SOME 200 people staying at a Bournemouth night shelter will get a hot meal, thanks to a local company. Poole-based TwoToo was set up five years ago to help homeless people keep warm through the donation of a cosy fleecy scarf each time a scarf was
RESIDENTS are facing their 10th summer next to a decaying, deathtrap hotel with no resolution in sight. The Cliff End Hotel on Boscombe’s Manor Road is owned by the Meyrick Estate but its future is mired in legal wrangling. The building
THE Echo's dedicated Cherries fans' forum is now up and running. Supporters can have their say on all issues to do with the club, both on and off the pitch. Post your views on Lee Bradbury's sacking as Cherries boss and add your thoughts
THE final two public meetings seeking views over the proposed merger between the two foundation trusts that run Poole, the Royal Bournemouth and Christchurch Hospitals are to take place on April 3. Members of the public are invited to attend
A TEAM from Bournemouth Highcliff Marriott Hotel helped restore benches in Littledown Park. They aided workers from Bournemouth Borough Council with the project. Andrew Francis, general manager at the hotel, said: “Marriott Intern-ational’s ‘Spirit
IT was his dying father’s wish that he should give blood and Steve Trickett has been true to his father’s request ever since. “My dad died of leukemia 11 years ago. I said to him just a few days before he died: ‘What can I do to help?’ He said
FIREFIGHTERS have joined forces with harbour commissioners in a bid to safeguard Poole’s five islands. Under this new partnership, Poole Harbour Commissioners have agreed to ship firefighters and their equipment to any Poole Harbour island
A MUCH-missed stalwart from Bournemouth’s Cherry Tree nursery is to be remembered there permanently. Tim Boswell owed his life to the project in North Bournemouth, according to his mother. He was one of the first people recovering from mental
A BOURNEMOUTH couple are giving up their jobs and home to help children living in the Filipino slums. Jan Wyatt, a nurse at Bournemouth Hospital’s surgical ward, and her engineer husband Derek are heading to Manila in July to set up a medical centre,
SIXTY years ago, as Princess Elizabeth was crowned Queen, a small Poole school was also starting its own incredible journey. So, six decades on, as the nation gears up for a summer of diamond jubilee celebrations, hundreds of wellwishers decided to take
SWIMMERS in Poole made a big splash for charity, collecting nearly £19,000 for good causes. Their fundraising at Poole Lions 34th Swimarathon could be boosted to a staggering £24,000 once match funding and GiftAid is added. Standing
CYCLING campaigners have raised concerns over the retirement of Poole’s dedicated cycling officer. Members of Bournemouth Cycling Forum, which runs across the conurbation, are waiting to hear whether Cycling and Walking Officer of 15 years
A PETITION opposing the idea of locating traveller sites in Bournemouth’s green belt has been handed into Downing Street. Bournemouth East MP Tobias Ellwood took the petition, which has been signed by more than 1,000 residents of Strouden Park
A HOSPITAL trust expects to claw back more than £100,000 on running costs in five years after installing power saving software on all its personal computers. The simple initiative is one of those being showcased at the Royal Bournemouth Hospital
THOUSANDS of people taking part in the Bournemouth Bay Run will be getting a welcome energy boost, thanks to Poole’s Ryvita factory and the town’s Rubicon People recruitment agency. The Poole agency will provide 6,000 snacks after a generous
SOME 200 people staying at a Bournemouth night shelter will get a hot meal, thanks to a local company. Poole-based TwoToo was set up five years ago to help homeless people keep warm through the donation of a cosy fleecy scarf each time a scarf
A POPULAR Bournemouth primary school will benefit from a million pound building project to enable it to take in more pupils. Muscliff Primary School increased its intake of reception pupils from 60 to 90 last September and will do so again this year
WIMBORNE’S next mayor has been named. Town councillor John Burden, who has lived in the town all his life, will take over the mayoral role from Cllr Robin Cook on Tuesday, May 15. Cllr Burden, who was elected to the council in June
A TEAM from Bournemouth Highcliff Marriott Hotel helped restore benches in Littledown Park. They aided workers from Bournemouth Borough Council with the project. Andrew Francis, general manager at the hotel, said: “Marriott International
Just in case you were wondering, my blogs are still going to appear on a regular basis, but less frequently than before. Sometimes it's tricky to fit everything in and given the choice between writing this or being outside in the sunshine you can
CREATIVE school pupils have teamed up with artist Tim Ward to start work on a stunning tribute to Red Arrow pilot Jon Egging. The youngsters at Kinson Primary School were joined by Jon’s widow Dr Emma Egging and his mother Dawn as they started
WE couldn’t all be there at the Newport Folk Festival in 1959, in the coffee houses of Boston or the front line of the American civil rights movement. Some of us weren’t even born. But good things come to those who wait – and Joan Baez
A BICYCLE made for two will be raising money for Sport Relief when five pedallers from Poole take to the road. The group from The Aldbury in Parkstone, a Colten Care dementia home, will cycle a 70-mile relay on Thursday. Setting out at 6am from the
