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  • Pledge money and make a difference to those in need in Poole

    Give us £1 up to £10 and we can double it to aid small charities helping vulnerable people in Poole. That’s the plea behind the new Poole Communities Fund which has been launched at the Civic Centre. First up to pledge money was Cllr Judy Butt

  • Start preparing your pocket for Christmas

    This is a crucial warning. I’ve just had it confirmed that Christmas will be on 25 December this year. You may be thinking "that’s not a surprise". Yet if that’s true, why are so many skint in January, as if it crept up on them? Don’t get me

  • Hackney cab will help dementia sufferers reminisce

    AN ageing London taxicab bought on eBay is the latest ‘resident’ at a Poole care home. The maroon taxi, with a whopping 270,000 miles on the clock – or ten times the circumference of the planet – was craned into position at The Aldbury home yesterday

  • Keen biker 'Midge' honoured with Bike of the Year trophy

    A PASSIONATE biker who died earlier this year has been honoured by having the Poole Bike of the Year trophy named after him. David William Holloway, known as Midge, was a regular supporter of the Tuesday bike nights on Poole Quay, and won Bike

  • Bournemouth council ran the risk of making illegal payments

    BOURNEMOUTH council ran the risk of making illegal payments when a maintenance contractor went bust and it handed the work to another firm. And the authority has been criticised for not telling councillors when the new contractor also ran into

  • Protesters picket health trusts over pay proposals

    UNION members picketed two local health trusts over controversial proposals that they say will mean cuts in their pay. Members of Unison, Unite, the Royal College of Nursing, Society of Radiographers and other groups representing NHS workers gathered

  • Pupils get lessons in being green in EU funded project

    PRIMARY school children across Dorset are learning about saving energy and being green with the help of their counterparts in France. The county council is one of three in the UK to join forces with two French local authorities as part of a £1.6

  • Carter Community School: The improvements

    Carter Community School, Blandford Close, Hamworthy, Poole BH15 4BQ Contact: 01202 676789 or enquiries@carter.poole.sch.uk Head teacher: Robert Davies Ofsted: Last Ofsted carried out in July 2011. The school was graded satisfactory

  • Carter Community School: 'Why we love our school

    MUSIC teacher Nancy Tomkins said: “This is a great community school and everybody pulls together. The students support each other and cheer each other on during shows.” TIM Clark, Core Team Leader, has been at the school for nine years. He said

  • Massage parlours are forced to close

    THE landlord of two Pokesdown properties being used as massage parlours has asked the occupants to leave after being contacted by police. News came at the September meeting of the Pokesdown Community Forum. The properties were not named. Rob

  • Plans for adult gaming centre in Boscombe raises concerns

    A Boscombe building society is to be transformed into an adult gaming centre, despite fears that the development will fuel crime, antisocial behaviour and gambling. The council’s planning board voted in favour of the change of use at Christchurch

  • £4m mortgage fraud trial: witnesses give evidence

    WITNESSES have started to give evidence at the trial of 12 people accused of a £4million mortgage fraud. The group of defendants includes a conveyancing clerk, three mortgage brokers, seven property buyers and the wife of a broker. They are

  • The Big Em & M Challenge has now raked in more than £1,000

    When it came to our weekend away, I was full of good intentions. I was going to get up early, have a healthy breakfast and then go for lots of long, bracing walks in the Cotswolds. But having just flown in from Sardinia, where we’ve had pretty

  • Cherries: Echo 'Matchday Live' service begins this weekend!

