, yet

  • Place an ice rink in Imax building

    I READ the Exeter Road bus station is now back on track, just as the entrance to the Lower Gardens ended up where it was in the first place. After sundry hare-brained schemes and disastrous under-passes, and following two poor designs, the Pavilion

  • Crunch time for boxer Iain Weaver at Bulgaria’s Strandja Cup

    OLYMPIC hopeful Iain Weaver knows the M1 like the back of his boxing glove. The Ferndown fighter, who is still aiming to qualify for London 2012 in the lightweight 60kg class, has been based in industrial Sheffield with the Great Britain podium squad

  • Regrets? Faith's got a few....

    DESPITE its rather gloomy title, new book The Top Five Regrets of the Dying is actually a deeply moving and uplifting road map of how to make sure none of us rock up at the Pearly Gates thinking: “Damn! I really wish I’d....” It contains

  • Cherries: Lyle out to prove himself at Hereford

    LYLE Taylor admits it is up to him to prove his worth as he bids to achieve his primary target – a new Cherries contract. The out-of-favour striker is aiming to press his claims for an extended stay in Dorset while on loan with League Two outfit Hereford

  • Pirates: Middlo hoping to back up bookies' confidence

    BOSS Neil Middleditch is determined to see Pirates justify the bookmakers’ faith by living up to their tag of title front-runners. Poole Coastal Aluminium have been installed as early favourites to retain the Elite League crown in 2012. The defending

  • Cherries' Fletcher: Now is time to close the gap

    SEASONED campaigner Steve Fletcher reckons Cherries must put themselves within striking distance now if they are to complete an odds-defying late play-off surge. The club legend believes Cherries have given themselves “half a chance” of gate-crashing