DEFENDING champions Jody Gooding and Gregg Weaver successfully retained their crown in the final of the Sandbanks Classic on Sunday. The Dorset duo saw off the challenge of Derby pairing Mike Randall and Chris White in the Men's Division One category.
MORE than 30 years ago a freelance photographer took some beautiful photos of a shy five-year-old girl called Sara who was living in Bearwood who had been the bridesmaid at a wedding. But before he was able to give a set of prints to the little girl's
EVEN the funniest memories can come wrapped in a sigh, according to Bournemouth author Robert Lawson. For a birthday trip, his son took him back to the places that had been milestones of his distant past and found so many of them did not exist any more
IT'S a hundred years ago this month since a 30-year-old artist potter set up business in Poole. And to mark the occasion, a special exhibition is being held at Poole Central Library of examples of Dorset Crown pottery. The potter, Charles Collard, moved
DON'T miss Tuesday's Daily Echo for your 36-page Prom Night special publication. The souvenir supplement contains scores of pictures of youngsters enjoying their school prom. You can order pictures from the event by calling 01202 411307/8 or online by
DON'T miss Tuesday's Daily Echo for your 36-page Prom Night special. The souvenir supplement contains scores of pictures of youngsters enjoying their school prom. You can order pictures from the events by calling 01202 411307/8 or online by clicking here
POLICE are hunting two robbers who held-up terrified staff at a company in Bearwood this morning. The pair fled with thousands of pounds after threatening two female cashiers at UK Finance in Ringwood Road with sawn-off shotguns. Manager Steve Cartlidge
NATIONAL Motorcycle Week 2005, organised by the Motor Cycle Industry Association (MCI), starts next Monday, July 18. The annual initiative is designed to highlight the positive aspects of motorcycling including environmental and social benefits. For 2005
A MAJOR shake-up in hospital care for older patients in the New Forest could see a loss of hospital beds across the district. In a worst-case scenario all community inpatient beds at hospitals in Fordingbridge, Milford, Lyndhurst, Hythe and Romsey could
A RECORD number of stall-holders and entertainers have signed up for the Milton Abbas Street Fayre. The event looks set to become the biggest to date with up to 10,000 visitors expected to attend if the weather is clement. The North Dorset village will
POLICE are hunting two robbers who held-up terrified staff at a company in Bearwood this morning. The pair fled with thousands of pounds after threatening two female cashiers at UK Finance in Ringwood Road with sawn-off shotguns. Manager Steve Cartlidge
POLICE were called to a section of Bournemouth beach to disperse a massive outdoor party involving more than 150 teenagers. Inspector Neil MacBean of Bournemouth police said the group was causing "mayhem" on the beach at Middle Chine and many of them
A BRAVE survivor of the London bombings, who has become known as "the woman in the mask" is a graduate of Bournemouth University it has been revealed. And 24-year-old Davinia Turrell is getting better every day and has made a "dramatic improvement", her
TERROR comes in many forms. There's the terror that gripped London last Thursday. A buzzing capital, on a high following the award of the 2012 Olympics; one of the world's greatest cities, devastated by bomb blasts that paralysed the transport system
NISSAN'S forthcoming Micra C+C coupe-cabriolet is going to get a chilly reception in Britain - because it won't be available to customers until December. It's therefore probably a good thing that the chic C+C joins the latest crop of convertibles that
MOTOR insurance premiums have risen after a period of falling prices but the cost of cover is still at its lowest level for two and a half years, latest figures show. Comprehensive car cover rose slightly during the second quarter of the year to £757,
STARTING 'In reference to your application for employment on International Headquarters', the letter is dated October 28, 1936. Lifelong Salvation Army member Phil Carey was 15 and the 12/6d position in the postal department at the movement's IHQ was
LITTLE may be seen today of the Saxons in Dorset when Wareham was a key town on the coast but archaeology provides intriguing glimpses of life in those distant days. A chapter in author Peter Stanier's thought-provoking book called Dorset's Archaeology
IT'S AMAZING what you can find under the floorboards... A Christchurch man renovating his house has uncovered a treasure trove of vintage newspapers dating back to pre-war 1939. Among the haul unearthed by Richard Hooper in his bungalow on Arcadia Road
SEVENTY or so years ago 11 women posed in front of the camera, dressed as if they were about to play a game of cricket. That picture was made into a postcard, a copy of which is now owned by Robert Norman, of Copse Road, Burley. He believes the women
A MAJOR shake-up is on the cards for Christchurch's Regent Centre in a bid to make it less reliant on the council tax payer. Councillors are expected to make a one-off grant of £250,000 for improvements to the High Street cinema and community arts venue
ONCE considered the height of chic but now mostly unloved - almost two million Trimphones are being brought to Purbeck to be destroyed. They will be stored in a secure area, not so much to avoid attracting the attention of the fashion police as to prevent
