THE majority of visitors to the Royal Bournemouth Hospital are failing to use antiseptic hand-wash facilities provided at the entrance to combat infection, the Daily Echo can reveal. And even staff themselves have been seen ignoring basic measures to
A TRAUMATISED mum has told how she saw her deaf puppy subjected to a brutal attack while out walking - just because the dog is a Staffordshire bull terrier. Leila Miles, of Hamworthy, said her one year-old dog, Poppy, was left unable to walk or eat properly
THE racism row in the Big Brother house has sparked huge media interest and public debate over the last few days. But while Channel 4 bosses, politicians and race equality representatives argue over whether or not the treatment of Bollywood actress Shilpa
UNHAPPY neighbours are shunning a new food store, which Sainsbury's opened without planning permission in Poole, in protest at the way they have been treated. Residents of narrow, terraced Florence Road, behind a newly-opened Sainsbury's Local in Bournemouth
ALL the staff were made redundant when a language school ceased trading with serious debts. Teachers and students turned up for lessons at the school in Bournemouth on Friday and were shocked to discover that it was to close immediately. The angry teachers
SPEED limits on New Forest roads could be lowered in a bid to reduce the number of animal fatalities. The 40mph limit could be reduced to 30mph on accident black spot roads , said county councillor Melville Kendal. Last year New Forest agisters, who
DON'T be fooled by the heart-warming kiss n' make-up scene between Jade and Shilpa in the Big Brother house. Don't be fooled, either, by Channel 4's pledge to donate all the money from last night's vote to charity. If, as looked likely when I wrote
COUNCILLORS voted by a narrow margin to support an MP's bill proposing that England switches to European time for a three-year experiment. Mayor Cllr Bob Chapman was forced to cast the deciding vote after a passionate debate on whether to introduce "
A STALKER who targeted an eminent psychiatrist and his fiancee in a "uniquely disturbing" hate campaign has been jailed for nine years. Maria Marchese, 45, used text messages, emails and phone calls to terrorise Dr Jan Falkowski and his fiancee during
CLUBS in Bournemouth have called for a new recycling scheme to stop them having to send millions of polycarbonate bottles to landfill. Efforts to replace glass bottles have been successful in cutting the number of people maimed through attacks with bottles
A TEENAGE boy was rushed to hospital on Friday morning with serious injuries after he was involved in a collision with a car just outside his school. Several shocked pupils witnessed the accident, which happened at 8.53am outside St Peter's School in
HE was the man who moved the production of Poole Pottery away from the Quay. But former managing director Peter Mills has emerged as one of the frontrunners to step in and rescue the beleaguered business. Administrator Menzies, which was appointed after
POOLE is the second safest town in the UK and is getting safer according to the latest figures, which show crime is continuing to fall. Last year the Reform Urban Crime Rankings survey independently recognised Poole as the second safest in the country
A BOURNEMOUTH soldier serving in Iraq has been running the equivalent of a marathon a day to raise money for disadvantaged children. Corporal Allister Richardson, 27, and the rest of his seven-man detachment are attempting to cover the 4,844km distance
This time last year, shock waves reverberated around the media industry when it emerged that ITV had struck gold with their latest celebrity reality TV show, Dancing On Ice. The programme proved an almighty hit with the public and the final raked in a
CHERRIES boss Kevin Bond admits restoring James Hayter to his favoured striker's role leaves him with a tricky selection dilemma. But Bond has also hinted the arrival of both Ryan Bertrand and Marc Wilson could tempt him to move his leading marksman
THE man who can throw a 180 without even looking will be on show when the Holsten Premier League darts returns to Bournemouth in April. Exciting prospect Adrian Lewis - the protégé of Phil Taylor - was announced as the final wild card berth in the eight-man
ARTY indie darlings, Bloc Party play their first Bournemouth date on Wednesday at the Old Fire Station. The tiny club date was an instant sell out and is a warm up for the band's full UK tour which takes in Southampton Guildhall next Saturday, ahead
RARELY was Luis Bunuel bothered about accessibility, but here he created a piece that would open the door to those bold enough to walk through. Catherine Deneuve plays the glacial Severine, married to Pierre whom she loves but cannot be physically
