2+ hour, 19+ min ago   (535+ words) AN 18-year-old who drowned after he rescued relatives from the sea in Dorset has been described as 'the life and soul of the party' as he received a posthumous bravery award. Callum Baker-Osborne was on holiday in Poole, on July…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (158+ words) This strange-looking specimen was caught off Portland Beach in 1927. Is it a fish? Is it a hedgehog? Well, actually, it is both. It is a sea hedgehog, one of only four to have been found off the south coast. The…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (203+ words) Funding available for groups that foster diversity and inclusion'Bournemouth Echo Funding for groups that foster diversity and inclusion A HOUSING association is offering funding to groups that support equality, diversity and inclusion activities in communities across southern England. Sovereign Network…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (146+ words) BOURNEMOUTH Library is hosting a reading group where attendees can come and join in climate conversations. Climate Action Reading Group will meet at the library at 2pm on Saturday, January 31. The group said: "Do you love books that challenge, inspire, and…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (447+ words) Long before she was the child telekinetic Eleven or the quick-witted, proto-feminist private eye Enola Holmes, Millie Bobby Brown's history was being penned on the English coastline, written into both Bournemouth and Southampton." Despite the fact her birth certificate says…...

3+ mon, 1+ week ago   (219+ words) Free birdwatching trips and conservation events for teenagers have been announced. Birds of Poole Harbour and the Cameron Bespolka Trust are continuing their free education work for the next year. This will see 12 birdwatching trips around Poole Harbour, including boat…...

3+ mon, 2+ week ago   (490+ words) Anna Nicholson says staying calm in the New Delhi cauldron catapulted her to a memorable World Championship medal. The Brampton para shot put star, 30, followed up last summer's Paris Paralympic bronze with the same colour medal on the world stage....

3+ mon, 3+ week ago   (216+ words) Nathan Maguire kept his hopes of climbing onto the World Championship podium alive by booking his place in the T54 1500m final in New Delhi. The Cheshire wheelchair racer, 28, narrowly missed out on a medal over 400m on Tuesday but has a chance…...

4+ mon, 1+ week ago   (263+ words) Olympic swimming medallist Ben Proud has become the first British athlete to join the Enhanced Games, an event which allows athletes to take performance-enhancing drugs. The 30-year-old, who won silver in the 50 metres freestyle in Paris last summer, does not…...

4+ mon, 2+ week ago   (196+ words) AN INQUEST has opened into the death of a man who was found unresponsive in San Diego." Richard Middleton, assistant coroner for Dorset, formally opened the inquest into the death of 39-year-old Luke William Amos at Bournemouth town hall on…...