News, sport and entertainment from the Bournemouth Echo and Dorset Echo.

Stories for 11 May 2005

Bournemouth Charities

Jigsaw scanner makes life easier for patients

WAITING times for treatment at the Royal Bournemouth Hospital are now among the lowest in the country - thanks to new scanners purchased by the Daily Echo backed Jigsaw appeal.  more...

Bournemouth Cherries

SEAN'S LINK WITH LIONS IS `PAPER TALK'

PETER Phillips has moved to downplay newspaper speculation linking Sean O'Driscoll with the Millwall job.  more...

SEAGULLS DATE FOR CHERRIES

CHERRIES will host south coast neighbours Brighton and Hove Albion in a pre-season friendly at Dean Court on Saturday, July 30.  more...

Bournemouth Columnist

Are you kidding?

THERE have been calls recently to introduce compulsory lessons in parenting. The idea was floated by members of the National Association of Head Teachers, and before anyone cries "It's political correctness gone mad", I can see their point of view.  more...

Bournemouth Leisure

Ready for inspection

ACTOR David Roper - currently playing Mr Birling in the classic J B Priestley thriller An Inspector Calls at Lighthouse in Poole - feels he has a strange affinity with the play.  more...

Bournemouth News

`I was taunted and called a dirty gypsy'

DIRTY gypsy!" "Go back to where you came from!" It may be more than 60 years since Hitler began killing hundreds of thousands of gypsies in the Holocaust, but hatred and prejudice against Romany families still lingers on today.  more...

Gas blast man fights for life

THE 50-year-old man severely burnt in an explosion at a scrap metal yard on an industrial estate in Poole - believed to be a partner in the business - is still fighting for his life in hospital.   more...

Police sweep targets abandoned vehicles

POLICE blitzed the streets of Boscombe on Tuesday, removing abandoned vehicles and cars used by criminals.   more...

CASTLEPOINT: WHAT'S GOING ON?

CONTRACTORS are back on site at Castlepoint in a last-ditch bid to resolve the problems that have seen half the car park sealed off.  more...

Buds of hope as county's flowers decline

DORSET'S wild flowers are declining in line with a new report that shows one in five of Britain's native flora is under threat.  more...

Missing Ryan is found in Brighton

A BOURNEMOUTH man who was reported missing by his concerned family has been found in Brighton.  more...

Bournemouth Pirates

SKIPPER RYAN A REVELATION!

RAY Morton has labelled Pirates star Ryan Sullivan `Captain Inspirational' following his departure from Wimborne Road.  more...

Bournemouth Sport

Ground appeal victory for Linnets

RELIEVED Ian Robinson joked that he still has "no idea" which division Lymington and New Milton will be playing in next season despite a successful appeal to the FA.  more...

Christchurch News

Crumbling cliff bars the way to the beach

SUMMER is coming but easy access to one of the borough's best-loved beaches remains barred after winter work to shore up a crumbling clifftop path slipped behind schedule.  more...

East Dorset News

Doug's cash spent on an inspection

ROYAL Marine Doug Hickin slogged more than 26 miles around the streets of London to raise some cash for a worthy cause.  more...

New Forest News

Classical work from music man

A MUSIC promoter who started his career by staging an André Previn-conducted London Symphony Orchestra concert one night and the little-known rock band Pink Floyd the next, has turned his hand to writing.  more...

North Dorset News

`There's nothing left to believe in'

A GRIEVING father has spoken of his despair after learning that the youth who killed his son is being granted leave to appeal.  more...

Night and fog

AT three o'clock on the afternoon of July 6, 1944, four young women arrived at the remote concentration camp of Natzweiler in Nazi-occupied France.   more...

Poole News

Gas blast man fights for life

THE 50-year-old man severely burnt in an explosion at a scrap metal yard on an industrial estate in Poole - believed to be a partner in the business - is still fighting for his life in hospital.   more...

Unex-spec-ted

EIGHTY-ONE she may be but Poole resident Audrey Riman still has specs appeal.  more...

Mother can keep picture on grave

A MOTHER can keep the photo of her daughter on a gravestone in Lytchett Matravers - but must take away the accompanying toys.  more...

Orb director due in court for fraud case hearing

THE most high-profile director of Orb is due in crown court on May 11, where a judge will hear of an alleged £7.8 million fraud in the final months before the company collapsed.  more...

`Why no action over death crash scene?'

TWO deaths, a toppled lamp post, a demolished garden wall - but there has still been no action to curb speeding on a road that runs past a popular post office and provisions store.  more...

Purbeck News

Victorious MP is now a minister

DORSET'S only Labour MP has been rewarded for hanging on to his marginal seat with a place in Tony Blair's government.  more...

New beach an invisible asset for all

PLANS to recharge Swanage beach with sand are on track to begin this autumn but the finished results may not be what people expect.  more...