A “BOLD and big” five-year strategy aimed at creating 13,000 jobs and building 15,000 homes across Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole has been drawn up by BCP Council.

A WOMAN suffering from cancer after a career working with asbestos has had her life transformed thanks to a new treatment.

Those included in the analysis were tested over two months between mid-November and mid-January.

THREE Coastguard officers have been injured after they were hit by a 'freak wave' during a storm.

AN ABUSIVE male was arrested after refusing to leave a GP surgery in Bournemouth.

Martin Lewis has explained the changes to both Tesco's Clubcard and Sainsbury's Nectar Card.

BCP COUNCIL are to keep public toilets in Bournemouth town centre open 24/7 for rough sleepers to use, following a successful campaign by a street support volunteer.

POLICE discovered a baby being carried unrestrained on a person's lap when they stopped a car.

A WOMAN who drove to collect her boyfriend after his car was seized by police lost her vehicle too because she had no tax or insurance.

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A WHITE van driver sorting his finances out on the phone while behind the wheel had his vehicle seized.

A CAR travelling at 107mph was one of seven stopped for speeding on a stretch of the A30 in one evening.

POLICE have released a CCTV image following the theft of skincare items from Superdrug in New Milton.

A CAR has been washed away after huge waves crashed over a defence wall, dragging it backwards.

CONSTRUCTION work at Royal Bournemouth Hospital’s new orthopaedics and eye unit entrance is to commence today.

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

THREE Coastguard officers have been injured after they were hit by a 'freak wave' during a storm which caused flooding.

THE money saving expert has come up with 21 ways you could save money in 2021.

A FORMER SAS sergeant who was the youngest member of the elite regiment when he passed selection has penned a novel that borrows from his extreme experiences.

POOLE’S Lighthouse was having one of its best years in modern times until the pandemic left it fighting for survival.

BOURNEMOUTH University have announced that they are to offer students 50 per cent rent credit to cover the lockdown period.

This beautiful image shows the International Space Station - the largest space station laboratory ever built.

Here are 25 of the most common questions that children, and parents, are asking - from science and English language to history. 

A NEW FOREST town could see a flurry of new residents as more and more movers are keeping tabs on homes in the area.

Former Daily Echo news editor, Raymond Horsfield, has died at the age of 85. Son of Clarence Horsfield, a mill worker, and his wife Hilda, he was born in Brierfield, Lancashire in 1935 and grew up and attended schools in the Colne area with his yo...

THE medicine cabinet that belonged to Sir William Beatty who tended Nelson as he died has been secured for a museum after a crowdfunding effort.

ACADEMICS from Bournemouth University have published new guidance on investigating and protecting mass graves, in partnership with the International Commission on Missing Persons (ICMP).

CORONAVIRUS cases across a majority of areas of Dorset are falling, as data suggests the spread of Covid-19 is declining.

The following roadworks are being carried out within the BCP Council area by the council and various utility companies over the next few days:

HE was a decorated war hero and much-loved family man. Rupert Noye passes away

Would you recognise Bournemouth from this old video shot in 1930?

AFTER seven years at the helm, David Morgan has stepped down from his role as the Chairman of the Board of Trustees at the Museum of East Dorset.

FIREFIGHTERS have set up Covid-safe drop off points to donate working laptops or tablets to children in need.

RESIDENTS in Dorset care homes celebrated Burns Night with a variety of activities.

TALBOT VILLAGE Trust has made a £10,000 donation to a Poole based charity to ensure that blind and partially sighted people across the county continue to vital support throughout the ongoing pandemic.

Do you remember the former Criterion Arcade in Bournemouth? Here’s what it looked like inside in January 1999.

BRITTANY Ferries has reported a shift towards unaccompanied freight shipments on the routes it serves.

CRIMINALS jailed in January for Dorset offences include an armed rapist, a knife attacker and a drink driver who caused serious injuries to a police officer.

Cherries boss Jason Tindall on Friday told the Daily Echo he was still looking to add to his squad ahead of the transfer deadline.

FEWER than 270 coronavirus cases have been confirmed in Dorset in the last 24 hours.

SIXTEEN further coronavirus deaths have been recorded in Dorset hospital.

IMMEDIATE action required in anticipation of extensive flooding in Poole and the Purbecks following severe overnight rainfall across Dorset.

FUNERAL directors in Bournemouth and Poole say they are working hard to continue to provide respectful and caring ceremonies, despite an increase in their services.

A MAN who sent messages inciting a '10-year-old girl' to sexually touch herself and send him pictures was in fact communicating with members of a paedophile hunter group.

FIRE FIGHTERS were called to Sturminster Newton on the evening of Saturday January 30 after a car became stuck in flood water, with two passengers trapped inside the vehicle.