Natalie Brckner dons her old school tie and heads for a club night which has been sweeping the country I'M telling on you!" "My dad's bigger than yours." "Give me back my lollipop." "It's not fair, I'm telling." It's like a scene from the school playground
FANCY having Mickey Mouse as one of your work colleagues? Some would say they already do. But with Disneyland Paris looking to recruit thousands of staff over the next few months, there is the chance to work alongside the king of cartoon characters and
Paul Allen's weekly look at the world OUR relentless quest for new and interesting feature articles continues, with the editor coming up with a nice suggestion. "I had an idea," he announced to the newsroom in general the other day. When editors have
BOUNCERS at nightclubs and pubs across Bourne-mouth will need to have additional training if they want to be registered to work in the town, environment licensing bosses have decided. And all licensees in the borough will have to pass specific national
SOMETHING dark came back to life for the Boscombe Arts Festival - Frankenstein. The performance, which starred 15-year-old Robert Burnell as the monster, alongside 14 other young actors, was brought to the festival by the new Expressions Youth Theatre
POOLE has been warned that it is pinning too much hope on a new bridge. A government report says the bridge has become a "mantra" - tantamount to an obsession - and is seen by Poole as a panacea for all the town's ills. The criticism - not only of Poole
FEARS are growing of a potential crime epidemic on Portland when its police station closes at the end of this month. The imminent closure has provoked anxiety among islanders who are worried it could become a paradise for criminals. Portland and west
DORCHESTER pubs giant Eldridge Pope is calling time on its much-loved ales made at the town's Thomas Hardy Brewery, it emerged today. The shock decision by pub bosses to halt the production of three Eldridge Pope-owned brands has come under fire from
CAMPAIGNERS battling to set up a national sailing academy at Portland have been given a £20,000 boost by Dorset County Council. The academy has been given the go-ahead by planners despite fierce differences with neighbours Portland Port who had their
DRUNKEN young yobs and mindless vandals are to come under the spotlight after councillors approved Christchurch's first-ever mobile security cameras. A £166,000 Home Office crime-fighting grant will help the borough council target regular trouble spots
NATIONAL trials of a new drug that is bringing hope to children with previously incurable leukaemia are due to start on Monday, thanks to more than a decade of fund-raising in Dorset and Hampshire. The drug, BU12-SAPORIN, is similar to the one that saved
THE DAILY Echo has stepped in to replace birds killed by heartless vandals at the Bournemouth Lower Gardens Aviary. Editor Neal Butterworth offered to purchase new feathered friends for the remaining residents of the council aviary after hearing of the
THINK of Poole and long stretches of golden sand, a bustling quayside and peaceful Poole Park come to mind. Gangland violence and a controlling local mafia does not. But in Alan Burridge's new book The Message, all that changes. The innocent-looking Ashley
with Borders of Bournemouth 1. Orchid Fever - Eric Hansen 2. Dog Listener - Jan Fennell 3. Great Food Gamble - John Humphrys 4. Close To Shore - Michael Capuzzo 5. Tigers - John Seidensticker 6. Man Who Listens To Horses - Monty Roberts 7. My Family &
Southampton-born Bryan Stock came off the sub bench with seven minutes left to score with a stunning free-kick to give Cherries their first win of the season. Stock came on in place of Feeney in the 83rd minute and, in the last minute, Cherries won a
BUS group First Southern National has been blocked from trying to push up fares on its subsidised routes in Dorset. The company, which has suffered a barrage of criticism for controversial new fares introduced across the network, attempted to jack up
TRADERS have welcomed moves to axe a traffic calming scheme in Dorchester. West Dorset District Council vetoed spending a proposed £50,000 on a scheme to make Maud Road and Clarence Road a 20mph zone. Councillors asked for a report on the matter to be
ON A DAY as bright and beautiful as the one on which so many lost their lives, they came to pay their respects to the victims of the terrorist attack on America. In the minutes before 11am, more than 300 people gathered respectfully around the Millennium
Six Bournemouth workers were seething yesterday after claiming a security company put up a sign and clamped their cars hours after they first parked there. The unhappy employees of advertising companies New Concept Creative, CPA and Aylesworth Fleming
DORSET'S hopes of reaching the lucrative later stages of the Cheltenham and Gloucester Trophy were dashed yesterday when Scotland swept to a comprehensive 10-wicket victory at Boghall, Linlithgow. The damage had already been done before play resumed in
CHRISTCHURCH manager Tony Brown is calling for a radical reform of the non-league rules to cut out lengthy suspensions. The Hurn Bridge boss vented his frustration after club skipper Phil Langdown was handed a 14-day suspension forcing him to miss as
CHRISTCHURCH manager Tony Brown is calling for a radical reform of the non-league rules to cut out lengthy suspensions. The Hurn Bridge boss vented his frustration after club skipper Phil Langdown was handed a 14-day suspension forcing him to miss as
GRIEF united Dorset when the county stood in silent tribute to the thousands of people killed in the US terrorist atrocities. Clock bells chimed out at 11am from churches and town halls and shoppers, workers and holidaymakers alike stopped yesterday to
HORRIFIED Lillian Hetherington received an eye witness account of the World Trade Centre attack from an e-mail friend just hours after it happened. Seventy-seven-year-old Lillian, of Everest Road in Weymouth, was left in shock after she was sent a first-hand
CASH is starting to pour in for a special Weymouth and Portland fund to help victims and families of the New York atrocity. It has been a poignant time for former Weymouth and Portland Mayor Jess Nagel because suggesting the fund with Weymouth and Portland
PADDY Coulter is no stranger to taking anniversary photographs, but now Mr Coulter, 76 and his wife Brenda,76, are in front of the camera as they celebrate their golden wedding anniversary. Owner of Coulters Camera Centre, which stood in Park Street until
SCULPTORS from Holland have spent a week on Portland discovering the delight of working with the island's stone. Five men and four women from Nymegen learned about the island's Tout Quarry through the friendship formed between one of their group, Jan
FAMILIES and guesthouse owners fed up with late-night noise and disruption from rowdy pub-goers fear a new Chinese takeaway will serve up more mayhem. They believe the new venture in Weymouth's Park District will be a blight on nearby guesthouses, increase
DOZENS of people wept openly in the street as more than 600 mourners gathered in Weymouth and Dorchester to remember those killed in the New York terrorist disaster. St Mary's Church in St Mary Street, Weymouth, was packed for the civic remembrance service
Full-time results from the top clubs in the South. BOURNEMOUTH 3 - BURY 2 BOLTON 0 - SOUTHAMPTON 1 PORTSMOUTH 4 - CRYSTAL PALACE 2 CLICK REPORTS IN THE LEFT-HAND PANEL FOR NEIL PERRETT'S VERDICT ON TODAY'S GAME AGAINST BURY