IT IS going to be a summer to remember for both the BSO and its principal sponsor Portman Building Society, as the good news just keeps rolling in! (Aug 6) First, BSO principal conductor Marin Alsop has been awarded the prestigious Classical Brit Award
SPARKS are set to fly on Wednesday when councillors are asked to plough a further £251,000 into the controversial restoration of a listed building in Wimborne, bringing the final bill to almost £1m. Costs of repairing dry rot at Allendale House have already
TEACHERS and pupils have been marking the end of an era as their schools shut down. And at the same time Dorset County Council has launched its controversial new two-tier system for Blandford and the surrounding villages. Milldown Middle School and St
WEYMOUTH boss Garry Hill was in positive mood today, despite seeing his side crash to a heavy defeat last night. The Terras began their pre-season tour of Ireland by going down 4-0 to UEFA Cup hopefuls Drogheda United at United Park. "The result really
A MUM has told of her terror after a lump of concrete was hurled at her car windscreen as she drove her children to ballet class. Amanda Rixon, 40, of Churchill Road, Parkstone, was ferrying daughters Hannah, 10, and Georgina, four, and a 10-year-old
A BUILDING society worker stole nearly £4,000 from his employer and used the money to treat his ex-boyfriend to a weekend in Blackpool. Gary Williams, 26, was sentenced to four months in prison after admitting one charge of theft from the Portman Building
SPEED cameras at accident blackspots helped cut the number of people killed or seriously injured on Dorset's roads last year by nearly eight per cent, say road safety chiefs. A total of 280 people died or suffered serious injuries last year, including
A VETERAN animal rights activist who originally escaped prison for organising a raid on an animal laboratory has been jailed for a year by the Court of Appeal. Keith Mann, from Buckland Road, Parkstone, was given a 230-hour community punishment order
THE work experience season is upon us. Almost every large workplace with a dutiful management has its quota of nervous teenagers, looking over people's shoulders or at least trying to look busy. It is a hit and miss affair. For a few, work experience
DON'T miss Tuesday's Daily Echo for your 36-page Prom Night special publication. The souvenir supplement contains scores of pictures of youngsters enjoying their school prom. You can order pictures from the event by calling 01202 411307/8 or online by
DON'T miss Tuesday's Daily Echo for your 36-page Prom Night special publication. The souvenir supplement contains scores of pictures of youngsters enjoying their school prom. You can order pictures from the event by calling 01202 411307/8 or online by
PRIMARY School whizzkid George Newman is following in dad David's tracks on the cycle speedway circuit. Just a year after discarding his stabilisers, the five-year-old speed ace qualified for the national junior championships in fifth place after coming
DORSET will play host to the 2012 Olympic sailing events as a result of the award of the 30th staging of the Modern Olympics to London. The award to London, announced by the International Olympic Committee at the Raffles Plaza auditorium in Singapore,
DORSET javelin thrower Louise Watton put two injury plagued years behind her to bag a "special" gold medal in the English Schools Track and Field Championships at Birmingham on Friday. The Lytchett Minster School student - who had previously taken gold
POLICE are hunting two robbers who held-up terrified staff at a company in Bearwood this morning. The pair fled with thousands of pounds after threatening two female cashiers at UK Finance in Ringwood Road with sawn-off shotguns. Manager Steve Cartlidge
ALAN Connell is keen to make up for lost time as he embarks on a new adventure with Torquay. The 22-year-old striker left Dean Court for the last time on Monday afternoon after Cherries and United agreed an undisclosed fee. Connell, who missed almost
A BRAVE survivor of the London bombings, who has become known as "the woman in the mask" is a graduate of Bournemouth University it has been revealed. And 24-year-old Davinia Turrell is getting better every day and has made a "dramatic improvement", her
CONVICTED killer Omar Benguit will attempt to prove his innocence at an appeal hearing in London today. Benguit was jailed for life in February this year after being convicted of the murder of South Korean language student Jong-Ok Shin, known as Oki to
CHILDREN will be able to enjoy a beauty spot at their Poole school thanks to the work of young people. A group of 12 from Poole aged 16 to 25 spent two weeks renovating a pond area at Canford Heath First School. They raised the £1,107 themselves for the
AFTER living through the Blitz and the Battle of Britain, veteran entertainer Max Bygraves literally stuck two fingers up at terrorism when he starred in a stirring VE Day anniversary concert on Sunday. In the wake of the London bombings , the 82-year-old
AFTER living through the Blitz and the Battle of Britain, veteran entertainer Max Bygraves literally stuck two fingers up at terrorism when he starred in a stirring VE Day anniversary concert on Sunday. In the wake of the London bombings , the 82-year-old
