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  • Police call for help to find boy, 13

    Police are appealing for help to find a 13-year-old Albanian boy who went missing from foster care in Christchurch last week. The boy, who is thought to be called Elson Gjano, was found stowed away on the back of a lorry at Poole ferry terminal on Monday

  • Child abuse uncovered

    FORGET the traditional media image of bumbling solicitors bungling cases and losing all their files. When it comes to paedophiles the Crown Prosecution Service - responsible for deciding which cases to steer through the criminal justice system - is a

  • History comes alive

    GREAT events from history was the theme of this year's Lymington Carnival, but some of these were a little obscure. Carnival queen Heidi Gutteridge was a picture of loveliness surrounded by her attendants including carnival princess Abbie Freeman and

  • Manager is taking the heat off Tony

    PIRATES boss Neil Middleditch has scotched terrace speculation that Tony Rickardsson had pulled out of the final race against Eastbourne because of GP-itus. A great many people in the 3,500 crowd at Wimborne Road last Wednesday were surprised when the

  • A fond farewell

    A teacher whose career at a Weymouth school began as the Queen celebrated her Silver Jubilee has retired in the year of her Golden Jubilee. Michael Miles, 55, from Preston, Weymouth, was a volunteer teacher in India before going on to work at schools

  • Dedicated Nicola is named top fundraiser

    DEDICATED Nicola How-kins is celebrating today after winning the National Fundraiser of the Year title for her efforts in aid of the Dorset and Somerset air ambulance. Mrs Howkins, 45, was honoured with the accolade in front of 1,200 guests in a ceremony

  • Mayor in keys ceremony

    THE traditional annual Ceremony of the Keys, based on the daily ritual of the keys at the Tower of London, was held at Portland Castle. The event, which has been running since 1978 and is organised by Portland Town Council, took place in the courtyard

  • Sale of former MoD homes welcomed

    EIGHTY-TWO former army homes at Bovington are to go on the market in late September in what is set to be a multi-million pound sale. The properties in Andover Green will come on the market on September 27. There will be a further 30 houses to be sold

  • Chesil colony of little terns is under threat

    A COLONY of little terns which has been nesting at Chesil Bank for more than 60 years could be under threat after the third bad year for hatchlings. Less than 10 of the rare chicks are thought to have survived out of around 65 pairs of nesting birds,

  • Matthew setting sail to stardom

    WEYMOUTH'S own pop idol, Matthew Barrow, is embarking on a showbiz career on a cruise liner in Hawaii. Talented Matthew, 20, beat thousands of other hopefuls in auditions held in England, France, Russia and America to land the job of principal singer

  • City boys hold 'poor' Cherries

    CHERRIES boss Sean O'Driscoll is hoping his players learned a "salutary lesson" after their 100 per cent winning record in pre-season came to a sorry end last night. O'Driscoll's side, who had hit 16 goals in their three previous warm-up games, were held

  • 'Cherries a fair bet for promotion'

    THE Press Association has tipped AFC Bournemouth as the best bet to bounce back to Division Two from last season's relegated clubs. The leading national sports agency believes Sean O'Driscoll's Cherries can mount a serious challenge despite the loss of

  • Unions furious at Newell letter

    UNIONS are threatening to step up next month's local government strike in Bournemouth because of "inflammatory" comments made by the borough's chief executive. Several key local services were exempted from last week's national council strike thanks to

  • MORRIS L;OOKS TO SETTLE HIS LINE-UP

    DORCHESTER get an uncomfortable reminder of last season's shock FA Cup exit against Bournemouth Poppies when they take on Wimborne Town in their second pre-season friendly at Cuthbury tonight, kick-off 7.45. Dorset's other Magpies, managed by former Dorchester

  • O'DRISCOLL; "I'VE NO COMPLAINTS"

    CHERRIES boss Sean O'Driscoll has moved quickly to diffuse the row over derogatory comments he was reported to have made about Dorchester's Avenue Stadium pitch. In a weekly newspaper story it was claimed that O'Driscoll, whose side ground-shared at Dorchester

  • Families furious as school bus route is changed

    A WEYMOUTH cancer sufferer whose son cheated death in a road accident has attacked a decision to change a main school bus route. Sandra Scott, who is in remission from non-Hodgkinson's lymphoma, is outraged that the board of governors at St John's Primary

  • You've all been so magnificent

    EFFORTS to save the Portland Coastguard helicopter have snowballed into a county-wide campaign since the Echo first outlined its plight in April. Politicians, councillors, coastguard workers, traders, sailors, boat owners, swimmers and divers have all

  • Anyone seen our ghoulie?

    TWELVE very nervous boys hoped nothing went bump in the night during a sponsored ghost watch at Weymouth's historic Nothe Fort. At the time it seemed like a great way for members of Weymouth Youth Under-13 FC to raise money so they could equip themselves

  • What a knockout!

    WATER, foam and sand was the order of the day when 180 people took part in the sixth annual charity It's a Knockout fundraiser on Weymouth beach. The popular yearly event raised around £10,000 for the Royal National Institute for the Blind (RNIB), which

  • Cancer charity's fundraisers plea

    FUNDRAISING volunteers are needed to help raise cash for a new cancer charity. In February this year two charities, the Cancer Research Campaign and Imperial Cancer Research, joined forces to become Cancer Research UK. The chairman for the committee which

  • UK dearest on new cars

    BRITAIN remains the most expensive place in the European Union to buy cars - costing up to 63 per cent more, new data reveals. Forty of the models investigated by the European Commission cost between 3.5 per cent and 63 per cent more in the UK. Average

  • Firms take off

    DORSET-BASED aerospace groups Cobham and Meggitt are again targeting the world's biggest aircraft manufacturers on day two of Farnborough International 2002. Meggitt has been in bullish mood, bucking analysts' fears of a low-key Farnborough muted by overcapacity

  • Cliff branches out into taxation institute post

    Cliff Jacobs, a director with Tenon Financial Services, has been appointed as chairman of the Hampshire branch of the Chartered Institute of Taxation. The branch aims to bring fellow tax professionals together by holding regular meetings (bi-monthly at