WEYMOUTH Reserves return to Jewson Wessex Combination action tomorrow with a home game against Gosport Borough, kick-off 3pm. The table topping Terras haven't kicked a ball in anger since their 5-1 victory at Andover on December 15. Boss Dave Kiteley
CHRIS Evans is set to make his long-awaited Portland United debut against Swanage Town and Herston at Grove Corner tomorrow, kick-off 3pm. The Welsh centre forward had been expected to pull on a Blue shirt for the first time last weekend when the islanders
WEYMOUTH Sports will be out to stretch their unbeaten Dorset Combination League run to six games when they entertain leaders Shaftesbury at Redlands tomorrow, kick-off 2.15pm. Adie Chance's men haven't been beaten since Cobham Sports visited the Dorchester
DORCHESTER'S promotion credentials will come under the closest of scrutiny in a top-of-the-table clash at the Avenue Stadium tomorrow. The third-placed Magpies play host to Hastings Town, the side who replaced them in second spot in the Dr Martens Eastern
BRIDPORT'S pioneering ZEST! nightclub for young people has proved such a smash hit that other towns are set to join the act. The project, a joint venture between Bridport Arts Centre, Bridport Youth Assembly and the county council's youth and community
KRZYSZTOF Cegielski has been heralded as one of speedway's true "crowd pleasers" by Jon Cook, his new boss at Eastbourne. The Pirates asset can not race for his parent club this year because of the restrictive rule on the use of Grand Prix riders in the
AMBULANCE workers today launched a campaign to protest at a 'chronic' lack of night cover in Weymouth and Portland. Staff attached to the Weymouth station in Mercery Road are taking part in industrial action following a ballot by Unison and the Transport
A NEW wave of bogus callers has hit Dorchester, with tricksters using increasingly elaborate ruses in an attempt to steal money from their innocent victims. The tricksters have claimed they are part of a probation service scheme, collecting sponsors for
PORTLAND Port went on the attack in the public inquiry over the future of the controversial Mere Tank Farm on Osprey Quay in Portland Harbour. Bruce Voss, of the South West Regional Development Agency (SWRDA), which owns the Weymouth and Portland Sailing
AFTER 16 years centre stage at Weymouth College head of creative and performing arts James Carey is bowing out. The long-serving department head has bid a fond farewell to colleagues and students at the college and said they had all played a huge part
SOUTH and west Dorset's economy was today reeling after Westland Helicopters announced nearly 1,000 redundancies. About 600 jobs are to go at its main factory in Yeovil with another 350 at its Weston-super-Mare plant, which will close. Westland said orders
A SADISTIC cat killer is being hunted by police in Beaminster. Officers have pledged to do all they can to find out who is responsible for one death and several shootings in the area over the last four years. The victims have all been cats belonging to
A MISSING fence that should have been put up nine months ago is turning a Dorchester children's play area into a dangerous health hazard, it has been claimed. Town councillors have slammed a local firm for failing to put a fence around the new play equipment
DORSET farmers are furious with health chiefs and scientists for suggesting that lamb may pose a greater BSE risk than beef. They say it will do nothing for consumer confidence and cripple an industry already on its knees. County NFU chairman Tim Frost
THERE will be thrills aplenty in 2002 at the Weymouth and Portland Sailing Academy, which is gearing up for its busiest ever year. Bookings so far are up 25 per cent on last year and the increase in competitors, officials and spectators is likely to send
DISAPPOINTED youngsters in rural areas hoping to see the blockbuster film Harry Potter at their village hall will have to wait until at least Easter. Warner Brothers had said it was putting the film on special release to small movie clubs and village
DORSET and Hampshire technology companies are being offered the chance take part in one of the world's most important interactive media events this year. Milia 2002 is staged in Cannes between February 4 and 8 and Wired Wessex has a number of places for
WISH fulfillment is the very foundation of the American Dream as peddled by Hollywood and the possibilities for storytelling are endless. Well, so you would have thought. Which makes Rock Star an even greater disappointment. Chris Cole (Mark Wahlberg)
