WASTE and recycling bins were emptied into the same waste truck by a team working along the seafront.

TRIBUTES have been paid to a well-known and popular barber who died suddenly at his home.

A MAN inflicted at least 13 stab wounds upon another man as he knifed him to death, a trial has heard.

INVESTIGATION are being carried out by the Environment Agency over illegal waste burning in Christchurch following a series of incidents.

The Prime Minister set out the steps that must be met before any restrictions in the country can be eased. 

MORE than 110,000 doses of the coronavirus vaccine have been given out across Dorset.

MORE than 350 people were admitted to Dorset hospitals with Covid-19 in the space of a week, latest figures show.

FRONTLINE council workers who cannot work from home will be able to receive a Covid test every week.

MULTIPLE 999 calls were made about a kite surfer in difficulties off Southbourne beach.

POLICE have issued a warning about a suspicious vehicle operating in South Dorset.

A fourth Covid-19 vaccine could be approved for use in the UK within weeks as late-stage trials suggested it was 89% effective in preventing coronavirus.

FOUR youths were detained and two “nasty” weapons were recovered after police spotted the group coming and going from an address in Boscombe.

In a statement the company responsible for the product told customers that they are taking this risk “very seriously”.

FOR the second consecutive evening, Poole Lifeboat was called to a report of a person in the water off Bournemouth sea front.

A HOLIDAY park which has been in the same family for 72 years is on the market for nearly £3million.

THE Manor is one of the south's legendary nightclubs from the past – despite not being open for that long.

THE reopening of a narrow bridge in Poole to traffic has moved a step closer, despite “a large number” of last-minute objections.

TWO cruise ships currently anchored off Bournemouth beach could be there for some time yet.

A MAN who breached coronavirus regulations during the November lockdown has been jailed after failing to attend court having been released on bail

Bournemouth schools attended by people who went on to become famous.

A POOLE boy is walking two miles everyday to raise money for Forest Holme Hospice, where his dad spent the last days of his life.

WORK on a busy Christchurch roundabout is set to cause disruption to drivers as the roundabout is partially closed over five days.

COVID patients from Dorset County Hospital and Yeovil Hospital have been transferred to the Exeter Nightingale unit for treatment.

PREPARATIONS are still under way for Camp Bestival to go ahead as originally planned - despite the cancellation of Glastonbury Festival – with its organiser still ‘optimistic’ festival season will happen this Summer.

The initiative to help 13 breweries will see the beers stocked in branches across the UK, rather than being sold directly to pubs.

​Dinah and Joseph Portwood planned to have two big Harry Potter themed weddings...and then news of the first national lockdown broke

TWO people arrested after a 12-year-old boy was allegedly kidnapped from a Poole park have been released without charge.

Bournemouth bride Hannah Wynn gave birth to baby girl on the day her wedding story appeared in the Echo

A PHARMACY in Parkstone will be offering Covid-19 vaccines to the community after being chosen by NHS England.

A FAMILY in Bournemouth now consists of five generations thanks to the arrival of a lockdown baby.

FEWER than 450 coronavirus cases were confirmed across Dorset in the last 24 hours, latest figures show.

FORMER AFC Bournemouth manager and Poole resident Harry Redknapp urged everyone to get out and have the coronavirus vaccine when it is their turn after receiving his on Thursday.