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Stories for 16 April 2004

Bournemouth Cherries

FLETCH FRET

BIG Steve Fletcher is in danger of missing his first game for more than 18 months as Cherries look to get their play-off push back on track. more...

Bournemouth Columnist

Tremendous trivialities

DID you know that your skin accounts for approximately 16 per cent of your body weight? Or that Sweden was the first country to issue paper banknotes, in 1661? more...

Bournemouth Leisure

Win a David Cassidy DVD

SEVENTIES pop idol David Cassidy returns to Bournemouth next month with a concert that will bring memories flooding back for the fans who adored him. (Apr 29) more...

SPECTACULAR entertainment on ice in the form of Celebration - Holiday on Ice's 60th anniversary show - is being staged at the Canford Park Arena near Wimborne until Sunday. The production, which opened on Thursday, is created and choreographed by former Olympic champion Robin Cousins. It features skaters from more than 25 countries. Using the theme of international celebration, it includes, among others, a Rio Carnival scene, some sensational 70s disco divas and a glittering Oscar-style awards ceremony. Telephone 0870 111 3000. more...

Ransom

PETER Morgan is released from prison after four years and tries to find work. At the same time Carl Waters, a convicted murderer is also freed. more...

The Lastling

A FEISTY American girl and a monk strike up a friendship in this engaging thriller-cum-adventure yarn. more...

Art of the Impossible: New and Selected Poems 1974-2004

POOLE-born Mr Hyland presents an anthology of mainly free verse. This forces the reader to work hard to extract satisfaction from the avalanche of words and acres of enjambement. It is a relief to the internal ear to find occasional rhymes and formal metre. more...

My Life in Orange

TIM'S mum is determined his childhood will be different from her own repressed upbringing. more...

The First Crusade: A New History

JUST over 900 years ago, Pope Urban II insisted God wanted European knights to wage war on Islam and recapture Jerusalem. more...

The Poison Master

HUNDREDS of years after being taken to a distant world by a benevolent entity, Mankind's descendants are kept in virtual slavery by the Lords of Night. more...

Forever Young

IT'S sad that one of Britain's best-loved broadcasters should end his career in radio by being "ruthlessly shafted" by the BBC. more...

Dune: The Machine Crusade

THIS, the second of the latest Dune prequel trilogy, the Legends of Dune, is based millennia before the original Dune. Years after the war against the mach-ines started, the human population is tiring of fighting. Some individuals wish the war to continue, and time's spent expanding the characters. more...

The Dipelta Days

CLEVER, neatly structured novel by a Bournemouth author, brought up by the New Forest that is told through two narrators. more...

The life of brain

THE Bank Holiday schedule is usually a graveyard of repeats, films everybody saw four years ago or DIY makeover shows. Thankfully this week, there were a couple of gems hidden in among the dirge. more...

Pieces of April (12A)

THERE'S a thin line between love and hate, and families tend to cross it more often than most, especially around the holiday season. more...

It's All About Love (15)

A CHANGE of direction for Dogme co-founder, writer-director Thomas Vinterberg, who has assembled a top-notch international cast for this futuristic fantasy on the nature of love. more...

Hidalgo (12A)

HIDALGO is the extraordinary story of one man's journey of personal redemption, reportedly based on the life of long distance horse rider Frank T Hopkins. more...

The Girl Next Door (15)

DEDICATED student Matthew Kidman (Emile Hirsch) has a bright future ahead of him. Destined for an Ivy League college, he has worked hard at school, sacrificing a social life to knuckle down and study, much to the delight of his proud parents (Timothy Bottoms and Donna Bullock). more...

The Butterfly Effect (15)

WRITERS and filmmakers have always been interested in the notion of time travel. But as Marty McFly discovered again and again in Back To The Future, the fabric of time is incredibly fragile. Tear it at your peril. more...

Film Club (16.4)

THE Daily Echo Film Club in conjunction with UCI offers Echo readers the chance to enjoy top movies at a cut price every week at UCI. more...

Bournemouth News

Housing market worry prompts rates rise plea

RISING house prices are expected to suffer a "correction" in 2005, predict analysts Lombard Street Research. more...

War was wrong, says Bali victim's brother

A TORY politician who lost his brother in the Bali bombing now believes it was wrong to go to war in Iraq. more...

Boys' father to make appeal to footie fans

FOUR young boys who suffer from a rare life-threatening illness will be guests of honour at the Cherries' match on Saturday (April 17). more...

Boys' father to make appeal to footie fans

FOUR young boys who suffer from a rare life-threatening illness will be guests of honour at AFC Bournemouth's ground On Saturday (April 17). more...

`LEAVE MY BOY ALONE'

THE father of a teenage tearaway who was sent to a young offenders' institution for killing his 15-year-old friend has appealed to the public to leave his son alone. more...

