AN INVESTIGATION has been launched after a 14-year-old boy was raped in the public toilets at Bournemouth Pier.

Teenagers have been causing trouble at Slades Farm on their dirt bikes.

A FARMER who goaded a black lurcher dog into attacking and killing a fox and filmed cockerel fights has been banned from keeping the animals for ten years.

A DORSET resident has praised Bournemouth Airport for the warm welcome they gave her Ukrainian guest when she arrived in the UK.

LAND that is home to industrial units in Poole could be sold by BCP Council to fund its ongoing “transformation” programme.

The OLDEST family-owned garage in Dorset celebrating 70 years of business- Keith Motors is our Trader of the Week.

Council tax rebates will be repaid to all residents of Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole by the end of the month.

AN investigation is ongoing after a woman was sexually assaulted by a taxi driver in Bournemouth.

TWO people have been arrested as police continued its operation cracking down on county lines drug gangs in the county.

The winning ticket-holder’s fortune would instantly outstrip those of footballers Harry Kane (£33 million) and Paul Pogba (£64 million) combined.

A POOLE resident has described seeing new greenery appearing on Canford Heath, just three weeks after the heath fire.

A CONSERVATIVE Bournemouth councillor has confirmed he will continue to represent his ward after failing to win an election in Manchester.

A THIRD vote of no confidence in the leader of BCP Council in just more than three years of the local authority’s existence is set to take place tonight.

Details on the cases of nine people from Bournemouth, Christchurch, East Dorset and Poole who have been sentenced at Poole Magistrates' Court.

A GUIDE dog charity is urgently appealing for volunteers to support the blind and partially sighted residents of Bournemouth.

A MAN has avoided an immediate prison sentence for possessing more than 1,000 indecent mages of children.

A MAN has been charged with criminal damage after a shop window was smashed in Bournemouth town centre on Friday night

CONTROVERSY surrounding plans to replace a former police station with more than 30 retirement apartments has taken a new twist.

SEVERAL leisure centres in the New Forest will benefit from a £2.4 million planned investment plan to improve facilities.

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

ABDOMINAL conditions are frequently ignored, perhaps due to embarrassment, or the assumption that those bowel habits are normal for the individual.

BOURNEMOUTH has seen a sharp rise in the number of new businesses, a report says.

The mist rolling over the land and hills of the Isle of Purbeck, leaving the ruins of Corfe Castle to view at sunrise captured by Lewis Johnstone.

A total of £184 million could go to the winner of Tuesday’s EuroMillions draw.

Jet setters can get everything they need for furry companions to join them on their trips.

The Prime Minister has previously said he wanted to see the first flights take off by the end of May.

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The sale will see products such as the Flash Speed Mop Starter Kit discounted, as well as popular brands including Zoflora and Fabulosa.

Aldi has launched a glitter gin to help add some sparkle to the Queen's Platinum Jubilee celebrations. How to buy the special edition bottle.

It has been more than 12 years since the first film was released.

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A MAN living in a vicarage says he has “had enough” of anti-social behaviour on land next to his home – characterised by drug deals, littering, and prostitution.

A MAN died after being hit by a train near Pokesdown station over the weekend.

Fire crews were called to Evening Hill in Sandbanks on Sunday night to deal with a blaze.

A memorial service was held in Westbourne on Saturday to commemorate the 13th anniversary of the death of Ralph Millward.

IMPROVEMENTS will be made along a Poole road as construction on the first section of the new sustainable travel route will commence.

Police are aiming to clampdown on antisocial behaviour in parts of Southbourne.

A resident has appealed for donations to fund a vital new wheelchair that will be "life-changing".

A FAILURE to act on a psychiatric patient telling his social worker he was in possession of a knife days before he stabbed a man to death in Poole has led a coroner to order change at a health trust.

A VAN driver who told police it would be “harsh” to give him a ticket for parking on zig zag lines also had an expired MOT.

CONCERN has been raised by police searching for a missing Bournemouth man described as “easily confused”.

Officers investigating the theft of cooking oil from a pub near Blandford are issuing a CCTV image of a man they would like to identify.

Labour Leader Keir Starmer made a statement today announcing he will resign if he receives a fixed penalty notice over Beergate. Who would replace him?

A total of £184 million could go to the winner of Tuesday’s EuroMillions draw.

A motorcyclist involved in a crash near Wareham suffered serious injuries, police have said.

A CAR windscreen was smashed after being shot by what was believed to be an air weapon.

A man planning on floating to France on a home-made raft was stopped by police and coastguards today.

Driver in Wool crashes car into a ditch

It's a little-known fact that comedian Alan Carr was born in Weymouth and, as he tells Joanna Davis, it's going to be a fantastic feeling returning to Dorset on his latest tour