A NARROW road beneath a Poole railway bridge which was closed to traffic last year is set to be reopened by BCP Council.

BURGLARS caused £700 worth of damage to steal upmarket burgers and sausages from a butcher in Swanage.

MORE than 20 sites across Dorset are now delivering the Covid-19 vaccine.

“THIS is the most serious situation our local NHS services have ever faced.”

IN A year that was different for so many reasons, the sad reality is many lives were still lost following crashes in Dorset.

A SKY LOUNGE, roof terraces and a gym make up plans to transform parts of a Bournemouth town centre office building.

HOSPITALS in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole raised more than £3 million in parking fees last year.

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RAIL passengers have been warned to expect disruption this morning due to a power surge.

TWO Dorset MPs rebelled against the government in a bid to outlaw trade deals with countries that are committing genocide.

STORM Christoph is set to bring heavy rain to Dorset today as it batters the country.

Schools in England were told to close from 5 January when Boris Johnson announced a third national lockdown.

FIREFIGHTERS were called to a chimney fire in a north Dorset village.

The supermarket also announced plans to recruit another 4,000 shop workers over the course of the year.

THE government’s new, “hard-hitting” slogan, used by BCP Council, has divided opinion among Daily Echo readers.

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THE East Cliff goat fence has been extended once again along Undercliff Drive and now reaches close to Bournemouth pier.

POLICE have been patrolling a road in Studland following reports of "boy racers" driving in the area.

THE findings of an independent report that cleared a councillor of trying to improperly influence the decision on his own planning application have been accepted.

THERE have been calls to introduce an average speed camera system after a series of animal deaths on a New Forest road.

A WOMAN is assisting officers their enquiries after a runner was bitten by a dog in Bournemouth.

CONTROVERSIAL plans to build 16 homes on green belt land in the New Forest have been withdrawn by the applicant.

A fundraising father has put pen to paper to raise money for a charity that looks after cardiac patients in Bournemouth.

SENSORS are being placed around the homes of vulnerable people to alert social care services of accidents or health problems.

A DAZZLING Christmas lights display at a house on Shakespeare Road has raised over £600 for charity thanks to donations from visitors.

FEWER patients visited A&E at the Dorset Hospitals Trust last month – and attendances were lower than in December last year, figures reveal.

Eleanor Wood, from Bournemouth, who was diagnosed with Hodgkin’s Lymphoma in June last year aged just 21, braved an ice cold dip to raise money for CLIC Sargent, the UK’s leading charity for young cancer patients.

This updated image of Poole Lifting bridge was found in the Daily Echo archives and we are looking for answers to the date and what is happening on this day.

AN EXCELLENT idea proposed by Tim Southby of Heathside Travel coaches, but of course our government represented by Christopher Chope would only see the difficulties, or pass flippant remarks about taking “oldies” for a holiday outing in time o...

WEEKS of effort and organisation came to fruition yesterday as the BIC hosted its first Covid-19 vaccinations.

A GOAL from Derby’s Krystian Bielik dashed Cherries’ hopes of making ground on the top two in the Championship.

CONCERNS have been raised that new “hard-hitting” government messaging – used by BCP Council – encouraging people to stay at home “risks backfiring”.

DRIVERS are being told to avoid part of the New Forest after a lorry crashed into a railway bridge.

EIGHT more schools have reported cases of coronavirus with one closing to all pupils and moving to remote learning.

THE conversion of Broadstone Post Office into a corner shop would create a “24-hour drinking den”, according to opponents of the scheme.