A FORMER Bournemouth taxi driver has been jailed for nine years with hard labour for abusing orphaned children. Pervert David Allen was convicted in Ethiopia of abusing young boys in his care at a charity refuge centre. The 62-year-old, previously known
THINGS have come up rosy for towns across the region with Poole, Wimborne, and Swanage scooping Southern England in Bloom awards. The biggest gongs went to Poole and Wimborne, named best "city" and best "small town" respectively. Not to be outdone, Swanage
A warning has been issued after a third arson attack on Turbary Common in Wallisdown in as many days. Yesterday firefighters battled in the sweltering heat after a blaze broke out at the site. Flames soared above the dry gorse and undergrowth and at one
THINGS have come up rosy for towns across the region with Poole, Wimborne, and Swanage scooping Southern England in Bloom awards. The biggest gongs went to Poole and Wimborne, named best "city" and best "small town" respectively. Not to be outdone, Swanage
Let me get this right. A writer spends 20 years talking to a cranky old bird before she passes on. She tells him how she refused to marry millionaire Howard Hughes, spent a decade teamed up with lover-boy Spencer Tracy and once went up an African river
Let me get this right. Wiseguy mercenary knight Lance is languishing in the Badlands until a buffoon asks him if he's hard enough. The fight leads to a quest to recover an enchanted crown from a lake of terror. This one's an illustrated children's fantasy
Thriller writer Patterson patters on into the realm of fantasy with a follow-up to the acclaimed When the Wind Blows. Let me get this right. Six siblings living normal lives are really flying half-children, rescued from evil by a vet and an FBI agent.
THINGS have come up rosy for towns across the region with Poole, Wimborne, and Swanage scooping Southern England in Bloom awards. The biggest gongs went to Poole and Wimborne, named best "city" and best "small town" respectively. Not to be outdone, Swanage
A MAN has been arrested by police investigating the murder of Poole masseuse Angela Chiu. Exactly a week after her body was discovered in her millionaire home in Canford Cliffs detectives revealed they were holding a man in his 30s in connection with
THINGS have come up rosy for towns across the region with Poole, Wimborne, and Swanage scooping Southern England in Bloom awards. The biggest gongs went to Poole and Wimborne, named best "city" and best "small town" respectively. Not to be outdone, Swanage
CHICKERELL Carnival procession has been scrapped because of soaring insurance costs. Organisers of Weymouth's procession warned today that this year's parade could be the last in its current form after insurance costs increased from £1,500 last year to
PEACE has been restored to a quiet Dorset village after bosses at the local pub dropped controversial plans to stage strip shows and lap dancing events. Len Lewis and Elizabeth Jayne, landlord and landlady of the Royal Oak in Bere Regis unexpectedly dropped
NEIGHBOURS of a Dorchester family branded as troublemakers have today spelt out their concerns. Residents of Windsor Road defended their reasons for making complaints that left the O'Leary family facing an anti-social behaviour order being served on them
A TRADER is boycotting Dorchester Show after being told he will not able to cook on his stall. John Pepper, 36, who has been visiting the show for 20 years since starting with his mother-in-law's company as a YTS trainee, says it is not worth paying £300
A BUDDING singer arrived at a talent show in the nick of time because of speed restrictions on trains - and scooped second prize. It took Jamie-Louise Lamb, 16, and her mother almost three hours - over double the normal time - to reach Weymouth from their
AS a rule, I don't like causing a fuss in shops, but driving back to the superstore I was able to work myself into quite a paddy, ready to give them a right going-over. The more I thought about it, the crosser I got. Two hundred quid for a bike, I haven't
OMAR Benguit may be tried again for the murder of language student Jong-Ok Shin. Jurors were discharged yesterday when, after 21 hours and 41 minutes of deliberations, they were unable to decide if it was he who stabbed her three times in the back. They
Dorset adventurer Bear Grylls has encountered mountainous waves and freezing conditions since setting out on his TransAtlantic Challenge. The 29-year-old and his team of four have been battered by 20ft waves and soaked for hours in icy conditions after
FIFTY years on from the Korean War, former nursing officer Tessa Lawless remembers her part in the conflict - and her visit to Hiroshima. Tessa, Bournemouth-born and educated, lives in Queens Park and has four children and three grandchildren. She was
A LATE goal from Port Vale substitute Adrian Littlejohn, after James Hayter had shot Bournemouth back on level terms, spoiled Cherries return to Division 2. Cherries made a bright start with Stephen Purches hitting a right-foot shot which was saved by
STORYTELLER David James is collecting memories for his one-man travelling show about the history of Dorset. The former Wey Valley School teacher from Weymouth is taking his unique brand of performance art on the road to keep tales of yesteryear alive.
DISABLED swimmers and patients undergoing rehabilitation after injury and orthopaedic surgery have been buoyed by news that, after months of uncertainty, the hydrotherapy pool at Christchurch hospital is to remain open. Fears were first floated in April
A MAN has been arrested by police investigating the murder of Poole masseuse Angela Chiu. Exactly a week after her body was discovered in her millionaire home in Canford Cliffs detectives revealed they were holding a man in his 30s in connection with
THE aviary in Bournemouth's gardens has been given a two-week stay of execution in a bid to see whether a private sponsor will rescue it. The Daily Echo yesterday handed over 260 objections from readers who want the attraction saved. The public backlash
Let me get this right. Shift-working gods run the island of Dhrall. But dark lord Vlagh, who inhabits wastelands breeding a foul swarm, plans to take over, wiping out humans in the process. But one Baldrick-like god has a cunning plan and awakens four
WATERSPORTS fan Chris Bishop is furious after thieves stole his £7,500 jet-ski. Chris, 35, said the machine was his pride and joy and he is desperate to see it returned. He suspects the jet-ski may have been stolen to order because of the way it was lifted
A LATE goal from Port Vale substitute Adrian Littlejohn, after James Hayter had shot Bournemouth back on level terms, spoiled Cherries return to Division 2. Cherries made a bright start with Stephen Purches hitting a right-foot shot which was saved by
