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  • Cherries: Molesley's impact came when the club needed it most

    WHEN Mark Molesley made his debut on loan for Cherries against Shrewsbury in 2008, even his own team-mates didn’t think he would be around too long. “He won’t last five minutes with a haircut like that,” one midfield wag quipped to the Echo’s reporters

  • Woman treated for smoke inhalation after Poole house fire

    A WOMAN was treated for smoke inhalation after a blaze at a property in Alderney, Poole today. Fire crews from Redhill Park and Westbourne arrived at the house in Belben Road after receiving a call at 2.08pm. They discovered smoke coming out

  • Readers give cash to help Samaritan bike theft victim

    GENEROUS Daily Echo readers have donated hundreds of pounds to a teenager whose bike was stolen as he helped in the aftermath of a car crash. Sam Hooper, 15, of Muscliffe Lane, was left upset after his £500 Mongoose Tyax was stolen in late December

  • Cherries: Unbeaten run bites the dust as Walsall claim victory

    CHERRIES’ 15-match unbeaten run in League One came to an end today as Walsall registered a deserved victory at the Banks’s Stadium. Eddie Howe’s men were up against it at the break after Sam Mantom’s goal and a Will Grigg penalty had put the Saddlers

  • Tuck into Titanic menu at Christchurch's Captain's Club

    ENTERPRISING students from Bournemouth University have organised “A Night on the Titanic” at the Captain’s Club Hotel in Christchurch. The event, organised by four events management students, will take place on February 17. Guests will enjoy

  • Matchday Live: Walsall v Cherries

    Welcome to today's Matchday Live from the Banks's Stadium. Here are today's teams. Cherries: James, Francis, Cook, Elphick, Daniels, Fogden, Arter, O’Kane, Grabban, Pitman, Thomas. Subs: Seaborne, Tubbs, McQuoid, McDermott, Fletcher, Partington

  • Parkstone residents demand traffic crackdown

    RESIDENTS of an Upper Parkstone road claim they are plagued by speeding drivers and lorries whose sat navs tell them it is a through-route. Uppleby Road is among the few main routes off Ashley Road not to have traffic calming. Resident Bill

  • Cherries match to go ahead today

    AFC Bournemouth will play Walsall away today after the pitch passed a 9.30am inspection. The Cherries are unbeaten in the last six visits to the Midlands club and have won four of the five league games at the Banks’s Stadium.

  • Sandbanks ferry service resumed

    The Sandbanks ferry service was back to normal on Saturday morning from 8am, following disruptions caused by Friday's snowy weather.  The Bramble Bush Bay chain ferry, which runs across the entrance to Poole Harbour, operated a reduced 30 minute

  • Left without power after snow brings down trees

    RESIDENTS of a mobile home park in Ferndown were left without power after heavy snow caused branches to fall around the site. Peter Gascoyne, 78, a resident at Lone Pine Park, which contains around 100 mobile homes, saw a flash when he was walking

  • A Eurocamp holiday in France

    I HAVE to admit, when we arranged our Eurocamp holiday, I was ever so slightly hesitant about the “camp” part. While I do like the freedom of a self-catering holiday, with two young children I wasn’t sure I was ready to get the sleeping bags out

  • VIDEO: Workers show true grit in early morning road clearing

    GRITTING started early in Bournemouth yesterday with four drivers and their navigators taking to the road at 4.30am. Paul Fox, who normally works on the borough’s roads, was among council workers who received an early morning call. His first run

  • Save the money on salaries not lights

    FOR some time now councils have been telling us that times are hard, money is short and that more and more cuts have to be made. Dorset County Council is no exception to the ongoing bleating and tales of woe; with a freeze on staff pay, redundancies

  • Graffiti morons should be fined

    THERE is an increase in the amount of graffiti in the Bournemouth and Poole area. What we must all realise is that this is criminal damage, not art at all. I am not objecting to art or graffiti art, which has to be displayed in the right place

  • Faith on the things she really can't get her head around...

    IS IT just me or does ‘2013’ sound just plain weird? Like something out of Star Trek, or Dr Who. I’ve written it a few times; on cheques to the vet, or to the plumber, or in my notebook, but four weeks in it still doesn’t look right. But there

  • Toucan crossing is sited at a blackspot

     I READ your report (January 15) of the fatal accident of the pensioner crossing the busy Christchurch Road in the vicinity of the Tesco Express store. I felt a tragic irony. In August 2012 I wrote an objection to the Director of Planning &

  • SNOW CHAOS: Dry, cloudy day forecast across Dorset

    ONCE overnight rain and sleet clears away, today is set to be a largely dry, cloudy day with a few bright spells and temperatures staying above freezing. There will be some bright spells tomorrow but some showers with the mercury expected to rise

  • SNOW CHAOS: Majority of schools closed in Dorset

    JUST a handful of schools and colleges across the county opened to pupils yesterday. In Dorset, Mudeford Infants and Mudeford Junior School both opened, as did Sturminster Marshall First School. QE at Wimborne and Sturminster Newton High were both

  • Cherries: Arter focused despite speculation

    HIGHLY-rated midfielder Harry Arter is vowing to focus solely on Cherries’ promotion push amid speculation over his future. The 23-year-old was this week linked with Premier League clubs West Ham United and Fulham in an article in the Daily Star

  • Cherries: Howe wants Allsop to challenge other keepers

    CHERRIES manager Eddie Howe said the opportunity to sign goalkeeper Ryan Allsop was “too good to turn down”. Allsop, who was a free agent following the expiry of a short-term contract with Leyton Orient, yesterday penned a three-and-a-half year

  • Cherries: Howe insists Fraser deal is statement of intent

    CHERRIES manager Eddie Howe won the race to sign coveted Ryan Fraser and then proclaimed: It is a statement of intent and ambition. Howe yesterday expressed his delight after fending off competition from rival clubs to seal the signing of the highly-rated

  • SNOW CHAOS: Bournemouth residents wake up to blanket of snow

    DORSET woke up to heavy snow yesterday, which caused severe disruption for schools, roads and services. Residents across the county encountered the first widespread snowfall of the winter, with up to five inches on the ground. And it was soon