A COUPLE from Bournemouth have survived a terrifying hurricane which passed over their new home in Bermuda. On Friday the Echo told how Dr David Harries and wife Margarita were preparing for Hurricane Fabian by trying to secure their home on the outskirts
FREAK lightning strikes are thought to have caused two separate house fires in Dorset on Sunday. The first incident occurred at 3pm when fire crews were called to a detached house in Shore Road in Sandbanks. Firefighters using breathing apparatus dealt
FEARS for missing schoolgirl Asata Budd remain after her family's attempts to find her in Essex failed. It is a week since the 13-year-old from Bournemouth disappeared whilst staying with family in Essex and the Metropolitan Police are continuing with
JPMORGAN is to move 100 jobs from London to Bournemouth. The jobs are in institutional trust services (ITS), which already accounts for 65 staff at the 4,000-strong Chaseside complex. ITS provides transaction services for more than $3.5 trillion dollars
DORSET'S Shaun Webster moved up three places in the order of merit standings after finishing joint 26th in the Omega European Masters at Crans-sur-Sieere, Switzerland on Sunday. Webster, who needs to finish in the top 115 in the rankings to keep his Tour
GREAT weather resulted in the 2003 Poole Audi Hex-treme six-discipline event being hailed a roaring success. Twice reigning men's champion Richard Vail had to settle for second place after he was beaten by Colin Dixon in the contest featuring six tough
TWO young burglars whose actions led to a house burning down killing a family's pet dog have been put behind bars by a judge at Bournemouth Crown Court. Nathan Creech, 21, of Hercules Road in Poole and Shaun Crago, 17, of no fixed abode, had pleaded guilty
BOURNEMOUTH Poppies manager Keith Williams heaped huge praise on his depleted squad, as they progressed to the next round of the FA Vase with a 2-1 win in a tricky trip to Bridgewater, writes Andy Starmore. And Williams paid a particular compliment to
POOLE TOWN are not used to walking off the pitch defeated these days, so following their dramatic 4-0 FA Vase exit against Willand Rovers, manager Paul Morrell put it down to "a bad day at the office." Prior to kick off the Dolphins had netted 23 goals
IT WAS meant to be the Millennium Mark II. A sea of red and black banners and flags to welcome the Sky Sports cameras to Dean Court and replicate the last time Cherries wowed the nation's armchair fans with their stylish brand of free-flowing football
COWES SPORTS RES 1 WEYMOUTH RES 1 WEYMOUTH Reserves collected their first point of the season with a hard-earned draw against Cowes Sports at Westwood Park. But despite being pleased to see his side's Wessex Combination campaign off and running, boss
DORCHESTER RES 0 WESTLANDS SPORTS 0 THE departure of Aaron Turner to Salisbury looks to have left Magpies reserve team boss Phil Simkin with a goalscoring headache. "We never looked like losing - in fact I can't remember them having a decent shot all
BOURNEMOUTH SPORTS 1 DORCHESTER UNITED 1 UNITED'S Stuart Kemp headed the spectacular second half own goal that denied his side their first away win in the Dorset Premier League. Kemp tried to backhead to goalkeeper Dan Claxton who was moving off his line
WELTON ROVERS 1 BRIDPORT 3 TWO goals from teenager Warren White helped Bridport to a convincing victory over Welton Rovers at a windy West Clewes. And it's a result that sends Pete Conning's buzzing Bees up to third place in the Screwfix Direct Premier
WEYMOUTH 2 MERTHYR TYDFIL 2 WEYMOUTH flattered to deceive again when they tossed away another two goal lead with a poor second half performance at the Wessex Stadium. The confidence and composure of the first 45 was replaced by ineptitude and indecision
WHEN hormone replacement therapy first became widely available it was hoped it would not only relieve symptoms of the menopause such as mood swings and hot flushes, but also reduce the risk of disease. Former EastEnders actress Carol Harrison (Tiffany's
CAMPAIGNERS have launched an appeal to fund the next phase of a specialist play area in East Dorset. The project, at the King George V Playing Fields in Ferndown, is aimed at creating a play area for disabled and abled bodied youngsters to play alongside
