A WOMAN is “lucky to be alive” after being trampled by cows in a Dorset field.

PLANS have submitted for a “landmark development” of four blocks of flats on a Bournemouth car park.

FURTHER green belt development is being considered by BCP Council in a bid to build thousands of new homes.

COUNCILLORS will be asked to approve plans to build an 11-storey block of flats in the centre of Poole next week.

A GRAPHIC shows how coronavirus cases in Dorset surged and decreased in recent months.

LATER this month, conservationist Dr Jane Goodall will host a free seminar at Bournemouth University.

INDOOR attractions, eateries and pubs across the conurbation have welcomed customers through their doors as yet more lockdown restriction have been eased today.

A MUM has said it is a weight off her shoulders now she can take her disabled daughter to the sea after BCP Council installed a wheelchair-accessible path on the beach in Boscombe.

A COCAINE dealer who fled the country after his arrest has been convicted nearly five years after his crimes.

FIRE crews have urged home owners to have chimneys and flues cleaned regularly after a chimney fire at a home in Wareham.

A DRIVER who failed a roadside drugs test in Ringwood was arrested and taken into custody.

DRUGS and weapons were seized in a police operation targeting criminals using the rail network.

COASTGUARD rescue teams were alerted to help a person on the cliff in Bournemouth last night.

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A ROBBER who brandished a large hunting knife and threatened to stab one of his many victims in the face has been jailed for five years and three months.

THE A338 Wessex Way is set to be closed for two nights in Bournemouth next week.

MORE than half of new police officer recruits in Dorset last year were women, figures reveal, as male domination in the ranks continues to subside.

A MAN has been jailed after he spat towards a police officer.

WORK is pressing head to make a series of changes at Christchurch library ahead of plans to sell off the civic offices.

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

A DORSET surgeon says the damage caused by the Covid-19 pandemic in India is 'heart wrenching' –and he is now fundraising to help his fellow countrymen.

MORE than 1,500 people have made their views known on the future of the Mowlem Theatre in Swanage.

A DRIVE is under way to unlock the talents of young people in the South West who could set up their own business.

THE works at the west end of Wallisdown Road are nearing completion. Reading the comments when they were sought by the council many contributors suggested an urgent need for bus pull-in stops.

I AM AN elderly man and have always believed in the independence of policing in our beloved country.

IN HIS letter (May 14) Robert Readman condemns all and sundry from Tony Blair to UK military leaders, to UK government and Irish Republicans, for the recent trials of 1970s serving soldiers.

Kim Robinson of the Echo Camera Club captured this gorgeous Peacock calling for the Peahens at Brownsea Island.

TESCO is to hold an extra food collection in its Bournemouth stores to support children and families this summer.

WHEN I saw the headline in the Echo Talking Trash I assumed it was in reference to the latest meeting of the BCP Council but how wrong could I be.

THE decision on whether a seafront restaurant in Mudeford can serve takeaway alcohol will be revealed this week.

ARNAUT Danjuma’s cool finish meant it was advantage Cherries heading into Championship play-off semi-final second leg.

THIS year makes 18 years since the opening of Castlepoint Shopping Centre.

A POPULAR tea gardens is showing off its new extension and refurbishment as it opens for indoor dining today.

THE family of a girl who tragically died last year aged just 16 have named a rose in her memory.

A FORMER footballer took his own life on the day he was due to appear in court to face a rape allegation.

A road through the Purbecks is currently closed due to wild horses on the road on Monday morning (May 17)

Updates as Covid measures ease further across England

A TOTAL of 12 new cases of coronavirus have been confirmed across Dorset within the past 24 hours, according to the latest figures.

A NEW market event is to come Bournemouth town centre next weekend – bring with it food, music and entertainment from across the world.

FEWER than 30 offenders were prosecuted out of almost 800 reports of rape and attempted rape in the space of a year in Dorset.

THE government has been urged to probe the planned sale of LV= after a report accused its bosses of failing to be “open and transparent” with its members.

THE latest crime statistics have revealed a fall in offences in Dorset for the fourth consecutive quarter.

AN infant has died after suffering a cardiac arrest at an address in Bournemouth.

Along with 37-year-olds who will receive invites from Tuesday, it means more than a million more people will be made eligible.

Holiday hotspots that UK tourists usually travel to for summer sun - including Spain, Greece, Italy and France - remain on the amber list.

A MAN who dropped his wallet was shocked to discover his bank card was used to carry out fraudulent transactions just half an hour later.