    CAN’T get to the game? Fear not, because the Echo’s online 'Matchday Live' service begins this weekend. Our reporters at Cherries ’ League One clash with Walsall will be providing real-time updates as the game unfolds, plus action images and

  • Schemes could prove a catalyst

    HERE’S some positive news on the investment and jobs front. A £50m cinema and restaurant scheme will take place on the former bus station site at Exeter Road in Bournemouth. The developers say they hope work will start in the New Year. And

  • We mustn't forget Nazi brutality

    I WAS intrigued to read the article about the book featuring the air raid that killed 131 [in Bournemouth in 1943] and I congratulate Angela Beleznay on her assiduity in her project. Let us not forget just how brutal the Nazi regime was, killing

  • Dog mess and cars on the pavements

    IN reply to the Daily Echo reader (Mrs P J Warwick ), I agree Victoria Road, Parkstone is a disgrace if you attempt to walk on the pavements. I walk down this road every day and every day it gets worse with dog mess. Most of the time their owners

  • Help with Hawke and Vaudeville link

    CAN anyone help in the search for members of the Hawke family from Poole in Dorset – and possibly St Day in Cornwall? On August 17 1926, my maternal grandmother – Ethel Dora Dickens – sailed from England to New York as part of a trick cyclist group

  • Speed humps are not the best solution

    YOUR recent article on the proposed 20mph zone around the Epiphany School in Muscliffe is a perfect example of the blinkered approach to road planning blighting UK roads. Trying to enforce a 20mph limit using speed humps does not make the road

  • Rapper Professor Green launches V Presents club night

    RAP star Professor Green is at the forefront of a new roster of big name acts coming to nightclub V on Exeter Road, Bournemouth. Friday club night V Presents will launch with Professor Green with Kissy Sell Out and Zane Lowe next month. In

  • 2,000 homes left without power in East Dorset

    MORE than 2,000 homes were left without power for up to eight hours on Tuesday night. Southern Electric said that underground cable damage was caused by a third party, affecting approximately 2,367 houses in Wimborne, Corfe Mullen and Merley,

  • Murder probe: man released without charge

    A MAN arrested on suspicion of the murder of Lithuanian man Jevgenij Pisciuliov has been released without charge. The 37-year-old Bournemouth man was freed yesterday morning  after being questioned by detectives from Dorset Police’s major

  • £25m marina for Poole Quay 'could be tourist attraction'

    A £25M marina could change the face of Poole Quay and be a tourist attraction in its own right. A seaward extension to the Poole Quay Boat Haven has emerged as the preferred option of Poole Harbour Commissioners following an independent strategic

  • £50m West Central cinema and restaurant scheme gets go-ahead

    A SHOCK U-turn has resulted in a £50m cinema and restaurant scheme being given the go-ahead – despite Bournemouth council’s best efforts to block it. The council reluctantly backed down in its opposition to the West Central scheme planned for

  • Wind farm will harm our view and pocket

    I AM not sure how Tony Hamilton and Agenda 21 can be so certain that the “visual impact (of Navitus Wind farm) is not a significant problem ” (Letters, September 25). As far as I know, no plans for the project are yet available. No decision

  • Delays possible in Poole as Sunseeker moves loads

    POLICE have warned of possible delays as yacht builder Sunseeker moves two abnormal loads on Dorset’s roads today. The company is moving a 5.1 metre wide fly bridge from Portland at 10.30am. It will travel along the A35, reaching the Bakers Arms

  • Cherries: Redknapp pays tribute to former boss Bond

    HARRY Redknapp last night joined the footballing world in remembering the life and career of “lovely man” John Bond. Redknapp led the tributes to his fellow ex-Cherries boss, who died at the age of 79. The duo first met when Redknapp was a

  • Cherries: MacDougall hails 'best ever coach' Bond

    Cherries legend Ted MacDougall paid a warm tribute to former boss John Bond and admitted: “He changed my life.” MacDougall was speaking after it was yesterday announced that Mr Bond, who managed Cherries from 1970-73, had died at the age 79.

  • Cherries: Boss rocked by Francis injury

    Cherries have been hit by a big injury blow with the news that influential defender Simon Francis is facing six weeks on the sidelines. Club physio Steve Hard confirmed that Francis had sustained an anterior cruciate ligament sprain in last week

  • No title talk for Priory boss

    BOSS Graham Kemp insists there is no title talk at Hurn Bridge despite Priory’s perfect start to the season. Christchurch made it six Wessex League wins from six this season with a 3-0 home victory over GE Hamble on Saturday. But Kemp is refusing