MONA LISA SMILE Starring: Julia Roberts, Kirsten Dunst, Julia Stiles, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Ginnifer Goodwin, Dominic West, Juliet Stevenson, Marcia Gay Harden, John Slattery, Topher Grace GENRE: Drama ce CERTIFICATE: 12A GUIDE: No swearing, sex or violence
THE PRINCIPLES OF LUST (18) Based loosely on an unpublished novel - and after viewing this you can see why the manuscript never made it into print - this is a grimy, hard-hitting British spin on Fight Club. Sweaty, graphic sex scenes and shocking sequences
HONEY (PG) Honey Daniels (Jessica Alba) dreams of making it big as a choreographer and dancer. By day, she teaches hip hop classes at a local centre for neighbourhood kids, who respond positively to her enthusiasm and obvious talent. By night, she works
A MOPED shop that was torched by arsonists is now back up and running. Owner David Meikle and his son Lyle and friend Chris Hinks have been working around the clock to get the Mr Moped store in Columbia Road, Ensbury Park, back to its former glory. Mr
A TELEPHONE engineer who sexually abused three young girls has been jailed for three-and-a-half years. Robert Cooper, 52, was sentenced at Exeter Crown Court after being convicted on all 10 indecency charges to which he had pleaded not guilty. Judge Graham
DORSET Police are urging motorists to outsmart the car thief following the launch of a new car crime initiative. From Monday police began a three-month campaign aimed at clamping down on car thefts in north Bournemouth. The north section has seen a sharp
A COMMUNITY appeal to create a skate park in Swanage has won a cash boost totalling £25,000. The Y-Axis Skategroup has landed a grant from the government's Living Spaces scheme which supports projects in open spaces. The money will provide six more pieces
TONIGHT (11) Ben Waters Band/Otis Grand and the Big Blues Band/John Crampton (Weymouth Pavilion Ocean Rooms, The Esplanade, Weymouth): Home-grown boogie/rock'n'roll piano phenomenumenum Ben and band are joined by award-winning bluesman Otis and Crampton's
Steady round for Thornton CONSISTENCY is what matters in golf and 13 handicapper John Thornton demonstrated just that by recording seven pars in a row to win the Seniors Stableford. On the second hole of his round - the 162-yard 11th - he sent his drive
THIS is the terminally ill man who is desperate to trace his long-lost brother for a last chance of life. Neil Phillips, 39, is undergoing treatment after being diagnosed with leukaemia two weeks ago, but, as reported in Tuesday's Daily Echo, needs a
Lyme make hard work of it Chard United 1 Lyme Regis 2 LYME should have won by a mile, and had enough chances to have done so. Indeed, it is hard to comprehend just how the Seasiders managed to come away with the narrowest of wins against the worst side
A NAIL caused an horrific Bank Holiday crash which claimed the life of a Poole building society manager, an inquest heard. Jason Shelley, 32, died instantly after a new sports car being driven by his brother Marc careered out of control and ended up embedded
Thrilling exit for Walkden Bridport Hawks 0 Bridgwater 0 BRIDPORT Hawks ended Bridgwater's promotion hopes with a gritty performance in their final league game. Goalkeeper Kevin Mundy had a fantastic match to thwart the high flying visitors on several
Talented Millie claims bronze BEAMINSTER School pupil Millie Forrest came third in the national modern pentathlon tetrathlon championships at Bath University. The tetrathlon involves running, swimming, fencing and air pistol shooting and the standard
DORCHESTER Football Club secretary David Martin is one of four long serving directors of the Southern League quitting the board after a row that has split the league. Mr Martin and fellow directors Barry Hughes, David Nessling and Graham Davison say they
WHILE most Dorset eyes will be on hot prospects Rooster Booster and Kingscliff at the Chelten-ham Festival next week, there are other county runners worth considering at National Hunt racing's premier meeting. One such challenger is old stager Woodlands
THE longest race in the girls' programme provided the closest finish at the long distance block of the Dorset county championships. Bournemouth Dolphins Lucy Kember, 16, and 13-year-old Claire Humphreys were the main protagonists in an exciting 800m freestyle
BATTLING Pymore residents have won a second reprieve for a 100 year-old-tree after confronting workmen when they tried to fell it again on Monday. Protesters stood beneath the Corsican pine as contractors began cutting it down - forcing them to call a
FIRMS are snooping on their workers by monitoring telephone calls and e-mails and even checking on toilet breaks because of a lack of privacy rights, according to a new report today. The TUC said new technologies meant managers could monitor their staff
ANTONIO Lindback heaped praise on his Pirates team-mates after they had pulled back a six-point deficit to beat Swindon 51-39 at Wimborne Road last night. The Brazilian-born Swede reeled off three heat wins on his way to an impressive 10 point haul as
PIGS definitely do fly, the Echo can reveal. Dorset porkers regularly get airborne in a private jet to migrate to a vast estate on the Hebridean island of Islay. But these particular animals were fairly well up in the world before they took to the skies
