Ellen Kent and Opera International are bringing Puccini's operatic masterpiece, Tosca, including a local children's choir in act one and Verdi's epic Aida including a spectacular fire display at The Bournemouth Pavilion on 4 and 5 June. To be in with
Get your copy of the Dorset Echo on Friday, 4 May, 2007 for your voucher for Weymouth Sealife Park and Marine Sanctuary. It will entitle two children free entry to the Sealife Park with every full-paying adult.
PATIENTS waited in their dressing gowns to greet a royal visitor to Dorset County Hospital. The Earl of Wessex flew into the flagship Dorchester hospital to officially open the new Dorset County Cardiac Centre. Patients left their wards to see Prince
The Dorset Echo has teamed up with Countryside Rocks to offer 2 lucky readers the chance to win a pair of tickets to this year's annual one-day festival, on 19th May at Highclere Castle, Berkshire. Countryside Rocks, in aid of the Countryside Alliance
A host of celebrities mourned Alan Ball at the 61-year-old's funeral in Winchester today. They were joined by thousands of fans to say farewell to the England 1966 World Cup hero. The former Arsenal and Everton star died after suffering a heart
FOUR sites are being lined up as possible temporary gypsy camps for this year's Dorset Steam Fair. Members of Dorset County Council's cabinet heard the sites were needed to cope with the influx of travellers to the annual event. The size of the vehicles
EVERY day more migrants arrive, with sightings including night heron, hoopoe, golden oriole and grasshopper warbler. If you see a bird you are unfamiliar with pop into Radipole Lake visitor centre or phone us and hopefully we can work out what species
BRIGHT-THINKING children from Radipole Primary School are switching to energy-efficient light bulbs. The school held an energy-saving day that included a light bulb amnesty of all incandescent light bulbs. Radipole Primary also invited Mike Petitdemange
PARENTS are claiming Thomas Hardye School in Dorchester gets top marks in GCSE results because weaker students are withdrawn from subjects they are likely to fail. Jane Milliner said: "Our children at the Thomas Hardye School are getting a raw deal".
IT'S rocks around the clock at Lyme Regis again this year - with thousands expected to pack the town for the third annual fossil festival over the bank holiday weekend. With the new seafront open for business again organisers hope to top last year's
SOCCER stars from yester-year will be donning their boots for a charity fundraising event. The Wessex Autistic Society will be kicking off its latest fundraising appeal with a football match at the Weymouth Avenue Football Stadium in Dorchester. Former
TWO Weymouth youngsters are embarking on an eight-day BMX cycle ride from Weymouth to London for charity. Reece Mulqueen, 15, and Laurence Lee, 15, who are both Year 11 students at the Wey Valley School and Sports College, are dedicating just over a
My family and myself spent late afternoon and part of the evening at lovely West Bay last Sunday. While walking around the new construction site by the harbour I noticed up on the sixth floor there was a seagull trapped and hanging by its neck, in great
YOUNGSTERS had a road safety lesson from the experts when two Police Community Support Officers went to school in Puddletown. Vickie Hedges and Rhyan Toms took a zebra crossing and traffic lights to Puddletown First School when they talked to children
WEYMOUTH boss Jason Tindall has told his players to talk to any team taking an interest in them. The 29-year-old held a meeting with his squad earlier this week and explained that he will not be able to offer them anything until an announcement is made
A BLEAK picture of drug and alcohol misuse, lower life expectancy, teenage pregnancies and long-term illnesses in Weymouth and Portland is revealed today. A person living in the borough is less likely to exercise and more likely to smoke than somebody
OSCAR winner and actor Julian Fellowes will be guest of honour at the official reopening of Dorchester's Bor-ough Gardens. Work to revamp the award-winning park is almost complete and Mr Fellowes will be on hand on Bank Holiday Monday to relaunch it.
YEOVIL Town loanees Gavin McCallum and Gary Bowles are both unlikely to return to Dorchester Town next season. Magpies' boss Mick Jenkins has been impressed with the young duo since they first arrived at the Avenue but he expects them to be elsewhere
PORTLAND players will get the big match treatment ahead of tonight's Dorset Premier League Cup final clash with Hamworthy Recreation at Dorchester's Avenue Stadium (7.45pm). Boss Dave Kiteley gets his squad together for a two-hour afternoon training
Under-15 Division One, DORCHESTER RAIDERS 1, WEYMOUTH 2. WEYMOUTH were crowned champions after winning this title decider at the Avenue Stadium. Needing a point to clinch the double the Terras had to fight off a determined challenge from second-place
PORTLAND United were pres-ented with the Reserve League trophy after a 2-2 draw against runners-up Blandford United at Grove Corner. Alex Halloran and Sanchez Baker were the men on target for the Blues who now have one game left to play, which will
THE Out-of-Schools Service in Bridport has been given six weeks to leave its current home. Landlords Haywards said the children - based at the Centre for Local Food on the St Michael's Trading Estate for the last three years - needed to be somewhere
TRADING standards officers today defended their position in the 'pig tarts' furore as a new petition was launched. They claimed that customers - including those with allergies and dietary requirements - had a right to know what they were buying. The
HIGH-FLYERS have been busy putting the finishing touches to their kites in readiness for the first major festival of the summer. Kites are set to soar over Weymouth as the resort hosts the International Beach Kite Festival over the forthcoming bank holiday
A FRIESIAN cow joined members of the Dorset Women's Institute for the Great Milk Debate in Dorchester. West Dorset MP Oliver Letwin, MEP Neil Parish and representatives from other dairy industry bodies took part in the Corn Exchange event. Dorset WI
