A MOUSE super-highway is on track to help save one of Britain’s most elusive creatures. Students at Kingston Maurward College are adding their help and elbow grease to a national conservation project to try and halt the sharp decline in hazel dormice
A PAIR of pioneering shock docs are shaking up the medical world. Dorchester doctors Nick Fernandez and Nick Savva are among the first in the country to use shockwave therapy as treatment for injuries. They have cured patients whose lives have been
Weymouth and Portland Council, wake up and smell the coffee! I refer to the story ‘Tight leash on new dog rules’ (Echo, February 3). So, what has happened to good old common sense? No serious dog owner would allow their dog to
PORTLAND teenager Adam Greaves is gearing up for a tri-mile charity challenge on Portland with dozens of other youngsters from across the borough. The fancy-dress fundraiser will be taking place on Saturday, March 13, in aid of Sport Relief. It
YOBS, vandals and mindless idiots! No - not the usual reference to the pond life detailed in the Echo on a regular basis. I have seen the total devastation of what was once a pleasant country area. I refer to the rape of our Rhododendron
GOOD causes are set to benefit as the Mayor of Weymouth and Portland distributes donations from her Christmas Appeal. Councillor Anne Kenwood has asked the borough’s Lions club to help her hand out the £2,000 raised from the latest festive fundraiser
I read with interest Coun Richard Denton-White’s letter regarding Portland and a Town Crier (Your Say, February 8). I am certainly far from ignorant and in fact have a good knowledge of what happens on the island. Having spent a long time in
STUDENT Sam Pearce is going back to the future with a new 1980s-inspired sports shoe. He has won a slot to showcase his ‘Rewind’ basketball style boots at a national fashion show at the NEC in Birmingham from February 21 to 23. Former Thomas Hardye
TEENAGERS fed up with nothing to do at night have organised their own pop concert. The group of Weymouth youngsters decided to take matters into their own hands after getting frustrated about the lack of activities for people their age that don’t cost
SCHOOL pupils have waved off a book that will be heading off to sunnier climes and bringing back some valuable life lessons. The Travelling Book will circumnavigate its way around the globe stopping at Holland, the US, Fiji, Australia, Thailand and Bangladesh
A WEYMOUTH man’s dying wishes have been carried out by his friends and family. Bob Addison’s nearest and dearest have donated vital equipment to the endoscopy department at Dorset County Hospital as a way of marking the first anniversary of his death
PART of the A35 in West Dorset was closed for nearly three hours after three separate car crashes, police said. One man was taken to hospital with a broken leg and firefighters had to free three people following the smashes. Police closed the road between
YOU would think that a career that has included playing two of arguably the most popular and iconic characters in modern culture would be enough for one man. But no. The actor Terry Malloy, whose alter egos include Davros, creator of the Daleks, and
THIS wonderfully tasty and simple rice dish is perfect and warming comfort food for a winter day. It serves four. Ingredients: 300g roasted (see below for recipe), diced squash (I used Blue Prince variety from the vegetable patch but any squash
THE plan was to watch a Saturday afternoon showing of Avatar en famille and then round off the outing with a meal. However, plans were almost scuppered by leaving everything until the last minute, so that most restaurants only had late sittings available
I walk dogs along the Rodwell Trail and believe that councillors are very short-sighted in making owners keep dogs on leads along there. Firstly: there are lots of areas where dogs like to run around - up and down the banks in the cutting,
THE sentence comes as eight sex offenders – including six paedophiles – have been confirmed as missing by Dorset Police. Four of the missing men are considered to pose a high risk of re-offending, two are classed as medium risk and two others
A 14-YEAR-OLD sex abuse victim is appealing to children who keep their ordeal a secret to speak out. The schoolgirl has set up a discussion group on a social networking website so that victims can speak to her. Her attacker Nigel Christopher
A REGISTERED sex offender was sentenced to six weeks in prison for failing to notify the authorities of his whereabouts while in Weymouth. David William Herbert, 49, formerly of the Waverley Arms in the town, admitted a charge of failing to
THE director of a children’s charity has commended the girl’s intentions in setting up an internet support group but urged caution so soon after her abuse. Claude Knights is director of Kidscape, which is aimed at preventing bullying and child
I wonder if any of the West Dorset councillors use the bus as their regular means of travel to and from Dorchester? I have a feeling that if they did something would have been done about the bus stop in Trinity Street ages ago. It is a scrum
A WEYMOUTH shop owner who was found dead at his parents’ home committed suicide, an inquest has ruled. Father-of-four Mark Kessock-Philip, owner of Kessock Models in St Edmund Street, died at his parents’ home in Wilton Drive on November 29 last year
TEMPERS boiled over when the milk ran out at a Bridport café. Angry customers were left frothing when staff at Costa Coffee said they were not allowed to buy more – even though Waitrose was just across the road. They claimed corporate red tape barred
YOUNGSTERS flocked to the Dorset County Museum in Dorchester for a chance to meet children’s author Terry Deary. Queues formed outside the museum from 9am as the popular writer of the Horrible Histories books proved the star attraction on a fun-packed
A PENSIONER was fuming after he got off his sick bed to pay for and collect undelivered post that turned out to be a political campaigning letter sent without a stamp. Leonard Zanders, 70, had been fighting a heavy cold at home in Verne Common
ASHLEY Vickers has put the offer of a new playing contract to one side, preferring to focus his efforts on leading the Magpies to Blue Square South safety. Dorchester’s player-boss has been handed a new deal by chairman Shaun Hearn but is choosing to
RISING star Jamie Symes will be invited back for a second trial with Championship heavyweights Blackpool once he turns 17. Symes recently travelled to Lancashire for an audition in front of Tangerines’ manager Ian Holloway, who had been alerted about
WEYMOUTH Weyline Wildcats have completed their line-up for the 2010 campaign with Richard Andrews providing the final piece of the puzzle. The 17-year-old has yet to sign on the dotted line but his arrival from National League rivals Newport appears
TABLE-TOPPING FC WindowMan suffered defeat for the first time in the Wey-mouth Carpets Direct Sunday Premiership as they went down at the hands of the Chapelhay. The 3-1 result was made all the more impressive as the league leaders, depleted by suspensions
TURTHEN, runner-up to Cappa Bleu in the 2009 Christies’ Foxhunter, will return to the Cheltenham Festival on March 19 after an impressive Ladies’ Open win at Milborne St Andrew. Jo Buck set a true test on Jackie du Plessis’ Cornish raider Kingsmill Lake
Portland YOI 7 Dorchester GLADIATORS 26 DORCHESTER Gladiators ended a 30-year exile by becoming the first team since 1980 to visit Portland YOI for a game of rugby. On that occasion Dorchester also obliged and it was fitting that Brian Eadie
BUSINESSES in Dorchester are being asked to give their views on advertising signs after complaints about the number of A-boards in the town’s main shopping streets. The Dorchester and District Chamber of Commerce is conducting a survey among
