TRAFFIC chaos is set to hit Bournemouth on Cherries match days after lawyers said football fans must be kept out of King's Park. Councillors have been told they have no choice but to ban supporters' traffic from using most of King's Park Drive. Liberal
THE Anglican Church is facing a crisis over the issue of homosexuality after the close of an emergency meeting of worldwide leaders at Lambeth Palace on Thursday evening. The 38 primates of the Anglican Communion were summoned to England by the Archbishop
A ROBBER forced a door and broke into the Poole home of an elderly man in the early hours of the morning. The terrified 76-year-old was in bed in his bed-sit in a terraced house in Northmere Drive, off Herbert Avenue, at 1am on Wednesday when his home
ALL Poole Pirates speedway management, riders and fans now know the full expression in the old saying of being sent to Coventry. After two Elite League wins and a play-off final victory at the Midlands venue, I am back at Brandon this evening representing
HAVING a baby is supposed to be a happy experience, but a recent study by a psychologist revealed that as many as one in 20 women are left mentally disturbed by the experience of giving birth. They develop post traumatic stress disorder, suffering anxiety
A STATE-of-the-art computerised video identification system has been introduced by Dorset Police. The new system, known as Promat, will make current identification parades all but redundant and could also save up to £25,000 per year in parade volunteer
BARGAIN hunters with a taste for fame beat a path to a house in Weymouth for a televised clearance sale. More than 80 people queued in Briar Close, Southill, to take part in ITV's Everything Must Go! programme. Owners Brian and Chris Finch had invited
CONTROVERSIAL plans to build a Jehovah's Witness church in Southill, Weymouth, look set to be approved by councillors, despite widespread public opposition. In yesterday's Echo, we reported how more than 300 Southill residents had signed a petition urging
POUNDBURY residents today rubbished claims they were suffering from noisy neighbours. A study backed by the Government found some locals at Prince Charles' village complained their privacy was being invaded through noise from neighbouring properties.
A VILLAGE united today against vandals who daubed a shop with racist graffiti. Families living in Crossways were left shocked and upset after the graffiti - including a swastika - was written on the side of the post office, which is run by a Middle Eastern
SINGLE women on the hunt for a man should turn their back on dating agencies in favour of moving to North Dorset to further their chances. New research has revealed the district has 29 per cent more men than women, putting it fifth highest on the league
CHERRIES chairman Peter Phillips has taken the first positive step towards trying to rid the Fitness First Stadium of the mindless bigots using abusive language at games. In a heated fans' forum on Thursday night, the unacceptable chants and language
WHAT'S behind all the crocodile tears from Trade and Industry Secretary Patricia Hewitt over stay-at-home mothers? "We have given the impression that we think all mothers should be out to work, preferably full time, as soon as their children are a few
WARREN FEENEY gave Bournemouth an early lead against their south coast rivals but his joy turned to pain when he went off with what looked like a bad injury. The south coast derby was quick to start simmering with Bournemouth's Neil Young yellow carded
THIS is all that is left of a house involved in one of the most dramatic blazes Bournemouth has seen in recent times. The property in St Anthony's Road, which is estimated to be worth £1 million, was set alight on Thursday night. More than 100 firefighters
CONTROVERSIAL Peter Hamilton-Harvey spoke on Friday about how he and his family escaped the inferno that tore through their mansion. The three-storey house, which was built in the turn of the century, was gutted within minutes. Both Mr Hamilton-Harvey
MULTI-million pound plans for shops and homes on the site of Bournemouth's former C&A store will go before councillors on Monday, The building, which has been largely empty since the clothes chain shut in 2000, would be bulldozed to make way for Tregonwell
DETECTIVES are hunting two youths whom they believe may be connected to a huge blaze which gutted Burger King in Tower Park. Poole police want to speak to the male pair who were spotted fleeing an earlier fire at the scene shortly before the devastating
A PLUCKY flying enthusiast and his innovative craft have been banned from operating in Portland Port. Marine Consultant Ron Davis has aroused considerable interest since he started using an imported flying inflatable boat (FIB) over Weymouth and Portland's
CHERRIES chairman Peter Phillips has taken the first positive step towards trying to rid the Fitness First Stadium of the mindless bigots using abusive language at games. In a heated fans' forum on Thursday night, the unacceptable chants and language
