PIRATES rider Darcy Ward showed deadly form in the Scandinavian Grand Prix to leapfrog stricken Tomasz Gollob into eighth place in the GP standings. Stand-in Poole skipper Ward, who missed four GP meetings during his debut season through injury
BUDGE Pountney offered no excuses for Bournemouth’s first reverse of the season at Exmouth and admitted: “We were beaten by the better side.” Lions never truly recovered from a nightmare start which saw Robert Fuller yellow-carded as the Devon
SIMON Browne hailed his defence as cup kings Hamworthy United secured a 2-0 victory at Cribbs in the FA Vase. The high-flying Hammers, who have won through three rounds in the FA Cup, continued their recent success thanks to defender Greg Horlock's
JOINT-manager Stewart Kearn threatened to wield the axe at Bashley after watching his side crash to a seventh straight league defeat at fellow strugglers Hinckley United. The Knitters belied their off-field issues to complete a comfortable 2-0
WIMBORNE boss Steve Cuss insisted he was not feeling the pressure of a six-match winless run as the wasteful Magpies had their wings clipped by Stratford Town. In an entertaining encounter in which the lead changed hands no fewer than three times
POOLE boss Tom Killick blasted Burnham defender Ashley Smith for his part in Ian Oliver’s dismissal but called for concentration from his own players following this dreary stalemate. Off-colour Dolphins failed to find the net in a competitive fixture
TASTES of Middlesbrough’s iron, chemical and steel works, on which the town was built, surround the waters of the Tees river. Chimneys poke unceremoniously beyond the tops of the stands at the Riverside Stadium. It is a town built on industry.
DEAN COURT provided the perfect setting for England women to kick-start their road to Canada as they completed a 6-0 demolition of Belarus in their first World Cup qualifier yesterday. Attacking midfielder Karen Carney lit up Goldsands Stadium
BUSY roads in Christchurch town centre will be closed over the next 12 weeks from Tuesday as part of a £122,000 project to upgrade the local gas supply network. Existing metal gas mains and services in Castle Street, Church Street and High Street
A WOMAN who was asleep when fire broke out in her Poole home this morning says she’s lucky to be alive after smoke alarms woke her up. Kelly-Marie Young, 27, was at her home in Bushell Road, Fleetsbridge, when the blaze started in the airing cupboard
FURIOUS mums living on one of East Dorset’s most deprived estates say they will battle to keep a threatened school bus. As reported in the Daily Echo, the 844 school service, which serves the Heatherlands estate in Ferndown, may stop running after
PANTOMIME Aladdin will be performed this Christmas at Wimborne’s Tivoli Theatre. And regular theatre-goers will spot a familiar face treading the boards as fan favourite Bobby Bennett steps into Widow Twankey’s heels. The seasoned performer
IT IS a date that will forever be etched on her memory. It was July 23, 2011 and Bryony Fry was wrapped up in a duvet shaking, unable to get off her sofa. She was trying to recover from the cocktail of class A drugs and alcohol she had pumped
IF YOU were to ask people to make a list of who is the most gifted guitarist around at the moment then you would probably get a variety of answers. Eric Clapton, Joe Satriani, Carlos Santana and a host of others would be there and one name that
RESIDENTS from across Poole and Dorset turned out to see the proposed plans for the wind farm set to be built off the southern coastline. Around 160 people visited the exhibition when it came to Lighthouse Poole, which features visual and written
A FLAT in Bournemouth town centre was destroyed by fire in the early hours of this morning. Fire crews from Springbourne, Westbourne and Redhill Park were initially sent to the scene in Wootton Gardens, behind Old Christchurch Road, at around 1am
