BREAKFAST just got a whole lot more complicated. As if distinguishing salt from sugar when I'm sprinkling it on my cereal wasn't hard enough, now Kellogg has introduced impossible packaging which they're marketing as "A better way to wake up to the world
AN ELDERLY woman died on an operating table as surgeons attempted a pioneering operation to save her life. A verdict of misadventure was recorded on 78-year-old Esme Stubbs, who died in Royal Bournemouth Hospital in November 2002 at the end of a heart
STAFF and pupils at three schools in Dorset are celebrating because they have been told by government inspectors that they are the best in the country. St Edward's in Poole, Allenbourn Middle in Wimborne and Sandford CofE Middle in Wareham have been listed
JASON Tindall has leapt to the defence of new Tottenham striker and ex-Cherries team-mate Jermain Defoe. The England under-21 international joined Spurs from West Ham for £7m, with Bobby Zamora moving in the other direction as part of the deal. But the
DORSET'S dominance of the regional badminton championships has continued with a 12-3 win at home to Wiltshire and leaves the team one match away from a National Premier League play-off place. In the men's singles, Dorset took maximum points with Graham
PIRATES co-promoter Matt Ford has revealed they went for Bjarne Pedersen ahead of Greg Walasek when they put together this year's team. But once Poole had confirmed their one-to-seven, they quickly did all they could to fix up the Pole with a loan move
CAMPAIGNERS have reacted with disbelief after developers won an appeal to build controversial flats in a leafy Ferndown suburb. Residents were delighted last summer when district councillors went against their officers' recommendation and threw out proposals
YOU can't miss him. He has one green jacket and one pink jacket and he's watched by millions of people every week. Laurie Holloway has played with them all yet he's hardly a household name. He's generally only spotted lurking in the corner of the screen
ANGRY residents vowed to fight moves to build on an open space in Weymouth when they turned out in force for a public meeting. More than 250 people turned out for the meeting organised by Wyke Regis Protection Society against work at Markham and Little
WEYMOUTH and Portland Borough Council looks set to limit its council tax rise to less than seven per cent. Members of the council's management committee voted to recommend a rise of 6.91 per cent after approving a package of savings worth £291,176. Councillors
A LETTER posted by a long-lost army pal from Australia reached veteran Dick Chubb in less than a week - despite being posted to the wrong address. Mr Chubb, of Alton Pancras, was amazed when the letter dropped on his doormat with the simple address 'somewhere
A COMMUNITY is split over a £65,000 football pitch upgrade because there is no team to play on it. Crossways Parish Council voted to spend the grant cash to repair and upgrade the soccer playing surface last year. The work is expected to be complete by
DORSET County Council has come under fire for erecting a fence to block a much-used path in Dorchester. Dog walkers and schoolchildren have used the short stretch of path on Allington Road between the railway bridge and the Trumpet Major pub for years
DORCHESTER councillors have cried foul over dog owners who let their pets poop in public places. Coun Louise Taylor told a meeting of the town council's planning and environment committee that she was becoming increasingly concerned about people who let
PEOPLE in Weymouth and Portland are being given the chance to contribute to a piece of history. Residents are invited to come up with names for six new roads at the Osprey Quay development on Portland. Millions of pounds are being invested into the former
POLICE in the New Forest have appealed to the public for help in finding a Lymington teenager who vanished on her way to school on Monday morning. Lauryn Hill, who lives at Bays Road, Pennington, set off from her home as usual on Monday when she was taken
MORE parent-carers have voiced their support for the Daily Echo's Save Juniper Centre campaign. The centre in Jumpers Road, Christchurch could be axed because of Dorset County Council budget cuts. But it provides a lifeline for about 100 people with learning
ONE of Bournemouth's oldest women is awaiting an eye operation - at the age 103. For Nellie Hammond getting her sight back will be the best birthday present she could hope for. Yesterday family and friends joined Nellie at Muscliffe Nursing Home in Tolpuddle
QUIETLY hidden among the rolling hills of Purbeck is a unique and important archaeological landscape. A report just published by English Heritage reveals the extent of earthworks, medieval field patterns and trackways at Corfe Common, near Corfe Castle
WORK is due to begin in a few weeks to replace a vandalised footbridge in Poole which has been closed for seven months. The previously well-used pedestrian bridge across the railway line linking Turlin Moor and Rockley Park was so badly damaged the council
POOLE Pottery's quayside shop has been re-united with the famous factory after being bought by the new owners of the business. But it is likely to move from its current premises within the next six months - possibly to become part of the neighbouring
JASON Tindall has leapt to the defence of new Tottenham striker and ex-Cherries team-mate Jermain Defoe. The England under-21 international joined Spurs from West Ham for £7m, with Bobby Zamora moving in the other direction as part of the deal. But the
SWANAGE and Wareham fought off the adverse effects of gale force winds to blow away mid-table Windsor 21-5 and breeze to victory in South West Two East. A thoroughly professional display from the Bestwall boy's saw them hold firm in defence and show enough
I'M A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here - the local website - has proved such a hit for a Poole marketing firm that fans crashed its server. Total Design & Marketing at Penn Hill was bombarded with more than 30,000 visitors a day just a week after launching
NEW employees could automatically become members of their company's pension schemes under government proposals to tackle the pensions crisis. The Department for Work & Pensions said it was exploring a range of options to get people to save more for
VILLAGERS today called for the Dorset Police helicopter to scramble for good from its Winfrith base. The plea came after they won a battle to keep the state-of-the-art aircraft grounded between 2am and 7am when Purbeck District Council's planning committee
DORSET County Council has come under fire for erecting a fence to block a much-used path in Dorchester. Dog walkers and schoolchildren have used the short stretch of path on Allington Road between the railway bridge and the Trumpet Major pub for years
TWO Dorset schools have been named as "outstanding" by education watchdog Ofsted. Sandford Church of England Middle School near Wareham and Allenbourn Middle School in Wimborne have appeared in Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Schools David Bell's annual
BANGERS and burgers from the New Forest will be featuring on menus throughout the South if Martyn Evans and Ann Sevier get their way. They have been employed by New Forest District Council to promote and market Forest Friendly Farming. And that means
AN ELDERLY man lived in his New Forest mobile home unaware that his brother with whom he shared the property had been dead in bed for months. Police officers went to the property on Blissford Hill near Fordingbridge after they received a call from Herbert
UNION members are pleading for their jobs as Dorset County Council plans hundreds of redundancies in its cost-cutting budget. In return UNISON, which represents up to 10,000 local government workers throughout the county, has pledged to back the council's
READERS, I may not be doing this job much longer. It's not that I'm tired of it. It's just that an amazing money-making opportunity has come my way. I received a letter the other day from a man called David Rhodes of Norfolk, who says he can personally
MORE parent-carers have voiced their support for the Daily Echo's Save Juniper Centre campaign. The centre in Jumpers Road, Christchurch could be axed because of Dorset County Council budget cuts. But it provides a lifeline for about 100 people with learning
AWAYDAY specialist Claus Jorgensen was back among the goals as Cherries recorded a 2-0 win over Team Bath in a hastily-arranged practice match at the University of Bath today (Feb 4). Jorgensen, who netted in seven consecutive away games for his former
