A PROMISE to remember the Winton Salvation Army in a will from a stranger who visited once and never came back was taken with a pinch of salt. But more than a decade later Iris Elizabeth Evered, known to her friends as Betty, kept her word and left a
MEMBERS of Bournemouth's gay community are hoping a 5,000-strong party at Meyrick Park will go ahead this summer - without the official obstacles which have dogged the popular event in the past. Organisers want the Bournemouth Mardi Gras to take place
A PROMISE to remember the Winton Salvation Army in a will from a stranger who visited once and never came back was taken with a pinch of salt. But more than a decade later Iris Elizabeth Evered, known to her friends as Betty, kept her word and left a
MEET Bess and Alfred possibly Dorset's naughtiest dogs. During their short lives the angelic-looking pair have managed to eat most of their owner's kitchen, the contents of a food cupboard, a medicine cabinet and even a radiator thermostat. Luckily the
BRIDPORT Football Club is appealing to fans to help bring about major improvements at their St Mary's Field ground. The Bees' home is due to get a facelift over the next 15 months with plans now well advanced to build a modern new stand. After months
PLANS for giant wind turbines in Portland moved a step closer today after the developer announced it was set to submit a plan for an anemometer to test wind speeds. Energy company Powergen Renewables is working with Portland Port on a proposal to erect
A CARER has slammed Dorset County Hospital for withholding food from his 90-year-old grandmother for more than three days. Michael Bolton, 47, of Williams Street, claims his elderly relative was crying out with hunger because she was not allowed anything
A NEW chapter in Dorset history opens this week when a digital Domesday Book gets its official launch. The £500,000 project to map Dorset's treasures electronically will be launched on Thursday by the author and TV personality Julian Richards, who presents
ROYAL Marine Neil Short was given a hero's welcome when he returned from Iraq to his New Forest home. After four months in the Gulf the 23-year-old came back to Ringwood to find his parents, Sue and Glenn, had decorated the house with welcome home bunting
CONSTRUCTION orders rose by seven per cent over the year, latest data reveals. Orders for the first quarter this year were down one per cent compared with the same period in 2002. But they were three per cent up on the final quarter of last year, "largely
CAPTAIN Carl Fletcher is your runaway Cherries player-of-the-year. The 23-year-old midfielder, who has also served AFC Bournemouth so well in central defence this season, polled a massive 60 per cent of votes to take the Micky Cave-Daily Echo supporters
CARRYING no passengers this was the first bus to trundle down Christchurch High Street on a Monday in almost two years - and this most controversial of journeys was greeted with very mixed emotions by locals. Buses were banned from the High Street when
DORCHESTER Athletic Club duo Charlotte Watts and Tanya Carter walked away with two titles at the Dorset Schools AA Championships at Millfield School. Watts impressed everyone with her demonstration of the flowing style of correct race walking as she left
BIG HITTER Joseph Harvey carried on where he left off at Weymouth Pavilion last month with a knockout performance at Plymouth. The Weymouth boxer, who reversed an earlier loss by stopping Carl Wheeler from the Isle of Wight at the town's annual tournament
DORCHESTER United Football Club are returning to Dorset's top league after a 29-year absence. The club, turned down for promotion four seasons ago because their ground was not up to standard, have now been accepted by the Elite Teamwear Dorset Premier
MUM Kelly Thorne today told how she screamed in horror after a car mounted the pavement and ploughed into her and her two-year-old son before speeding off. Kelly described how the vehicle crashed into her, knocked her to the ground and hit Jordan's pushchair
A BOUNCER registration scheme aimed at combating violent crime has proved so successful that landlords are also being urged to join Weymouth's Pubwatch initiative. So far 73 doormen in the town have applied to the Door Supervisor Registration Scheme to
A DORSET Echo story could help change the law after it highlighted anger at a driver's lenient sentence for a crash in which a schoolboy cyclist died. South Dorset MP Jim Knight is sending last Saturday's front page lead to a special government committee
WRITER Nicola Thorne today backed an appeal for volunteers when she paid tribute to Dorchester hospital staff who saved her life. The best-selling author claimed she would have died after a horrific car crash but for accident and emergency staff at Dorset
PENSIONERS are being offered the chance of a round-the-world jaunt without leaving the comfort of their Dorchester day centre. Age Concern hopes to give senior citizens a glimpse of the world wide web when its new Silver Surfer Festival starts this week
A MAJOR new study has been launched to examine the effectiveness of business support across this region. Consultancy firm DTZ Pieda has been commissioned by the South West Regional Development Agency and the Small Business Service to carry out the work
CHERRIES could be boosted by the return of influential midfielder Marcus Browning as Sean O'Driscoll's colts bid to end Bury's Division Three play-off dream and book their place at the Millennium Stadium. But the Cherries boss will wait on the outcome
