BRAZEN criminals stole a £10,000 hot tub by hauling it on to a lorry in broad daylight. Neighbours saw a red, skip-style lorry lifting the £10,000 tub into the air. But they thought it was being delivered or taken away for repair so didn't report what
WORSHIPPERS have said goodbye to the home of their Bournemouth church. Most of the congregation at St Andrew's Presbyterian are going "home" to a sister church from which it split 148 years ago. The Rev Brian Rawling, interim minister at St Andrew's,
A SENIOR member of Poole social services' staff backed an extraordinary bid to shield the identity of a self-confessed sex offender from the public. Father-of-two Trevor Cutler, 40, pleaded guilty to 20 counts of making indecent photographs of children
A TEENAGER conned a "cash and carry" out of cigarettes and alcohol worth more than £52,000. He admitted going to Booker Cash and Carry in Yeomans Road, Bournemouth, 26 times, using a newsagent's account number to obtain the items. Poole Youth Court heard
CONTROVERSIAL plans to develop a thousand homes on farmland near Wareham will come before planning chiefs for the first time this week. Outline plans drawn up by Ashvilla Estates (Wareham) Ltd come before Purbeck district council's planning board on Thursday
91 Lonnen Road, Colehill; 3/04/0421/FUL, retrospective alterations to windows and doors and recontouring of ground levels MJ Hanham, 7 Willis Close, Corfe Mullen (for D Dixon). 2 Merryfield Close, Verwood; 3/04/0434/FUL, single storey side extension;
A TRIP to the newsagents to buy the Echo ended with June Smith breaking her arm and her puppy labrador Bess breaking her leg. It should have been a simple enough errand but June and Bess are now nursing their plaster-cast injuries. June, 69, took her
DORCHESTER are assured of a place in the Dr Martens Premier Division play-offs at the very least after last night's results. FA Trophy finalists Hednesford Town went down 2-1 at home to Welling United and they cannot now overtake the Magpies who remain
DORSET skipper Sean Walbridge has kept a promise he made to his players at the end of last season following their dramatic C&G Trophy bowl-out victory over Buckinghamshire. The victory set up a mouth-watering second round clash with Yorkshire at Dean
GEORGE Piper will be hoping to confirm his status as one of the country's best young speedway riders, next week. The 12-year-old Weymouth Haven Wildcats mascot has been handed a wild card entry in the first round of the British Under-15 Championship at
HOMEOWNERS borrowing against the value of their properties risk tipping themselves over the financial brink, experts warn. With UK consumer debt expected to hit £1 trillion this year "the boom in remortgaging could send consumers over the edge if interest
WHEN I was asked by my friends at the Daily Echo to write a column before tonight's meeting against Belle Vue I was happy to oblige. Of course the significance is that it's my last appearance as a Poole rider in 2004, but the feeling that I am about to
A DEMOLITION company which illegally tipped and burned wood and plastic waste at a farm near Wimborne has been fined £4,500 by a judge at Bournemouth Crown Court. Ferndown Demolition and Salvage admitted depositing controlled waste at an unlicensed site
NOT since he was a Sixties heart-throb has Engelbert Humperdinck experienced such instant recognition. And it's all thanks to Yorkshire bitter. He says the new John Smiths bitter ad, in which he appears with comedian Peter Kay, has brought him an army
ANIMAL lover Barry Foster is urging parents and other pet owners to be on their guard after one of his dogs was bitten by an adder. Mr Foster was out walking with his dogs near his home at Crossways when the adder - Britain's only poisonous snake - struck
CONSERVATIONISTS are baffled by the strange case of a deer that thinks it's a cow. Onlookers have noticed a young adult deer getting very friendly with cattle at Overcombe Meadows next to the RSPB Lodmoor reserve in Weymouth. It was first spotted by residents
HIS goalscoring namesake helped take Arsenal to triumph in this season's Premiership. But young Thierry Henry from New Milton is just as chuffed at the Gunners' unbeaten run at the top of the table. Three years ago, the 20-year-old changed his name by
DESPERATELY-NEEDED new leisure facilities for Gillingham could cost a massive £9 million, it has been revealed. The estimate, which would not include land costs, was given by consultants at a meeting of the Gillingham Community Facility Project Board.
STAR stopper Neil Moss has dedicated his Professional Footballers' Association fans' player-of-the-year award to his Cherries team-mates. Moss has scooped the prestigious accolade for Division Two after finishing top of a supporters' poll run by the PFA
A 39-YEAR-OLD Poole mother has become the first parent in Dorset or Hampshire to be jailed for failing to send her child to school. Tracey Manyweathers, of Arne Avenue, was sent to prison for 60 days after she admitted failing to send her daughter Charlene
THE widow of businessman Stephen Curtis, who was killed in a helicopter crash near Bournemouth Airport in March, has appealed for privacy while his death is investigated. There has been an avalanche of speculation over the incident in recent weeks because
A HAIRDRESSER whose fight to keep an advertising board and trees outside his salon brought him to court has asked: "Whatever happened to common sense?" Tony Brown, 46, of Brown's hairdressers in Christchurch Road, Boscombe, on Tuesday (April 27) lost
THE removal of all slam door trains from the Southern network could take until next summer, it has been revealed. The Strategic Rail Authority has confirmed that the rail industry has formally sought a new deadline for the removal of all Mark 1 slam door
Grove Road Farm Meadow Holiday Park, Stour Way; 8/04/0246, flood defence wall and embankment (Phase 2 Improvements to Grove Farm existing flood alleviation scheme); Mr Malpass, Environment Agency, Rivers House, Sunrise Business Park, Higher Shaftesbury
A 39-YEAR-OLD Poole mother has become the first parent in Dorset or Hampshire to be jailed for failing to send her child to school. Tracey Manyweathers, of Arne Avenue, was sent to prison for 60 days after she admitted failing to send her daughter Charlene
IT'S been quite a year for Lemar. Trying to shed the unwanted image of Fame Academy "graduate" 2002 and boost his appeal as a genuine urban artist was never going to be easy. But the 26-year-old, who performed with Lionel Ritchie during his time in the
SHOCK waves ran through the music work last year when Geordie folk-rockers Lindisfarne announced they were going to retire. Now the band, who had hits like Meet Me On the Corner and Fog On The Tyne, are making one last foray on the touring circuit. Following
A LOCAL authority worker who lives in a lorry on Portland today hit back at civic critics who claim he should be paying council tax. Peter Fishwick, 39, claimed he did not use any council facilities and had not been bothered once by the council or police
A SHOOTING trip turned into a nightmare for 59-year-old Roger Fullbrook when he stumbled and blasted off most of his left foot. He had been enjoying a sunny day out with the Warmwell Estate shooting syndicate when the accident happened. Mr Fullbrook,
ELDERLY people who have problems walking can now get out more thanks to a cash boost for a project offering trailer rides in the New Forest. Age Concern in New Milton has been awarded a £1,250 grant to help run its tractor and trailer service, which takes
SOME people are saying that school children should be made to do military-style drills of the kind they might have done in the 1940s. The idea was raised after David Bell, England's chief schools' inspector, said the "physical" should be put back into
STAR stopper Neil Moss has dedicated his Professional Footballers' Association fans' player-of-the-year award to his Cherries team-mates. Moss has scooped the prestigious accolade for Division Two after finishing top of a supporters' poll run by the PFA
