ALL YOU computer users need to know that there is a tax rebate scam out to get your money, I got an e-mail from the Inland Revenue – it really looked the proper thing, saying to fill in the form to claim my tax refund – but then it asked for my bank
HAVANT & W 4 Jones 49, Palmer 59, Igoe 65, Woodford 83 Dorchester 2 Bowles 8, Dickenson 15 THE age-old cliché ‘a game of two halves’ was more than apt as Dorchester Town surrendered a two-goal advantage at Westleigh Park tonight.
RESCUERS are reminding people to ask for the coastguards when calling 999 after a sailor was nearly blown on to a breakwater. The sailor was piloting his 22ft yacht Rapunzel from Weymouth to Portland when the engine failed outside Weymouth Harbour.
YOU can save 25 per cent on First Class picture reprints. To order your First Class pictures, visit the online gallery at dorsetecho.co.uk and search for First Class or visit our offices at Antelope Walk, Dorchester, East Street, Bridport or on the
BAG yourself a lovely frock for Christmas at a special market. The Women’s Action Network Dorset (WAND) is holding its fifth frock market on November 23 from 10am to 4pm at Dorchester’s Corn Exchange. As well as offering an opportunity
AFRICAN music pioneer Gregg Kofi Brown will be at an event in Dorchester celebrating Black History Month. He will be appearing with his Osibisa Collective on Saturday, October 29 at the town’s Corn Exchange. As well as music there will be an appearance
BUDDING musicians are set to battle it out to win a recording session. Herrison Hall in Charlton Down will be the venue for a Battle of the Bands competition next Monday. Kicking off at 7.15pm the night aims to be an alternative to other Hallowe’en
IT was three times the joy for a Weymouth family who have named their son after his grandad’s nickname. Tahnee and Kris Thorne, from Wyke Regis, welcomed baby Zeno Bluie Thorne into their family on September 28. He weighed 8lbs 11oz and is a baby brother
TRIBUTES have been paid to a ‘kind man of great integrity’ known for his generosity. Peter Barrett, who was well known in Weymouth for running the Treasure Chest curiosity shop in East Street, passed away on October 2 at the age of 81. Family and friends
A YOUNG woman had a surprise when her boyfriend proposed to her at a shark tank. David Oinn, 18, arranged the surprise for his girlfriend Kelly Fitton, 20, at Weymouth Sea Life Centre yesterday. The proposal at the Lodmoor attraction
DORSET was the perfect location for one couple’s wedding and honeymoon. Gareth Jones, 31, and Lola Shumskikh, 26, fell in love with the Jurassic coastline so much they decided to hold their wedding and honeymoon in the area. The couple
As the party season approaches, Dorset Wildlife Trust is urging people to make sealife-friendly choices when they book their festive meals. Christmas diners and retailers can help bring back a healthy and productive marine environment by choosing locally
A FIRST aid volunteer has told how a ‘bundle of rags’ on a Portland roadside turned out to be a boy in urgent need of assistance. Lindsey Jones, who has been a St John Ambulance volunteer for 15 years, spotted the teenager on the floor of the darkened
Portland Carnival organisers are scrapping plans to revive the extravaganza in 2012 year after a break of more than 20 years. It had been planned to bring back the event next summer during the year of the Olympic and Paralympic sailing events but it
A 21-year-old man accused of involvement in a violent armed robbery told a court he had ‘a sense of fear that something was wrong’ on the day of the alleged offence. Samir Lammali of Alton Road, Bournemouth, told the town’s crown court he was in a car
THE Weymouth family of X Factor star Perrie Edwards kept their phones on ‘constant redial’ to keep her in Britain’s biggest talent contest. Perrie’s girl band Rhythmix survived another week of public voting after a Rock Night-themed performance
CHARITY fundraisers have been forced to cancel a Weldmar Hospicecare Trust Hallowe’en event due to low ticket sales. The Trick or Treat Family Twilight Walk and Hallowe’en Party was due to be held on Saturday. Sue Leighton, major events fundraising
RESIDENTS have been evacuated from their homes in Swanage after a gas mains leak. Three fire crews from Swanage were called to the incident at 9.25am this morning at Victoria Avenue. Around 28 properties have been evacuated and more
A VILLAGE community is in shock after a man was killed in a tragic accident involving a vintage tractor. Robin Wells, 59, died after the vehicle rolled over and trapped him underneath as he was carrying out gardening work at his home in Alweston, near
THIS is the first look at a landmark new sculpture that will greet motorists heading into Weymouth. The artwork, which will cost a total of £335,405, will take pride of place near the Jurassic roundabout as drivers heading down the Weymouth Relief Road
SKANDIA Team GBR is the British Sailing Team in the Olympic and Paralympic classes. The team consists of the Performance Squad and Development and Transitional squads, which jointly total around 70 sailors. The sailors train and compete
