HOPES Bournemouth’s summer could be busy and action-packed are alive as BCP Council said it hoped to deliver a programme of events similar to 2019.

RESIDENTS are being temporarily being urged to reconsider visiting Recycling Centres across the conurbation due to a high number of people visiting the sites during lockdown.

Take a look inside this incredible penthouse in Boscombe on the market for £185,000.

A woman who discovered she was illegally adopted and had her birth certificate falsified has called for a full, nationwide investigation into the scandal.

THE roof garden of the Moon in the Square is one of four Wetherspoons beer gardens due to open from Monday April 12.

THE Covid case rate for the BCP area has fallen to just 57.4, according to the latest weekly data.

A POLICE officer who was spat at and told “now you have got Covid" by a man who was being restrained in custody described the assault as a “deplorable act”.

Cyprus said it will open its borders to vaccinated Britons from the beginning of May – although UK government restrictions on foreign travel will still be in force.

PLANS to sell a public car park in Christchurch to Waitrose are to be reviewed after concerns were raised by the town’s mayor.

Beauty salons, like hairdressers, fall under personal care services, which are expected to reopen on April 12.

Schools across England will welcome back pupils following months of remote learning on Monday.

OFFICERS have located three of their most wanted people so far this week thanks to support from the public - now they are looking for the remaining seven.

AN OUT-OF-WORK singer who has taken a job as a school cleaner is now wowing teachers and pupils with his amazing operatic performances.

DORSET’S largest vaccination clinic is set to be used for catch-up school immunisations alongside the Covid vaccine programme.

RESIDENTS and local business owners are being invited to have their say in shaping the future of local high streets across Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole.

WORK on a £2.5million scheme to shore up seafront cliffs at Poole is on target to be completed by the end of spring, BCP Council says.

A CAMPAIGN against litter dumped on the roadside in Dorset has been launched - with the council's annual spring clean up of verges alongside miles of some of the county’s busiest roads.

AN “ambitious” programme of outdoor events is coming to the BCP area in May.

PROPOSALS have been submitted to convert a former Purbeck bank into three apartments – with a terrace of three more cottages to the rear.

FRONTLINE workers at Dorset County Hospital will begin to receive their second dose of the coronavirus vaccine next week.

FEWER than 60 people were admitted to Dorset hospitals with Covid in a week.

A black dress, a burger and a pint for Poole bride...and a wedding cake topped by two skulls!...

EXHIBITION stands could be replaced by “arts huts” in a bid to revitalise the Westover Gardens makers’ market in Bournemouth.

TWO Poole women have appeared in court after stealing hundreds of pounds worth of clothing from a store at a Bristol shopping centre.

AS A CAR and van driver, I thought I would comment on people's letters about cyclists and walkers.

CHECK OUT Glenferness Avenue at any time of day and you will find cars parked across or blocking cycle lanes.

ACCORDING to BCP and Dorset councils there is a climate emergency in Dorset.

DR MARTIN Rodger questions the figure of £350 million a week that the UK sent to the EU.

We are nearly there.

This Daily Echo photo from June 1969 shows the 40-seater miniature train ran by Mr G Wilcox. It used to run on quarter of a mile track around the park's pond which then had paddle boats. The chimneys of the Power Station can be seen in the background...

An inquest into the death of teenager Gaia Pope-Sutherland whose disappearance sparked a major police inquiry will take place next year – nearly five years after her death.

BOURNEMOUTH has secured almost £22 million in a 'landmark deal' to breath new life into Boscombe.

A PET cat is the latest victim in a string of catapult attacks in Verwood.

VISITORS have been urged to keep away from cliffs at Hengistbury Head following landslides.

THE SEARCH for local superstars begins today with the official launch of the Dorset Hero Awards.

MORE than 30 locations in Dorset have recorded fewer than three cases in the latest weekly reporting period, an interactive map has revealed.

Daily Echo business editor Darren Slade gives the rundown on what the Budget means for Dorset.

More than 300,000 Covid-19 vaccinations have been given in Dorset but the weekly total has fallen again, according to the latest data.