A LARGE plot of land with a farmhouse which takes in 'spectacular views’ of Dorset is set to go under the hammer for under £2 million.

STALLHOLDERS at Christchurch’s new emporium have been putting the final touches to their pitches ahead of its opening on Monday.

It's been almost a year since hoardings erected around the statue of Robert Baden-Powell on Poole Quay were removed.

WILL a Great British street market be just the thing to help attract people back to Bournemouth town centre?

A STRUGGLING hotel in a rural Dorset village was transformed on a Channel 5 TV series.

This three-bedroom property has sold at auction on Wednesday, 16 July. Find out more.

WILDLIFE in Dorset will get more of the space it desperately needs following Dorset Wildlife Trust’s acquisition of a large area of land near Bere Regis.

JOE LYCETT is visiting Bournemouth next year with his ‘More, more, more! How do you Lycett? How do you Lycett?’ tour.

This year's list has a mixture of traditionally popular names, as well as several new entries.

TOWNS across Dorset will be marking Armed Forces Day.

Daphne du Maurier’s heroine in her 1941 novel Frenchman’s Creek flees the bustle of London for the escape of southern Cornwall.

Expert Tanya Anderson offers a guide on how to freeze your favourite cut flowers into ice cubes, to add a garden twist to summer drinks.

MORE than 110 new coronavirus cases have been recorded across Dorset within the last 24-hour period, according to the latest statistics.

HOSPITALITY firms are being encouraged to increase their Covid-19 testing efforts after "a number" of outbreaks within the industry.

FOURTY EIGHT areas of Dorset have reported more than three active coronavirus cases, as new Covid-19 cases appear to be on the rise in the county again.

A MENTALLY ill woman has given birth to a boy after a judge gave specialists the go-ahead to perform a caesarean section.

RESIDENTS and shop staff in Christchurch were evacuated from their properties earlier today whilst police dealt with a reported disturbance.

BCP Council's planning department is 'not very good' chief executive Graham Farrant has admitted.

A MAN has been arrested after police found cannabis fully grown in every room of a house in Spring Road.

A LARGE fire broke out on the first floor of a building in Bournemouth and damaged the roof.

OUR dads mean everything to us, with many supporting their loved ones and family prior and during the coronavirus pandemic.

There are more than 100 unclaimed fortunes in Dorset and if you have one of these surnames, a large inheritance could be yours.

Footballing icon Harry Redknapp has paid a surprise visit to a fan with terminal cancer, thanks to quick thinking care home staff.

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The nurse advisor for Allergy UK has revealed why many of us are suffering particularly badly with hay fever this year.

YESTERDAY we took a look into the historic town of Shaftesbury and some of the old postcards that provide us with a glimpse into what life was like there roughly a century ago.

VETS have warned of blue-green algae in bodies of water that can be seriously harmful and potentially deadly to dogs.

The British summer is not quite over yet with weather forecasters expecting several heatwaves in July.

ONE of Britain's biggest retailers is supporting a barbecue ban that aims to prevent wildfires breaking out in the New Forest.

THERE have been several letters published in the Daily Echo regarding the plans to convert the land around Hicks Farm into a suitable natural green space, referred to as a SANG.

THE ambulance service has urged people to learn what to do if someone collapses after Danish footballer Christian Eriksen suffered a cardiac arrest during a Euro 2020 match.

I see you ... deer on the lookout in a farm’s field at Worth Matravers taken by Laura Ann Johnson of the Echo Camera Club.

WE support The Duchess of Cambridge in her mission to drive awareness of and action on the critical impact of the early years.

I THINK the author of this letter (on waste collection) has opened a hole into which he has fallen.

More than 250 Delta variant Covid cases identified in BCP. Find out more:

CANFORD School have announced that the school is to move to remote learning due to the number of students self-isolating because of the positive cases among the student population.

A CORONER has warned how “extremely dangerous” coastal cliffs can be following the death of a mum who fell at a Dorset beach.

CONCERNS over the potential perils of e-scooters have been voiced by the daughter of a woman who fractured her eye socket and wrist after falling from one of the vehicles.

TWO people arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after a man was stabbed in Bournemouth's Lower Gardens have been released without charge.

MORE than 100 new coronavirus cases have been recorded across Dorset, according to the latest figures.

A NEW Great Britain-styled market is coming to Bournemouth town centre this month and will last all summer.

A wife said she’d ‘lost the love of her life’ during an inquest into the death of a popular cyclist.

A HOLIDAY park which was on the market for around £2.9million has been bought by its neighbour.

The latest chapter in the oldest rivalry in international football will unfold at Euro 2020 on when England meet Scotland at Wembley.

PART of a busy road was closed for around five hours after a four-vehicle crash which caused gridlock in East Dorset.

The A31 is closed eastbound near Merley due to a crash involving two lorries, a van and a car

The supermarket is also on track to have all own-label products as recyclable, reusable or compostable by 2022

It comes as the latest weekly surveillance report from Public Health England shows that Covid-19 case rates continue to increase across England.

THE A31 is closed eastbound in East Dorset due to a crash.

THE ambulance service has released a video message ahead of England's Euro clash with Scotland, calling for people across the region to drink sensibly.