HERE are more photos of children in Dorset schools in their first year. Youngsters across Dorset began their school careers in September and here, in our photo gallery, you can see their class ...

According to the Sleep Foundation, babies and children require differing hours of sleep each day. It states that "children’s sleep needs change significantly as they get older," adding that those ...

These lovely pictures are of old postcards from a comprehensive collection showing Dorset’s scenic towns and villages ...

Here's some intriguing insight into the life of superstar singer Dusty Springfield in Weymouth from Echo readers' memories ...

EMBRACE the outdoors at Studland Bay over the coming weeks. Runners can take part in the Trust 10 on November 24 and December 22. The 10k run starts at Knoll Beach, uphill to Ballard Down, past Old ...

Stourton Caundle is a lovely Blackmore Vale village with some fine stone houses with mullion windows lining High Street. The Trooper Inn, where ...

The Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour is bringing the latest action and adventure films to venues around the UK and Ireland in 2025. The tour will call at the Regent in Christchurch on February ...

THE PARNHAM estate has been granted planning permission for a boat house for use as a holiday let. The Dorset Council decision is the latest approval for holiday homes in the grounds of the historic ...

A SCULPTURE to honour Robert Louis Stevenson has been commissioned. Artist Tim Ward will create a prominent 2.5 metre high sculpture depicting Robert Louis Stevenson’s head in two halves. Tim was the ...

Lyme Regis Town Council has opened a new outdoor gym at Lister Gardens where people can work out with a sea view.

TV star Todd Carty has said it’s “lovely” to be back in Poole as he prepares to appear in pantomime this Christmas.

Work has started to restore the pavilion in Lyme Regis’ seafront gardens following a campaign to save it from demolition ...