A SPECTACULAR lightning show lit up the skies over Dorset on Sunday night.

A HIGH-profile Dorset employer has warned some past and present staff that their identities have been used to fraudulently register them as directors of companies.

Live updates as Gaia Pope's twin sister is giving evidence at her inquest at Bournemouth Town Hall

FIREFIGHTERS faced a busy weekend tackling blazes at heathlands, hotels, flats, houses and even a toilet block.

The record price for property for Sandbanks has been shattered following the sale of a luxury apartment that hasn't yet been built.

LARGE bicycle symbols have been painted along Christchurch Road in Boscombe following a recent council resurfacing.

A PILOT SCHEME to tackle fly-tipping and fly posting across the BCP Council area could be extended until November.

MOTORISTS have been warned to expect further long delays on the roads in Christchurch this week.

PARENTS, staff and students have praised the headteacher at Bournemouth Collegiate School who has announced he is stepping down after seven years at the helm.

Firefighters were called to deal with a blaze in a block of toilets at Poole Park on Friday night.

Details on eight people who have been setenced at Poole Magistrates' Court.

AN EVENT to mark Ukrainian Mother’s Day was held in Bournemouth this weekend.

BOURNEMOUTH’S hotels are performing better than before the pandemic for room rates and revenue, a survey has found.

BOURNEMOUTH MP Conor Burns has urged residents and visitors to continue supporting fish and chip shops despite potential “modest price rises”.

FIREFIGHTERS tackled a house fire which saw a blaze spread from a bedroom to the roof space in the early hours.

MORE than 1,500 people turned Poole pink in this year’s Race for Life.

A HAUL of “dangerous weapons” were seized by police from a property in Christchurch.

RESIDENTS are being asked to help shape the future of Poole High Street by sharing memories and ideas in a series of upcoming events.

AN INVESTIGATION has been launched by police after a loose dog was aggressive to members of the public and posed a risk to motorists on the A31.

A HOTEL in Bournemouth was evacuated with six people rescued by firefighters after a blaze involving a duvet.

Details on the planned roadworks taking place across Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole in the week commencing May 16, 2022.

A VAN driver has been sentenced by the courts for speeding twice on an A-road on the same day.

THE NEW Cooper-Thompson Rescue Aviary will be officially opening on Tuesday, May 17, in Bournemouth’s Lower Gardens.

TWO Dorset residents have travelled to a refugee centre in Poland to deliver essential humanitarian aid to Ukrainians.

The Government’s approach to tax rises has been criticised as “not the Conservative way” by Dorset Tory MPs – as one warned against “flirting” with a windfall tax on energy companies.

See the top five British treasures to visit this Summer according to Travelodge, including this one in Dorset.

Wimborne Minster has some big plans across the weekend of the Platinum Jubilee in June.

A MAN from Bournemouth has received a court bill of almost £400 for travelling on a train in London without paying the £62.30 fare.

Finally, the carpets of bluebells are covering the floors of the woods, Colin Lennox-Gordon captured this beautiful photo in North Dorset.

One analyst said on Monday that this could ultimately help Greggs.

An estimated 133,000 UK roads will be inaccessible due to street parties so drivers should prepare and plan for congestion. 

The Open University (OU) is set to launch the course later this summer which it has been developing with leading academics.

The unique dating show is set to return for a tenth season this year, after first airing in 2016.

Our brain on repeat: 'My money don't jiggle jiggle, it folds...'

Here's how you can get your hands on Aldi's popular garden water feature.

M&S is selling colour-changing pink peonies and customers are raving about them.

As the plans for the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee are announced, the UK is set for a long weekend of celebrating and garden parties.

Ryanair reported narrowed annual underlying losses of 355 million euros (£302 million) for the year to March 13.

The energy regulator said that it might insert two new reviews a year, one in January and another in July.

A BODY has been found in the search for missing man David Haw.

A SEX offender was caught messaging a ‘child’ in an undercover police sting.

The Met Office has issued a yellow weather warning for thunderstorms across Bournemouth.

AUDIO clips of calls to police from Gaia Pope and her aunt Talia were played to the jury at the 19-year-old’s inquest this week.

BCP Council and other agencies spent a day tackling anti-social behaviour in Bournemouth.

THE fire service control room has revealed it received 78 calls on 999 reporting a fire on Canford Heath on Saturday evening.

AN AVERAGE of more than 20 patients a day had to wait at least an hour to be transferred from an ambulance to emergency department staff at Royal Bournemouth and Poole hospitals.

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RESIDENTS are preparing for a royal knees-up with more than 310 street parties planned across Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole next month.

HEALTH food chain Holland and Barratt has confirmed its closure in Bournemouth town centre

NHS prescription charges will be frozen for the first time in 12 years in a move the Government says it has made to help with the cost of living.