PLANS have been unveiled for a £24million flats development in the heart of Poole town centre.

HOTELS across Bournemouth are expected to be at full capacity by tomorrow, as tens of thousands of visitors flock to the conurbation for the bank holiday weekend getaway It is shaping up to be the busiest weekend of the year so far, coming less th...

A MOTORCYCLIST is fighting for life in hospital after an accident in Christchurch.

DURDLE Door is one of Dorset's most iconic landmarks, a natural limestone arch stretching out to sea along the Jurassic Coast World Heritage Site.

A POST office in Bournemouth is to reopen this weekend, thanks to the support of the local community.

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A PUB that has transformed its outdoor space into a 'Secret Garden' has been crowned Pub of the Week.

A COUPLE who "hoarded" thousands of indecent images of children have avoided a potential Court of Appeal review into the suspended prison sentence they received.

BRITAIN'S first e-scooter training programme has been launched in Bournemouth.

YOUTHS were seen running away from the old Wimborne First School after the alarm sounded.

Scientists will carry out laboratory tests to determine whether it reaches the threshold of being a variant of concern.

Cases of the variant have doubled in the last week sparking fresh concerns over stage four of Boris Johnson’s roadmap out of lockdown.

WORLD-RENOWNED choreographer Sir Mathew Bourne has congratulated a local schoolboy for securing a scholarship to the prestigious Elmhurst Ballet School.

AS we’ve experienced one of the wettest Mays on record, the Echo looks at a video of when flooding devastated a coastal town.

Three local nightclub and gym owners have launched #TheJune500 for the second year in a row to raise money for Dorset Mind.

TODAY is International Burger Day. Whether you’re a meat eater, vegetarian or vegan, everyone will have an opinion on what makes a good burger.

A BOURNEMOUTH man has received a suspended prison sentence for sending threatening messages to a woman and harassing a man.

THERE’S a bank holiday just around the corner and all eyes will be on the all important weather forecast.

PLANS to carry out a range of maintenance and repairs at an East Dorset tower have been approved.

THE number of people with dementia in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole will increase by 37 per cent in the next 10 years, according to the Alzheimer's Society.

BOURNEMOUTH In Bloom has launched its annual Summer Gardens Competition for 2021 and to celebrate, we are taking a look at previous competition entries.

PROPOSALS have been detailed on plans for an 18-metre mast to help provide 5G network coverage in an East Dorset village.

The high street bank has said it has prevented millions of pounds from being sent to “crypto-criminals”.

A NEW arts and entertainment centre has been approved for the listed Sherborne House.

THERE is certainly a buzz on campus at one school this week – after a new swarm of 20,000 bees moved in.

THE Dorset-based arts and crafts chain Hobbycraft and the children’s hospice charity Julia’s House have been named among the UK’s best places to work.

A NEW campaign has been launched to shine a light on mental health across Dorset to tackle stigma and change the way men talk.

The show revealed some bombshell revelations from rivalries to cast romances. 

THE fine sandy beach below Flaghead Chine has been ruined by the recent works carried out to regenerate it.

There has been much criticism of the planned road changes from Merley to Christchurch, but the reality is that this scheme will make little or no improvement to the traffic flow in our conurbation.

BITTERLY disappointing, very frustrating, and a realisation that things at The Vitality Stadium will not be the same again next season.

WE had a swan who landed on our park home roof.

THE ONLY claim to fame I have is I am the guy that removed over 1,000 sand lizards from a building site called Brooks Pit, at Hamworthy.

Memoires from the Daily Echo archives with this community lead photograph of the staff from Victoria School getting ready to take on the massive challenge of a lorry pull for charity back in September 1995. Pictured are Debbie Jenkins, Tracey Osbour...

IT IS with deep regret that 2185(Swanage)DF will not be re-opened after the Covid pandemic.

MORE than £40,000 worth of drugs, cash and stolen bikes were seized during a police operation in Dorset which saw 14 people arrested.

CONCERNED police officers have issued a stark warning over the illegal use of private e-scooters.

TWO cases of the Indian variant of coronavirus were detected in Dorset last week, new figures reveal.

A SUPERMARKET has banned the sale of so-called 'forest friendly' disposable barbecues in all of its Dorset stores after residents raised concerns its marketing could spark an increase in wildfire risks.

UNANIMOUS approval has been given for plans to build more than 200 flats around the edge of a Bournemouth car park.

ONLY two people have tested positive for Covid-19 in Dorset, according to the latest figures.

A WALKER was airlifted from the Purbeck coast after she slipped and fell down a hill.

THE PRISON sentence handed down to a man who sexually assaulted a woman in Bournemouth while she slept has been increased following an appeal.

A LARGE quantity of suspected cannabis has been seized from an address on the Upton Industrial Estate at Poole.

POLICE have reissued an appeal for information regarding the whereabouts of woman, as they widen their search to include the Dorset and Bournemouth area.