A TERMINALLY ill man has been reunited with the long-lost brother who could save his life - thanks to the Daily Echo. We reported on Tuesday how Neil Phillips, 39, had been diagnosed with leukaemia two weeks ago and desperately needed a bone marrow transplant
HUNDREDS of leaflets have been distributed in the Arne area of Purbeck in a bid to trace missing Wareham man Colin Grady. Since his disappearance more than a month ago, police have received more than 30 reported sightings of the father-of-three, mostly
IT has been called "compulsory viewing", "must-see TV" and "the most talked-about show of the year". Apparently this "critically-acclaimed" programme has "captured the interest and imagination of the British media and public alike". So what is it, this
A TERMINALLY ill man has been reunited with the long-lost brother who could save his life - thanks to the Daily Echo. We reported on Tuesday how Neil Phillips, 39, had been diagnosed with leukaemia two weeks ago and desperately needed a bone marrow transplant
INNOVATIVE plans to build an eco-village in Poole have been ditched after councillors refused to drop the price of the site. The Seldown site in the heart of the town centre was to be home to a pioneering eco-friendly and affordable development of 86
POOLE Pottery was in danger of being moved abroad to the Far East or Eastern Europe as potential buyers lined up to bring the historic business out of financial crisis. Only the action of administrators Leonard Curtis prevented the firm being out-sourced
EFFORTS are being made to save a post office from being closed down before a neighbourhood alternative is found. There is less than two weeks left before Rossmore post office in Poole is due to close its doors after being axed as part of a cutback of
DORCHESTER Athletic Club's middle distance star Nikki Hamblin continued her comeback from an injury when she took silver in the under-17 1500 metres at the UK Indoor Athletics championships at Birmingham's National Indoor Arena. Her performance delighted
With only three games remaining in Powergen Southern Counties South it now looks certain that Dorchester's automatic promotion hopes will be put on hold for at least another season. The county town trail second placed Tadley by four points, so even a
MICKY Greeno begins his football management career at Portland United's Grove Corner tomorrow. But the manner of his departure from Bridport has left a sour taste at St Mary's Field where boss Bob Russell says he knew nothing of Greeno's planned move
MARK Singleton takes over in goal from Dan Claxton when injury-plagued Dorchester United host Shaftesbury at Sandringham Sports Centre tomorrow. Former Weymouth keeper Claxton suffered a broken arm at Sherborne last week that effectively ended his season
BRIDPORT hope to put their midweek nightmare behind them when they visit third-placed Backwell United in the Screwfix Direct Premier Division tomorrow (3pm). The Bees recent progress suffered a major setback with defeat at basement-dwellers Elmore on
FIFTEEN-year-old Ryan Middleton could get his first start of the season in his favourite midfield slot when Weymouth Reserves visit Horndean tomorrow in the Sydenhams Wessex Combin-ation. "He's been patient all season and deserves his chance to show me
PLAYER coach Matty Holmes is back in Dorchester's starting side for tomorrow's relegation six-pointer against bottom club Chelmsford City. The former West Ham star was rested on Tuesday night when the Magpies suffered a single goal defeat at Hinckley
PAUL Wykes is celebrating after guaranteeing his place on snooker's main tour for next season, writes Dave Hendon. Wykes defeated Wolverhampton's Darryn Walker 5-2 to reach the second qualifying round of the Players Championship at the Pontin's holiday
PAUL Wykes is celebrating after guaranteeing his place on snooker's main tour for next season, writes Dave Hendon. Wykes defeated Wolverhamp-ton's Darryn Walker 5-2 to reach the second qualifying round of the Players Championship at the Pontin's holiday
PROTESTERS have lost their two-year battle to halt a housing development off narrow Pineapple Lane in Salway Ash. District council planners threw out the application to build a home in the garden of 39 Salway Drive last year. But planning inspector Barry
BRIDPORT'S Safeway store re-launched itself this week following a multi-million pound revamp that has seen the supermarket increase in size to 27,000 sq ft. Some 55 extra staff, most of them full time, have been taken on, pushing the store's staff numbers
PLANS to demolish West Bay's Harbour Garage to make way for a major new housing development have been given the green light. The project will see three terrace houses, one detached house, two shops or offices and a block of 12 flats built on the prime
A BRIDPORT man was jailed after threatening a pub landlord with an axe, four knives and a pair of scissors. Christopher Spry, 36, of North Allington, was sentenced to one year in prison for committing affray and criminal damage at The Tanners pub in Bridport
AN APPEAL to raise £500,000 for St Mary's Church in Beaminster is to be officially wound up after hitting its target. But a new inspection has revealed at least another £70,000 or £80,000 of work needs doing. The church appeal was launched in 2000 for
THE chalet bungalow at Bridport's Nursery Gardens that turned into a "towering monstrosity" is actually up to 8ft higher than it should be, a leading councillor has claimed. Martin Ray says the building exceeds its original design height by far more than
