A STUDENT who saw in 2005 in hospital after being attacked as he walked to a New Year's Eve party in Bournemouth has spoken of his terrifying ordeal. Alex Fawcett, 22, suffered a broken jaw after being set upon by a drunken gang of youths near Meyrick
CHANGING Rooms may have disappeared from our TV screens but it looks like a new makeover fashion has been born - changing beach huts. Two beach huts on Bournemouth seafront have been revamped - one has been subtly reinvented for the 21st century and features
DAILY Echo readers have proved themselves among the most generous in the country. Our appeal to help the victims of the tsunami disaster has raised a staggering £34,332 - the most successful appeal for the charity Unicef of any newspaper in the south
A LESBIAN-THEMED novel by controversial Bournemouth writer Radclyffe Hall was banned in fear it would lead to a "social and national disaster" it has been revealed. Documents just released show The Well of Loneliness was outlawed in 1928 after the Director
A TOTAL of 161 drivers were arrested in Dorset Police's Christmas and New Year anti-drink drive campaign. And 50 of them were shopped by members of public who called the police in confidence with information about possible drink-drivers. The motorists
AFRICA'S tallest mountain stands between three intrepid women from Poole and a heartfelt victory for youngsters who could never reach the snow-fringed summit. Every step of the way up Kilimanjaro the trio will have in mind seven-year-old Toby Edmondson
THERE'S a final opportunity to see the splendid exhibition of working drawings by Nicholas Charles Williams at Bournemouth's Russell-Cotes Art Gallery and Museum this week. The show, which was opened by former Russell-Cotes 19th-century arts expert Mark
OCTOBER 10, 1989 will always remain a special day for former Weymouth and Poole Speedway supremo Mervyn Stewkesbury. For not only was it the date in which his son Grant was born but also the day he realised a dream by landing the National League title
TERRAS loan star Roy O'Brien has been recalled by Coca-Cola League Two leaders Yeovil Town. The Irish defender returns to Huish Park to help solve a numbers crisis at the Somerset club. Glovers boss Gary Johnson, brother of Weymouth chief Steve, is currently
A HARD-working residents' group has scooped £25,000 from the government for a much-needed children's playgroup. Living Spaces - part of Deputy PM John Prescott's office - has awarded the cash to Victoria Close Tenants and Residents' Association in Corfe
THEY'RE the band that brings a world of snow-frosted opulence and glittering chandeliers to Christchurch... with just a little imagination from their fans of course. With another sell-out at the Regent Centre, Bournemouth's premiere brass players marked
A GOVERNMENT grant worth £500,000 to build a new community centre and nursery was lost because a deadline was missed by council chiefs, it was claimed today. Coun Mike Byatt says families in Weymouth have lost out on an important new resource because
NEW Year meant something wonderfully different this year for one Weymouth couple, who celebrated it with the birth of their first child. Their son, Cody, tipped the scales at a healthy 8lbs 6oz and he and mother Zoe Webb, 19, are both doing fine. Cody
Leading Naval Nurse Lucy Norman, from Bridport, has just finished competing in the eighth annual Army Snowboarding Championships at Stubai Glacier in Austria. Lucy, 25, is currently serving as a nurse with the Royal Navy Queen Alexandra's Nursing Service
A FRUSTRATED congregation has had to delay the opening of its new church hall amid claims that British Gas couldn't get it connected in time. After five years of struggle Trinity Church's prayers were answered when it announced in December that work on
STEVE Fletcher has welcomed the news that his pal Jamie Redknapp is back in the area. The Cherries striker, who became firm friends with the former England star after joining Bournemouth from Hartlepool in 1992, is already looking forward to meeting up
AROUND now, you will doubtless be marking one of the traditional and important fixtures of the western calendar. I am referring, of course, to the day on which we celebrate the return of the dustmen after a two-week break. But today is customarily important
IT'S the equivalent of trying to squeeze a new community the size of Christchurch somewhere into south-east Dorset. Up to 42,000 new homes have to be built in the next 20 years - that's four times the population of Verwood or almost six-and-a-half times
LIVES will be in danger from a shake-up of fire service control rooms which runs a "high risk" of "total project failure", it is claimed. The claim comes from the Fire Brigades Union (FBU), which says a leaked government document shows the massive cost
POLICE are appealing for witnesses after a 57-year-old woman cyclist was pushed to the ground by a car passenger and robbed. The victim was travelling along Ringwood Road near the Chewton Farm Road junction in Christchurch when a man pushed her to the
NEARLY 30 years ago Nick Menzies was a hotel worker, applying unsuccessfully for the post of assistant manager at Bournemouth's then five-star Carlton. Now he is an estimated £10 million richer after selling the Carlton, plus the nearby East Cliff Court
FRESH talks are to be held on a controversial plan to create a new tip in Dorchester. Land off St George's Road at its junction with Eddison Avenue in Fordington has been earmarked as the preferred site for a new household waste recycling centre. Fuming
ROUGH sleepers were given a hot supper on the streets of Weymouth as the town's first mobile soup kitchen was launched. A team of volunteers made the first trip armed with flasks of soup, bread rolls and mince pies. More than 20 people turned up at the
PLANS to scrap free parking in Dorchester on Sundays have come under attack. West Dorset District Council wants to scrap its current Sunday free parking in the town and introduce a 70p all-day fee. But town councillors last night claimed the move would
VETERAN Affairs Minister Ivor Caplin has met war veterans in Weymouth and Swanage. Mr Caplin made his visit yesterday at the invitation of South Dorset MP Jim Knight. Some of the veterans were among 29 from Mr Knight's constituency who were awarded more
THE owner of a listed building could face legal action over alterations to his home, a planning committee meeting heard. Planners at North Dorset District Council are taking legal advice - which could result in a criminal prosecution - after Bagber House
THE owner of a listed building could face legal action over alterations to his home, a planning committee meeting heard. Planners at North Dorset District Council are taking legal advice - which could result in a criminal prosecution - after Bagber House
CHERRIES star James Hayter is finally poised to put his fitness to the test when he returns to full training with the rest of Sean O'Driscoll's squad on January 6. Hayter has been troubled by a nagging ligament injury since taking a heavy blow to his
