AT least 170 jobs are set to be created by a firm poised to profit from any potential slowdown threatening the European economy. Marketing firm EuroCall has grown rapidly to a team of 80 staff just five years after it was launched in a flat in Poole.
BOSCOMBE residents have welcomed exciting new plans to restore the town's gardens back to their former glory. The project, which will cost more than £1 million, is being funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund with £84,100 awarded to Bournemouth Borough Council
HUNDREDS of biking enthusiasts paid tribute to the victims of the New York terrorist atrocity when they converged on Bournemouth at the weekend. They roared through the heart of the town on Saturday for the sixth annual Harley Davidson Rally. Led by the
MAYOR of Bournemouth Doug Eyre officially opened the Liberal Democrat conference with "one of the most captivating mayoral speeches heard in many years". Cllr Eyre, who has represented the party on Bournemouth council for 25 years, had delegates and party
PLANS to build a block of nine flats and five maisonettes on Boscombe cliff-top look set to be approved. But no development will take place until rare reptiles are captured and relocated. Borough planners heard how the applicant had carried out an ecological
THE Echo has teamed up with Sainsbury's to offer readers the chance to bid for a whole host of the supermarket's goodies. Don't miss the Daily Echo six days a week for your chance to join this great give-away auc-tion. Below is a list of the latest bidders
A GROUP of relatives from Swanage were due to fly home on Tuesday after attending a memorial service in New Jersey. Financial trader Richard Cudina, 46, is among the thousands of missing presumed dead following the terrorist attack on the World Trade
DR Martens League Bashley have announced two new signings ahead of tonight's Eastern Division clash with Sittingbourne. New manager Bob Higgins has snapped up Eastleigh midfielder Matt Jones and Salisbury City teenager Dan Newman. Jones, 24, is a creative
MAURICE FOORD scooped the two-wood singles title during the second phase of the Dorset finals at windswept Greenhill. The Poole Park bowler overcame Middleton Cup skip and reigning champion John Crabb 16-9 in the semi-final and gave another excellent
DORCHESTER'S forgotten FA Cup hero David Elm is to get his chance to make his mark in the Dr Martens League after more than a year in the Dorset Combination wilderness. Magpies' manager Mark Morris is backing the 21-year-old goalkeeper from Swanage to
DORSET'S newest school has thrown open its doors to its first pupils. A total of 24 children make up the reception class at Trinity First School in Verwood. The youngsters are based in a temporary classroom behind the Methodist church in Vicarage Road
HUNDREDS of keen cyclists had wheely good fun on Sunday as they took part in the 13th Wimborne Bike Ride in aid of the Meningitis Trust. Around £4,300 was raised from the two rides - a 23-mile circuit and a family-friendly eight-mile ride - bringing the
A DORCHESTER student with a place at Oxford University had to have emergency brain surgery after an attacker stamped on his head, a court heard. A jury at Dorchester Crown Court was told that David Ryan Newton, from Broadmayne, was in the upper sixth
HISTORY buffs from across the borough queued up to get a signed copy of a new book on Weymouth. Author Maureen Attwooll, who is also a librarian, autographed copies of Weymouth: The Golden Years, which is a book compiled from photographs from the 1930s
A DELAY in moving Portland's police station will now mean there is no gap in police provision on the island. The move has been delayed until November to dovetail with other changes in Dorset Police's western division. Portland and west Weymouth police
THE first youth group to make an expedition to the North Pole is to leave Blandford next year. Eight teenagers will walk 680 kilometres from Resolute Bay in Canada across the snowy wastes to the magnetic pole in March. The "baby" of the party will then
FED-UP residents have launched a campaign to relocate a controversial chicken processing plant from the centre of a picturesque Dorset village. Villagers in Okeford Fitzpaine, near Blandford, say smells, juggernauts and 24-hour noise are making lives
A DORSET firm has appealed against a decision to have its domain name - www.fsa.co.uk - suspended to avoid confusion with the Financial Services Authority. Software firm Findlay Steele Associates faced having its domain suspended for one month at 5pm
THERE was a last-minute scramble for the minor places in the Littledown five-mile road race - but the winner was never in question. Successfully defending his title, Lee Rodriguez (New Forest Runners) opened up enough daylight between himself and the
