WOMEN in Dorset with advanced breast cancer have a higher chance of receiving new treatment than sufferers in other parts of the UK, a new survey has shown. Sixty-one per cent of cancer patients in the South West have access to Herceptin, a drug recommended
IT TOOK four months before police decided they had a case against Khair. It was clear that Ryan Franklin-Khair had suffered dreadful injuries in the early hours of May 27 2002 which eventually led to his death two days later. But it wasn't clear if the
ONE of Dorset's Tory MPs has already cast his vote as his party considers whether to dump its leader. Bournemouth West MP John Butterfill voted by proxy yesterday to keep Iain Duncan Smith in post. The party should announce at 7pm today whether Mr Duncan
Max Bygraves Farewell Concert, Pavilion Theatre, Bournemouth HE took a final bow, blew the audience a kiss and in a remarkably unsentimental end to a career that has lasted nearly 60 years, walked proudly into the wings. With rapturous applause ringing
A SOLDIER has been found guilty of killing his baby son. And following the manslaughter verdict, the baby's mother spoke to the Echo of her 18 months of hell. Lance Corporal Lee Khair, 22, who had been in sole charge of two-year-old Ryan on May 27 last
VANDALS who blew up a post box with a firework have been warned they could be jailed for as long as six months. The penalty exists for interfering with the mail and police have stressed it could be put into effect if the offenders are caught. Detectives
Dorset 2 Devon 0 TWO well-taken goals from Allendale's David Perry in the last 20 minutes gave Dorset their first South West Counties Championship win of the season at Dorchester's Avenue Stadium last night. Perry rammed home a first-time finish in the
NEW Dorset signing Owen Parkin admits that giving up professional cricket was one of the hardest decisions he's had to make in his life. But the former Bournemouth Grammar School pupil says he is excited about the prospect of returning to Dean Park next
WEYMOUTH have failed in their bid to sign giant Tiverton Town defender Nathan Rudge. The Terras had hoped the 6ft 4in centre-half would join the Wessex Stadium ranks after making an approach to their Dr Martens Premier Division rivals last week. Steve
CRAIG Boyce has set his sights on rewriting the Pirates history books for the second time in five years. The evergreen Australian became Poole's all-time league and cup points scorer in 1998 when he passed Steve Schofield's previous best total. And he
WIMBORNE has become the first parish in Dorset to declare itself a fair trade zone. The Minster has been accredited by the Fair Trade Foundation for committing itself to buying only goods whose producers have received a decent price and whose workers
A MOTHER today told of how her daughter was raped in a churchyard after her drink was spiked. She told how her daughter suffered from the attack, had to face an agonising wait for the results of Aids tests and then watched the man responsible for the
A MAGICAL show has been promised for Weymouth and Portland's Christmas pantomime this year. The Pavilion has bagged prize actors Frankie Fitzgerald from Eastenders and John Forgeham from ITV's Footballers' Wives to star in the eastern extravaganza Aladdin
THE racing community today hit back at calls to ban National Hunt events. Animal rights campaigners yesterday called for an outright ban on jump racing amid claims the effects of the drought are potentially fatal to horses. The National Hunt season began
WEST Dorset MP Oliver Letwin today refused to say who he would back in a leadership battle if Tory leader Iain Duncan Smith is ousted. The Shadow Home Secretary said he was still backing Mr Duncan Smith but refused to be drawn on the embattled leader's
WE ALL BENEFIT FROM THE TOURISTS HOW I agree with Jenny Reeve's letter 'Town should be grateful for tourists' (October 27). I was very disappointed when I read, on the same day, Irene Holtham's letter from the Midlands, headed 'Keep your beach, I'll stay
A DORCHESTER councillor today called for a 'joined up' approach to dealing with the town's mounting traffic problem. The call came as members of Dorset County Council's audit and scrutiny committee examined why it was taking so long to put together a
THE Dorset Scrapstore threw open its doors for the day. Members and non-members of the Puddletown-based scrapstore were invited to harvest arts and crafts materials at the open day, which aimed to show what the scheme had to offer Development officer
A RARE species of native crayfish in Dorset is under threat of extinction from a foreign invader. The county's very own white-clawed crayfish are being wiped out by a larger American species called the American Signal. Officials from the Environment Agency
Thursday 30 October: eden + Mission Impossible - Green Room, Portman Hotel; Rubber Soul: Games for May + Substance + Sixteen Hungry Pigs + DJ Vampira & Igor - Bartonka; Jazz in Mind - Longs of Lymington; Fevertree + Medicine Man - Mr Kyps; Torn Apart
ANIMAL refuge workers have appealed for help in a final push to build a shelter for abandoned pets in Dorchester. The West Dorset branch of the RSPCA is close to starting work on the Taylor's Re-homing Centre at Kingston Maurward, after a four-year campaign
TICKLE your tastebuds at a sizzling sausage spectacular this weekend. A wide variety of sausages made in Dorset will be available at the Brownsword Hall in Poundbury on Saturday between 9am and 1pm. The Dorset Farmers' Market event will also see a percentage
A CLERGYMAN hit out at trick or treaters when he warned against the perils of Hallowe'en. The Rev Christopher Briggs, Superintendent Minister of the Portland Methodist Circuit, told of the roots of the tradition in superstition and paganism before youngsters
PUBLIC confidence in the police is slipping away and one of the reasons is the "management speak" of chief constables and the way central government controls the police service. That is the view of Hampshire Police Authority chairman Simon Hayes, who
IT TOOK four months before police decided they had a case against Khair. It was clear that Ryan Franklin-Khair had suffered dreadful injuries in the early hours of May 27 2002 which eventually led to his death two days later. But it wasn't clear if the