CASTING Marc Warren, of BBC1's Hustle fame, was an odd decision for the latest incarnation of Bram Stoker's fabled monster - and is the beginning of a catalogue of bad ideas that result in a visually prententious film that tries too hard. An obsession
LIONS coach David Dunn will be without George Leyland for Saturday's mouth-watering EDF Energy Intermediate Cup fourth-round clash at Newton Abbot (2.30pm). The big second row was shown a red card for punching in last weekend's 21-21 South West Two East
FORMER FA Vase winner Tom Killick is keen for the Wimborne Town class of 2007 to finally lay the ghosts of 1992 to rest. With the Magpies hosting Glasshoughton Welfare at Cuthbury on Saturday (3pm) in the last 32 of the competition, a few minds have
HOW does Keanu Reeves keep getting work? Gah! No matter, at least his role here isn't overly demanding. A Scanner Darkly is apparently very closely adapted from the Philip K Dick novel. Whether this is a good idea is open to debate. I haven't
KEVIN Bond is facing another defensive headache ahead of Cherries' crucial League One clash against Huddersfield tomorrow. Bond looks certain to be without the services of linchpin centre-back Eddie Howe who is unlikely to be risked due to his ongoing
ISN'T it nice when American comedies get it right? See, it doesn't have to be all Dodgeball and The Break-Up. It's a simple premise: horrifically dysfunctional family (is there any other kind?) packs into a VW van to drive their youngest, Olive, to
IT'S nearly two years since the remnants of Peel-faves Dustball reconstituted themselves as Dive Dive and unleashed the snarling pop beast that was their debut, Tilting At Windmills. Since then they've played with various notables and built well on their
SOS Recruitment, which was named top performing recruitment agency for 2005 and 2006 by RIAS, has now been selected as one of four primary suppliers. It is the only independent recruitment agency that RIAS - which specialises in providing insurance products
IT MUST be hard being a thought in Damon Albarn's mind. One minute's passing fancy is the next's grand hipster scheme. And so it was with The Good, The Bad & The Queen. Having wrung the last drop from Gorillaz' second outing, Albarn could have sat
WHEN it's good, this set of 12" mixes of '80s pop hits is exceptional, but when it's bad it's truly, truly dreadful. Maybe those under 30 will see/hear it differently, but if there's any place in a sane world for elongated takes on Dire Straits' Money
WITH a kitchen sink back story to rival the Arctic Monkeys and a compendium of scratchy Pete 'n' Carl guitar riffs, the cynical could dismiss The View as a more manageable amalgam of arguably the two most important Brit-bands of recent times. Then you
TALENTED British director Asif Kapadia, who won numerous awards including two BAFTAs for his debut feature The Warrior, sells his soul to Hollywood to helm this drab supernatural thriller by numbers. The Return is a muddled tale of fractured memories
FORGET Hollywood, Britain or indeed the rest of Europe. The most exciting film-making nation at the moment is Mexico. Directors Alfonso Cuaron (Children Of Men) and Guillermo Del Toro (Pan's Labyrinth) continue to go from strength to strength
LAST year was the busiest ever at Bournemouth Airport, which saw a 16 per cent rise in traffic to just under one million passengers passing through the terminal. While airport and local business chiefs have welcomed the continuing growth of operations
MORE than 30 years after Sylvester Stallone first staggered into the ring as the eponymous fighter, the muscle-bound star dusts off his boxing gloves for another 10 rounds of cliches and sweat-drenched training sequences. Rocky Balboa is probably the
SAVAGE storms battered Dorset and the New Forest on Thursday, with winds of up to 70mph damaging buildings, and tearing down trees and electricity cables. The winds that lashed Dorset's coast were equal to a Force Nine gale and caused flooding in Sandbanks
DORSET was among the ten most expensive counties in the UK for homebuyers last year, with the average house selling for £231,109, a new survey has shown. Property prices have soared across the county by 63 per cent in the past five years according to
HRH the Princess Royal will officially open the new Lymington New Forest Hospital on Tuesday, February 6. Staff reacted with delight to the news that the £36 million, 107-bed hospital at Ampress will be given the royal seal of approval. Dr David Balfour
THE Daily Echo's reception has moved slightly further up Richmond Hill. After a refit of the new office, the Daily Echo's receptionists have taken up their posts behind a new walnut desk. Advertising manager Shelley Gorham said: "The move is a significant
