A FORMER primary school teacher has been jailed for sexually assaulting a 10-year-old girl he was tutoring in Bournemouth.

THE owner of a litter of puppies stolen from a Bournemouth home has issued an emotional plea for their safe return.

A NEW five-star hotel resort in Bournemouth is set to open next month after the first phase of a £25million refurbishment project.

PLANS to open a restaurant and shisha lounge in a Bournemouth town centre premises have been refused.

A man from Poole has been found guilty of being involved in a huge cocaine conspiracy which had links to Spain and Colombia.

CHRISTCHURCH has been decorated with bunting and union jacks as the town prepares for the upcoming Queen’s Platinum Jubilee.

TWO IN five Ukrainian refugees accepted to stay with hosts in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole have not yet reached the UK, new figures show.

Fire crews were called to reports of a boat fire in Chapmans Pool

Details on five people who have been sentenced in the dock at Poole Magistrates' Court.

THE RETURN of Dorset’s only free seafood festival has been brought forward to coincide with Platinum Jubilee celebrations in Poole.

A CHARITY shop that supports poorly pets relocates to larger premises in Poole. 

DORSET Police are issuing a warning to people about pointing CCTV cameras beyond the boundary of their property.

The Pet Shop Boys glided into the Bournemouth International Centre on the latest stop on their Dreamworld tour.

A DRIVER in Poole was spotted by police on their phone, further enquiries revealed their car was uninsured and then they failed a drug wipe for cannabis and cocaine.

VOLUNTEERS are needed to count bats in churches across Dorset.

BOSCOMBE could be next in line for a High Street health centre similar to the one in operation on the top floor the Beales store in Poole.

TRIBUTES paid to two retiring trustees who have together dedicated over 60 years to hospice charity.

Chancellor Rishi Sunak will announce a new package of support likely to include a discount on energy bills funded by a windfall tax on energy giants.

A ROYAL makeover has been given to a Primark shop window by a local charity.

A NEW summer fair showcasing artisan food stands, crafts and more is to be held this weekend.

A MAN has been handed a hefty court bill for travelling beyond the distance paid for on a train.

WORK is underway to discover why a disproportionate number of black and mixed heritage boys come into contact with the pan-Dorset youth justice service.

A WOMAN from the New Forest has been sentenced by the courts for having a lock knife at one of the main railway stations in London.

Police are appealing to find two people who reportedly racially abused a woman.

A bus driver from Poole has been recognised as a top driver along the south coast

TWO inventors who laboured in a Poole garage to invent a robotic system for sorting rubbish have turned it into a business nominated for an international award.

I AM aware that Richard Carr and his company would like to have the Barclays building in Poole demolished, so that he can erect ‘three iconic towers’ for flats.

The new tool will be aimed at children in years 5 and 6

Swan with her cignets at Blandford Meadows taken by Immy Deacon

The Chancellor will be taking some action to help households deal with a further increase later this year in energy bills.

Bits of guidance for prosecutors could lead to victims having their rights to privacy dramatically reduced

Help your kids doze off to dreamland with Silentnight's new kids mattress and bedding range.

Councils around the country are in the process of paying out the £150 council tax rebate.

BOURNEMOUTH MP Tobias Ellwood has described Sue Gray’s report into the parties during lockdown in Downing Street as “damning”.

A POLICE officer said he has “huge regret” at not being able to “protect and preserve” the life of Gaia Pope on the night the teenager went missing.

POOLE MP Sir Robert Syms admitted Prime Minister Boris Johnson is “using up his nine lives” following the publication of Sue Gray’s report into lockdown-busting parties.

CONTROVERSIAL plans to change the use of private farmland near Talbot Heath have been refused by councillors.

PLANS for a popular pub’s licence to be extended have been approved – subject to a number of conditions and despite concerns from neighbours.

BCP Council has vowed to increase cycle parking facilities across the conurbation following “increased demand” and lobbying from active travel groups.

A 39-year-old man has been released without charge following the sudden death of a man in his 60s.

AN unauthorised traveller encampment has left a recreation ground in Ringwood – however a group has now set up camp on a car park in Ringwood.

A MOTORCYCLIST has died following a crash on the A35.

Dorset Police officers are continuing giving evidence at the inquest into the death of Gaia Pope, 19, who went missing in Swanage on November 7, 2017 and was found in undergrowth on a clifftop less than a mile away 11 days later.

THE KINDNESS of a Tesco petrol station worker leaves one regular customer speechless.

ADDITIONAL burial space is likely to be found at Christchurch cemetery – but the suspension on purchasing new graves will remain in place for now.

RINGWOOD School is set to reopen today after an unauthorised traveller encampment caused a security breach.

A SENIOR planning officer has described plans to demolish an existing house and erect a five-storey block of flats in Poole as inappropriate and unattractive.

Boris Johnson has announced he will hold a press conference this afternoon, and meet with the Queen this evening in the wake of the report into Partygate

TEENAGER Gaia Pope's disappearance should have been treated as high risk as soon as she was reported missing, her inquest has been told.

A HAUL of 61 handbags and 21 items of clothing worth around £2,000 was stolen from a Bournemouth town centre shop.