THREE people were being questioned by police last night after a daylight assault which left a 41-year-old man seriously hurt. Police believe the man suffered his serious neck injury after an argument broke out among men drinking at The Crescent in Boscombe
PLANS for a new community pavilion at King George's Field in Swanage have been submitted to Purbeck District Council. A brick building is being proposed as a replacement for a former wooden pavilion which fell into such a state of disrepair it had to
RECORD results in recycling and waste recovery have been made at Poole as the council battles to meet its tough government targets. Quarterly analysis on waste recycling figures at Poole's Nuffield Household Waste Recycling Centre show that in June, a
WEYMOUTH chief Brian White is trying to take speedway training schools back to the Wessex Stadium. The Dorset track is famous for the schools run by Lew Coffin down the years. Now White is in talks with landlords Weymouth Football Club and the British
DORCHESTER'S Avenue Stadium is the new venue for tonight's South West Counties Youth Championship clash between Dorset and Devon, kick-off 7.45. The game was originally scheduled for Bridport's St Mary's Field but has been switched because of the ground
Powergen Dorset and Wiltshire Division One Weymouth 14 Bradford on Avon 53 BOTTOM of the table Weymouth put up a spirited show against Powergen Dorset and Wilts Division One leaders Bradford on Avon at Redlands. However, there was no reward for the hard-working
BRIDPORT have moved quickly to appoint Bob Russell as their new manager. The experienced former Chard Town boss replaces Peter Conning, who begins his new role at Portland United this week. Russell brings with him a wealth of coaching talent in ex-Dorchester
THE health and success of Dorset business depends not only on how our firms perform but also how the county is perceived in the outside world. Dorset is sometimes seen as a sleepy backwater where sheep outnumber business people or, worse still, as a place
A MAJOR new marina is being planned for Portland Harbour. Regional planners say they have carried out a feasibility study into a development at Osprey Quay, next to Weymouth and Portland Sailing Academy. Bruce Voss, development manager of the South West
CAMERON Mackintosh's West End and Broadway blockbuster Miss Saigon continues its three month run at Southampton's lavishly refurbished Mayflower Theatre. This multi-million pound production, a poignant love story set against the background of the dying
ORGANISERS of a clean-up blitz on Portland say they are disappointed with the public response. But they said that those who turned out helped to tidy up large parts of the island and removed mountains of rubbish. Councillors Margaret Leicester, Kris Haskins
THE spotlight is shining on a dazzling Dorchester starlet who clinched a part in a West End musical. Tickets for Tonight's The Night at London's Victoria Palace Theatre are selling like hot cakes - and 23-year-old Lucy Anderson turns up the heat as Bootie
A DORCHESTER artist is calling for more contemporary artworks to go on public display in the county town. Nigel Montefiore, 38, who lives in Brunel Court, wants to know why there are no avant-garde pieces in places like the Borough Gardens, and has criticised
DORSET County Council is hoping to find homes for 14 children currently waiting to be adopted as part of National Adoption Week. The theme of this year's campaign, which begins on Monday, is "wishing for a family" reflecting the hopes and dreams of children
A KALEIDOSCOPE of colour will explode over Christchurch on Saturday (November 1), at the town's annual bonfire and fireworks extravaganza. Organised by Christchurch Rotary Club and backed by the Daily Echo, the event will be looking to raise thousands
WHEN greedy Labrador cross Becks stopped eating, his worried owner took him straight to the vets. Great-grandfather John Hayward was used to his dog munching on toys, blankets and just about anything else he could wrap his teeth round. But he was gobsmacked
BIG league pop stars from David Bowie to Westlife could play the BIC under plans which could practically double the capacity of its Windsor Hall. The hall is set to close for almost a year if an £18 million improvement scheme for the centre goes ahead
EVER wondered what it would be like to be one of the Red Arrows? No? Me neither. It's all very well gaping open-mouthed as they do their stuff above Bournemouth every summer. Mighty impressive - but you wouldn't get me up there. But here I was, faced
IT has cost £275 million and taken two years to build, but yesterday Bournemouth's long-awaited Castlepoint shopping park officially opened. Residents have seen the huge 41-acre shopping development grow from a messy demolition site to a state-of-the-art
GHOSTS? I try to keep an open mind, but when I heard a man's voice whispering about two feet above my head as I lay on the floor, I pulled my sleeping bag over my head. There have been many stories over the years about Mr Jenkins, the mischievous spirit
LORD of the Rings author J R R Tolkein, (who lived in Poole for a while), readily admitted that the concept of Middle Earth was not his own invention but was drawn from Anglo-Saxon and Norse mythology. But the magical world of Middle Earth was more than
POOLE is set to lose out to rival Portsmouth following news that a 30-year freight service to the port is being consigned to history. And it has sparked renewed calls for the town's road network to the rest of the UK to be upgraded to put it on a par
ONE of Dorset's Tory MPs has said a vote of confidence in Iain Duncan Smith could help "clear the air" for the party. Poole MP Robert Syms was speaking as the party leader started meeting groups of MPs to warn against a leadership challenge. Mr Duncan
