BOURNEMOUTH AC and Poole Runners both enjoyed a double success at The South of England Road Relays and the Littledown Five Mile road race. Held at Aldershot's Rushmore Arena, the two clubs both qualified for the national finals with solid performances
STEVE Bendall has warned newly crowned WBF international middleweight title-holder Wayne Elcock to "under-estimate" him at his own peril. The Poole-based southpaw defends his English title against the Brummie at Aston Villa Leisure Centre on Friday,
A WIDE variety of species put in an appearance during the Boscombe and Southbourne SFC Autumn Open shore competition between Boscombe Pier and the end of Southbourne promenade with Glen Short carrying off the top prize after beaching a 6-4 small-eyed
BOURNEMOUTH University is to host the BBC current affairs television programme Question Time on October 5. This will be the fourth time that the university has given a temporary home to presenter David Dimbleby and his team, as the sports hall on the
THERE is a two-pronged attack threatening the £527 million-a-year tourism industry in east Dorset. Currently more than 9.27 million visitors flock to Bournemouth and Poole in any given year. But what the conurbation has to offer the tourist is increasingly
TIPPED for great things in 2007, Bournemouth boys Air Traffic play their first home town show at the Old Fire Station on Monday since signing to the mighty EMI Records. The UK club tour is in to warm fans up for the second single, an instant head swim
TEMPERATURES may well still be in the 70s but children in Dorset are being asked to turn their attention to Christmas. The Indian summer is making winter feel a long way off but it is only a couple of months until Dorset Police start sending out their
ILLEGAL events have been held at a Poole council day centre over many years, without a public entertainment licence. A charity fund-raising event due to be held at Fourways in Constitution Hill Road had to be cancelled at the last minute after it came
ALL eyes turned towards the waiter carrying the magnificent ice cream sundae with a sparkler fizzing brightly on its top. Who was the lucky lady in that romantic restaurant on a beautiful Ionian island towards whom this magnificent creation was heading
PLEASE find us a home - that's the urgent plea from youngsters at Poole's Top Cats Play Club. The club which looks after around 120 mostly Canford Heath youngsters weekly, is in danger of folding after being given notice to quit Ashdown Leisure Centre
STUDENTS are being warned to be aware of fire safety as thousands flood into the area for the start of the new academic year. Youngsters living in rented accommodation are often at high risk from fire as they don't tend to have smoke alarms and their
ALTHOUGH the site itself is quiet with no obvious activity, the new owner of Homefield School in Winkton claims there has been much discussion going on behind closed doors about redevelopment of the land. Hampshire-based developer Justin Whitfield says
DOZENS of children from a North Dorset village have signed up to become park rangers in a special scheme designed to protect their brand new play area. The Blandford St Mary Play Area Action group has spent the past 18 months raising more than £40,000
GROWING levels of online shopping are having an increasing impact on retail sales across the South, warn insolvency experts. Retailers are increasingly becoming an unwitting showroom for internet shoppers who browse locally then walk away and purchase
FEW things have the ability to raise our hackles quite so much as the state of modern manners. If you've ever held the door open for someone only to see them pass through without so much as a by-your-leave, or if someone's bumped into you in the street
AS work begins on a £2m new restaurant and ice-rink in Poole Park, concern has been raised over tree protection. The restaurant at the former boat compound overlooking the lake is being built around three protected trees - two oaks and a beech.
HUNDREDS of police officers are descending on Bournemouth to tackle the threat of terrorism during next week's Tory party conference. Armed officers are among the 400 being drafted into the town to protect residents, workers and the estimated 10,000
WAREHAM'S mayor has assured residents that while work on Hauses Field may seem drastic now, it will be back to a beautiful open space by next spring. Many on the Northmoor Estate were shocked as workmen removed dozens of trees and bushes over the past
A POOLE woman says she is "disgusted" at Dorset County Council after being fined while parked in a now-redundant bus stop. Jackie Brannan, from Dacombe Drive in Upton, could not find a parking space outside her house, so had to park with the wheels
OAKMEADIANS' patched-up side pulled together brilliantly to battle to their first Southern Counties South win of the campaign 25-5 at Cooper Avon Tyres. After the gruelling combat of their derby defeat to Wimborne the previous week, Oaks were forced
A PORCELAIN company set up 60 years ago in Branksome and moved to a former cinema in Fordingbridge 20 years later is up for sale. Currently three business-men, including a top potter, have expressed an interest in Branksome China. If that deal falls
PLANS for a multi-million pound sports complex on the outskirts of Wimborne look set to be put on hold because of a lack of funding. However, councillors are set to approve a package of security measures at BytheWay, off Leigh Road, after the site was
BOURNEMOUTH secured their best-ever start to a South West Two season with a thumping 34-16 victory over newly-promoted Frome at Chapel Gate. Lions made it three wins out of three to maintain their stranglehold at the top of the division, with Salisbury
AFC BOURNEMOUTH 0 BRISTOL CITY 1 CHERRIES' seven-match unbeaten league run was cruelly ended by master marksman Phil Jevons. The 27-year-old former Everton trainee condemned caretaker managers Joe Roach and Stuart Murdoch to their first defeat.
NEIL Middleditch has told national speedway chiefs that he is happy to continue as Great Britain team manager. The Poole RIAS boss hinted in July that he might stand down from a role he has carried out for five years because of a lack of talent coming
GARY Johnson masterminded Cherries' first defeat under Stuart Murdoch and Joe Roach and then urged the Dean Court faithful to "stick with" the caretaker management duo. Phil Jevons bagged the only goal of the game as Johnson's Bristol City charges
THE Daily Echo and the police team behind our successful Call Time on Glass campaign were recognised at this year's Dorset Justice Awards. Bournemouth's alcohol licensing enforcement (ALE) team and the Echo picked up an award in the category of innovation
MOTORISTS are heaving a sigh of relief as petrol prices continue to plummet from earlier record highs. Just a few weeks ago, fuel prices were topping the £1 mark for a litre of unleaded petrol. But falling crude oil costs and a new supermarket price
ONE of Bournemouth's busiest stretches of road was closed for two hours after a collision between a car and a motorbike. Rush-hour traffic came to a standstill when police were forced to close part of Castle Lane West as commuters and schoolchildren
THE tragic death of little Jade Stoner has given other children the chance of life. Seven-year-old Jade suffered massive head injuries when she was in collision with a car driven by a 19-year-old youth near her home in Edward Road, Somerford, just