NORTH Dorset MP Robert Walter has secured a Parliamentary debate for 4pm this afternoon (Oct 29) on the subject of wind farms in the county. Two energy companies are submitting planning applications for giant turbines in the Tory member's constituency
CHERRIES boss Sean O'Driscoll will today (Oct 29) complete the signing of former Dean Court loan star Lewis Buxton from Portsmouth. Buxton will pen a one-month loan deal and will go straight into the Cherries squad for the trip to Tranmere on Saturday
THE fact that the clocks went back last weekend should, theoretically, have given us an extra hour of leisure time. In reality, I'll bet most of us spent that extra hour puzzling over how to reset the clock on the video recorder. If, like me, you're a
A HIGHWAYMAN, a woman in black and spirit children are just some of the spooks I hoped to meet at the Crown Hotel in Blandford. I joined an all-night vigil with a group of ghost enthusiasts at the hotel, reputedly home to several spirits which have driven
WOMEN in Dorset with advanced breast cancer have a higher chance of receiving new treatment than sufferers in other parts of the UK, a new survey has shown. Sixty-one per cent of cancer patients in the South West have access to Herceptin, a drug recommended
FORMER Army major Charles Ingram has been convicted of insurance fraud by a jury at Bournemouth Crown Court. Ingram was yesterday (Oct 28) found guilty on two counts of deception. The 40-year-old, of High Street, Easterton, Wiltshire, was cleared of a
A GRIEVING mother has spoken out about her son's heroin addiction in a bid to save other families similar heartbreak. Pamela House has lost her only child David O'Leary who died of a heroin overdose aged 25. It was a day she had always dreaded since discovering
A HIGHWAYMAN, a woman in black and spirit children are just some of the spooks I hoped to meet at the Crown Hotel in Blandford. I joined an all-night vigil with a group of ghost enthusiasts at the hotel, reputedly home to several spirits which have driven
AS England's rugby giants struggled to overcome the challenge of minnows Samoa, Swanage and Wareham showed them how to do it with a demolition job on lowly High Wycombe. The Powergen South West Two East leaders never looked likely to sacrifice their 100
BRITAIN'S leading under-20 1500m runner Colin McCourt came within a whisker of claiming the age category course record in the first Boscombe 5km race series event of the winter. The Bournemouth AC teenager put on a classy solo effort as he broke away
DORCHESTER blooded their second 14-year-old lead at Ryman Denny Cup level in their 110-58 canter against St Andrews. Following the successful debut of Nick Voss in the first round against Victoria, Steven Huttley made his cup bow and showed he had no
COMPANIES in the South are on average 11 per cent less productive than their German counterparts because of poor literacy and numeracy among their staff. British businesses employ "some of the most highly skilled people in the world but we also lag behind
A SIX-YEAR-OLD boy was airlifted to safety after getting stuck 150ft up a cliff. Coastguards said the boy had been throwing stones at the cliff near Charmouth before climbing up it. Passers-by who saw the boy on the cliff called Lyme Regis coastguards
MORE than 2,000 children are being driven to school without seat belts every day in Dorset. Road safety officers today warned that a minority of parents were putting pupils at risk by snubbing advice to check that seat belts were on during the twice-daily
HOUSEHOLDERS across West Dorset are being urged to back a crusade to axe council tax by attending a public meeting this Thursday. And campaigners hope the meeting will give all those opposed to rising tax bills a chance to vent their feelings. The Chesil
WORKERS at the Dorset County Hospital have been given a 20-page questionnaire about stress in the workplace. Experts from Exeter University drew up the survey for the West Dorset General Hospitals NHS Trust after it was told to formulate a stress action
NEARLY 45 years after his untimely death in a plane crash the fans of American rock 'n' roll legend Buddy Holly continue to rave on. And in typical style Holly devotee David Loughran was happy to give a special boost to ticket sales for the hit musical
HARD work to turn Weymouth's Lorton Meadows into an open-access nature reserve has finally paid off. Dorset Wildlife Trust has been working with young people from across the county to transform the site off Lorton Lane at Broadwey. To celebrate a Friends
A GOVERNMENT inspector has decided that a footpath in West Bay which is missing from the definitive map should be put back on to it. Peter Millman heard evidence at a public inquiry in September that the footpath supposed to run through the garden of
A HIGHER percentage of people are claiming benefits in Weymouth and Portland than anywhere else in Dorset. New research for 2003 published by the Dorset Poverty Mapping Group shows 12.9 per cent of Weymouth and Portland residents are receiving council
MOUTH-WATERING munchies from around the county were introduced to new palates as people discovered delicious Dorset. Food, glorious food was on the menu for Dorset Food Week celebrations in Dorchester yesterday as local producers showcased their wares
THIEVES have stolen a gazebo used to protect buggies used by elderly people in Dorchester. The gazebo was put up outside Dorchester Age Concern to protect the motorised buggies used by the centre's clients from rain. Now bosses at the much used centre
PORTLAND is to get its very own rapid response paramedic service. Dorset Ambulance is starting a three-month trial for two medics and a 4x4 vehicle based at the minor injuries unit at Fortuneswell. It is thought the service - which starts on November
A SOLDIER has been found guilty of killing his baby son. And following the manslaughter verdict, the baby's mother spoke to the Echo of her 18 months of hell. Lance Corporal Lee Khair, 22, who had been in sole charge of two-year-old Ryan on May 27 last
SWANS Yard Craft Centre in Shaftesbury will soon present a new look to the world. The second phase of the development will begin as a new archway entrance - complete with a full-size replica swan in full flight created by local craftsmen - is erected.