AN HILARIOUS tale of lust, confusion, divorce and discarded underwear ending up on lampshades is the next production to be staged by Weymouth Drama Club. Popular comic playwright David Tristram's Unoriginal Sin is a bizarre love tangle with comic consequences
THE Wey Valley School's International Concert series continues next week with a performance by Czech mezzo soprano Edita Randova. Edita, who has performed with the State Opera in Prague, will be joined on stage by Vocalis, Weymouth's new youth choir,
BRAHMS' German Requiem and Dvorak's Te Deum will be performed by Weymouth Choral Society at their next concert on Saturday, March 20. Soprano Jane Sherriff and baritone James Davis will be joined by Wessex Sinfonia and conducted by Helen Brind for the
A GROUP of young and talented Dorset musicians are giving a concert in Abbotsbury next week to help raise funds for children in South America. The Arioso Ensemble, five musicians from the west of Dorset, will be playing pieces by Purcell, Bach, Vivaldi
THURSDAY (11) Lunchtime recital, Weymouth Arts Centre (1pm) Motown Mania, Weymouth College Theatre, Cranford Avenue Eduardo Niebla Duo, West Lulworth village hall My Fair Lady, Octagon Theatre, Yeovil Lunchtime recital, Lighthouse, Poole (1.05pm) Rokia
Treading the boards this week DIRECTOR Michael Bogdanov's celebrated new stage version of Dylan Thomas's Under Milk Wood completes its five night run at Lighthouse in Poole on Saturday (March 13). The production, which is being touring to rave reviews
Treading the boards this week DIRECTOR Michael Bogdanov's celebrated new stage version of Dylan Thomas's Under Milk Wood completes its five night run at Lighthouse in Poole on Saturday (March 13). The production, which is being touring to rave reviews
Treading the boards this week DIRECTOR Michael Bogdanov's celebrated new stage version of Dylan Thomas's Under Milk Wood completes its five night run at Lighthouse in Poole on Saturday (March 13). The production, which is being touring to rave reviews
Katie Melua - Pavilion Theatre, Bournemouth "I LOVE you and goodnight..." Signing off with Eva Cassidy's Anniversary Song was a poignant touch which brought this remarkable concert full circle. Katie Melua, the 19-year-old everybody's talking about, is
A DEFIANT pensioner is ready to become Weymouth's first council tax 'martyr' after refusing to pay a local authority demand. Ann Edwards, 70, has withheld £110 of tax - the last monthly instalment of her 2002/03 bill - and has been summoned to appear
FORGET mushy peas, fish and chip fans in Dorchester are being served up their favourite food with a side order of poetry. Hungry residents are being served food for the spirit and mind with the launch of special poetry menus which are being displayed
YES - LET'S TALK ISLAND PRIORITIES WELL done Simon Avery (We must save the island from being ruined, Letters, March 2). How right he is. The roundabout he talks about is all geared up for the sailing centre, which everything else seems to be geared to
CHILDREN'S play equipment installed in a park was removed after just two weeks - because the council cannot get insurance for it. Dad Steve Wright, 40, was pleased when Weymouth and Portland Borough Council put two new baby swings in the park on Weston
A RETIRED soldier has called for action on parking problems which he claims aggravate his war wounds. Gerald Northover, 68, of Diggory Crescent in Dorchester, sustained injuries to his head and spine after serving in the Far East as a warrant officer
A BRIDPORT couple whose six-month-old granddaughter died of meningitis collected around £360 at a coffee morning to help fight the disease. Peter and Rose Hime held the event in memory of baby Eve at their home at Polly's B and B in West Allington to
IVORY is being sold illegally in Bournemouth and the New Forest, a report claims. Antique dealers in both areas are flouting laws intended to protect elephants from being slaughtered for their tusks, according to the International Fund for Animal Welfare
TELL you what, this page is teeming with culture today. It doesn't happen very often, admittedly - my knowledge of culture is limited to my fitful yoghurt intake and my continuing admiration of Chris Lonergan's elaborate Boy George-style dreadlocks. However
Champions finish in style at home Beaminster 7 Gillingham 1 WHEN champions Beaminster were pitted against the league's bottom team the outcome was fairly assured. But although Andrea Prentice cracked in a fine goal on eight minutes, Gillingham's telling
Sorry slump for Bridport BRIDPORT'S abysmal record against the league's strugglers continued when they slumped to defeat at Horsdon Park on Tuesday. Having already lost to lowly Dawlish, Devizes and Melksham this season, the Bees latest embarrassment
CAMPAIGNERS cracked open the Champagne yesterday when they suddenly won their struggle to stop a wind farm being built in a Dorset valley. After months of constant pressure from campaigners, Richard Drax, who owns a large estate in East Dorset, announced
THIS is the terminally ill man who is desperate to trace his long-lost brother for a last chance of life. Neil Phillips, 39, is undergoing treatment after being diagnosed with leukaemia two weeks ago, but, as reported in Tuesday's Daily Echo, needs a
MONA LISA SMILE (12A) Julia Roberts is a teacher who, unlike the other staff at a 1950s girls college, encourages her students to follow their hearts - see review. HONEY (PG) Jessica Alba gets to strut her stuff in this predictable but energetic hip-hop
