A DINOSAUR found in Dorset is set to tour the Jurassic Coast. Residents can get up close and personal with the 190 million-year-old marine reptile found near Charmouth. A display showing off the ichthyosaur will be travelling along the Dorset and Devon
TOP doc Michael Dooley celebrated his milestone birthday with a sponsored walk for two of his favourite charities. The Dorchester consultant gynaecologist decided to mark his own half century with a 50-kilometre walk - and he will be sharing the proceeds
DORSET Police staff went on the beat for a popular colleague who died of a rare condition. More than 30 people completed a 26-mile charity walk around the Purbecks in memory of Richard Armitage who died from the muscle disease dermatomyositis. Staff
Do the forthcoming Home Information Packs (HIPS) and the environment make you wonder whether the government's ministers and members of parliament live in the real world! Housing Minister Yvette Cooper indicated at a seminar last week that one of the
THE delights of an English country garden will be on full display in Weymouth next week. The owners of a cottage in Old Castle Road will open their garden to the public in the aid of charity. Elaine Smith and housemate Jane Uff will provide tea and
PREPARATIONS are well underway for the forthcoming Milton Abbas 18th century Street Fair. The event is held every two years to raise cash for local causes and regularly attracts thousands of visitors. Organisers say this year's fair is shaping up well
Further to your report Angry residents hit with £10k sewer bill' (Echo, May 1), many of your readers are probably unaware that they are responsible for the drainage of their properties. Every house in the borough which is connected to the mains drainage
SISTERS Sylvia Peach and Janet Davies were getting to know each other today - after a lifetime apart. They met at a tearful reunion after Janet travelled from her home in Aberdeen to stay with Sylvia in Weymouth. Their story began during the Second
PRISON officer Ben Steadman is rowing 3,100 miles across the Indian Ocean in the first race of its kind. He is taking on the Indian Ocean Rowing Race from Australia to Mauritius in April 2009. Mr Steadman, who is a PE officer, will be taking on the
A BAKER has paid tribute to the trading standards officials who made her rename her novelty pig tarts because they didn't contain pork - by making a bureau cake. Val Temple, of Weymouth's Sgt Bun Bakery, baked the cakes as a thank-you for boosting her
THE hottest April on record has meant butterflies are hatching up to two months early in Dorset, a conservation charity said. The Lulworth Skipper was spotted in Dorset - its native county - on April 26 this year, compared with first sightings of mid-June
HAVE you ever thought of selling part of your home in exchange for a cash-free lump sum and the right to carry on living there indefinitely? If so, you can rest assured that home reversion - as this is known - is now fully regulated by the Government.
As a user of Castle Cove beach, I too was concerned at the temporary closure of the path leading to it (Fury as beach access closed', Echo, May 2). However, fury' was not an emotion that I felt. I realise it doesn't quite have the same headline impact
JUST days after she revealed that classical music gave her life new focus, Marin Alsop, the BSO's principal conductor, has been shortlisted for a prestigious award to honour women who have a huge influence on the European stage. If she wins, American
A MOTHER and daughter teamed up to lose more than eight stone between them. Jean Merrick and Emma Bowditch, of Weymouth, have supported each other through more than a year of gradual slimming. Daughter Emma, of Swaffield Gardens, kept up the diet throughout
HARD-hearted Dorchester people are refusing to put their hands in their pockets to help a charity because they don't care enough about the homeless. That's the claim by fundraiser Julie Croley who has cancelled an event in aid of the Hub, the town's
WEYMOUTH Wildcats team manager Jem Dicken believes there are a "few scores to settle" tonight when the Plymouth Devils visit the Wessex Stadium in the Conference Trophy. The Devonians hammered the Doonans Wildcats 60-34 last night at the St Boniface
CAPTAIN marvel is an often over-used title given to sportsman. But you would certainly put Alex Browne in that category. Browne has given sterling service to his home-town club Weymouth and local rivals Dorchester Town over the years. He has just been
WEYMOUTH Golf Club professional Des Lochrie will be holding free coaching sessions on May 12, 13 and 15. The initiative is part of the Golf Union's Get into Golf campaign and all beginners are welcome from juniors to seniors. Lochrie said: "We did the
FORMER Southampton stars like Jimmy Case, Ian Baird and Rodney Wallace will be taking on a team of ex-Yeovil Town players in a charity football match at Dorchester Football Club's Avenue Stadium on the May Bank Holiday - Monday May 7. The game is part
THE Famous Old Spa have clinched the WindowMan Championship title with a game to spare following their 8-0 thumping of Southill. This result means the former Upwey boys will be taking their place in the top flight next term after just two seasons in
DORCHESTER Tennis Academy have served up taster sessions for young schoolchildren to introduce them early to the sport of tennis. The UKAEA, Winfrith-sponsored scheme involved academy coach Rachel Cocking visiting six first schools in Dorchester and
DORSET coach Richard Scott wants his players to forget about their terrific 2006 campaign ahead of a tricky trip to Cornwall tomorrow. His side got to the final of the MCCA Trophy at Lord's last year and also finished second in the Western Division of
