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Angry online reader comments set the news agenda
Reaction from politicians prompts follow-up after ‘misinformed’ opinions are posted on Echo website
First run sells out for Echo celebration of the local coastline
Book from the Bournemouth Daily Echo and Dorset Echo proved so popular it sold out in days
South coast editor becomes honorary Doctor of Letters
Neal Butterworth is honoured by Bournemouth University
Argus scoops five at EDF Energy media awards
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Editor receives Fellow award in recognition of paper's fundraising feat
Honour for Neal after readers raise £6m for good causes
Echo 'legend' retires after 30 years
South coast staff say farewell to executive editor Peter
Editor's job will go to highest bidder
The Daily Echo in Bournemouth is set to get a new editor – but only for a day! The top job will be up for grabs at a charity auction next month, and editor Neal Butterworth is preparing to step
News staff's hairy ordeal comes to an end
Staff at the Daily Echo in Bournemouth have returned to their silky smooth selves after taking part in hairy challenge which helped raise hundreds of pounds for charity. Twelve staff at the paper’s Richmond Hill headquarters pledged to bin their
Hairy ordeal for Echo staff
Staff at the Daily Echo in Bournemouth are taking part in a particularly hairy ordeal. They have pledged to take part in a razor-sharp charity quest to raise funds for male cancer charity campaignEveryman. Fourteen staff at the Newsquest title
Dailies get sales boost
The recent local elections gave Newsquest’s daily titles a welcome sales boost, according to the regional newspaper publisher. Many of the group’s titles saw healthy year-on-year increases, including the Daily Echo in Bournemouth which saw sales rise 17 per cent
Move to keep investigation in public eye
The Daily Echo is launching a fresh push for leads following the murder of South Korean language student Jong-Ok Shin. It has published a poster of the 26-year-old, who was stabbed to death on the streets in Bournemouth a month
Editor steps in to help feathered friends
The Daily Echo is the toast of the avian world after the editor paid out to replace birds in a popular town attraction that was attacked by vandals. Neal Butterworth responded to the crisis by shelling out for some new
Birthday celebrations boost local charities
Charities in Bournemouth are to receive more than £50,000 thanks to a local paper’s centenary celebrations. The Bournemouth Daily Echo launched the Pot of Gold Appeal a year ago to mark its 100th birthday. The launch took place at Bournemouth
Dorset reporters in head-to-head battle
Page 1 of 2 A date with a Dalek, a 130ft abseil and a modelling debut – it’s clear that the girls from the Poole district office of the Daily Echo, Bournemouth, will do anything to get in the paper.
End-of-the-pier show
There’s an end-of-the-pier show with a difference going on in Bournmouth – with people flocking to an exhibition that marks 100 years of the Daily Echo. Readers and holiday makers can see aspects of life over the last century as