CRIMINALS jailed in February for Dorset offences include a child rapist, a one-punch killer and a paedophile snared in an undercover police sting.

MULTIPLE areas across Dorset have not recorded any new coronavirus clusters, according to the latest data.

WORK IS underway on an extensive refurbishment of The Railway Hotel in Christchurch.

Six famous people that attended university in Bournemouth- do you know them all?

Why Durdle Door bore the brunt of visitors in 2020 and what the consequences were for residents and the environment.

PLANS have been submitted for a new, three-storey pathology lab at The Royal Bournemouth Hospital.

Boscombe’s high street is set to be changed beyond recognition as plans for a multi million-pound renovation are to place over the next couple of years.

A LONG-AWAITED film partially filmed in Lyme Regis is set to bypass cinemas and go straight to streaming services later this month.

PERMISSION is being sought for outside seating to be installed along Kingland Crescent in Poole.

Salmonella poisoning, food allergies and glass are just some of the reasons behind a number of urgent product recalls across the UK.

DORSET residents are being called upon to get their Covid jab.

Temporary changes will also be introduced which allow licensed premises to sell alcohol for takeaway purposes.

This area has a former pub with a very distinct claim to fame.

AN UNINSURED drink driver who was more than four times the legal limit has been handed a suspended prison sentence.

MORE than £30,000 has been donated to the HealthBus Trust to help fund the purchase of a new mobile clinic.

As the end of lockdown for many of us edges closer, now is the perfect time to get ahead on all those spring jobs in the garden, so that once we can welcome visitors back into our outdoor spaces, we can sit back and relax.

With news international travel may resume in time for a sunny escape, Sarah Marshall recommends the top private holiday stays.

IN MY opinion in the long run we will gain more than we lose from Brexit.

A MAN was stabbed during a disturbance involving a group of men at an address in Poole.

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

CHERRIES’ hopes of a third successive Championship victory were thwarted by a second-half fightback from Preston.

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

OVER 20 people have died with coronavirus in Dorset hospitals, latest figures reveal.

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

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.

It wasn't so long ago that one of Hollywood's biggest stars visited Dorset for filming twice - and completely avoided the attention of fans!

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

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.

Ultra-low deposit mortgages are to make a comeback, Chancellor Rishi Sunak has said in his Budget today.

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”.

SUNNY weather and clear skies attracted Dorset residents to Bournemouth beach just two days before the first stage of easing lockdown restrictions.

UNDER 30 coronavirus cases were confirmed in Dorset in the latest daily update.