TEENAGE tennis star Jack Hartman will be rubbing shoulders with the cream of Britain's finest young players at the Sunday Telegraph Centre Parcs Junior Tennis Grand Prix Masters in La Manga, Spain. The 14-year old from Poole has come through a gruelling
POWERGEN DORSET and WILTSHIRE DIVISION TWO Puddletown 12 Bridport 29 Puddletown suffered their second successive league defeat at Greenfields against Dorset rivals Bridport. The home side bgan strongly putting plenty of pressure on the visitors' line,
SOUTHERN COUNTIES SOUTH Wootton Bassett 7 Dorchester 9 DORCHESTER coach Geraint Hughes dusted off his kicking boots and came out of retirement to help his side to their first away league victory in almost two years. The 39-year-old Welshman, who holds
STEVE Claridge says Weymouth will have to improve their home form to stand any hope of winning the Dr Martens Premier Division title. The Terras have won just two games at the Wessex Stadium while Saturday's 2-0 victory at Bath City made it eight away
SMALL and medium-sized companies across the South should be able to change banks more easily following moves to improve competition. Trade & Industry Secretary Patricia Hewitt has accepted undertakings from the main clearing banks to reduce barriers
DORSET'S skills shortage is far worse than those of adjoining counties Hampshire and Somerset, warns the Learning & Skills Council. Some 28 per cent of organisations in Dorset are reporting skills gaps compared with 19 per cent in Hampshire and 15
A DISABLED couple who married two years ago are still living apart - in spite of constant promises of a care package which would allow them to be together. Jen Dykes, who has cerebral palsy, lives in a Ferndown flat. Her husband Ken, who suffers from
ENGINEERS bridged the gap between Roman times and the 21st century as they started restoring part of Dorchester's historic aqueduct. Repairs to the 2,000-year-old construction - which can still be seen on the hillsides south of the A37 between Bradford
BRAVE Stefan Savic is understood to be recovering today after undergoing major surgery which is set to change his life. The operation to remove a large lump from four-year-old Stefan's face was scheduled to take place yesterday. Dorset Echo readers raised
LOOK AHEAD IF WE WANT TO PROSPER FOR many months we have been reading in the Echo about the financial problems of Weymouth and Portland Council. It would seem that to save money one of the first things to suffer is the tourism effort. We must never lose
OWNERS and riders of motorised scooters, some known as Go-Peds, are being warned that they could be breaking the law if they ride their toys on public roads. Dorset police issued the warning after a man was banned from driving by Weymouth magistrates
HUNDREDS of people turned out to help celebrate all things Dorset. Fundraisers from CancerCare Dorset took over Kingston Maurward College for the inaugural Dorset Fayre. The day was designed to promote and celebrate all things Dorset from food to services
THE future of the historic Eldridge Pope site in Dorchester will be up for debate in early November. Leaflets about a draft development brief featuring ideas for the former brewery will be distributed from November 3 onwards to give people the chance
A FORMER quarry on Portland is in the final stages of transformation into a nature reserve. Health and safety work at Kingbarrow Quarry is now complete according to Dorset Wildlife Trust, which is turning it into a site of special scientific interest.
PARENTS are dicing with death as they take their children on the school run, a mum claimed today. Susan Gale says speeding motorists along Littlemoor Road in Weymouth combined with untrimmed hedges along the footpath have turned the daily trips to St
PEOPLE living in and around Dorchester are being urged to have their say on future improvements to the town's roads. Dorset County Council, West Dorset District Council and Dorchester Town Council have joined forces for two days to discuss the results
A DORCHESTER fund-raiser was bowled over when people took part in a charity pub games marathon. Avenue Forward Line chairman Pauline Thorne - who arranges events in aid of Dorchester Town Football Club and CancerCare Dorset - was delighted that participants
A HOUSE of Lords vote to fox the government's plans to ban hunting has sparked mixed views in the New Forest. The Lords decision by an overwhelmingly 261-49 majority to reject the government's proposed total ban has been attacked by anti-hunting activists
PARISH councillors who convened a special meeting this week before making their formal response to plans for extending gravel digging at Ibsley have been surprised by the lack of local reaction. "Certainly I have not been deluged with calls and nor have
The Fencing Centre, Chapel Lane; 8/03/0670, retrospective application for the rention of workshop and 2 portacabin buildings used for the manufacture of timber fencing and other associated timber products; Tanner & Tilley, 4 Beresford Road, Bournemouth
I COULDN'T get all that worked up about it at the time, and 13 years later I still wonder if it's really worth the effort. National Motivation Week, that is. Way back in early 1990, a press release from the organisers of the event crossed my desk. It
I INTERVIEWED Jim Davidson once, about 20 years ago, at the Bournemouth Winter Gardens. I was quite new to journalism then, and quite taken with the novelty of such a grand occasion. He was a bit late, (roadworks on the M3 apparently), so I tucked into
OLDHAM manager Iain Dowie believes in-form Cherries striker Warren Feeney could be the man to solve Northern Ireland's goalscoring crisis. Dowie, who has been linked with the Northern Ireland hot-seat following Sammy McIlroy's departure, watched Feeney
