MAGICIAN James Brown has proved he knows the nuts and bolts of magic and trickery by beating the best in the South with his amazing skills. The 25-year-old used a couple of nuts and bolts to impress judges at a prestigious regional final to see who could
POLICE in Bournemouth are investigating at least four complaints of drug-assisted sexual assault, it has been revealed. Cases have been reported within the town's gay and heterosexual communities in recent weeks. Now officers have renewed warnings to
PARAMEDICS are becoming victims to more severe and violent unprovoked attacks from members of the public, an ambulance boss has revealed. As a result, a number of initiatives to try and give paramedics greater protection are now being discussed at Dorset
POOLE is gearing up for its second Skate Fest and the action-packed festival is promising to be even bigger and better than before. The Echo-backed Tempt Fate event is expected to draw crowds from all over the South of England and beyond to Baiter Park
MAGICIAN James Brown has proved he knows the nuts and bolts of magic and trickery by beating the best in the South with his amazing skills. The 25-year-old used a couple of nuts and bolts to impress judges at a prestigious regional final to see who could
SOUTHAMPTON will bring a full first team squad to Cherries for their post-season fund-raising friendly next week after boss Gordon Strachan admitted not to do so "would be robbing the fans." Strachan has pledged that his full squad will be on parade at
A THIEF who targeted a frail 81-year-old woman has proved he has a heart after all. The young offender contacted his victim by telephone to apologise after stealing her purse containing just £2 in broad daylight. He told her: "I am very, very sorry for
PAGE Three model Leilani Dowding hopes to prove she has brains as well as beauty when she stars in a special version of The Weakest Link. Leilani, 21, formerly of Bournemouth, will go head-to-head with eight other models in the hit BBC quiz show. She
A BOURNEMOUTH man is one of just 50 people nationwide to carry the torch for Cancer Research in the Golden Jubilee Torch Relay. Allan Wood, 49, of Manor Road, East Cliff, has been chosen by Cancer Research UK to carry the torch one stage of its route
OBJECTIONS to plans to turn part of the Daily Echo building into a nightclub were raised at a planning appeal yesterday. Regents Inns PLC is appealing against a decision by Bournemouth Council to refuse its application for a Walkabout club in the Echo's
THE warm April weather has released a swarm of bikers swooping down to Poole Quay. But the hundreds of motorcyclists who have been turning up on the last few Tuesday nights have not been welcomed with open arms. They are being turned away because they
