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Single turbine plan for Purbeck quarry

5:30pm Monday 13th February 2012

A NEW wind turbine application for Purbeck’s Masters Quarry will be lodged with district planners, the Daily Echo can reveal.

Wool's Monkey World needs help keeping animals warm

WRAPPED UP: One of the inhabitants of Wool’s Monkey World ape rescue centre

2:00pm Thursday 9th February 2012

IN the freezing weather, staff at Wool’s Monkey World ape rescue centre have appealed for Echo readers to spare a thought for their primates.

Appeal to help with creatures' comforts from Dorset charity

PUPPY LOVE: Margaret Green Animal Rescue Centre manager Claire Ross with Staffordshire bull terrier cross pups

4:00pm Tuesday 7th February 2012

DORSET’S oldest animal charity has appointed a new fundraising manager – and he is asking for the public’s help to ensure abused animals get the loving homes they deserve.

Purbeck's future begins to take shape

Swanage sea front and the unspoiled hills behind

5:00pm Sunday 5th February 2012

THE blueprint that will help shape future development in picturesque Purbeck has been sent for government approval.

'Broken' dog fixed by Margaret Green rescue centre

OPERATION: Helen Chittock, Deputy Manager at Margaret Green Animal Rescue at Lincoln Farm with Concisus who has had to have a leg amputated

8:00am Thursday 2nd February 2012

STAFF at an animal rescue centre have attempted to fix up a ‘broken’ dog after he was brought into them as a stray.

Rescue drama after couple stuck in mud in Wareham Forest

Leah and Ralph Watts and their dog Daisy who were rescued by Dorset Fire and Rescue officers after getting stuck in a bog in Wareham Forest

12:00pm Tuesday 31st January 2012

A HUSBAND and wife had to be rescued from a swamp in the unlikely setting of Wareham Forest after an afternoon dog walk took a dramatic turn.

Winter Wipeout win for Purbeck farmer Tristan

SNOW WAY: Contestant Tristan Windebank with Amanda Byram who presents the Winter Wipeout on BBC 1

10:09am Monday 30th January 2012

A YOUNG Purbeck farmer has won £10,000 after fighting his way through obstacles on crazy TV game show Winter Wipeout.

Prepare for a disco inferno as Camp Bestival books 70s stars Kool and The Gang

Kool and The Gang

10:00am Saturday 28th January 2012

DISCO fever will be hitting Camp Bestival this year with Kool and The Gang, Earth, Wind and Fire and Chic featuring Nile Rodgers taking to the stage.

Dairy worker Tristan takes on Winter Wipeout challenge

SNOW WAY: Contestant Tristan Windebank with Amanda Byram who presents the Winter Wipeout on BBC 1

10:48am Friday 27th January 2012

A PURBECK man will appear on television’s ‘craziest gameshow’ on Saturday in a bid to conquer the Winter Wipeout course.

Kool & the Gang for Camp Bestival

Kool & the Gang for Camp Bestival

10:28am Friday 27th January 2012

THE first acts for this year’s for Camp Bestival have been announced.

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