BOURNEMOUTH faces a bigger challenge than anywhere else in the south west if it is to recover from the impact of the Covid crisis, it is claimed.

TOWING powers to remove cars parked illegally across the conurbation will continue to be used this year, council chiefs have confirmed.

A CARER who committed fraud by using a woman's bank card to withdraw £500 following her death will not have to pay any compensation.

NEW "over-elaborate" road markings have been slammed as a "shocking waste of money" and a distraction to drivers.

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

A WEATHER warning for ice is in force for Dorset until later this morning after temperatures plunged overnight.

THE A35 is partially closed due to emergency repairs following a crash.

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A NORTH Dorset GP surgery has vaccinated more than 10 per cent of its patients in just two weeks.

POLICE fined a person from London for visiting a second home in the New Forest.

SOLDIERS at Bovington Army camp are self-isolating after several personnel tested positive for coronavirus.

A SPEEDING car crashed into a parked vehicle after refusing to stop for police.

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Despite saying there was clear evidence to suggest lockdown restrictions were working Mr Hancock said that case numbers were still “incredibly high”.

A MOTORIST has been airlifted to hospital after he was seriously injured in a crash on the A35.

PLANS for a three-acre “final mile” parcel distribution warehouse in Poole have been submitted.

A MAN who burgled teddy bear skins from a Bournemouth toy store has been ordered to carry out unpaid work.

Eight people who have recently been sentenced at Poole Magistrates' Court.

A MAN who committed a serious assault in Poole has been ordered to carry out unpaid work.

A CORONER has raised concerns to Dorset Police over officers not having keys to open communal doors at shared accommodation in emergencies.

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

THE trial period for e-scooters in Bournemouth and Poole begins today.

THE winter of 1978 is remembered as one of the worst seen in Britain and was the third coldest of the 20th century.

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ALMOST 2,000 Bournemouth businesses ended 2020 in “significant” financial distress.

PLANS to fell a belt of protected trees lining a New Forest road have been approved - despite more than 60 objections to the scheme.

CIVIC chiefs are studying plans to build almost 100 homes and a village hall on the edge of a Hampshire town.

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A DEFIBRILLATOR which was installed outside of a Poole school following a car accident over two years ago has already been used to help save a life.

A former boarding school bought by Dorset Council for more than £10 million is set to be transformed into a new hub for children with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND).

NOTICING the road decorations on the Poole side of the old Poole lifting bridge, I had wondered what they were about?

RESIDENTS recovering from coronavirus are being urged to donate plasma – which could help save the life of others struck down by the virus.

Home building in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole slowed last year amid restrictions brought in during the coronavirus pandemic, figures suggest.

THE Dorset Neon Run is set to return to Poole Park this spring.

HOUSEHOLDS across Dorset will soon be asked to take part in the 2021 Census.

DORSET Council has made more than £100,000 in duplicate payments over the past couple of years – although it has recovered most of the money.

Poole Quay on the Poole side has seen many changes over the years moving from the industrial to the commercial side, this photo which is part of the Grahame Austin Collection shows the corner of High Street and the Quay Road in the 1970s.

RESIDENTS in coastal areas of Dorset woke this morning to no signs of snowfall while just a short distance away gardens were covered in a blanket of layer snow.

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 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”.