A WEALTHY Dorset MP has seen his family business included on a government list of “rogue employers” who failed to pay the national minimum wage.

WITH the number of people being admitted to hospitals with coronavirus more than doubling compared to pre-Christmas levels, the decision to introduce a new lockdown has been backed.

A BATTERY that had been thrown away with a vacuum cleaner sparked a small blaze at a Dorset Council-run waste centre - leading to warnings about the dangers of putting batteries in rubbish and reycling bins.

A BOURNEMOUTH woman is completing her 2020 challenge of walking 10,000 steps a day in memory of her mum and to raise money for charity.

MORE than 1,200 people have come forward to help speed up the delivery of the coronavirus vaccination programme in Dorset.

THE streets of Bournemouth and surrounding towns remain eerily quiet today, as the third national coronavirus lockdown came into force across the nation.

A MAN driving his new partner's car had not told her he was disqualified.

HIGH street bakery chain Greggs has said it is set to make an annual loss and warned profits will not recover until at least 2022.

A CCTV appeal has been issued after a bank card left in a cash machine by mistake was used to make fraudulent payments.

DOCTORS have moved to reassure thousands of patients ahead of their coronavirus vaccinations.

THREE bikes worth hundreds of pounds were stolen from an address in Verwood.

A BLACK VW was seized by police who stopped it for dangerous driving.

POLICE helping a rough sleeper during cold weather in Bournemouth Square discovered he was wanted for offences in the north of England.

POLICE seized a kitchen knife, a crowbar and suspected drugs after stopping a vehicle that was reportedly acting suspiciously in Bournemouth.

THE company behind a well-known group of hotels has hit back after it was “named and shamed” for failing to pay the national minimum wage.

AS ENGLAND is plunged into a third lockdown in a bid to curb soaring coronavirus cases, all non-essential shops have shut.

A CARPET cleaning company whose collapse left the Poole Pirates speedway team in a “vulnerable position” may have owed more money than previously thought.

A JURY is not set to be sworn in for a Bournemouth murder trial until at least tomorrow, a court has heard.

A MAN who was taken to hospital after being found with a serious head injury in Boscombe is no longer in a life-threatening condition.

DRIVERS have been caught speeding on a Hampshire road just days after four New Forest ponies were killed in an accident.

PLANS to build a single property in the garden of an existing address in Walkford have been met by scores of objections.

RESIDENTS are being urged to have their say on proposals to build a new waste management plant in north Dorset.

A DAUGHTER was able to celebrate her mother’s 105th birthday with her, after not being able to see her since March.

A WOMAN is due to appear in court in connection with an alleged criminal damage incident in a Purbeck shop car park.