THE speed limit on a stretch of Wallisdown Road in Bournemouth is set to be reduced to 30mph as part of ongoing improvement works.

THE MOST scientifically robust survey of litter in the UK has revealed the scale of rubbish on Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole beaches.

FOOTBALL MANAGER Harry Redknapp and his wife Sandra’s new mansion has been completed in Branksome Park.

CRUISE ships moored off the Dorset coast have 'scarred' and 'destroyed' the seabed, causing 'very significant damage', a new report has found.

The research analysed Freedom of Information data on the number of dog thefts people have reported in the last five years.

THE Adam Practice has now delivered more than 50,000 Covid vaccines at the Port of Poole.

SERVICES on the Sandbanks chain ferry are currently suspended.

A village pub which has 'returned to being the hub of the community' has been named one of the best in a prestigious contest run by CAMRA.

OFFICERS searching for a man missing from near Sherborne are pleased to confirm he has been found safe and well.

PLANS to build a care home on the site of a former hospice in Poole have been submitted.

POOLE Park Railway should be running again by the end of this year, after successful tender bids for the track and engine shed.

A NEW set of plans for the demolition of a former care home in Poole and its replacement with two blocks of flats have been submitted.

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Local bike share provider, Beryl has teamed up with the mental health charity Dorset Mind, for their annual fundraiser, the Tour de Dorset.

A ROAD in Shaftesbury town centre will reopen next month as councillors explore the possibility of the road being permanently pedestrianised.

A NEW £50 note featuring Dorset schoolboy and wartime hero, Alan Turing has been entered into circulation today.

A DRINK drive victim from Boscombe aims to cover 212 miles of the South West Coast Path in only five days to raise funds for Macmillan Caring Locally.

BRITTANY Ferries are joining other members of the travel sector in a protest against government restrictions.

A FORMER teacher from Ringwood is to set off on a solo unaided expedition across Iceland to raise money for two local charities.

WITH the easing of lockdown restrictions being postponed for four weeks in order to “speed up the vaccination programme”, surely the impending closure of the BIC vaccination centre for four weeks to accommodate a three-day cheerleading contest mu...

A POPULAR family fundraiser is returning this year - but with more bubbles and chaos than before.

A BOURNEMOUTH business which provides millions of university textbooks electronically has attracted £15million of funding and is creating 50 jobs.

A UNIVERSITY student will walk over 400 miles along England’s South coast to engage science professionals and local communities - and she's starting in Poole.

A BOURNEMOUTH man is shaving off his beard this week to raise money for a charity close to his heart.

A BOURNEMOUTH apprentice has been recognised for his 'inspiring' career journey and admiration for following his dreams in a recent award ceremony.

An aerial snapshot of the past featuring Wimborne Minster back in 1972. It’s not hard to spot the changes from the cricket ground pictured which today is the home to Waitrose, the grammar school near the Minster church, and the area of Crown Mead w...

I RETURNED home from Poole Hospital five weeks ago as of June 18.

I SOMETIMES read here of thefts of bikes worth thousands of pounds.

A RECENT visit to the promenades at both Bournemouth and Boscombe disclosed an absence of previously identifiable recycling bins.

A GOOD part of Monday morning’s news bulletins was devoted to interviewing 91-year-old Maragaret Keenan - lauding her as the ‘first person in the world to receive a Covid vaccine’.

A DRIVER who was dealing drugs to pay off his own debt sped off from police at 80mph before crashing into other vehicles.

ONE HUNDRED students from a Dorset school are isolating after positive Covid cases.

BCP COUNCIL have put in forced new rules at a popular fishing destination in Poole because of a rise in anti-social behaviour in the past year.

POLICE are appealing for help from the public to locate a man missing near Sherborne.

CORONAVIRUS cases in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole have doubled in a week as rates surpass the national average.

TENDERING for a £2.5 million temporary homeless accommodation scheme in Poole has been started by BCP Council.

RAHEEM Sterling proved the match-winner again to secure England their spot as Group D winners at Euro 2020.

NATHAN Moriah-Welsh has been called up by Guyana for next month's CONCACAF Gold Cup qualifiers.

England qualified for the knockout phase of Euro 2020 after results in Groups B and C on Monday night.

The Covid rate across the Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole area has more than doubled, according to the latest weekly data.

A MAN who punched his victim to the ground and dragged him around in an early hours robbery has avoided a prison sentence.

A PEDESTRIAN and a cyclist were injured in a hit-and-run crash involving a car.

Matt Hancock confirmed the change would allow fully vaccinated Brits to travel to amber and red list countries with no quarantine.

A MEMBER of staff has tested positive for Covid-19 and colleagues have been asked to self isolate at Waitrose in Christchurch.

NEWCASTLE United have “edged in front” of Cherries in the hunt for Cameron Carter-Vickers’s services, according to reports in America.

Mr Hancock was asked whether further lockdowns are a possibility when he appeared on BBC Radio 4’s Today programme.

The emergency alerts will be sent to some Android devices on Tuesday 22 June between 1pm and 2pm.

A PREGNANT cow and its unborn calf have been killed during a dog attack at a field in east Dorset.

A MAN performed a lewd act in front of two teenage girls at a Bournemouth park.

RAIL services between Brockenhurst and Southampton Central are expected to be disrupted until 9am.