CHERRIES defender Jason Tindall has admitted there would be nothing better than beating Reading at Dorchester's Avenue Stadium tonight (7.45pm). But he also stressed the past was the past and that Cherries' players would not be thinking back to their
PIRATES' outside chance of winning the Sky Sports Elite League title has nose-dived after Grzegorz Walasek sustained a suspected break to the base of a thumb in a track spill in Poland. The 25-year-old Grand Prix rider fell heavily while riding for Czestochowa
DEVELOPER Simons Estates is targeting inward investors for its planned £14 million Solar One office development in Bournemouth. The 84,000sq ft scheme is proposed for the car park site at the junction of St Swithuns Road South and Christchurch Road, and
MANAGER Sean O'Driscoll today issued the following statement concerning midfielder Richard Hughes, whose contract with Cherries is due to expire at the end of June. O'Driscoll said: "Contrary to what has been written, Richard has made it clear he wants
Dorset and Wilts Division Two Puddletown 82 Poole 0 PUDDLETOWN'S skipper, Duncan Campbell, was looking for another annihilation of Poole following his side's emphatic Junior Cup victory over Poole. His players did not disappoint. Puddletown racked up
Dorset and Wilts Division Two Weymouth 22 Wincanton 14 The kick-off was delayed for 15 minutes to allow the visitor's two missing players time to find the ground. However, they failed to make it for the start and it was not until the second-half that
PREGNANT Michelle Gibbs is battling to find a hospital with special care baby facilities for her twins. Michelle, 19, who is seven months pregnant with twin girls, went into labour seven weeks early but was told by Dorset County Hospital that there were
COMMERCIAL agents Sibbett Gregory have let 4,660sq ft of industrial space to aerospace engineering firm Walker AEC. The property - unit 3 at Dawkins Road, Hamworthy - has been let on a new 10-year lease. Walker AEC has been based in Poole since 1974.
A major campaign to help engineers across the South keep pace with changing technology has been launched by the Engineering Council. Engineering firms across the South are being urged to ensure they specify membership of a professional body for all their
EU directives in 2004 could hit the UK haulage industry when it faces the double whammy of the Working Time Directive and Compulsory Training Directive. Hauliers say the knock-on effect to consumers will be huge as a shortage of drivers will mean difficulties
A LIVERPOOL Victoria manager who stole nearly £400,000 from under the noses of his employers to fund a lavish lifestyle was jailed for four years yesterday. Nicholas Mark Jenner, 39, of Spindle Close, Broadstone, set up a bank account in the name of a
AFTER months of speculation the Echo can exclusively reveal what developers hope to do with the site of the former Beehive pub. The controversial demolition of the Poole hostelry has been swiftly completed and plans have now been presented for new homes
THEY stand smiling on front doorsteps, brandishing ID cards suggesting that they are utility workers, tradesmen, or even police officers. But within minutes householders are robbed of their money, life savings and valuables leaving some victims suffering
Queen's Park and Dudsbury member Geoff Willcocks is probably one of Bournemouth's keenest amateur golfers. He plays in a succession of PGA West Region Pro-Ams and in most Bournemouth Alliance meetings. The retired nursing home owner is also a regular
IT was third time lucky for Bourne-mouth tennis star James Murry at Victoria Avenue Lawn Tennis Centre's junior championships. The twice losing finalist recorded an emotional straight sets win over defending champion Simon Croydon in the boys' under-18
Swanage & Wareham 28, Dorchester 7 SWANAGE ran in three tries in the last five minutes to take first blood in what looks set to become a battle for survival in South-West One for Dorset and Wilts two top rugby clubs. In a typical local derby atmosphere
RAIDERS smashed into a Dorchester store early today and stole more than £10,000 worth of perfume. The Goulds department store in South Street was targeted at 4.30am, just weeks after the Marks and Spencer store opposite was ram-raided. And the raid follows
A SOCCER referee from Weymouth has died in a holiday accident. Mick Malcolmson, 47, of Shirecroft Road, drowned while swimming off a beach during a holiday in Spain. His wife Lesley was on the beach when the tragedy occurred. It is not clear yet how he
RESIDENTS, environmental health officials and the police are urging New Forest District Council to block attempts to open a pub until 12.30am at weekends. The Black Cat in Queen Street, Lymington, is applying to extend its entertainment licence by an
MORE than 180 business people partied into the night at Dorset Junior Chamber's third annual DJC ball. The ball and non-profitmaking casino at the Bournemouth Highcliff Marriott Hotel raised at least £1,250 for charity. The proceeds of the casino - run