A SERIOUS accident forced the closure of Ringwood Road, near Ashley Heath, for five hours yesterday. The 10am smash, at the junction of Old Barn Road, involved a Suzuki motorcycle and a Citroen car. The male biker received on-the-spot
AND you thought £126,000 was a high price to pay for a beach hut! Now another one has come onto the market for £146,000. Just a week after the last hut, number 219, sold for the full asking price, number 246 nestled between other huts along
STEWART Francis is back and ready to hit the road again. Outstanding in the field of killer one liners, the star of BBC’s Mock the Week, Michael McIntyre’s Comedy Roadshow and Live At The Apollo, has harvested a brand new hilarious show that comes to
WHY is it that we can only have green bins if we pay, yet have to pay for lights that some will no longer have the safety of? Are Sandbanks/Canford Cliffs so dangerous that they must have lights, when other areas will not? The actual cost savings are
HAVING been in the shipbuilding industry for most of my working life it was common knowledge that if laying material such as cement, concrete or tarmac onto a deck, ‘sprigs’ would be welded to the deck first. These ‘butterfly wing’ shaped pieces of metal
A child’s-eye view of the town in which they live is revealed in a delightful animated film, all about Poole. By the Sea was made by youngsters from Old Town First School and Nursery and provides a unique guide for those of a certain age. And in a first
I HAVE been brought up to be honest. Finding things and not returning them is stealing. Anything I find, if possible, I will return to the owner. Mobile phones I have returned, many even if they were broken or damaged. I have returned wallets and
I WOULD like to thank everybody who came to my assistance following my motorcycle accident on the Lower Blandford Road on the afternoon of Monday, March 6. I’d like to start with the very kind lady who rang ‘999’, the ambulance crew and the police.
I AM sure many people are aware of the local ‘park run’ in Poole Park on Saturday mornings. This is a free event run by volunteers and is an asset to the town – attracting more than 200 local (and not so local) people every week to run for free and
HAVING read the report on Oakmead College cutting down the trees within their grounds, I have two questions. Was a Tree Preservation Order in place bfore the trees were cut down? If the answer is ‘no’ then the college have done nothing wrong. Why
I feel compelled to write in support of the 99p Store cashier who refused to sell a pencil sharpener to an under-18 (‘Sharpener ban is just pointless’, Echo, March 22). The law says selling a ‘knife, knife blade or razor blade’to a minor is an offence
DORSET has a large number of attractions, not least its stunning scenery. Visitors flock to our county for the excellent views. And they’re not just coastal. Our countryside areas – particularly our precious heaths – are much revered. Which
A BUSINESSMAN who crashed into a racing yacht in Studland Bay has received a community sentence. Following his trial at Bournemouth Crown Court Michael Wills, 51, was convicted of causing criminal damage to the trimaran Lil Annie on June 6, 2010. Jurors
BOURNEMOUTH basked in temperatures eclipsing the south of France and Spain’s Costa Blanca at the weekend. Thermometers topped 20 degrees centigrade at Bournemouth Beach on Saturday which became officially the hottest day of the year so far.
The Gruffalo, Pavilion, Bournemouth Julia Donaldson’s books have been delighting children for almost 20 years and The Gruffalo is undoubtedly a firm favourite with many. Now translated into a musical stage production, the show is an ideal first
THIS was sport at its most captivating. Exhilarating, emotional and dramatic, the game had everything. Occasionally tainted by human error and controversy but overwhelmingly graced by passion, energy and skill, it was an engrossing spectacle. Tears
NEV was on a mission. Having volunteered to chauffeur Verwood during their excursion to the Isle of Wight, Neville Munson was determined to stick to the itinerary. At 19.45pm, Nev expertly piloted the team mini-bus into the car park of the Verwood Sports
WIMBORNE Town’s Southern League revival continued with a 3-0 win at Cinderford. A first-half double from Tom Jeffes and a late Micky Hubbard effort saw Magpies notch their third straight league win. Jeffes opened the scoring when he headed home Hubbard
MANAGER Simon Browne thanked Shane Murphy after he had answered an SOS to solve Hamworthy United’s goalkeeping crisis. Browne was left searching for a stopper after number one Simon Evans pulled out ahead of Saturday’s Wessex Premier clash with Romsey
EMOTIONAL David Dunn reflected on Bournemouth’s dramatic victory and then vowed: We will finish the job. Director of rugby Dunn had tears in his eyes as he spoke following Lions’ thrilling 27-26 win over Chinnor in Saturday’s top-of-the-table showdown
MODEST Dan Pollard kicked Bournemouth to within sight of promotion but quickly deflected the praise to his Lions team-mates. The fly-half played a starring role and contributed 22 points as Bournemouth secured a dramatic 27-26 home win over Chinnor on
POOLE Town took another giant stride towards the Southern League South & West play-off security thanks to a hotly disputed late penalty against 10-man Halesowen Town. Steve Devlin converted for the Dolphins after referee Robert Abrams pointed to the
