DON'T let bogus callers or high-pressure salespeople into your home. Police were out on the streets of Broadstone passing on advice to householders, particularly the elderly, on how to avoid becoming victims. They spoke to shoppers at the post office
DORSET Combination Holt were finally knocked out of the Dorset Senior Cup but were far from disgraced in a semi-final 3-0 exit against Dr Martens Eastern Division Dorchester Town at Wimborne Town's Cuthbury ground. Martin Sullivan put the Magpies in front
WADE Elliott suffered penalty heartache when Cherries grabbed an against all odds share of the spoils at the Madejski Stadium last night. Elliott missed a potentially crucial spot-kick in the dying seconds after Cherries had come from behind to take the
SWANAGE and Wareham look set to take part in the inaugural South-West One relegation play-offs after a crushing 50-3 home reverse against fellow strugglers Maidenhead. There is strong talk coming out of the Dorchester camp that only one team will be definitely
OAKMEADIANS have celebrated county success in the first season they have fielded an under-12 mini rugby side. The Meyrick Park youngsters defeated Dorchester 10-0 in the final of the Dorset Shield at Sherborne. Oaks, whose team comprised boys and one
A POLICEMAN told today how his car was rammed twice during a 90mph chase through Weymouth. PC Mike Green was taken to Dorset County Hospital with suspected whiplash injuries after pursuing a group of suspected car thieves. A woman in the stolen car was
A SERIES of vandalism attacks have hit homes and business in Weymouth and Portland. Yobs smashed a window at the Cutting Green hairdressers in Gloucester Street, Weymouth in the early hours of today. The vandals struck at around 4am. Elsewhere, an object
TENNIS courts in Dorchester are set for a £10,000 overhaul - three years after they should have been resurfaced. The two southernmost courts in the Borough Gardens were built 13 years ago with a predicted life span of eight to 10 years. At a meeting of
DORCHESTER charities are celebrating a bumper windfall after more than £100,000 was handed out in grant aid. The South West Foundation has awarded its first major round of grants, with £27,000 going to Dorchester Poverty Action Group and £30,000 to Age
GRANDMOTHER Grace Hollis has become an Old Master at the age of 94. Artistic Grace, who lives at the Dorset Villa residential home in Weymouth, has discovered she has a talent for painting - 80 years after she last put brush to canvas. The gifted granny
PENSIONERS living in the Pound Piece and Courtlands area of Portland are claiming that they have been left stranded because of work being carried out in Reforne by Wessex Water. This means that for approximately the next five weeks buses have to be diverted
DEFIANT Wade Elliott is vowing to pull out all the stops to help Cherries win their battle to avoid the drop after suffering penalty heartbreak at Reading last night. Elliott clipped his last minute spot kick over the crossbar to deny Cherries what would
BOURNEMOUTH'S promoters of tourism could be doing their job a little too well in selling the town as a tourist hot spot. If eyes can be believed, Bournemouth could be this summer's holiday destination not just for out-of-town sunseekers but also those
THE pregnant Bournemouth woman who was impaled on a wooden stake in a horrific car crash has given birth to a healthy baby boy. Astrid Oates, 20, of West Howe, said she and her new- born son Kai, which means "Survivor", are both well. Talking from her
OPERATOR Les Watts today vowed to put passengers first after joining forces with council transport bosses to save bus services in Dorchester. Mr Watts, 51, who runs Coach House Travel, was named as the new provider of town bus services after First Southern
THREE pupils from Royal Manor School on Portland pedalled to success in an advanced cycle training course. The course, held at the school over the weekend, aimed to improve the youngsters' awareness of the hazards they face on the roads. Ian Tett, 14,
SCHOOLCHILDREN have put their creative talents to good use and made some fine scarecrows. The life-size figures, complete with earrings, jewellery, and colourful clothes, were made by pupils aged six and seven years in year two at Wyke Regis Infant School
DORCHESTER nightclub owner Graham French has hit back over claims a 3am licence at Liberty's would increase noise and trouble in the town. He says a proposed chill-out hour at the end of the venue's popular Friday and Saturday nights could decrease late-night
BEDTIME will never be the same again for residents in Colehill who experienced some unusual night-time phenomena last week. Christina Hunt, who recently moved to Cutlers Place, was spooked after she was woken during last Monday's stormy night by her bedside
LYMINGTON & NEW MILTON player manager Graham Kemp all but threw the towel in for the Wessex League title last night as his side lost 2-1 to Fareham at Fawcett's Field. "Realistically I think that was probably our final chance gone," said Kemp. "There's
CHRISTCHURCH had to switch their Wessex League fixture to Portland's ground after they suffered problems with their floodlights, and sadly for Priory the lights went out as they were punished 4-0. Christchurch held league leaders Totton to a 1-1 draw
WEYMOUTH mum Amy Corben is calling for more independent research to be carried out on the effects of the MMR vaccine. Mrs Corben, 30, of Grove Avenue, is convinced the triple vaccine against measles, mumps and rubella made both her sons Christopher, eight
RECORDS were set as Dorchester enjoyed its mildest February for 12 years but the town paid the price with wet and windy weather. Town weatherman John Oliver said frosts were recorded on three nights - the fewest for seven years - with the lowest temperature
NORTH American farmers are visiting Dorset for a crisis summit meeting on the future of the agriculture industry worldwide. Farmers from across the country are expected to attend the meeting, at Kingston Maurward Agricultural College near Dorchester,
FUNNYMAN Lee Evans may have spent most of the past couple of years making films and TV programmes but he says his first love remains stand-up comedy. Which is good news for fans who will be going to see him over the next two nights at Bournemouth's Pavilion
AS AFC Bournemouth gears up for an important weekend of football some of the club's favourite past and present celebrities are getting behind our Let's Keep Them Up campaign. On Tuesday the Daily Echo issued a rallying call to people in the town to help
