BOURNEMOUTH'S controversial Imax building was finally demolished …but only in a light show. The town’s Arts by the Sea Festival was launched with a series of displays and installations in the town centre, including drumming and dance at The
BOSS Paul Groves admitted there had been a “desperation” about Cherries ’ display as they crashed to a 2-1 defeat against League One rivals Walsall today. Cherries’ dire start to the campaign continued with only two points seperating them from
MUSCLIFFE, Moordown and Springbourne will be the next areas to benefit from the council’s multi-million pound Road Rescue programme. A total of £450,000 is to be spent improving Southcote Road, Wimborne Road and Muscliffe Lane. The work will
GEORGE Bowerman’s late winner heaped further pressure on under fire Cherries boss Paul Groves as Walsall registered a 2-1 victory at Goldsands Stadium. Bowerman bagged his sixth goal of the season in the 89th minute as the high-flying Saddlers
A NAVY veteran with a remarkable career hopes to track down a fellow survivor who was spotted in Bournemouth. Eric Noel from Upton was sunk twice during the Second World War – first on battleship HMS Prince of Wales and then on the minesweeper
DORSET’S Rallye Sunseeker will move from its usual February slot to October next year as it becomes the final round of the MSA British Rally Championship. Having previously opened the series, the event will also now be based in Poole, rather than
WINTER arrives on Monday as far as the lifting schedule for Poole’s two bridges is concerned. The winter lifting schedule for Poole Bridge and the Twin Sails Bridge comes into operation and will remain in use until March 31 2013. It has fewer
LOCAL artist Michael Sole has opened his very own gallery in exclusive Canford Cliffs – for a limited time. He is exhibiting his seascape paintings after getting permission to turn an empty shop in Haven Road, Poole into a showcase for his art.
ENCOURAGING well-off over 65s to give up their benefits to help government budget cuts has been welcomed by Dorset pensioners – in the county’s retirement capital The idea was mooted this week by Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg who suggested one
HE is a controversial character, but put him into an intimate venue like V in Bournemouth, and Professor Green knows how to get the audience on side. The 28-year-old rapper sung hit after hit from his back-catalogue of records, including Remedy
THREE brave men whose selfless actions led to them losing their lives off the coast of Dorset have been honoured by having their names put on a unique national memorial in Poole. The RNLI Memorial, designed by sculptor Sam Holland, was first unveiled
A STRATEGIC director and two service unit head posts have been made redundant as Poole Council cuts senior posts in a bid to slash costs. Borough of Poole is facing another stringent round of budget cuts and as committees consider £4.8million of
HARRY Redknapp last week turned down the chance to return to management with Cherries, reports in two national newspapers claim this morning. The Daily Mirror and Daily Record both claim Cherries chairman Eddie Mitchell asked Redknapp to take over from
THE memory of Tom Rowley will live on this weekend during a family fun day to raise funds for a lasting tribute to the popular Poole teenager. Limelights Youth Club in Learoyd Road, Canford Heath , will provide the setting for Sunday’s event which
A FEMALE jogger was punched in the face by a man who tried to rob her. Detectives in Bournemouth are appealing for witnesses after the incident in Winton. It happened at around 10pm on Thursday in Victoria Park Road. The victim, a 19-year-old
Poole Hospital’s maternity unit had to be closed for 27 hours last month because it was unable to cope with any more patients. During the crisis on August 15 and 16, one woman went to Salisbury Hospital as an ante-natal patient and three other
THE two people who were arrested this week over the death of Reece James Menzies have been charged with his murder. A 22-year-old woman from Bournemouth and a 29-year-old man from London were arrested at an address in Westbourne on Monday and
A MAN who was arrested on suspicion of murder and released without charge has vowed ‘I’m innocent’. Antony Ing was at home in Westbourne with Jevgenij Pisciuliov before the Lithuanian was found fatally injured in the stairwell outside the flat.
IN the last few weeks, I was witness to some wonderful music in Falkland Square played by the Poole Sea Cadets Band. I felt proud that there are youngsters out there that would rather entertain than annoy us “oldies” and what’s more, give up their
CLLR Beesley in his letter (September 11) has admitted that we will not get an ice rink or a pool on the Waterfront site, a clear indication that the council under his leadership will follow its own agenda irrespective, it would seem, of the needs
IN another lifetime I was responsible for strategic financial planning at the Leicestershire Area Health Authority. I approved the £8million construction of a hospital, before 10 years later demanding its abolition costing £2m. The area and district
I WISH we had a similar service on Fairmile Road as (V Hiscock Southbourne ,’Re-route M2 buses at Southbourne to stop congestion’) . We only have the 21 yellow bus every hour, and the X1 or X2 every half hour (Wilts and Dorset ). There is the
MAYBE it’s because the one courgette that has appeared in our garden this miserable growing year is smaller than the slugs which saw off the rest of ’em. Or maybe it’s because it’s just that time of year again. Whatever, I find myself irresistibly
Welcome to the first Daily Echo matchday live. Cherries: James, Cook, Addison, Zubar, Daniels, Davids, O'Kane, McQuoid, Partington, Barnard, Demouge. Subs: Elphick, Fogden, Grabban, Tubbs, Carmichael, Wakefield, Jalal. Saddlers: Darlow, Purkiss
A WOMAN who suffered serious head injuries in a collision with a car in Bournemouth is no longer in a life-threatening condition, police said yesterday. The 47-year-old Bournemouth woman, who was rushed to hospital on Wednesday evening after the
FORMER England goalkeeper David James has admitted he feared he may have reached “the end of the road” before Cherries came calling. James yesterday put the finishing touches to his move to Goldsands Stadium when he penned a deal initially until
TEACHER Dan Crutchley has called on pupil Harry Cornick to continue his education both in the classroom and on the pitch – by staying at Hurn Bridge . Cornick has burst on to the scene with some dazzling displays for this season, attracting the
