A BURGLAR has been jailed after raiding a Bournemouth town centre salon just days after he was handed a suspended sentence.

AN AMERICAN news outlet hit out after TripAdvisor named Bournemouth beach the fifth best in Europe and 20th in the world.

FRIENDS and colleagues of a popular hospital porter who died of coronavirus will get the chance to say their final goodbyes ahead of his funeral.

HOSPITALITY bosses have welcomed the return of the Bournemouth Air Festival, saying the council’s full summer of events will help tourism bounce back.

SHOCKING footage has been released of three masked men carrying out a daylight raid on a family home.

MANY children will return to school on Monday for the first time since January 4.

Bournemouth has been named as one of the most fitness conscious places in the country.

THE popular Bournemouth Air Festival is set to return this summer, after BCP Council confirmed it planned to host a programme of events “similar to 2019”.

A VEHICLE which drove "dangerously" through Bournemouth while being pursued by police crashed into a tree.

Part of one of the south's best-known landmarks was reduced to rubble recently after a castle's seawall collapsed.

A RAPIST has been jailed for four years after sexually assaulting a woman while she slept in her Bournemouth home.

RESIDENTS have been warned that they must keep dogs on leads when on heathlands across the BCP area.

It's British Pie Week, but have you tried Dorset's county pie?

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

FIFTEEN play areas are set to benefit from a revamp after BCP Council secured more than £100,000 in funding.

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The budget supermarket chains have both revealed a range of new products being made available this weekend from power tools to facial kits.

THE controversial reopening of a Poole road to motor vehicles was completed yesterday morning.

What are the four changes to lockdown rules being made in England from Monday?

VISITING restrictions have been eased at the University Hospitals Dorset Trust.

A POOLE road will close for nearly four weeks, seven days a week, as gas works take place.

THE NPAS helicopter assisted with police searches after a man was robbed of his e-scooter in Bournemouth.

Meet these adorable Dorset dogs sharing cuddles and walks in lockdown.

RESIDENTS have been informed that firing will be taking place on the Lulworth Ranges throughout next week.

Kate Middleton and Prince William have confirmed they will join the Queen for a televised speech.

THREE cricket bats and a stand are expected to sell for more than £1,000 when they go to auction next month.

AN INVESTIGATION has been launched over the theft of a pit bike in Poole which is believed to have since been sold on.

THOUSANDS more people across Dorset have been told to shield after experts identified additional adults at serious risk of Covid-19.

I am dismayed by the proposal to build 400 houses on the greenbelt in Lytchett Matravers.

Testing the public in the BCP area for Covid is very important both for the individual and the community.

Sally Rufus of the Echo Camera Club was happy to see this frog after fears it did not survive the recent frosts and Sally captured this great image of the frog and its production of spawn.

RESIDENTS and business owners in Boscombe have reacted to plans to transform the town’s high street after Bournemouth secured almost £22 million in the government’s Town Deal fund.

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.

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.

DORSET residents have been praised for following Covid lockdown rules as case rates, hospitalisations and deaths continue to fall.