Stories for 2 October 2003
Bournemouth News
TROUBLED Dorset pub retailer Eldridge Pope is selling 23 pubs for a total of £5.4 million in a bid to reduce its £44.5 million debts. more...
FED-up motorists and hauliers have warned they may turn militant to fight the increase in fuel tax. more...
AFC Bournemouth have been given the yellow card after a young player with special needs was kept waiting more than 18 months for his football socks. more...
A HEALTH expert has reassured older people that they cannot develop flu as a result of being inoculated against the virus. more...
TONY Blair has dubbed Royal Bournemouth Hospital "excellent" and backed its effort to become a foundation hospital. more...
Bournemouth Pirates
POOLE team manager Matt Ford believes it would be "poetic justice" if Mark Loram were to help them to the Sky Sports Elite League title this year. more...
Bridport Bridlyme
BRIDPORT-born triathlete Shane Scadding was first to cross the line from a field of almost 300 in the South Coast Classic. more...
Dorset League Division Three more...
Mary off down under more...
Lyme stutter in latter stages more...
Great start for Beaminster more...
Ladies do Bridport proud more...
Cannie double sinks Bees more...
Screwfix Direct Western League Premier Division more...
East Dorset News
GET out and walk - that's the message to parents by transport bosses struggling to reduce the misery of the school run. more...
New Forest News
RESIDENTS, workers and shoppers in the New Forest will have to dig into their pockets for the privilege of parking next year, as councillors yesterday voted to bring back car park charges. more...
North Dorset News
A North Dorset village is hoping an Olympic champion will boost their appeal for community facilities. more...
Poole News
"YOU'RE on your own" - that was the stark warning officers gave to councillors after they sided with residents and refused an application to build flats at the entrance of Poole Park. more...
CREDITORS of the collapsed Orb Group of Companies are unlikely to see a penny from the controversial Dolphin Quays development. more...
Purbeck News
ONE of the country's longest serving newsagents has sold his last copy of the Daily Echo and retired. more...
Weymouth News
CONCERN about falling pupil numbers has prompted a review of school provision in and around Blandford. more...
SAUSAGE-MAKERS from Bridport turned in a sizzling performance to bring home the bacon from a top Westcountry food festival. more...
LONELY graduates are being invited to meet up with like-minded people in Dorset. more...
STARGAZERS will be given a guided tour of the heavens in a new effort to support a fundraising campaign. more...
THE organiser of Bridport's military band week has been overwhelmed with plaudits for the spectacular event, which culminated in a tattoo on the town's football club ground. more...
A DORSET landmark is set to be the focus of a London auction. more...
YOUNG people have been using music to fight their disabilities in a series of workshops in Dorset. more...
A CHURCH group wants to build a place of worship in the middle of a green area at Southill, Weymouth. more...
"DORCHESTER is not apathetic" - that was the message today to TV chiefs ahead of the recording of a TV show in the town. more...
ART depicting the world through the eyes of an autistic teenager has gone on display in Dorchester. more...
A CONTROVERSIAL proposal for hundreds of new homes in the middle of the Dorset countryside near Dorchester could be deleted from a planning blueprint. more...
AROUND 2,300 vehicles use Dorchester's Top o' Town junction during each daily rush-hour. more...
PORTLAND sheep have come back home, thanks to the determination of one island farmer. more...
AN ALCOHOLIC got a short sharp shock from Weymouth magistrates ... .. after being sentenced to 30 seconds in custody. more...
TROUBLED Eldridge Pope is selling 23 pubs for a total of £5.4 million in a bid to reduce its £44.5 million debts. more...
FASHION retailer New Look today revealed mixed trading fortunes in its half-yearly results out today more...
A fisherman sparked a major alert when he abandoned his gear and went home to get changed after being soaked by a wave on Chesil Beach. more...
MUM Tracy Chisholm nabbed the thief who stole her daughter's bike... . but then had to wait an hour for police to come to her aid. more...
