TERESA May is leaving her job at Bournemouth's Oceanarium to meet animals in the wild in South Africa. She will spent two months at the Centre for Dolphin Studies at Plettenberg Bay, getting to know everybody's favourite sea creature before journeying
AMAZING hand-painted wall murals dating from the late 19th century have been discovered on the staircase of a Bournemouth hotel. The murals, the work of celebrated 19th-century artist John Thomas, were uncovered by contract decorators refurbishing a staircase
THE criminal justice system in Dorset is not influenced by masonic membership, an investigation by South Dorset MP Jim Knight has concluded. Mr Knight commissioned the informal investigation following complaints that actions by various bodies within Dorset
A FAMILY has blocked the sale of their home after hearing it would have been used as a hostel for ex-offenders. The sellers pulled out of the deal at the last minute just as neighbours launched a campaign to fight the plan. Signpost Housing Association
SIX tired employees went back to work this morning after a 12-hour tennis tournament at the weekend. John Gillie, Adam Clarke, Kev Boyland, Paul Welch, Steve Brereton and Richard Lewis, who all work at Tecan in Weymouth, took to the courts to raise money
A MAN has been reunited with family he has not seen for 43 years with the help of the Echo. Andrew Le Maitre, 52, who lives in Kettering, Northamptonshire, wrote an appeal in the letters page in July attempting to trace his father John William Le Maitre
BUDDING pantomime actors and actresses will be able to tread the boards with an invitation to join a community theatre group. The Royal Manor Theatre Company, which is a registered charity, is looking for new faces to take to the stage as well as people
QUICK-THINKING chef Brian Delap went for a night out and ended up saving a man's life. Brian was out with his girlfriend watching a friend performing at the Crown Hotel in Weymouth when he heard someone shout that a man had collapsed. He said: "I looked
PART of a popular Internet website provided by Weymouth and Portland Borough Council is set to be closed after a register of councillors' interests appeared on it. The council is considering axing its message board because it says a series of 'unsuitable
A MUSICAL group is challenging that old showbiz adage - never work with animals or children. The search is on for a dog star to complete the cast of a new Cole Porter production at the Pavilion Theatre. Weymouth Operatic Society is holding canine auditions
CHERRIES are sweating on the fitness of goalkeeper Jamie Ashdown ahead of Saturday's trip to Division Three rivals Exeter City. The 21-year-old, who is on loan from Reading, suffered a double injury setback during Cherries' 1-0 win at Macclesfield three
SEAN MCDONAGH has a double mission in the land of his mother's birth during the next seven weeks. He wants to win the £35,000 54-hole Welsh Professional Championship that started at Pyle and Kenfig today. Failing that he hopes to amass enough order of
WEYMOUTH Tennis Club has won the prestigious County Club of the Year award from the Dorset Lawn Tennis Association. The prize was awarded for the club's outstanding work with young people in the area. At a presentation at the club's Radipole Park Drive
URGENT action was demanded today to prevent parts of Weymouth becoming flooded with ex-prisoners. Families said they were concerned about the number of criminals settling in the community and fear it could hit the resort's vital tourist trade. The area
Fears were growing today for a missing 26-year-old Portland man. David Knight has not seen by his family since 8.30pm on Sunday. Police and coastguards scoured Portland, the Ferrybridge area of Wyke Regis and The Fleet after some of his possessions, including
THE distraught mother of missing schoolgirl Jennifer Gibbs today appealed for information on the whereabouts of her daughter. Jennifer, 15, was last seen on Wednesday, August 28 when she left her home at Weston Street on Portland to go shopping in Weymouth
RECORDED crime in Dorset has risen by 26.5 per cent, new figures reveal. But according to Dorset Police the apparent increase in crime is because of the new National Crime Recording Standard. Figures from the Dorset Police Authority quarterly performance
ALL bride-to-be Ann-Marie Sawden needs to make her wedding a dream come true is for her missing brother to return home and give her away. On Sunday Ann-Marie, 26, and her fianc Richard McFarlane, 34, will be-come the first couple to say ' I do' at a shopping
WARRIORS from the past turned back the clock a couple of millennia on the outskirts of the New Forest over the weekend. Visitors to the Rockbourne Roman Villa, near Fordingbridge, saw ancient history brought to life in loud, colourful style as the area
