TWENTY-one of Bournemouth's movers and shakers have put themselves on the market for a "great man auction". Dates with an MP, the town's mayor and businessman Richard Carr are among the lots on offer at the charity event. The woman who buys Bournemouth
THE hold-ups which have been plaguing house sales in Bournemouth have got worse instead of better. Local authority land searches are taking 10-12 weeks rather than the few days normally expected. Bournemouth Borough Council, which has blamed the problem
PLANS to hand walkers unlimited access to thousands of acres of countryside across Dorset and Hampshire have taken a major stride forward. The Countryside Agency has released its first draft maps of "right to roam" areas in central southern England, giving
MULTI-MILLIONAIRE entrepreneur Richard Carr has continued his expansion into Poole with the purchase of the landmark Aquarium building on the Quay. Real-life Monopoly is now the name of the game in Poole as the ancient borough is increasingly seen as
POOLE'S Mayor, Cllr Graham Mason, gamely tried out a stationary skateboard when he opened the borough's newest skatepark. But it took the daring youngsters to show how it should be done as they swooped and leapt on the mini half-pipe at the Fleetsbridge
CLUB president Harold Iveson paid a glowing tribute to his Boscombe Cliff bowlers after they sealed the Section One championship with a 14-0 demolition of arch rivals Bournemouth. "It has been a magnificent year what with winning the B and D title and
PRISON bosses are investigating claims of a sexual relationship between an inmate and a woman staff member at Portland's Verne jail. Prisoner David Armstrong has been moved to another Dorset institution while his allegations are being probed. In a letter
TRADERS today launched a new fight to save Dorchester's maligned Christmas lights from being axed before the festive season begins. The town's chamber of commerce has hit out at plans to take down the controversial white bulbs in High West Street and
POLICE and wildlife experts are warning people to steer clear of Randy the dolphin after he injured several swimmers. The adult bottlenose, who is also known as Georges, arrived in Weymouth and Portland six months ago and his friendly antics quickly gained
BUSINESSMAN Vince O'Neill is set to reopen his fire ravaged restaurant at historic Nappers Mite in Dorchester on Friday. Mr O'Neill, a former vice-president of the town's chamber of commerce, will throw open the doors eight months after the business was
RETIRED Richard Mallinson has hit out at thieves who have stolen his moped. Sixty-four-year-old Mr Mallinson's red FS1 Yamaha bike was taken from his front garden outside his Lennox Street home in Weymouth between 10pm on Monday and 6.20am yesterday.
A VISION of the future is going up at Poundbury in the form of some of the most environmentally-friendly homes in the country. Architect Kim Slowe is seeing the results of extensive research into sustainable building materials, green energy efficiency
PARENTS and their children created some 'stimulating, poignant and very creative' works of art during a four-week project looking at their environment. The project was called Y filltir sqwar, a Welsh expression that means the square mile and describes
SEVENTY-NINE per cent of people, who responded to our website poll, believe the Earth Summit in South Africa will not help save the planet, whereas 20 per cent of voters said it would. Log on to the Echo website at www.thisisbournemouth.co.uk to vote
MULTI-MILLIONAIRE entrepreneur Richard Carr has continued his expansion into Poole with the purchase of the landmark Aquarium building on the Quay. Real-life Monopoly is now the name of the game in Poole as the ancient borough is increasingly seen as
UNLESS something is done to improve road access Purbeck will become gridlocked by traffic forced to use the only main road to visitor towns of Wareham, Corfe Castle and Swanage. The dire warning has been made in the wake of a decision to leave the area's
TWO factory workers from Bournemouth and Poole have proved that David can still beat Goliath. John House and John Edroff were "victims" of the September 11 terrorist attacks on New York, even though they were at work in Holton Heath - 3,000 miles away
BASHLEY secured a place in the next round of the FA Cup at the second time of asking at Mangotsfield United after Craig Anstey scored a wonder goal to finally separate the two sides. The Dr Martens Western Division outfit were 2-0 up in the preliminary
THE dependable Phil Graves helped himself to 14 points as Swanage and Wareham beat Brixham 32-14 at home in the Powergen Cup first qualifying round. Graves, Swans' experienced club captain, weighed in with a try, three conversions and one penalty as they
IT is crunch time for Pirates as they host Coventry in a meeting crucial to their league title play-off hopes tonight (7.30pm). Poole Meridian Lifts really need to beat the Bees tonight - and pick up the aggregate bonus point - to draw level with them
FORMER Tory MP Ian Bruce will fight to regain the South Dorset seat if he is reselected as the Conservative Party parliamentary candidate. Mr Bruce was defeated by just 153 votes in last year's general election and conceded the constituency he had held
THE chief executive of Dorset's troubled ambulance trust has stepped down. John Cape is working in other posts for the Dorset and Somerset Health Authority while an outside team investigates problems in the Dorset Ambulance NHS Trust. Mr Cape was spearheading
THE award-winning Highcliffe Charity Players celebrate their 30th anniversary with a new version of Cole Porter's 1930s' hit musical Anything Goes. The show, which opens at the Regent Centre, Christchurch, tonight (Sept 4) runs until Saturday. The much-loved
F.A.B. - Thunderbirds were go when hundreds of children took part in a sand-sculpting competition at Bournemouth beach. A team of professional sand sculptors gave free master classes to the youngsters, who had to try and recreate their own versions of
FIRE Union chiefs in Dorset are meeting this week to decide if they will work to rule until a decision on strike action is made. Following the break-down in pay negotiation talks between the Fire Brigade Union (FBU) and employers on Monday, 30 brigades
A 24-HOUR sponsored darts marathon raised enough money for a £2,400 wheelchair and a further £700 for Poole Hospital. The round-the-clock darts, with eight men players and one woman, was the idea of Paul Wickham, 35, for his mother, Carole, 57, who has
A 50-MINUTE delay did nothing to dampen Lymington & New Milton's cup aspirations as they ran out 3-1 replay winners at Dulwich Hamlet in what boss Graham Kemp described as a "100 miles per hour cup tie." Missing two linesmen at kick-off, Linnets had
A GROUP of Dorset army cadets spent a rigorous 13 days in Cornwall to qualify them for various stages of their Duke of Edinburgh award scheme. The group of 277 cadets were joined by officers and adult instructors in Penhale for the hectic trip, which
A MEMORIAL tree planted at the Nothe Gardens in Weymouth has been repeatedly damaged - apparently by council gardeners. Violet Beasley, 85, planted the Canadian maple tree six years ago in memory of her late husband Joe, along with a plaque, rosemary
ALL bride-to-be Ann-Marie Sawden needs to make her wedding a dream come true is for her missing brother to return home and give her away. On Sunday Ann-Marie, 26, and her fianc Richard McFarlane, 34, will be-come the first couple to say ' I do' at a shopping
BOURNEMOUTH'S Scissors Hair Design Group has scored a major after being invited to join the Fellowship for British Hairdressing - "regarded as one of the greatest accolades in the hairdressing industry". Fellowship membership is by invitation only. Other
LIFELONG Cherries fan Phil Hordle - a season ticket holder who lives in Japan - is set to become a long-distance director after accepting an invitation to join the Dean Court board. Cherries chairman Peter Phillips has acted quickly to replace retired
