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  • SAVAGED

    RSPCA chiefs have pointed the finger at a Dorset hunt after fox hounds savagely killed a deer by mistake allegedly after being left to run out of control. Two builders watched in horror as a pack of dogs, believed to be from the Portman Hunt, chased the

  • Life sentence under threat

    A ROBBER who was the first person in Dorset to be jailed for life under the "three strikes and you're out" law could be affected by a landmark judgement. The Court of Appeal in London this week ruled that the law, making it compulsory for judges to impose

  • Red tape blamed for homes crisis

    MOST residents of old people's homes have no more rights than guests at a hotel, it has been revealed. Amidst a national crisis in the care home industry, the Daily Echo this week launched its Homes Guard campaign to give victims of closures at least

  • Waste plan is 'threat to jobs'

    QUALITY of life, public safety and even jobs will be at risk if a waste transfer station is given the go-ahead, planners were told. Around 120 protesters, who included councillors and a vicar, attended a public meeting in Blandford's Corn Exchange to

  • Don't mind me

    Lewis Hawkins used to protect the stars. Now he's aiming to be a star. But the well-built ex-soldier won't need a minder MAN mountain Lewis Hawkins was cut out to be a bodyguard. Standing six-feet-three and weighing 17 stone, he was a former soldier who

  • FOOTBALL - Half time scores

    FOOTBALL - Half time scores Half time scores from the top clubs in the South Sunderland 1 - Southampton 1 Portsmouth 1 - Blackburn Rovers 1 Northampton Town 0 - Bournemouth 1

  • Double lift for Cherries

    CHERRIES have been given a huge boost by news that West Ham will allow hotshot striker Jermaine Defoe to stay at Dean Court for the remainder of the season, should the talented teenager wish to. The Hammers have also given their permission for Defoe to

  • Clash of Titans

    OLD rivals Stephen Hendry and Steve Davis are on collision course in the Liverpool Victoria UK Championship at the BIC later this month. Hendry and Davis, who between them have won the UK title 11 times in the last 20 years, will come face to face in

  • The very best of British

    WINSTON Churchill called them 'the few' - the men who fought so bravely over the skies of Britain 60 years ago to ensure their sons and daughters could enjoy a life free from the jackboot of fascism... Now one of the fearless young men who patrolled high

  • Village pays tribute to parish council chief

    VILLAGERS in Frampton have been shocked and saddened by the sudden death of leading parish councillor Nigel Green. Mr Green, 61, collapsed in Dorchester on Thursday after leaving a district council planning meeting and later died at Dorset County Hospital

  • Village to honour war heroine nurse

    A CAMPAIGN to pay homage to a Dorset unsung heroine - the courageous nurse who inspired Florence Nightingale - has been launched. Ann Winzer braved the horrors of the bloody Battle of Waterloo in 1815 to nurse the wounded and dying more than 40 years

  • Picture is snapped up by publisher

    BUDDING schoolboy lensman Daniel Darby has had a prize-winning photograph snapped up by an international publishing company. The 13-year-old youngster, from Clearmount Road in Weymouth, took the stunning shot of the swans at Abbotsbury for last year's

  • Joyrider jailed for endangering public

    PEDESTRIANS were forced to jump for their lives when a joyrider mounted pavements to try and evade police, Bournemouth Crown Court was told. Mark Steele pleaded guilty to taking a vehicle without the owner's consent, interference with a vehicle, driving

  • Poised for take-off

    THIS is what Bournemouth International Airport's new multi-million-pound passenger terminal will look like - if it gets approval. The public is being asked for its views on the building, which would increase the Hurn site's capacity by 500,000 extra travellers

  • The mystery of Martha Brown

    She was the last woman to be publicly hanged in Dorset, as witnessed by Thomas Hardy - but little was known about her, until now... "I REMEMBER what a fine figure she showed against the sky as she hung in the misty rain and how the tight, black, silk

  • Cash or closure for the Pavilion

    BOURNEMOUTH'S Pavilion needs an urgent cash injection of £200,000 just to keep it open. Council officers have voiced "grave concern" that the building could close if the money is not spent. The news comes after it was revealed that the venue needs £9

  • Giant firework scare for couple

    AN ELDERLY couple are calling for tighter controls on fireworks after a metal-tipped 4ft-long rocket smashed into their front porch and broke through two layers of plastic. The monster firework hit at around 9.30pm, when Arthur Biggs is normally putting

  • Hotel hopes rise at former Pontins site

    A THREAT of legal action over the controversial re-development of a holiday park could be averted by the promise of a pioneering hotel scheme there. Planners at Christchurch Council are unhappy that 12 new homes have already gone up at the former Pontins

  • Unique act of rememberence

    THIS year Remembrance Sunday will be all the more poignant for World War Two veteran Ron Huggins. For Ron is the last surviving member of the tank crews he commanded in France, North Africa and Italy. Every year he takes four wooden crosses on which he

  • FOOTBALL - Half time scores

    Half time scores from the top clubs in the South Sunderland 1 - Southampton 1 Portsmouth 1 - Blackburn Rovers 1 Northampton Town 0 - Bournemouth 1

  • Diamond in the rough

    SUSIE PALMER talks to Sarah Diamond, whose school bullying ordeal in Weymouth inspired her to write her first novel, The Beach Road BEING bullied at school can be a shattering experience that stays with the victim for life. But 24-year-old Sarah Diamond

  • INTERNET PROBE: FIVE SUSPENDED

    FIVE county hall workers have been suspended for unauthorised use of the Internet. The Dorset County Council officers are currently being investigated internally following allegations that they contravened strict guidelines on the use of the world wide

  • Death crash teenager gets two years

    A TEENAGE driver has been jailed after a 16-year-old girl died when he crashed his car "showing-off" on a sharp bend. Nicholas De Jonge, 18, of Georgian Close, Broadwey, was sentenced to two years at a young offender institution after being found guilty

  • Surgery boss is jailed for fraud

    THE manager of a Weymouth surgery has been jailed for fraudulently pocketing thousands of pounds while he was working there. Charles Edward Flack, 46, of Wheatlands, Portland, was found guilty of three counts of false accounting and one count of theft

  • Borstal Bash helps 28 groups

    THE major part of the £10,000 bonanza of funds from this year's Borstal Bash was shared between 28 Weymouth and Portland charitable organisations at a social evening held at the Borstal Officers' Club The Borstal Bash is organised annually by a committee