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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