A MAN who was caught speeding at more than 100mph on the A35 Upton Bypass has been banned from driving for six months after failing to convince magistrates that the ban would cause him “exceptional hardship”.

A MAN was reported for breaching Covid regulations after he admitted travelling to Mudeford via Wales from Newcastle.

COUNCIL tax charged by BCP Council is to rise by an average of 1.55 per cent this year – a figure it claims is the lowest in the country.

A LETTER sent by John Lennon’s aunt, who was living in Poole, has revealed the former Beatle was “bubbling over with excitement” about returning to the UK in a phone call the night before he was assassinated in New York.

PERMISSION to knock down buildings in Bournemouth to make way for a “comprehensive scheme of redevelopment” has been refused.

A SUSHI bar has applied to BCP Council to be able to sell alcohol for ten hours a day, seven days a week.

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POLICE who found fishing equipment in a recreation ground have appealed for the owner to come forward.

A MAN who had more than three kilograms of cannabis has been jailed for several months.

AN application has been made to renew the licence of a sex shop in the New Forest.

A wonderful selection of photos from the Peter's Collection presented as sliders to show the difference in the views of Bournemouth from as far back as the 19th Century to photos taken in the same spot in the 1970s. From the Pier Approach to Bourn...

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RECENTLY there has been much discussion in the Echo and on the letters page about the opening of the Keyhole Bridge in Poole Park.

NEW statistics have revealed how pets have put on weight during lockdown, sparking fears among animal experts.

During the first lockdown in 2020 Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s introduced a stamp duty holiday has helped to drive a boom in the property market.

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DORSET Police’s ‘operation tattoo’ is well and truly underway, enabling extra officers to patrol areas highlighted as places where groups congregate.

A CAR was engulfed by flames in Poole on Saturday evening.

THE Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole area is currently one of the few ‘hotspots’ in the country with a probability of recording more than 500 Covid cases per week.

PARKING operations run by BCP Council in 2019/20 were the 13th most profitable of anywhere in England, according to new figures.

TRAVELLERS from London and Southampton were sent home by police officers after being caught rock climbing in Portland.

POSITIVE cases of coronavirus recorded in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole have topped 20,000 since the start of the pandemic.

FIRE and rescue crews were called to reports of two people trapped in a car after an accident.

A FURTHER 13 people have died in Dorset hospitals bringing the total since the start of the pandemic to 539.

Snow showers are expected in Dorset tomorrow as the Met Office updated its weather warning for the county.

VULNERABLE pupils and children of key workers are self-isolating from a further three schools.

POLICE are urging the public to stay away from busy beaches this weekend.

A SUBARU driver showing off on a wet surface had has car seized by police.

TEENAGERS are risking their lives speeding around a Bournemouth estate on mini motorbikes.

GRITTERS are loaded and on standby as ice and snow is predicted over the next 24 hours.

A CAMPAIGN launched by a Bournemouth-based group to make it compulsory for all universities to offer reduced accommodation rents to students is close to being considered for debate in Parliament.

FRONT line council workers who cannot work from home and are helping to keep essential services running across Dorset are now receiving weekly targeted asymptomatic testing.

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WHILE we look forward to the day we can visit Bournemouth Oceanarium once more, the Daily Echo looks back at pictures through the years.

THE boss of the revived Beales has said high street businesses should no longer have to pay punishing rates bills.

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