Residents and champions of the town have reacted to Boscombe being named one of the ‘worst’ places to live in the UK.

A MAN who persistently threatened and abused staff at an insurance company in a “relentless campaign” has been spared a jail term.

FOUR Dorset and New Forest MPs have formally expressed their opposition to the implementation of the third national coronavirus lockdown in England.

IT'S been more than 50 years since trolleybuses came to a halt for the last time on Bournemouth's roads.

ASDA, Aldi, Tesco, Morrisons, Sainsbury's and Lidl have all moved to update customers amid a third national lockdown.

The restrictions put significant limitations on what people can do - but what fines can be imposed if someone is caught flouting the rules?

THE government will look at getting Covid testing kits to nurseries after hearing how Dorset hospital workers might be left without childcare.

AN action plan has been revealed by BCP Council after Ofsted sent a damning letter to the local authority slamming its child services.

THE family of a little girl who spent Christmas in a coma after suffering a seizure has been inundated with offers of help from Daily Echo readers.

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.

A MAN is due to appear in court in connection with the alleged theft of a high value ring from a jewellers in Bournemouth.

COASTGUARDS have criticised hoaxers who sparked a major land and sea search by firing red distress flares.

BOURNEMOUTH

Some found it charming and others thought it creepy, but all those who saw it will never forget it.

SERIOUS weaknesses in online banking security systems have been uncovered, according to a Which? investigation.