Tue, 14th Feb 2012

Echo News

70 firefighters tackle Ringwood blaze

7:46am Monday 13th February 2012

70 firefighters tackle house blaze

More than 70 firefighters tackled a blaze in a house in Ringwood last night.

Police hunt after A35 hit-and-run

7:30pm Monday 13th February 2012

POLICE are appealing for witnesses after a vehicle failed to stop after being in collision with a green Ford Ka on Friday at 1pm on the A35.

MP Conor Burns: hurry up on NHS reforms

6:30pm Monday 13th February 2012

Conor Burns

A BOURNEMOUTH MP says the sooner the NHS reforms go through Parliament and receive royal assent the better.

Single turbine plan for Purbeck quarry

5:30pm Monday 13th February 2012

A NEW wind turbine application for Purbeck’s Masters Quarry will be lodged with district planners, the Daily Echo can reveal.

105 affordable homes to be built in Bournemouth

5:00pm Monday 13th February 2012

A PROGRAMME of council house building will see a total of 105 new family homes built in Bournemouth.

Neil Heritage completes 3,000-mile rowing challenge in aid of war heroes

4:00pm Monday 13th February 2012

Atlantic rower Neil Heritage back right and below, visited Ringwood’s Dorset Orthopaedic centre

Fresh from rowing across the Atlantic war veteran Neil Heritage has returned to Ringwood’s Dorset Orthopaedic centre.

Moors Valley lights up for Electric Forest event

3:00pm Monday 13th February 2012

BRIGHT IDEA: Suzy Davis, nine, and Noah Falconer, eight, enjoy the  Electric Forest event at Moors Valley Country Park

FAMILIES shrugged off the cold to try out a feast of light and sound that is providing a half-term treat with a difference at Moors Valley Country Park.

TV star Angela Griffin on scene at Verwood road accident

2:30pm Monday 13th February 2012

Emergency services attend a crash between a car and van in Verwood, with Angela Griffin (second from right) looking on

A ROAD in Verwood was closed for several hours after a car and van collided on Saturday.

Expert using cockroaches for Battle of Britain re-enactment is filmed for TV

2:00pm Monday 13th February 2012

EXPERT: Steve Limburn, president of Bournemouth Natural Science Society with some of the cockroaches he keeps in his garage

THE Battle of Britain, when ‘The Few’ became the last line of defence against Germany’s Luftwaffe, has been re-enacted by some unlikely Poole residents.

Bournemouth's public toilets are set for £1m refurb

1:30pm Monday 13th February 2012

PUBLIC toilets in Bournemouth are the next in line for refurbishment as part of a £1m Smart Streets programme.

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