Alan's bid to save lives with fresh water

A CHURCH minister who has helped to save up to 2,000 lives a week in Africa by employing some basic technology is packing his bags for Zimbabwe for a return trip. more...

Bridport Bridport

Cash boost for youth groups

BRIDPORT town councillors reinforced their support for the town's youth groups with two cash donations this week. more...

Tributes to former planning chief

TRIBUTES were paid this week to former West Dorset planning chief Derek Boyt who has died, aged 56. more...

Pensioners in battle to save day centre

ANGRY pensioners are calling on the county council for a change of heart over its decision to close a popular day centre in Bridport. more...

Jurassic railway plans unveiled

THE BLUEPRINT for a multi-million pound light railway network linking communities across West Dorset's Jurassic Coast is unveiled this week. more...

Extend school's 20mph limit plea

THE planned 20mph speed limit outside Bridport Primary School in St Andrew¡¦s Road should be extended to cover a much wider area, says a local pressure group. more...

East Dorset News

Man is convicted of assault while on run

A MAN who went on the run during his trial has been convicted of assaulting a disabled mother. more...

Could you survive?

GUINEA pigs are now being sought for another survival challenge in Dorset. more...

Lyme Regis Lyme

We have sakte park lift off

WORK began this week on a skate board park for Lyme Regis - and skateboarders themselves will be putting in the elbow grease to get the park up and running within a fortnight. more...

Cash windfall for youth club leader

THE re-opening of InSPARation youth café in Church Street, Lyme Regis has been delayed - but organisers say the setback is a cloud with a shiny silver lining. more...

Rare fossil stolen

THE OWNER of a fossil shop in Lyme Regis is appealing for the safe return of a large ammonite which was taken from his doorstep over the Easter holiday. more...

Rare lobster fossil found

A FAMILY from Leamington Spa who had never been fossil hunting until recently, has discovered a rare 190 million year old lobster in Charmouth. more...

New Forest News

She's not burly

TALL and slim, interior design student Suzanna Perry looks nothing like a burly fireman but as the newest recruit at her village fire station in the New Forest she can rightly claim to be a Burley firefighter. more...

New trailway link planned

A NEW link will soon be made in a long-distance bridleway between Poole and the edge of the New Forest. more...

Annual duck race helps pay the bills

DUCKING and diving was the order of the day in the downland village of Damerham near Fordingbridge. more...

North Dorset News

Child porn download councillor resigns

DISGRACED Tory councillor Mike Oram has finally resigned his office one week after being convicted of two charges of downloading child porn from the internet. more...

Council counts painful cost of major overhaul

THE painful reorganisation of North Dorset District Council was an expensive mistake and its architects are not around to carry the can, say its critics. more...

Poole News

One man crime wave in `last chance saloon'

A ONE-MAN crime wave has been warned by a judge that he's in the last chance saloon. more...

Millions to be spent on new affordable housing

A TOTAL of £45 million is to be spent on building hundreds of much-needed affordable homes in Poole over the next two years. more...

Family's grief over damage to dad's grave

A FAMILY has been given more heartache after vandals ripped up graveside flowers and ornaments. more...

Bargains galore for UK store card users

IF you've got it, you're laughing, but if you haven't, you borrow it - that's the financial reality for most people in Britain today. more...

Marathon efforts to help out charities

THE friend of a terminally ill dad is running the London Marathon to say thank you to a national charity on his behalf. more...

End of the line puts Jill's calls on hold

THE phrase "long-distance call" has a whole new meaning for Jill Doddemeade, after the disconnection of her nearest phone box means a 20-minute walk just to phone a friend. more...

Purbeck News

No more wonky donkey

EVEN donkeys sometimes need new shoes. more...

Weymouth News

Monster lobster takes the bait

WEST Bay angler Andy Fisher couldn't believe his eyes when he reeled in his line to find a giant lobster on the end. more...

Clean sands, plenty of entertainment

BRITAIN'S seaside resorts are said to be on the up. more...

Help me find my old pal

A FORMER Westham school pupil has launched a search to find a friend from the past. more...

Manager's marathon ambition for charity

A STORE manager who raised money working a till in his running kit is ready for his third London Marathon on April 18. more...

Three-way family favourites hit 40

THREE'S a crowd - and that's how proud triplets mum Geraldine Walters prefers it. more...

Taxi base refusal 'puts jobs at risk'

A TAXI firm boss says that 50 jobs could be at risk after councillors rejected his proposal for a new business home. more...

More can now get in-line for fitness

AN INLINE skating group has used a government grant to buy new equipment. more...

Villagers lose estate battle

A MODERN housing development has been given the green light despite strong objections. more...

Readers' letters

THIS TAXES OVERLOAD MUST BE STOPPED more...

PRISON MAKES FRESH STRIDES

A PIONEERING project to help prisoners stay on the straight and narrow after release is being launched in Dorchester. more...

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