A MURDERER from Poole who killed an "adoring" mother is due to be sentenced today.

INVESTIGATIONS are under way into two huge heath fires tackled by 150 firefighters last night.

IT has a perfect hygiene rating, does a brisk trade and has brought £180,000 into council coffers over its 17 years.

THE companies which once ran the hugely popular Bestival and Camp Bestival music events are set to be dissolved with no money for the unsecured creditors owed an estimated £1.18million.

IF you’re lucky enough to have £300,000 available to spend you could buy any number of things.

Boris Johnson has said some foreign travel from the UK will be able to go ahead from mid-May.

“AMBITIOUS” plans to create a new school and a national centre for excellence at the former St Mary’s site in Shaftesbury have been approved.

A BMW X6 was forced up a verge and into a fence in a three-car collision in Poole.

COASTGUARDS alerted to a suspected unexploded device discovered it was the end of a groyne marker pole.

HUNDREDS of volunteers are expected to take part in the Great Dorset Beach Clean initiative, which makes its return this month.

NEARLY 750 households across Dorset were assessed as homeless or threatened with homelessness last winter, figures show.

A NEW plant-based deli in Westbourne that aims to show the power of plants and the natural world is this week's Trader of the Week.

Senior NHS officials in England have written to Instagram urging the company to shut down any accounts that promotes or attempts to sell Apetamin.

Work on the first section of new sustainable transport infrastructure within the BCP Council area, part of a £100 million project, is due to start this month on Whitelegg Way.

Swanage is a beautiful part of the world and is even better seen by air.

WALKING is one of the simplest form of exercises, requiring nothing more than being blessed with the use of your limbs and a decent pair of shoes. So simple perhaps, that many have dismissed it entirely as a form of exercise.

IT APPEARS Charterhouse's latest collection of vintage and classic cars has gone green – but only in colour.

A COUPLE received the last paper marriage certificate in Dorset - and were married by the groom’s father.

A WOMAN in her twenties died and two others were taken to hospital with serious injuries following a crash in North Dorset.

A HOSPICE carer who used a dying man’s bank card for a spending spree has been jailed for her “systematic and wicked” crime.

THIS picture of a sinkhole at Middle Chine beach in Bournemouth has been sent in by a Daily Echo reader, after we featured a story about a man who fell down one.

COLUMNIST and trained counsellor Fiona Caine answers another set of reader dilemmas.

Google’s lawyers say there is no suggestion the so-called Safari workaround resulted in any information being disclosed to third parties.

BUSINESS leaders are being offered a support network at one of the most stressful times in modern history to be managing a team.

CONSERVATIONIST Dr Jane Goodall will host a free seminar at Bournemouth University on May 27.

To help fans celebrate, Disney+ is releasing brand new Star Wars content on its streaming platform.

LIVE nest-cam footage of barn owls is being streamed to viewers, as part of a new wildlife conservation initiative.

OUR winters are vanishing into wet weather events. It might seem like things are improving weather wise but the reverse is true. We are heading for one of the greatest mass extinction events ever seen by mankind.

WITH Sun Awareness Week taking place between May 3-9, Cats Protection would like to advise cat owners to be aware of the risks posed to their cat by the sun.

Reading your report, ‘Accident ruling in plane crash death’ (Daily Echo, 30 April) I again had to wonder why it takes so long (in this instance) three years, for an inquest to be completed.

As we approach Nurses’ Day 2021 (12 May), RCN South West would like to thank the public for their support and kind words over the last year.

GIVEN that the Parks Foundation is drawing attention to restoring wildlife and pulling back from our extinction crises (Echo 28/4/21) here’s some more positive news.

DALKEITH Steps in Old Christchurch Road has been the centre of controversy in recent weeks, but issues with the area have been prominent for many years.

Can you guess which busy part of Bournemouth this old postcard shows?

ATTENDANCE at the two heath fires which broke out in Dorset on Monday has now been scaled back.

RAPID access 'pop up' hospital clinics treating hundreds of patients each day could be established in shopping centres and possibly other venues.

There is a “good chance” the one-metre plus rule for social distancing can be ditched next month, Boris Johnson said.

FIREFIGHTERS from across Dorset and some from Hampshire are currently dealing with a blaze in the forest in Verwood.

There are a number of dangerous species to watch out for in Dorset this summer - take a look:

A MAN who was caught with 140 wraps of crack cocaine has avoided an immediate prison sentence.

A YACHT with two people onboard ran aground in Poole Harbour, close to the entrance of the River Frome.

THE OWNER of an acclaimed Weymouth seafood restaurant has spoken of his anger after a masked thief targeted the business - taking a worker's handbag while staff finished their shifts.

The limit on the number of mourners who can attend funerals is to be lifted in England this month, the Government has announced.

THE LOCAL elections are taking place tomorrow, Tuesday 6 May.

THE latest £55 million cruise terminal in Southampton has been named Horizon Cruise Terminal, following a competition which called for suggestions backed by the Bournemouth Daily Echo.

A road in Dorset has been listed as one of the most 'instagrammable' places in the country. Read more:

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A BUILDING at Poole Quay which used to be home to a pizza and cider chain is on the market.

LIFEBOAT crews were called after kayakers saw a person fall from the top of Old Harry Rocks on Saturday.

FOUR people were arrested, and two were charged, following climate protests which saw people sitting in roads across Dorset.