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The Prince of Wales is to meet budding stone masons when he officially opens a construction college at his model village in Dorset.

TEENAGERS were today branded - cowardly' for attacking a 42-year-old man in an unprovoked attack on a bus.

Mouse toy in 'paedo' song ban Published: 07 Dec 2009 A TOY mouse supposed to sing "Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells" has been recalled amid claims it warbles "paedophile, paedophile". The 4ins festive novelty, with Santa hat and a cheesy grin, has left parents stunned.

BUSINESSES are being urged to throw their weight behind a campaign to get Dorset plugged into a technological revolution.

More than 1,000 mourners are expected to honour a rifleman killed in Afghanistan during his funeral in Dorset.

STAFF at Weymouth's Land Registry have vowed to fight the latest round of - savage' job cuts and office closures.

A 41-year-old woman punched and scratched a council dog warden and then assaulted a policeman who tried to arrest her, a court heard.

THE grieving mother of Rifleman Phil Allen has penned her own personal tribute to the fallen hero as she finalises arrangements for his funeral service on Tuesday .

POLICE have confirmed a body washed up on a Hampshire beach late last week was that of a missing fisherman.

A TREASURER who stole thousands of pounds from war veterans' charities has been given a suspended sentence and ordered to wear an electronic tag.

POLICE have re-opened a roundabout on a main Bournemouth road after a a oevery serious injury collisiona closed it for several hours on Monday morning.

A POPULAR father of four has been found dead at his Weymouth home. Police were called to the scene in Wilton Avenue after the body of businessman Mark Kessock-Philip was discovered by a relative.

Firefighters urged people not to leave electrical items on overnight after a family and their dog had a lucky escape in Bridport.

BREAST CANCER patients from Bridport and across West Dorset went on the march this week to demand retention of their treatment unit at Dorchester.

TOUCHING tributes have been paid to a a oewonderful mothera who died in a road crash in the Talbot Woods area of Bournemouth.

A body has been found washed ashore in an area where a Somalian went missing while fishing in bad weather, police said today.

CANCER patients in Lyme Regis and the surrounding areas would suffer the most if dedicated services are moved from Dorset County Hospital, say worried campaigners.

Can do better - " that's the verdict on the quality of adult social care in Poole, which has been identified as one of the poorest performing councils.

How would you save public money? Cut free bus travel? Stop enforcing planning permission? Stop cleaning or gritting the streets? Today hundreds of Daily Echo readers logged on to our live blog to talk to Cllr Beverly Dunlop and Roger Brown about Bournemouth Borough Council a TMs proposals for saving money.