DORSET'S CAR Crash Line Group has signed a £6 million deal with Volkswagen to bring 500 new cars into its fleet over the next 12 months. The deal is set to include the new Golf Mark 5, along with a selection of vehicles across the range from Polos to
A DORSET pre-school which expelled a child with special needs breached his human rights, a judge has said. And Verwood First Pre-school is named on the Charity Commission's website for defaulting on its accounts. District Judge John Ainsworth ordered
PIRATES reserve Daniel Davidsson escaped injury when he fell heavily during their abandoned meeting at Swindon. The 20-year-old Swede, on his first appearance at Blunsdon, hit the kerb going into the first bend on the second lap of heat two. Davidsson
A MULTI-MILLION pound redevelopment scheme to transform the gateway to Weymouth's harbour is far too expensive for the council to pursue, a report says. Councillors are being forced to rethink proposals for the Pavilion and ferry terminal site after experts
A MULTI-MILLION pound redevelopment scheme to transform the gateway to Weymouth's harbour is far too expensive for the council to pursue, a report says. Councillors are being forced to rethink proposals for the Pavilion and ferry terminal site after experts
A FORMER supermarket site on the edge of Weymouth could be redeveloped for housing. Up to 48 new homes are being lined up for the former Norman's supermarket and garden centre in Mandeville Road, Wyke Regis. Developer Abbey Manor Developments is proposing
A WOMAN is facing a painful operation and a long recovery after slipping on a pile of dog muck. Susan Wellman, 39, was walking to the chemist's with her husband Michael, when she slipped in the dirt and hit the floor, severely damaging the ligaments and
A ROOFER whose "appalling and aggressive" driving caused the death of a cabbie has been jailed for three years. Paul Elston from Shaftesbury was trying to overtake when he caused a horrific six-car crash. Taxi driver Derek Ferguson, 44, who was driving
DARING explorer Colonel John Blashford-Snell plans to lead a thrilling expedition to Bolivia's Rio Grande this summer. The trip will form part of the seven-year Kota Mama expedition and more volunteers are needed to take part. No experience is necessary
SOUTH West Water has done a U-turn on its sewage treatment policy in Lyme Regis and has volunteered to keep UV bacteria zappers on all year round. The Environment Agency announced this week that the water company has agreed to keep on the high-powered
LYME REGIS Town Council has given its clerk the power to approve costs for skatepark equipment so that the project can go ahead as quickly as possible. Councillors agreed at Wednesday's policy committee meeting that town clerk Mike Lewis would have the
LYME Regis photographer Matthew Austin has been shortlisted for the Diageo Young photographer of the year for the third year running. Matthew, 24, who won the prestigious prize last year, works for the Express and Echo in Exeter and is delighted to be
A PIECE of Dorset literary history has gone under the hammer. A poem written by Sturminster Newton-based writer William Barnes in his famous Dorset Dialect has been sold at auction for £2,800. The piece of prose entitled Solace of the Field and initialled
APPARENTLY I'm on a bit of a diet at the moment. I say "apparently" because I don't remember making any conscious decision in that area. But my wife has decided that, post-birth, she needs to cut back on the calories, and I've been caught in the area
TRADERS in Christchurch are urging shoppers to carry on as normal next week when the main route through Purewell is set to close once again for roadworks. Local businesses suffered last autumn when gas company Transco had to carry out urgent repairs to
A FIGHTING fund is being set up to rescue Poole Pottery treasures from being dispersed to the four corners of the world. There are less than three weeks to go before the pottery's museum and archive collection goes under the auctioneer's hammer at Christie's
NEARLY 100 years after the first historic flight across the Channel, a replica of Louis Blriot's famous monoplane is proving a bit hit at Bournemouth Aviation Museum. French aviation pioneer Blriot took off from a cliff-top near Calais in the summer of
A MAN who re-married five months before his divorce from his first wife has pleaded guilty to bigamy. Gary Bennett, 42, of May Close, Holbury near Southampton, admitted marrying 25-year-old Nicola Scott illegally at Wimborne register office in August
A FORMER Dorset garage owner has been jailed after he downloaded "disgusting" images of children and babies from an internet porn site. Alan Mattey, was arrested following information provided by US authorities as part of Operation Ore. Mattey pleaded
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CAMPAIGNERS cracked open the Champagne on Wednesday when they suddenly won their struggle to stop a wind farm being built in a Dorset valley. After months of constant pressure from campaigners, Richard Drax, who owns a large estate in North Dorset, announced
AMERICAN college administrator William Arthur Ward once noted: "The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires." Mona Lisa Smile is a syrupy tale of scholarly ambition about a great
