A LOCAL woman has shared a “dangerous” situation that occurred at Bournemouth Hospital, which saw her terminally ill father wait eight hours to see a doctor.

EMERGENCY services are continuing to search for a diver who went missing off the coast of Purbeck over the weekend.

A PLANNING application has been submitted to demolish a prominent Poole hardware store, replacing it with retail space and 27 new apartments.

VISIBLE police patrols and tackling early signs of anti-social behaviour ensured a summer’s night in Bournemouth went by without major disorder.

A DRIVER had to get the train back to London after police seized his £90,000 car following anti-social driving.

Rather than more traditional methods, students will receive grades based on recommendations from their teachers.

Thousands of people in Dorset were contacted by the NHS Covid-19 app and told to isolate in the latest week, figures reveal.

BEARWOOD residents are protesting to prevent the felling of trees to make way for a new cycle route, while BCP Council says nothing is final.

EXTENSIVE searches to locate a man who trespassed on the railway line in Bournemouth proved unsuccessful until he was found at a train station the following day.

THREE floors of offices at Richmond House, Bournemouth, could be converted to 43 one and two-bed flats.

IT was a fairytale start to the opening of AFC Bournemouth's new home.

A MAN has been ordered to carry out unpaid work after he assaulted a police officer at an escape room.

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A PIONEER and trailblazer within the British dental sector who became the first ever Dame in the profession has passed away.

POLICE in Christchurch have said they are clamping down on illegal e-scooter use following "public complaints and potentially dangerous" crashes involving the two-wheeled vehicles.

Containers with metal ends such as Pringles tubes, hot chocolate, nuts and other products can now be recycled in Dorset.

POLICE seized knuckle dusters, zombie knives, extendable batons and throwing stars following a raid on a Poole home.

THE location for an inflatable theme park in Dorset has changed following a dispute between the council and organisers.

THOUSANDS of students across Dorset will collect their GCSE and A Level results this week.

ONE paddleboarder came face to face with two sharks after going for an early morning paddle just weeks before an unidentified ‘sea creature’ nearly capsized a fisherman and led to Boscombe beach being cleared.

A NEW three-day festival is bringing its free obstacle course to Bournemouth town centre next weekend.

The following roadworks are being carried out within the BCP Council area by the council and various utility companies over the next few days:

CHANGES currently underway at Christchurch Library may now also include a new CCTV system.

Dedicated Swanage Railway volunteers are joining organisations across the United Kingdom in a new ‘Love Your Railway’ campaign to raise awareness of the important contribution that heritage railways make – the work they do as well as how they h...

A COMPANY restructure is under way at a recruitment agency amid a surge in demand.

A PUB which has been at the heart of a rural Dorset town's community since the 17th century has won a coveted award.

The letter you published from Chris Colledge highlights the problem with GPs. By definition they are General Practitioners.

FIFTEEN homes could be built on a site east of the Franwill industrial estate off Down Road, Pimperne. 

Building sandcastles on Bournemouth beach are the cast of Hi-de-Hi! Tv series who were performing a stage production of the show at the Pavilion Theatre in 1983.

A GOLDEN eagle that went missing in the Ringwood area after being mobbed by crows during a display flight returned back home earlier this week.

AN AIR and sea search has resumed after a diver went missing in Lulworth Cove last night.

A DOG will have to be kept on a lead at all times in public places after it attacked and injured another animal and its owner.

SHAKE and Stir the vintage music festival, returned to Southbourne over the weekend.

SCOTT Parker revealed how he told Danish duo Emiliano Marcondes and Philip Billing to be “relentless” with their goalscoring this season.

COASTGUARD and RNLI teams rescued a person from the water in the early hours off a Dorset beach.

A COTTAGE lost in time could be yours for under £300,000 – but it requires a total transformation.

PLANS have been submitted for a three to four storey block of ten flats in Bournemouth.

A CELEBRATION of Indian culture took over part of Poole Park on Sunday.

PIRATES star Steve Worrall came back to haunt his former employers as Poole hammered Newcastle 61-29 on their own shale.

MORE than 450 new coronavirus cases have been recorded across Dorset within the last 24-hour period, according to latest statistics.

Police are appealing for dash cam footage after a van was seen weaving and colliding with cones on the M27.

A WEEKEND of live music and entertainment welcomed big crowds to Ashley Cross after the popular event was forced to take a year off due to the pandemic.

DEFENDER Chris Mepham insisted Cherries would “only get better” when they welcomed back key personnel and added: “We’ve still got loads to improve.”

DORSET is home to a whole variety of tourist attractions from brilliant architectural sites to stunning landscape locations -- and plenty of them.

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Complaints data for every council in the South West has been published by the Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman as part of its annual review of local government complaints.

FOLLOWING numerous complaints of green areas ‘ruined', BCP Council launched an interim review into its Let it Grow trial scheme.

Despite the excitement of a new house, moving into a new home can be one of the most stressful tasks you can do.

SHOULD workers in care homes face the sack if they refuse to have a Covid-19 vaccinations?

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