THE threat of terrorism remains a reality even for a county like Dorset, Chief Constable Martin Baker said today. He spoke as a comprehensive review made recommendations for changes within Dorset Police to ensure services are improved and better use
ANNUAL ombudsman reports have largely given Dorset councils clean bills of health for the year to March 31. The documents were issued for Weymouth and Portland Borough Council, Dorset County Council and West Dorset District Council for the year to March
CONTROVERSIAL Tetra masts have been given the go-ahead by council chiefs despite concerns from union leaders. Tetra communications are already used by the police and ambulance services and Dorset Fire and Rescue Service hopes to introduce the system
A MULTI-million pound leisure centre to replace Dorchester's ageing swimming pool has won backing from Dorset County Council chiefs. The £7 million centre would boast a six-lane pool with public swimming at all times, a learner pool, spectator seating
HOMEOWNER Lynne Ronaldson is counting the cost after a car smashed through her garden wall at an accident blackspot near Dorchester. She said the latest collision is the third accident at Hurst Bridge near Moreton in the past month. And she fears more
AN AMBULANCE chief has hit out at the thief who put patients at risk by stealing equipment in Dorchester. Mick Barnes, of Dorset Ambulance Service, said he was shocked someone had broken into an ambulance and taken a sat-nav system. He said: "The cost
SUPPORTERS of a planned multi-million-pound arts centre for Dorchester say they are drawing up plans to raise cash to get the project off the ground. The Maltings arts centre would be at the heart of the redevelopment of the former Eldridge Pope brewery
AN 82-year-old woman died after her car smashed into a wall at Beaminster. The incident in The Square began at 5.50pm when the woman, who was driving a blue Rover 216, emerged from Fleet Street. She then crossed The Square before going down a narrow
BEACHGOERS battled to save a swimmer's life after he was pulled unconscious from the water at Sandsfoot Beach, Weymouth, after a suspected heart attack. They gave him mouth to mouth resuscitation and chest compressions until help arrived, but he was
THE future of one of Bridport's landmark buildings is set to be determined by the High Court. Judges will decide who owns the former library in East Street amid growing speculation that it may be sold on the open market. Dorset County Council currently
A FAMILY of seven fear they may end up on the streets as the latest victims of West Dorset's affordable homes crisis. Clare Foote and her six children have lived on Shutes Farm in Symondsbury for two and a half years. On May 31 she received a letter
RUSSIAN Dorset is the second exhibition of art uniting female Russian artists living in the county. The trio of artists taking part are glass fusion expert Svetlana, silk painter Oksana and Iryna, who specialises in oil painting. Their work is full
Lyndsey Llewellyn, 13, from All Saints' is doing street dancing as her first activity. There were a lot of pupils from other schools and they all seemed to be enjoying themselves. We asked them what dance move was the hardest and most of them said that
Students learned how to bathe babies in the childcare experience, and about babies' skin and how delicate babies are. But one student wouldn't choose childcare as a job because she 'dislikes screaming babies'. They were taught by the best, Wendy Jones
THE All Saints' girls have been having a fantastic time, doing beauty treatment at Secondary College as part of one of the activities there. When we asked Sade Trott, aged 13, at All Saints School if she thought the teaching was good she said: "Yes,
Stacey Louise Follen, 13, of All Saints chose building an electronic circuit for her second activity at Secondary College. The class of year 8s made a counter circuit. Stacey says she has not been electrocuted yet and she finds it very complicated!
WEYMOUTH golfer Jon Bevan is determined to do himself justice when he takes to the tee this afternoon in The Open at Carnoustie in Scotland. Bevan is scheduled to start his first round at 3.15pm and he admits he is feeling better prepared than last year
DORCHESTER'S director of football Shaun Brooks says he hasn't made any decisions yet on the futures of the Magpies' current trialists, despite impressive performances in the team's first friendly on Tuesday. The county town side defeated Ringwood Town
SOUTH and West Dorset athletes Peter Horne and Peter Thornton both produced fantastic performances at the Dorset County Primary Schools Championships at the Ashdown Leisure Centre in Poole. The boys' team may have only finished fourth with 24 points
Weymouth Secondary College has had a visit from a prosperous building company. Its name is Howard Holdings and it has set up a workshop of architecture in Weymouth College. The workshop itself had its own theme - building for the Olympics! From the
JUNIOR cricketers from Portland Red Triangle met one of the world's greatest ever batsman during a trip to Hamp-shire Cricket Club. The visit was arranged by Portland coach Jon Dixon in conjunction with the county side's director of cricket Tim Tremlett
David Bain, Holly Chambers, Ross Chapman, Shannon Couzens, Toby Gillett, Rosie McMullan, Livia Peterkin, Matt Pound, Ella Robb, Matt Stickley, Chloe Taylor, Rosie Walker
Confidence in acting while getting to know each other - that was the main objective of the class. They did games like 'fruit and animals' and telling the truth or lying. At first they were embarrassed to act in front of students but as they got more
PORTLAND RED TRIANGLE 119 (6pts) lost to PAVILION SPORTS 151-9 (19pts) by 32 runs. PORTLAND'S defeat to Pavilion Sports at Reforne ended the islan-ders' unbeaten home record this season. The reversal, on the back of a crushing defeat at Poole last time
PORTLAND RED TRIANGLE II 142 all out (18pts) beat PARKSTONE 31-8 all out (5pts) RED Triangle Seconds maintained their good away form in Dorset Funeral Plan Division Seven with a convincing win against a depleted Parkstone at Branksome Recreation Ground
Gary Charman is the regional director of Howard Holdings plc. He is responsible for sourcing, acquisition and management of single use and mixed use development opportunities in the Southern and South West sectors of the UK. He was at the college helping
WEYMOUTH THIRDS 164 all-out (8) lost to CHRISTCHURCH 166-9 (20) by one wicket WEYMOUTH Thirds' skipper Craig Johnson described his side's Dorset Funeral Plan League Division Four defeat at Redlands at the hands of title-contenders Christchurch as an
MATTHEW Brook and Paul Mason won the Weymouth Tennis Club Men's Doubles Championship with victory over Ed Evans and Stephen Cutsforth. After coming through the group stage of the tournament, where each doubles pairing played the others once, the winning
Hi! We are writing about Secondary College '07. The particular activity we went to was making a clock of your own design. We asked one pupil what they thought about the lesson they had picked. When we asked Holly Welch, aged 13, from All Saints' School
CLIFF Moreton, a champion in singles and doubles many times at Greenhill, may be feeling a little sore today after playing around three hours of tennis last night to progress in both men's events to set up two more clashes tonight. First, big-serving
SEVEN people were hurt in a crash between a car and a minibus carrying teenagers in Weymouth. They were injured when the vehicles were in collision on the stretch of Dorchester Road between the Lorton Lane junction and the Swan pub. The smash at 4.50pm
Abbotsbury Children's Farm has teamed up with the Dorset Echo to offer 15 lucky readers the chance to win a pair of adult passport tickets, which can be used at anytime of the year to make a visit to the Childrens Farm, Swannery and Subtropical Gardens
The Dorset Echo has teamed up with Living Heritage Events to offer readers the chance to take advantage of a Kids go free offer at the Devon Game and Country Show! With competitions and challenges arranged for the experienced and beginner in Clay Shooting
