Stories for 18 October 2003

Bournemouth Cherries

Feeney joy followed by injury agony

WARREN FEENEY gave Bournemouth an early lead against their south coast rivals but his joy turned to pain when he went off with what looked like a bad injury.  more...

MIND YOUR LANGUAGE!

CHERRIES chairman Peter Phillips has taken the first positive step towards trying to rid the Fitness First Stadium of the mindless bigots using abusive language at games.  more...

MIND YOUR LANGUAGE!

CHERRIES chairman Peter Phillips has taken the first positive step towards trying to rid the Fitness First Stadium of the mindless bigots using abusive language at games.  more...

Bournemouth Columnist

Just who are we kidding?

WHAT'S behind all the crocodile tears from Trade and Industry Secretary Patricia Hewitt over stay-at-home mothers?  more...

Bournemouth Health

Trauma of baby

HAVING a baby is supposed to be a happy experience, but a recent study by a psychologist revealed that as many as one in 20 women are left mentally disturbed by the experience of giving birth.  more...

Bournemouth News

Straight and narrow?

THE Anglican Church is facing a crisis over the issue of homosexuality after the close of an emergency meeting of worldwide leaders at Lambeth Palace on Thursday evening.  more...

Shops and homes plan to regenerate Triangle

MULTI-million pound plans for shops and homes on the site of Bournemouth's former C&A store will go before councillors on Monday,  more...

Fire destroys home and £2m of antiques

CONTROVERSIAL Peter Hamilton-Harvey spoke on Friday about how he and his family escaped the inferno that tore through their mansion.  more...

£MILLION UP IN SMOKE

THIS is all that is left of a house involved in one of the most dramatic blazes Bournemouth has seen in recent times.  more...

Traffic fears as fans banned from park

TRAFFIC chaos is set to hit Bournemouth on Cherries match days after lawyers said football fans must be kept out of King's Park.  more...

Bournemouth Pirates

Ricko: `I respect Todd bowing out at the top'

ALL Poole Pirates speedway management, riders and fans now know the full expression in the old saying of being sent to Coventry.  more...

North Dorset News

Region moves up the league of gentlemen

SINGLE women on the hunt for a man should turn their back on dating agencies in favour of moving to North Dorset to further their chances.  more...

Poole News

Brave pensioner's bid to foil burglary

A ROBBER forced a door and broke into the Poole home of an elderly man in the early hours of the morning.  more...

Police hunt restaurant blaze youths

DETECTIVES are hunting two youths whom they believe may be connected to a huge blaze which gutted Burger King in Tower Park.  more...

Weymouth News

Racist attack stuns village

A VILLAGE united today against vandals who daubed a shop with racist graffiti.  more...

Flying boats bid is grounded by port

A PLUCKY flying enthusiast and his innovative craft have been banned from operating in Portland Port. Marine Consultant Ron Davis has aroused considerable interest since he started using an imported flying inflatable boat (FIB) over Weymouth and Portland's waters.  more...

Poundbury families slate noisy neighbours claims

POUNDBURY residents today rubbished claims they were suffering from noisy neighbours.  more...

Concern at backing for church in report

CONTROVERSIAL plans to build a Jehovah's Witness church in Southill, Weymouth, look set to be approved by councillors, despite widespread public opposition. In yesterday's Echo, we reported how more than 300 Southill residents had signed a petition urging the council not to give permission for the building on an open space near Southill Neighbourhood Centre, off Radipole Lane, because they say it would be an eyesore.  more...

Evrything must go, well, almost

BARGAIN hunters with a taste for fame beat a path to a house in Weymouth for a televised clearance sale. More than 80 people queued in Briar Close, Southill, to take part in ITV's Everything Must Go! programme.  more...

Hi-tech ID parade will save £25,000

A STATE-of-the-art computerised video identification system has been introduced by Dorset Police.  more...