Features from the Daily Echo

The man who hunted Jack the Ripper

10:00am Sunday 19th May 2013

He investigated the most notorious murders in British history. But, asks Faith Eckersall, what do we really know about the Dorset detective who tried and failed to catch Jack the Ripper? A new book lays bare the life of Frederick George Abberline

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Visiting Auschwitz

2:00pm Saturday 18th May 2013

Caitlin Marsh joins a group of young people From Dorset as they visit Polish concentration camps to learn about history first-hand

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Eddie Izzard: Comedian, marathon runner, 'Lost Python' - and Mayor of London in 2020?

10:00am Saturday 18th May 2013

Cross-dressing marathon-running comedian Eddie Izzard has sold out three nights in Bournemouth as part of his Force Majeure tour taking in 25 countries. Faith Eckersall looks at the man behind the huge success

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Julian Clary: There'll be innuendo on my gravestone

10:00am Saturday 11th May 2013

Master of innuendo Julian Clary tells Patrick Gough how his latest show, which plays Poole on Thursday, is dedicated to finding him a husband

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Bravery of Cleveland kidnap victim Amanda Berry is truly amazing

9:00am Saturday 11th May 2013

CLEVELAND Ohio is a long way from Dorset. But even at this distance it’s impossible not to feel joy of Biblical proportions over the release of those three young women, from a decade of captivity.

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The beauty workshop helping cancer patients to look good and feel better

2:00pm Saturday 4th May 2013

Nicky Findley reports on a project to improve the wellbeing of cancer patients through make-up and skincare

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Deep Purple frontman Ian Gillan on the band's new album and why he loves living in Dorset

10:00am Saturday 4th May 2013

While most international music legends choose to swan around in massive cribs on the California coast, this particular erudite elder statesman of rock is happy with a modest home in Lyme Regis – complete with a potting shed, dried flowers in the kitchen and mugs with cats on.

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VIDEO: Kirill Karabits on being a 'superconductor', feeling at home in Bournemouth and the BSOs Imax concerts

8:00am Saturday 4th May 2013

HE was born and brought up in Kiev, attending the National Tchaikovsky Music Academy. Later, he continued his studies in Vienna and Stuttgart and made his first public conducting appearance at the age of 19.

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Neville Heath: handsome charmer and calculating murderer

10:29am Monday 29th April 2013

Neville Heath is widely regarded as Britain’s first modern sex killer. The murders he committed in Bournemouth and London in 1946 are now the subject of a shocking new book. Faith Eckersall reports

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Guiding star - one woman's bond with her guide dog

10:00am Sunday 28th April 2013

Could you trust a dog to take you across the road and find your home in the dark? Tiffany Deacon had to. She tells Faith Eckersall what it’s like to get your first guide dog

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