Cherries’ former England goalkeeper David James says he has no plans to throw his hat into the ring to become the club’s new boss. The 42-year-old admits he does have designs on pursuing a career in management but has ruled himself out of the running
AN INTERNET firm has started offering services using the CityFibre superfast broadband network. Gigler is using the network that was hit by construction delays and controversy under a previous owner. The firm will offer 1,000 Megabit download
THE first category winner in a competition celebrating the beauty and diversity of Poole Harbour has been presented with his prize. The Daily Echo joined forces with Poole Harbour Commissioners to seek your images of the unique richness of the
A SERIES of road shows to promote crime prevention is being held in Purbeck starting from today. The road shows will include representatives from Dorset Police, Purbeck District Council and other agencies. There will be a specially kitted-out
COUNCILLOR Deborah Croney has been elected as the new leader of North Dorset District Council following the decision by Cllr Peter Webb to step down. Cllr Croney has represented the Hill Forts ward since 2007 and is also a parish councillor in
A man who posted ''despicable'' comments on his Facebook page about missing youngster April Jones has been jailed for 12 weeks. Matthew Woods, 19, from Chorley, Lancashire, made a number of derogatory posts about April and missing Madeline McCann
WIMBORNE has won the best small town prize in the Britain in Bloom awards for the first time ever. Anthony Oliver, chairman of Wimborne in Bloom, said: “We are absolutely delighted. “The town looks super and hopefully this will bring more people
Finishing work on drains, verges and kerbs will continue at the A31 Canford Bottom junction until Friday, October 12. The A31 will be closed between Canford Bottom and Ameysford roundabout from 8.30pm until 6am tonight. Work will continue without
THE organiser of a popular Purbeck music festival held at the weekend is keeping his fingers crossed the event will be able to continue paying for itself. Swanage Blues Festival has always been funded by donations, but Steve Darrington has reluctantly
POOLE’S Museum has been awarded a £97,000 grant from Arts Council England, which will help it develop a new long term project involving community volunteers. Borough of Poole’s museum service will be able to carry out improvements to the way the
MK DONS chief Pete Winkelman says he is unaware of any official approach from Cherries amid continuing speculation linking Karl Robinson with the Dorset club. Dons boss Robinson is understood to be high on Cherries’ wish-list to succeed Paul Groves
A PRANKSTER has again painted a Southbourne post box – but this time it looks like they were spotted. The mystery painter has missed patches, as if they had to escape at short notice. The box, on the corner of Arnewood Road and Southbourne
A PUB that has lain derelict for four years is to be demolished to make way for a care home, The former Greenridge at Upton crossroads has had a chequered history since being closed down by Blandford brewer Hall and Woodhouse in April 2008. Initial
A MAN “lost control” and punched and beat a victim unconscious with part of a chair, leaving him with a fractured eye socket. Pierre Wakanena, 30, of Commercial Road in Bournemouth town centre, carried out the attack after a drunken argument.
A MALE trainee midwife claims he was barred from attending a breastfeeding drop-in session in Southampton – because he is a man. Student Chris Butt made the claims after being told some new mums are “sensitive” to men being present at women-only
THE number of public toilets seems to be on the decline. And even if they are still available, they may not be open when you want them. It’s a much-needed facility for people of all ages, but particularly, the young and the elderly. But not
CROWN Agents beware! Landlords in the UK have an obligation to maintain and care for their assets. As the biggest landlord in the UK, the Crown Agents vigorously defend their so-called ownership of the seabed around our coastline, and in doing
RE development of Imax and other disasters – Are we to believe figures quoted by the head of Bournemouth council, on what the people of Bournemouth or Poole want done to the Imax, their example an open air venue? Does the Daily Echo record the
WITH regard to the article re the site of the Imax, Cllr Beesley states that a town centre swimming pool was not financially viable. He states that the BIC pool was closed in 2004 because it needed a public subsidy of £1.20 for every swim. At the
I AM a retired Canadian living in Bournemouth. There seems to be much talk and thinking about what to do with the Imax building. It is a modern looking building but is certainly being under-used. Very few cities have an Imax cinema but we need
I AGREE with David Wells (Postbag, October 4) that the demolition of the Imax building is a ludicrous waste of money. I can imagine that if households were told how much the demolition and site redevelopment is going to take out of their individual
A RESIDENT accidentally started a fire after putting a laundry basket on a cooker to stop her kittens climbing into the clean clothes. Victoria Hopkin did not realise the hob was still on and the blaze devastated part of her kitchen. She escaped
MILLIONS of pounds are to be spent improving bottleneck junctions of the M27, the government will announce today. The Highways Agency work, focusing on junctions three and five, will be completed by 2015. Ministers said they would help bring
A SMALL number of ‘rogue landlords’ are giving Bournemouth and Poole councils ‘continued cause for concern’, an investigation has revealed. Research by Shelter found that more than 1,100 complaints about private landlords were made to Bournemouth
ONE of the reasons Autumn is my favourite season is the food. British apples with three times the character of your average Braeburn, blackberries, late fruiting raspberries, piles of beetroot, hearty soups, an excuse for stews - what's not to love
The Government is to press ahead with plans to slash an extra £10 billion from the welfare budget by 2016-17, on top of the £18 billion cuts already under way, Chancellor George Osborne will say today. Among the payouts which look set to be targeted
POOLE Park’s busy public toilets are closed until further notice after arsonists struck three times in a week. Over the course of a week, the toilets near the Kingland Road entrance were repeatedly targeted by arsonists. Dorset Fire and Rescue
A MAN said he thought he would die as he was beaten into unconsciousness by a gang of up to 20 youths in Bournemouth town centre. Scott Harron suffered a broken nose, bruised ribs, black eyes and a bent out of place tooth. The 18-year-old from
THE Bournemouth Red Arrows Association has welcomed the news the report into the death of Flt Lt Jon Egging has been passed to the coroner’s office. The Military Aviation Authority (MAA) has completed its investigation and given the results to
IT all fell into place for Chris Holder at the Torun MotoArena on Saturday and, in the interests of speedway, it was a good thing it did. Had Nicki Pedersen overhauled the young Sydneysider in the race for the world crown, it would have been a
TWO-goal hero Sam Griffin blasted Christchurch to the top of the Wessex Premier with a convincing 4-0 victory over Hamworthy United. Griffin, who also missed a penalty, netted twice in the first half as Priory took control of the derby clash at
WIMBORNE Town boss Steve Cuss hailed the depth of his reshaped squad after watching rejuvenated Magpies narrowly miss out on leaping to second spot. Sam Collier’s 89th-minute penalty earned Cirencester Town a 2-2 draw at Cuthbury on Saturday as
TOUGH taskmaster Tom Killick watched leaders Poole Town move five points clear – but then admitted there was plenty of room for improvement. Killick was speaking after Dolphins had given themselves a healthy lead at the top of the Southern League
BOSS Frank Gray admitted he felt sorry for Kettering Town’s fans after Bashley had taken little pleasure from hammering the crisis club 7-0. James Stokoe, Carl Foster and Matt Vokes were at the double and Pearce Farren also scored as Bash registered
MATT Ford has expressed his lower-order fears ahead of the grand final and admits: “Unquestionably, Swindon are favourites now.” The Pirates chief believes his men are going into the Elite League silverware showdown as underdogs following the loss
PIRATES skipper Chris Holder joined Mark Loram and Tony Rickardsson in Poole Speedway’s most elite club after charging to an emotional and epic World Championship triumph in Torun on Saturday. Holder became the third man to win speedway’s biggest