The crash happened just yards away from where a 42-year-old motorcyclist died when he was in collision with a car earlier this summer. Borough and county councillor Les Ames, who lives near the crash site and went to the scene to help yesterday, told
The crash happened just yards away from where a 42-year-old motorcyclist died when he was in collision with a car earlier this summer. Borough and county councillor Les Ames, who lives near the crash site and went to the scene to help yesterday, told
A NEW campaign is being launched to prevent elderly people falling prey to conmen. Pensioners and vulnerable people in Dorchester have suffered a series of thefts over the past year. And now a series of events are being held in the county town to help
AS VILLAGE youngsters started going back to school this week, work has finally begun on a package of road safety measures in the centre of Bransgore. The £20,000 scheme, including warning lights, pinchpoint crossing places and coloured road surfaces,
CROWDS turned out to see two processions as Blandford mounted its carnival. Saturday's event saw a children's fancy dress parade in the afternoon followed by an evening procession with illuminated floats and marching bands. Carnival committee chairman
HISTORIANS in Blandford want to move the headstone of a top-of-the-bill English music hall artist for a new exhibition into his life. Sam Cowell, who died in the town in 1864, was once the toast of English-speaking people the world over and is believed
A SUNDAY afternoon brass band concert in Bournemouth's Lower Gardens struck a particular chord with one member of the audience. There to see and hear the visiting Grimsdyke Brass Band from Harrow in Middlesex was its founder musical director, Harry White
THE 11th Swanage Folk Festival left summer season worshippers begging for more with a weekend of music and dance. Nearly 10,000 people descended on the Purbeck town from Friday to Sunday, lured by the 46 dance acts and over 20 bands from across the country
THE route which Poole's second lifting bridge may take goes before councillors for approval on Tuesday (Sept 9). Adopting a preferred route is a big step on the way to securing all the necessary permissions and £14.1 million of government funding. From
HE was a sports enthusiast who lived for the day but a brave teacher finally lost his battle for life. Despite his determination to beat an incurable throat cancer 34-year-old "adrenaline junkie" Niall Andrews from Poole has died just weeks after becoming
WHITCHURCH United will be glad to see the back of Fawcetts Field for another season, after they suffered a massive 7-0 defeat against Lymington and New Milton, writes Andy Starmore. The Linnets recorded a whopping 10-0 win over Whitchurch last season,
BASHLEY will not be rushed into appointing a successor to departed manager Barry Blankley. On the evidence of Saturday's handsome victory, they are doing just fine under the temporary charge of former player Ricky Haysom, who returned to the club in the
ALEX PIKE'S love affair with the FA Vase continued on Saturday, as he watched his new club Hamworthy United produce an excellent performance to run out 4-1 winners at Saltash. The long trip to Cornwall was made easier with the players and club officials
VERWOOD Town drew 3-3 with Fleetlands in Hampshire Division One. Guy Mansfield and Robbie Cook put Terry Richens' side 2-0, before the visitors squared the match just before half-time at 2-2, writes Andy Starmore. Mansfield grabbed his second shortly
THE last time Wimborne Town beat Chard in the FA Vase, Right Said Fred were top of the charts with Deeply Dippy, Dr Devious won the Epsom Derby, and Nick Faldo won his third British Open at Muirfield... Oh, and Wimborne Town went all the way in the Vase
CLEVEDON UNITED 2 PORTLAND UNITED 6 (at Grove Corner) PORTLAND United cruised into the second qualifying round of the FA Vase by hitting Clevedon United for six at Grove Corner. However, the Blues' success was soured by the late dismissal of goalkeeper
WORCESTER CITY 1 DORCHESTER 0 SUPER sub Stewart Hadley popped up with a last-gasp winner to send Dorchester Town home empty-handed and keep Worcester City on top of the league. The former Kidderminster Harriers striker leapt to head in from six yards
