THE occupant of a home in Poole needed oxygen treatment after unattended cooking caught light earlier this evening. A crew from Poole fire station was called to the property in Lake Avenue, Hamworthy, at 6.40pm. On arrival the crew discovered
SWANAGE & Wareham roared to victory at Frome after laying the winning foundations with a 26-point first-half blitz. Swans, on the back of a fine Dorset & Wilts Cup triumph over Wimborne, continued their form to register a 34-12 success
COACH Tim Flower insisted Dorset Dockers had to fight for every point despite their 128-0 triumph in a mismatch against Oakmeadians IIs on Saturday. The newly formed side, taking to the field in only their fifth competitive fixture, ran in no fewer
LUKE Stone again proved Hamworthy Recreation’s inspiration as their recent revival continued with a 3-0 success at Sherborne Town reserves. Stone took to 16 his tally for the season with a brace, including one from the penalty spot, while Joe Wood
HAMWORTHY United reserves ended their lengthy wait for an away win in the Dorset Premier League with a stunning six-goal salvo at Shaftesbury. After a steady opening, the Hammers showed no mercy following Marc Harvey’s own goal and ripped into
A TEAM of sixth formers are hoping to impress Dragons’ Den star Peter Jones with their well-oiled business idea. The students from Avonbourne Sixth Form are through to the final rounds of Peter Jones’ national Tycoon in Schools competition, which
INSPIRING artwork created by people with learning difficulties was displayed at the Pine Walk open air exhibition in Bournemouth’s Lower Gardens. Members of Bournemouth Gateway Club produced a series of portraits for the I Am Sunrise exhibition
A LARGE house in Boscombe that was full of bedsits has been converted back into a family home – a rarity in the area. DWP Housing Partnership has spent £50,000 returning the property in St Clement’s Road to its original layout. Rather than
DOZENS of jobs have been put at risk in Dorset after DVD rental chain Blockbuster went into administration for the second time in a year today. Private equity group Gordon Brothers Europe said 32 jobs will be cut at the chain's Uxbridge headquarters
A GRANDAD smashed his car into Bournemouth town hall this afternoon. The driver who is in his late 70s did not suffer any serious injuries but he was shaken and left with a cut to his head. He had been trying to park his blue Honda automatic
A BOURNEMOUTH-based film company has been selected by the British Film Institute to be part of its pioneering Film Academy. White Lantern Film on Poole Hill will aim to give young people the opportunity to develop the skills and ambition to forge
PLANS for a new community centre in Somerford have signalled the end of a three-year battle for campaigning residents. The proposal for the new facility at the Somerford United Reformed Church, just metres from the existing hall, has been lodged
SIXTY per cent of women and 40 per cent of men have experienced sexual harassment in the workplace, latest research suggests. Of the women victims surveyed by law specialist Slater & Gordon, more than half said the offenders were senior members
HUNDREDS of people braved sporadic rain showers to visit the fourth annual RSPB Forage Festival at the weekend. The free event, held at RSPB Arne Nature Reserve on Saturday boasted a range of stalls, demonstrations and ‘hands-on’ activities for
HUNDREDS of football fans united to tackle racism in sport at the seventh annual Kick It Out event in Bournemouth. The football festival at Kings Park was hosted by longstanding YMCA-based youth group TEAM, which stands for Together Everyone Achieves
REVISED plans to increase the size of a potential supermarket for Somerford have been submitted to Christchurch Council. Despite approval for a food store at Meteor Retail Park in Somerford along with two other non-food outlets, developers Brookhouse
DEFIANT Simon Browne insists he has no plans to quit as boss of Hamworthy United despite presiding over the worst run of his managerial career. Browne, who has just marked his fourth anniversary in the County Ground hot-seat, has seen Hammers suffer
AROUND 25,000 people braved gale force winds when they took part in The Great South Run on Sunday. Friends Kimberly Douglas and Jo Green were part of a team of seven running to raise funds for PLANETS, a new charity dedicated to defeating Pancreas
A MOTHER has said she was 'gobsmacked' that Bournemouth council took three days to remove a dead cat from the communal garden of their council housing. Dee Norton, 47, and her 10-year-old daughter Rebecca discovered the cat covered in maggots at
POOLE Pottery artist Tony Morris has been reunited with a work of art he completed in the mid-1960s. The flared bowl was painted by Tony around 1966 and features one of his ‘town plan’ designs. He was reunited with the bowl at Cottees auction
A WALLISDOWN pensioner is disputing a £28,000 bill from Borough of Poole for her disabled husband’s care costs. Joan Exworthy, 90, is full-time carer to husband Bernard, 91, who has Parkinson’s, leaving him unable to move or eat un-aided and so
A FINANCIAL adviser who entered the industry only seven years ago after her daughter showed her a job advert has been named among the nation’s best. Christchurch-based Karen Baker has been rated among the 200 top independent financial advisers
A NEW ‘feeder’ college for foreign students in the Lansdowne area has been granted planning permission. The Bournemouth University International College (BUIC) will be based on the site of Finance House in Holdenhurst Road which will be demolished
ART workshops and live music thrilled visitors to the Sonic Kitchen café and recording studio in Boscombe. The shop, set up by local music producer Danny Cutler and community development manager Hannah Hawker, celebrated its official opening with
IT came as no surprise to David Staples, director of Normans Heating when Tamsin Ralphs has been named Apprentice of the Year at The Bournemouth & Poole College. David already knew that Tamsin, 27, was an exceptional individual, and more than
MOTORISTS are getting back to normal this week after improvement works at County Gates finished at the weekend. The works were carried out by Borough of Poole and involved each set of traffic signals being upgraded, at a cost around £180,000, as
A major road leading into Ringwood was partially blocked this morning with slow traffic due to a fallen tree. The A31 Ringwood Road Eastbound was partially blocked between Woolsbridge Road and Horton Road (A338). Dorset Police confirmed they
DORSET residents woke up to chaos after the most violent storm in a decade swept through the county. Huge trees were ripped from the ground, roads were flooded and public transport disrupted by heavy rain and gusts of wind touching 100mph.
