Joanna Davis and Samantha Harman

COUNCILLORS have refused retrospective planning permission for lodgings put up to house police officers during the Olympics.

TRIBUTES have been paid to a popular man whose body was found at the bottom of cliffs on Portland.

DORSET has given generously to the 12th Echo Christmas Toy Appeal to raise a fabulous £3,500, despite tough economic times.

TRAFFIC hit gridlock in Weymouth as the closure of a main route through the town brought vehicles to a standstill.