SOME days in football you don't get what you deserve. Dorchester manager Mark Morris said Saturday was most definitely one of them. The Dr Martens Premier Division new boys were just seconds away from earning a terrific goal-less draw away to top of the
A SHELL-SHOCKED Steve Claridge still couldn't believe the Terras had thrown away another two home points when he finally emerged from the locked dressing room 45 minutes after the final whistle in Saturday's 2-2 stalemate with Merthyr Tydfil. "I don't
AFTER two rounds in the relative GP wilderness Tony Rickardsson bounced back to something like his best to regain the overall lead in this years series which, with seven of the nine rounds completed is excruciatingly tight at the top after the Czech Republic
IN A MOVE unprecedented in the sport's seventy five-year history, the Poole Meridian Lifts Pirates speedway team will find themselves in the unenviable position on Monday 15 September, of having to race two vital matches, at the same time, in two different
ENDURANCE athletes had a tough start to Dorset's massive three-day-long Enduroman event. Eleven hardy swimmers took to the waters off West Bay beach at 8am yesterday, starting their 17-mile swim along Chesil Beach to Portland. Four hours and four retirements
THE position of mayor has existed in Weymouth for almost 500 years. He or she is the civic head of the town and the position is usually bestowed on people who have served on the council for a lengthy period. But with the council facing a cash crisis the
LOVE was in the air at the Dorchester Show as a knight in shining armour won the heart of his fair maiden. Romantic Sam Wait surprised long-term girlfriend Josie Hart by donning full chain-mail and climbing on to a racehorse, before reading out a poetic
ART work dedicated to the memory of a young doctor has been unveiled. Dr Emma Chambers died when her car was in a four-vehicle crash on the A354 near Puddletown last October. But now family and friends of the Dorset County Hospital doctor have joined
COUNCIL chiefs have finalised a deal over the future of one of the last remaining develop-ment sites along Weymouth harbourside where luxury flats have been built. Councillors met behind closed doors to discuss confidential land issues and financial arrange-ments
A SEARCH for oil in the heart of rural Dorset has been given the green light by county planners. Egdon Resources has been granted permission to drill for oil on land on the edge of Oakers Wood at Waddock Cross, between Affpuddle and Moreton - a site of
DESPITE the strenuous efforts of dozens of athletes over three days, the Enduroman Challenge itself emerged the winner. Adverse weather conditions meant none of the 50 entrants managed to complete the first day's 17-mile swim in daylight hours. One woman
Calverthorpe, Valley Lane, Thorney Hill, Bransgore; 79242, single-storey rear extension; Tara Collins, Holt Green House, Holt Nr Wimborne (for: Mr & Mrs Williams). St Anton, 10 Poplar Close, Bransgore; 79263, rear conservatory; Mr & Mrs Gerwat
PROPOSALS for a long-awaited new skatepark facility for youngsters in the Fordingbridge area have taken a huge leap forward thanks to a district council windfall. New Forest cabinet members agreed to donate £40,000 towards the project at the town's Recreation
CHAMPAGNE man Karl Broadhurst admitted Cherries' lunch date with Sky TV proved difficult to digest despite Sean O'Driscoll's side keeping their unbeaten home record intact against Bristol City. With kick-off switched to 12.05pm to accommodate the television
NEW KID on the block George Buckingham has taken Mudeford from fishing nets to internet by launching his own village website. Highcliffe School student George, 14, who moved to Mudeford from London barely a year ago, designed the website as a way of finding
NO PRIZES for guessing what I've been reading all this week. Never mind a book, the life of David Beckham has all the makings of a fantastic opera. Handsome, talented, hero Dave, who only wants to play footie for Manchester United, finds out that his
HERE'S a general knowledge question to get the old grey cells going. Which invention was dreamed up by an asthmatic janitor and comprised a tin soap box, a fan, a sateen pillow case and a broom handle? If you said the Hoover vacuum cleaner, give yourself