CRESCENT Suzuki, based at Verwood, is alerting owners of the manufacturer’s motorbikes to an urgent recall. Suzuki has announced a recall on GSX-R600, 750cc and 1000cc machines from 2004 onwards for a modification to front brake master cylinder
THIS week Taste samples some cabernet sauvignon from South Australia and discovers why it is the region’s top drop Oxford Landing Cabernet Shiraz 2011, S Australia (£7.99, Majestic) more than delivers, with its lovely black nose of forest fruits, a
STORM St Jude tore through Dorset in the early hours of Monday morning felling trees and causing traffic and train problems for thousands. Power cuts across Bournemouth and Poole affected more than 10,200 people with many still without electricity
TIME is running out for fans of Bournemouth Air Festival favourite the Vulcan to add their name to its bomb-bay doors. The famous Cold War bomber is a big crowd-pleaser at the annual seafront show – although it has had a chequered history at the
WORKING from home can be an enviable lifestyle – but it’s possible to miss the human contact of office life. Jelly has taken off in more than 100 places across the world, where home workers get together to work while enjoying some of the social
BOURNEMOUTH’S biggest private employer has reached a settlement in its home country over claims it misled two large mortgage providers. The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) in the USA has announced it has reached a settlement with JP Morgan
HE is rock royalty from one of the most successful bands of all time and now Queen drummer Roger Taylor is bringing his latest musical venture to Bournemouth. Queen Extravaganza is the official Queen tribute act that he put together with fellow
ON behalf of Cats Protection, Bournemouth and District, I would like to say a big “thank you” to everyone involved in the autumn fayre held at Kinson Community Centre on Saturday, October 19. We raised more than £1,500 through the generosity of
Christmas is coming and thieves will get fat– if you let them. This is a time of year beloved by burglars and opportunistic thieves because most of us will not take even the most elementary precautions to safeguard the presents intended for our friends
I WOULD just like to write a quick letter to congratulate the bin men on such a fantastic service. Like most people I sometimes forget to put my wheelie bin on the correct day and whenever this occurs, the bin men will always come down my path
I THINK C D Moyes, October 11 may be on to something. There are many opinions as to the quality or otherwise of the view across Poole Bay and how the construction of the wind farm will affect that view. That is exactly what they are, opinions
SO in the end it wasn’t a repeat of the Great Storm of 1987 and we can be thankful for that, given the greater level of destruction that came with it. No doubt some will criticise the meteorologists for over egging the warnings. But better that
A TEAM of housing professionals walked 10 miles from Sandbanks to Hengistbury Head in memory of a one-year-old boy who died of leukaemia. Ryan Loughran from Bournemouth was diagnosed with the form of cancer at just five months old and underwent
ENTERPRISING pupils from a Christchurch primary school have set-up shop in the town centre. Every youngster at The Priory School in Christchurch has taken a turn as shopkeeper in the school's pop-up shop in Church Street as part of Entrepreneur
SHOCKED residents say it was amazing no-one was killed after a towering 120ft tree smashed into their properties during yesterday’s savage storm. The poplar tree, at Hennings Park Road, Oakdale, Poole, crashed into the back gardens of three neighbouring
A WOMAN with chronic fatigue has said she was disgusted after finding hundreds of black bugs crawling inside a packet of pasta she recently bought. Mary Randall made the revolting discovery on Saturday after buying the bag of fusilli from the Tesco
EDDIE Howe believes a drop in coaching standards has been responsible for the decline of English football – and not the influx of players from abroad. The Cherries boss was responding after England under-21 manager Gareth Southgate called for a
FORMER Tatnam hero Charlie Austin insists Poole Town can continue their FA Cup journey and he is urging the club’s current crop to seize their big chance. QPR hotshot Austin – one of the Dolphins’ favourite sons – is backing Tom Killick’s men to
ANGRY residents are upset about fly-tipping close to their homes after recycling bins were re-installed. The Dorset Waste Partnership removed two paper and cardboard recycling bins from Bronte Avenue, close to the junction of Fairmile Road in Christchurch
PATIENTS are still facing delays for a new privatised non-emergency transport service a week after the Daily Echo first reported their concerns. William Bownes, known as Dennis, needs dialysis treatment three times a week after suffering kidney
FORMER Bournemouth council staff who were outsourced to a private company and are now at risk of redundancy claim they have been “sold down the river.” Mouchel Business Services, which took control of four council departments in December 2010,