A CALL for second home owners to pay full council tax was made this week by Bridport town councillors. And they believe the extra revenue generated should be ring-fenced and spent on affordable homes in the area, through the district council or a housing
IT'LL be admission by ticket only for one of the hottest events on the live music calendar in West Dorset. This year, tickets are being sold in advance for the annual John Spencer Memorial Gig at Freshwater holiday park, near Burton Bradstock, on Friday
PENSIONER Rose Marie Thickett is having a lucky week - welcoming her first great-grandchild and then scooping £2,200 thanks to the Echo. The 73-year-old from The Maltings in Weymouth couldn't believe it when we told her she was the runner-up in this week's
A MOTHER-of-four has won a five-day reprieve after the Ministry of Defence tried to evict her family from their Army quarters at Bovington. Sandra Hoer, 36, was told she had to pack up and leave the house after separating from her Warrant Officer husband
THREE Dorset County Hospital staff members are taking a leap into the unknown to raise more than £1,000 for charity. Karen Gardener, 36, Martin Pavey, 22 and Lisa Walder, 28, are all taking part in a 10,000 ft parachute jump in aid of the British Lung
WE ARE only into our second week and already the gigs are picking up! Tonight kicks off with girlie ratpack the Lillettes heading off up to Talking Heads in Southampton to show them all how B-list movie music should be done. Support for the night comes
AN extraordinary 304-year-old embroidery sampler was brought in to the first of Dorset County Museum's needlework study days. Retired Army colonel Richard Jackson brought in the sampler, which was finished by a Sarah Smith in November 20, 1697, for expert
RUBBLE trouble is still blighting a corner of the New Forest where a bid has been made to extend the operation of a controversial waste transfer site. Neighbours of the site on the outskirts of Sway hoped the nuisance of noise, dust and heavy lorries
WISH fulfillment is the very foundation of the American Dream as peddled by Hollywood and the possibilities for storytelling are endless. Well, so you would have thought. Which makes Rock Star an even greater disappointment. Chris Cole (Mark Wahlberg)
CAMPAIGNERS against the proposed Poole park-and-ride scheme were left devastated after the plans were fully approved last night. A lengthy and emotional debate at a packed planning committee meeting ended with councillors voting by a majority of one to
TERRAS player-boss Andy Mason paid tribute to former director of football Fred Davies after being belatedly presented with the Dr Martens Premier Division Manager of the Month award for November, writes Paul Baker. Mason, who received an inscribed shield
MI-NEWT Isaac had a lucky escape when he was vacuumed up with the pine needles after hibernating in a Christmas tree. The tiny matchstick-sized creature fell out of the end of the vacuum hose covered in dust at the home of Pam and Adam Woods at their
What's on stage this week in the Bournemouth region and a last chance to see some of the south's top pantos. Last chance to see Ricky YOU'VE got to be quick to catch ex-EastEnder Sid Owen in panto. Ricky becomes Dicky (Whittington that is) as Sid plays
HOW do you fancy two free tickets for a home AFC Bournemouth match? Two Daily Echo readers have got the chance to win a pair of tickets for Cherries' Nationwide Division Two game against Huddersfield Town on Saturday, January 19 at the Fitness First Stadium
LYME Regis Pantomime Society has warned town councillors that loss of facilities at the former cadet hut could seriously jeopardise its future. Representatives of the society, with members of the operatic group, will meet town clerk Michael Lewis next
SEAN O'Driscoll has told Garreth O'Connor he will consider allowing him to join Carlisle United on loan when Cherries' crippling injury crisis eases. The Division Three strugglers, who are managed by O'Connor's former Bohemians boss Roddy Collins, want
A CAT is recovering at its home near Lyme Regis this week from horrific injuries after its head was caught in a wire snare. Eight-year-old Jasper was discovered by his owner Suzanne Spurdle, of Hunters Lodge, after he returned home after a night out.
CARL Fletcher will fulfil a lifelong ambition when he leads Cherries into battle against Division Two rivals Blackpool tomorrow. Fletcher has been handed the captain's armband by Cherries boss Sean O'Driscoll and will deputise for Eddie Howe who misses
A DORSET businessman died in a horrific car smash in Saudi Arabia when he was on the verge of returning home for good. Father-of-two Shaun Barratt, from Eleanor Gardens in Christchurch, was in his second spell in the Gulf state but was planning to find