A NAIL caused an horrific Bank Holiday crash which claimed the life of a Poole building society manager, an inquest heard. Jason Shelley, 32, died instantly after a new sports car being driven by his brother Marc careered out of control and ended up embedded
THERE'S a Guinness World Record for practically everything, from the weirdest and wackiest to the most extraordinary. It covers the longest tongue and the greatest distance moonwalked in one-hour to the most tattooed man who has 99.9 per cent of his body
Blues on course for title after rout Bridport 39 Martock 0 BRIDPORT asserted themselves as title favourites with a resounding victory over championship rivals Martock at the Brewery Field. The Blues ran in six tries in this top of the table decider and
Bees battle for big point Torrington 1 Bridport 1 BRIDPORT enhanced their recent progress with a hard-earned draw against Torrington at Vicarage Field. Although the Bees rode their luck at times against the reigning champions of Division One, they deservedly
Unbeaten run goes on BRIDPORT under 16s continued their unbeaten run in the Weymouth Indoor League with an impressive performance against Puddletown. Put in to bat, a changed Bridport line up notched up 126 runs in their 12 overs with Joe Hawkins (35)
PARKSTONE Yacht Club is to host the OK World Championships this year for a week starting Saturday, July 24. As well as competitiors from throughout Europe, the club is also expecting entrants from Australia, New Zealand, India, Korea and Thailand. With
LEIGH Adams beat Tony Rickardsson twice on his return to Wimborne Road but RIAS Pirates still passed their first test of the new season with flying colours. The man from Mildura may have swapped teams over the winter, moving from Poole to his parent club
THE BITS of parenthood that no one warns you about will be laid bare as an award-winning play starts a five-night run in Poole next Tuesday. Mum's the Word is an ensemble show in which six actresses - all mothers themselves - play characters who haul
STARS from the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden are descending on Dorchester later this month for a concert to raise funds for CancerCare Dorset and the Joseph Weld Hospice. Soprano Glenys Roberts, mezzo-soprano Amanda Floyd, tenor George Owen and baritone
A YOUTH club could be created in Poundbury to cater for the development's younger generation. Youngsters on the estate currently have to travel to the other side of town to use the Dorchester Youth and Community Centre in Kings Road. But the centre, which
DORCHESTER Mayor Molly Rennie today urged the town to back a charity casino this weekend. Roulette and black jack tables will be in full swing at the Corn Exchange on Saturday in support of one of the Mayor's chosen good causes. The March Hare Extravaganza
TELL you what, this page is teeming with culture today. It doesn't happen very often, admittedly - my knowledge of culture is limited to my fitful yoghurt intake and my continuing admiration of Chris Lonergan's elaborate Boy George-style dreadlocks. However
TICKETS are set to go on sale for this year's Dorchester Festival. East meets West at this year's festival, which is organised by Dorchester Arts Centre and gets underway on April 29. More than 75 events have been lined up during the five day festival
STORYLAND and the world of make believe were brought alive for the children of Brackenbury Infant School and Community Nursery, Portland, during Book Week. The youngsters were delighted to be visited by author Sandra Fretwell, who told them how she came
DORCHESTER welcomed a relative of the town's greatest art export. The work of Tom Roberts - born in Durngate Street in 1856 - has been celebrated in Australia for more than a century. The artist, described as Australia's Constable, died in 1931 after
IVORY is being sold illegally in Bournemouth and the New Forest, a report claims. Antique dealers in both areas are flouting laws intended to protect elephants from being slaughtered for their tusks, according to the International Fund for Animal Welfare
TITLED landowner and farmer the Earl of Malmesbury has been appointed president of the 2004 New Forest Show. The Earl, who lives at his Greywell estate in Hampshire, also owns the Malmesbury Estate at Hurn near Christchurch and the Sydling Court estate
A FACTORY is to lose more than a quarter of its workforce, striking a blow at the rural heart of Dorset. Faccenda Holdings has announced that 90 out of 330 jobs are to go in its Okeford Fitzpaine plant which raises and processes chickens for the mass
AN EDUCATOR has slated the proposed re-organisation of Dorset schools as "lunatic" when the results of other major changes are still unknown. He also criticised education chiefs for attacking towns piecemeal instead of looking at Dorset as a whole. And
DEAN Court chairman Peter Phillips has admitted he had mixed feelings over Cherries boss Sean O'Driscoll being linked with the vacant manager's position at Plymouth Argyle. O'Driscoll is reported to be one of the names in the frame to replace Paul Sturrock
SO, researchers have announced the discovery of a drug which will supposedly revive short-term memory for those whose mental powers are fading. Or in other words, the elderly. Called HT-0712, it has also been dubbed "Viagra of the mind" and is just another