Sailing app TRIPLE Olympic gold medallist Ben Ainslie and Weymouth’s Olympic champion Paul Goodison are backing a new mobile application that aims to help the public an insight into sailing. Team Volvo for Life sailors who launched the new Volvo
PEOPLE from Dorset objecting to a palm oil-fuelled plant on Portland joined a protest in London as the government launched a consultation on renewable energy subsidies. Members of Action Against Agrofuels and No Oil Palm Energy (NOPE) occupied trees
THESE wonderful pictures of a well-to-do family taking to the waters of Weymouth Bay and frolicking on the sands were sent in by Helen Gardner. She believes they were taken in the early 1920s and they show her mother, Daphne Paul, with her sisters Phyllis
A FIRE which destroyed a tiny village school is a tragedy say parents, staff and governors. Flames ripped through the main building of Powerstock Primary School near Bridport yesterday morning. By the time firefighters got there at 6.30am
HUNDREDS of British sailors gathered at The Venue hotel on Portland to get up to date with developments in the sailing world. The annual World Class day was attended by 108 members of Skandia Team GBR, including the performance and development squads
Once again I witnessed a customer in a charity shop ask the assistant if they could have a substantial reduction on the ticket price of an item. When are people going to understand that charity shops are not there for you, they are there to make money
Philip Jordan (Echo, October 19) wants to make the harbour rail tracks part of a Weymouth Tram System. He is far from being alone in holding this view, judging from the comments made on your website. We already have a regular train service running
INTERNATIONALLY-ACCLAIMED New York performance poet Remi Kanazi is coming to Dorchester Corn Exchange next month to perform poems from his latest collection Poetic Injustice: Writings on Resistance and Palestine. Remi is a poet and writer whose work
I drove past the Charles Street development yesterday. I was really impressed by the size and majesty of the building. What vision the planners had, to allow a building that so dwarfs all its surroundings. It completely changes that old, county
I WOULD like to open up a discussion on the topic of the new layout of Weymouth’s so-called Transport Improve-ment Package. Many years ago the Romans came to this country and gave us roads and they were straight. Later on our forefathers
THE only surviving member of Thomas Hardy's Dorchester theatre group Norrie Woodhall has sadly died at the age of 105. The famous Dorchester centenarian, of Owermoigne, is famous for her hardy connections. Norrie, who is last surviving
TWO fire appliances from Weymouth attended a fire in a second floor flat in Hardy Avenue last night. The fire was out on arrival at 9.13pm but fire crews believe it was started by a towel being placed too close to a halogen lamp. There was minor smoke
NICK Jordan will tonight make his first appearance since returning from a controversial loan spell at rivals Dorchester Town. The Weymouth keeper, keen to play at the highest level, made the move last month but returned to the Bob Lucas Stadium last
LIEUTENANT Ashley Vickers is relying on his “soldiers” to successfully carry out his orders and avoid a third straight defeat this evening. The Magpies travel to fellow strugglers Havant & Waterlooville (7.45pm) on the back of six reversals in their
POOLE BOROUGH 2 Portland UTD 5 ALEX Halloran and Ross Doidge both hit doubles as Portland United booked their place in the last eight of the Magna Dorset Premier League Cup. Sam Pattison and Doidge handed the Blues a two-goal advantage
CHICKERELL UTD 2 SWANAGE T&H 4 MAURICE Welch declared “all good things come to an end” after Swanage Town & Herston brought the curtain down on Chickerell United’s eight-match winning run. The Chickens were chasing a ninth win on the
BRIDPORT RES 0 WESTLAND SPORTS 2 BRIDPORT Reserves gave high-flying Westland Sports a run for their money but eventually succumbed to defeat in the first round of the Magna Dorset Premier League Cup. Dean Corden opened the scoring midway through the
BRIDPORT will be out to set the record straight this evening when they welcome Wells City to St Mary’s Field (7.45pm). The two sides have already met this season in the Toolstation Western Premier Division, with the Somerset outfit hitting the Bees for
SHAFTESBURY 3 WEYMOUTH RES 1 DESPITE shipping three goals in a first-half horror show, Jake Richmond was left puzzled as to how his Terras failed to complete a remarkable comeback. Wayne Matthews’ first-half treble put Shaftesbury in complete
Dorchester 9 SHERBORNE 13 DORCHESTER continue to find ways to lose games that they should really be winning. Last week it was a late try by visitors North Dorset. This week it was another late score by Sherborne’s stand-in scrum-half
ELLINGHAM & RINGWOOD II 0 WEYMOUTH 39 WEYMOUTH made it five wins from five in Dorset & Wilts One South with a convincing victory at lowly Ellingham & Ringwood. Harry Charles ran in two tries for the Monmouth Avenue outfit while Max Vallance, Jonathan
