TWO student Dorset Police officers have been fined after “falling short of expectation” in an “extremely disappointing” breach Covid-19 rules.

THE head of the judicary in England and Wales said "too little weight" had been placed on the aggravting features in disgraced police officer Timothy Brehmer's manslaughter of Claire Parry when he was sentenced last year.

WORK has started on a £30million project to bring the next generation of broadband to Poole and Christchurch.

A SMALL number of locations across Bournemouth, Christchurch, Poole are the rest of Dorset are still recording Covid cases.

THE long history of Beales came to an end a year ago, when the Bournemouth store shut its doors for the last time.

DID you know it was a driving offence to do any of these things being the wheel?

Here's where you could go on holiday with the two Royal Caribbean ships moored off Bournemouth Bay later in the year.

Will you be allowed to see your family over the Easter bank holiday weekend and what does 'stay local' mean in Dorset? Here's everything you need to know.

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More than 3.7m people in England can stop shielding on 1 April - new rules at a glance

THE long history of Beales came to an end a year ago, when the Bournemouth store shut its doors for the last time.

Aldi and Lidl have revealed the latest items hitting the shelves in the middle aisles of their stores from Sunday, March 21 2021.

THIS MONTH the clocks will be put forward, meaning people will lose an hour of sleep.

URBAN Reef has applied for permission to continue the late night sale of alcohol in the existing area as well as a new beach deck in Boscombe.

WILDLIFE experts say birth control pills for grey squirrels may help boost the numbers of endangered native reds.

There’s no doubt that competition runs high each time these two teams clash.

YOU have been sending us photos of your cheeky cats and delightful dogs for a place in the spotlight.

ELECTRICITY engineers will start work on a £3.7 million upgrading programme in Hamworthy next month.

BEFORE Mr Johnson and the council bulldoze their way through the green belt to try and solve “the housing crisis” I would like to make a plea for sanity.

Greg Stretch of the Echo Camera Club posted this stunning photo taken at the Smugglers cave at Mupe Bay. Greg, I think that this is up there with being one of the best seats in Dorset.

THE work to replace timber groynes at Middle Chine Beach has been completed – with the sands reopening to the public.

LIVING with or beyond breast cancer is never easy – treatment, scans and the physical and mental impacts can take their toll.

REFERENCE fly-tipping, I hold central government responsible as they are penalising local authorities for sending waste to landfill etc.

ONLY last week we were planning where to visit as soon as more restrictions are lifted, and said how we will miss the Blue Pool.

IN A WEEK that has been a watershed moment for women, highlighting the reality that all women fear for their safety; causing the Government to reopen their consultation on Violence again Women and Girls, its extraordinary that members of the counc...

POLICE have launched an investigation after a teenage girl was raped near woodland in Poole.

A FORMER Dorset Police officer who killed his long-term lover has had his prison extended.

A CARPENTER “on the verge of becoming a semi-professional boxer” has avoided an immediate jail sentence for a one punch attack in Southbourne last year.

CONTROVERSIAL plans to build hundreds of homes on former green belt land north of Poole have been approved.

COASTGUARD crews were called out following reports from Liverpool that people had been seen jumping off Bournemouth Pier late at night.

AMENDED plans to build homes on the car park of a Christchurch pub have been recommended for refusal.

RESIDENTS have called for a postbox to be reinstated in Poole so elderly people aren't forced to walk up and down one of the steepest hills in town.

POLICE have renewed their appeal for the public's help to find a man missing from east Dorset.

THE total number of people who have tested positive for coronavirus in the BCP area surpassed 25,000 as 23 more cases were confirmed county-wide.

A FOURTH man has been arrested after an assault which put one man in hospital.

A CHRISTCHURCH resident was woken by a loud bang and discovered a glass panel in the door and two windows had been smashed.