GUS VAN SANT collected Best Director and the much coveted Palme d'Or at the 2003 Cannes Film Festival for this hard-hitting drama the events which lead up to a high school shooting, similar to the Columbine massacre. Elephant unfolds from the overlapping
THE Daily Echo Film Club in conjunction with UCI offers Echo readers the chance to enjoy top movies at a cut price every week at UCI. Membership is free to every Echo reader who applies and includes: Two tickets for the price of one on a selected film
MAINTAINING a proud tradition of displaying its ever-developing archive of art, Bournemouth's Russell-Cotes Art Gallery and Museum has delved into its vaults to give its entire contemporary collection a rare public outing. The show, which contains a fascinating
2 Melrose Cottage, Waters Green, Brockenhurst; 80728, conservatory extension; New Forest Care and Repair, Public Offices, 65 Christchurch Road, Ringwood (for: Mr & Mrs D Newton). Setley Ridge Vineyard, Lymington Road, Brockenhurst; 80764, continued
2 Melrose Cottage, Waters Green, Brockenhurst; 80728, extension to existing conservatory (amended description); Mr & Mrs Newton. 8 Chestnut Road, Brockenhurst; 80783, two front dormers; Mr Duddridge. Birchlands Farm, South Gorley, Ellingham Harbridge
WATCHING him tear around the Wessex Stadium these days, it's hard to believe that a year ago Paul Candy had never ridden a speedway bike in anger. To describe the 23-year-old as a late starter would be a massive understatement with most riders taking
WEYMOUTH assistant boss Gary Borthwick admits he's not sure what to expect when Welling United visit the Wessex Stadium tomorrow (3pm). Steve Claridge's number two has watched the Wings twice this season and seen both sides of their Jekyll and Hyde character
THE DISTRICT council has been blamed for failing to incorporate angling facilities at the outset of the West Bay pier project. Some Bridport town councillors believe that the long haul towards creating a special jetty and funding it would not have been
CHANGES to a council depot at Bridport will mean less disturbance for nearby residents, officials have promised. The assurance came as the district council granted itself permission to improve its West Dorset Services site off West Bay Road. The council
LODERS Primary School is finally getting an extension four years after the plans were drawn up. Work starts on the £750,000 scheme on Monday to provide three new classrooms, one of which will be used as an activities area for music, drama, indoor PE and
LEIGH Adams beat Tony Rickardsson twice on his return to Wimborne Road but RIAS Pirates still passed their first test of the new season with flying colours. The man from Mildura may have swapped teams over the winter, moving from Poole to his parent club
DORSET'S busiest pensioner is looking forward to her retirement - so she can start a new job. Dinner lady Dot Caswell, 65, has come to the end of a 33-year career at Winfrith Newburgh first school, which started in 1971 when she became a cleaner. Ten
YOU MAKE VACCINE HOPE A POSSIBILITY WE ARE writing to say a big thank you to Janet Hewitt and the West Dorset Warriors Swimming Club and Aquafit Class for the magnificent sum of £686.97 they raised in the Dorchester Lions Swimarathon in memory of our
THE SEARCH for missing Wareham man Colin Grady was intensified this week with the distribution of 500 specially-printed leaflets. They have been sent to homes in the Stoborough, Arne, Ridge, Furzebrook and Worgret areas in the hope they will jog people's
THE appeal to decorate Dorchester for Christmas 2004 has raised £10,000 towards its £30,000 target, campaigners revealed today. The appeal was launched after Dorchester's Christmas lights were branded the worst in the country for the third year in a row
BATTLING villagers have won a second reprieve for a 100-year-old-tree after confronting workmen when they tried again to fell it. Protesters at Pymore stood beneath the Corsican pine as contractors began cutting it down - forcing them to call a halt.
FORMER Prisoner of War Alfie Brown considers himself lucky, despite being captured by the Germans during World War II. Now 82, the then private in the 4th Dorset Regiment was imprisoned for more than six months after being picked up by enemy soldiers
REBUILD Weymouth's Jubilee Hall - on Westham Bridge! My idea, first reported by the Dorset Echo back in January, caught many people's imaginations. But to some it may seem a fanciful idea, so perhaps I can offer a few words of explanation. Viewed across
CAMPAIGNERS cracked open the Champagne on Wednesday when they suddenly won their struggle to stop a wind farm being built in a Dorset valley. After months of constant pressure from campaigners, Richard Drax, who owns a large estate in North Dorset, announced
LOAN star Claus Jorgensen has revealed a few words of wisdom from Sean O'Driscoll have helped him recapture his form for Cherries. The Danish midfielder, in his second month of a loan spell from Division One side Coventry City, has impressed in recent
A US NAVY veteran was airlifted to safety off the Lyme Regis coast on Monday while filming a reconstruction of a wartime tragedy that ended the same way for him 60 years ago. Al Sickley, 80, from Illinois, survived Operation Tiger in which 749 men died
COAST protection work in Lyme Regis should be suspended to prevent rises in council tax, senior district council officers have recommended. Members of the executive committee - which oversees council policy - have been advised in a report from their management
