TWO fires to happen within a week of each other in West Moors are being treated as arson.

A driver caught doing 73mph in a 40mph zone in Bournemouth told police he 'wasn't local'.

Chair of the Dorset Police federation said constables are having to use foodbanks and take out pay day loans

A WOMAN who defrauded her employer out of thousands of pounds and made bomb hoax calls to her office has avoided an immediate prison sentence.

Motocross bikers continue to cause trouble in Slades Farm. Residents are unsure what can be done.

Four Conservative councillors at BCP Council have resigned from the group and will now be Independents.

WHAT happens if we don’t defend our coast? That is the question posed by a council strategy to protect the Christchurch coast from erosion and climate change.

A 153ft superyacht has been spotted moored in Poole Harbour.

JUST 63 per cent of 999 calls to Dorset Police were answered within the 10 second target time, less than the UK average of 71 per cent.

THE FINAL elements are being completed on active travel works to transform Evening Hill in Poole after five weeks of disruption.

POLICE said it is monitoring two unauthorised traveller encampments in Christchurch and Poole.

AN INVESTIGATION has been launched after a woman in her late teens was raped at a Bournemouth hotel.

A BLIND woman’s guide dog was attacked by a black and white “staffy-type” dog, forcing bus passengers to intervene.

IAM Smart argues that until anomalies are removed confidence in the simple “12 points and you are out” system will continue to be undermined.

AN ANIMAL rescue charity has predicted a soar in the number of pets being rehomed across Dorset.

A MAN has been cleared of murdering a 23-year-old fisherman outside a Royal British Legion club – but he has been convicted of his manslaughter.

PROPOSALS to take discussions at a council meeting into a private sitting have upset opposition members.

Details on five people who have been sentenced at Poole Magistrates' Court for criminal offences.

A CRAFT shop owner has described the demand for Platinum Jubilee merchandise as unprecedented.

As part of the Platinum Jubilee celebrations more than 3,000 beacons will be set ablaze across the UK and the Commonwealth.

A TWO-bedroom flat in Bournemouth is to be auctioned with a guide price of more than £150,000.

MORE THAN a dozen dogs were reported stolen in Dorset last year, figures reveal.

A COMMUNITY refill shop aiming to reduce plastic waste in the area- The Green Gram is Trader of the Week.

THE UNIVERSITY Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust has not met a new key Government cancer waiting time target in any of the six months following its introduction, figures reveal.

A NURSERY business fresh from winning a Queen’s Award has discussed childcare and the environment with a visiting MP.

A GROUP of breast cancer survivors have taken part in a marathon paddle along the River Stour in Christchurch.

Antony Ward captured this beautiful Peacock butterfly near the River Stour at Longham along with a Common Red Soldier beetle.

FISH and chips were on the menu for year 6 students at Jewell Academy after they completed their SATs for the first time since the pandemic began.

AN INVESTIGATION has been launched after a crash involving three vehicles at a junction in Bournemouth.

THE police officer advising those looking for missing teenager Gaia Pope has denied rushing a review of her case because he wanted to go home.

Emergency services were called after a car crashed into an electricity sub station in Lidl car park.

Many streets in BCP exceed air quality limits on NO2, PM2.5 and PM10.

A LARGER-than-life character who spent more than two decades saving countless lives in perilous conditions on the Dorset coast, and a loving father has died.

TWO unauthorised encampments have been set up across Poole and Christchurch over the weekend.

A LEGAL challenge over the approval of major plans to transform the police station site in Christchurch town centre has been dismissed by a High Court judge.

OBJECTIONS to an established Bournemouth strip club’s licence renewal have only made been made on “moral grounds”, according to the venue’s solicitor.

Air pollution was down in 2020, says BCP Council.

FIVE beach huts on a popular Poole beach had their windows and doors smashed.

ROAD closures were put in place as police dealt with a concern for welfare involving a man in possession of knives.

TEMPORARY traffic lights will remain in Sandbanks over the Jubilee weekend however the sewerage work will be paused, Wessex Water confirmed.

A MAN required hospital treatment after being allegedly assaulted while walking his dog in Poole.

PRANKSTERS have yet again filled Poole Park's water fountain with bubbles and littered the evidence.

BREAKFAST is described as the most important meal of the day, it also turned out to be my first and last of the day when I visited Binnies Café to try the ‘biggest breakfast in Bournemouth’.

NEWLY repainted bicycle lanes on Christchurch Road in Boscombe have been branded unusable by a cyclist, due to the number of cars parked on double yellow lines.

NATIONAL Highways has outlined several updates into the road widening and bridge demolition works on the A31 at Ringwood.

CREDITORS hit by the collapse of the long-established Dorset firm Sea View Coaches have received the majority of what they were owed.

A TEENAGE boy has been arrested in connection with an alleged assault in Wool.

A pop star is playing a special gig in a Dorset village to help his childhood friend raise money for cancer treatment.

DORSET Council has refused permission to move eight beach huts at Studland because of the risk to them from coastal erosion.

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