Officials have been slammed for allowing cliff-top foliage to overgrow so much it now blocks sea views.

A car driven by an elderly woman crashed into a house on Portland.

A COSY country pub situated at the heart of the New Forest- The High Corner Inn is Pub of the Week.

AN ESTABLISHED Bournemouth strip club has overcome strong objections to secure a licence for another year.

A HOTEL in Dorset which was up for sale of £1.25million has sold.

A WARNING to beachgoers has been issued by the council after an unknown substance has been spotted on the beach.

Refurbishment of the town hall will continue, despite the council's £17million bid for Barclays House

ROBOT waiters will be on hand to serve customers out for a byte to eat when a new restaurant opens in Bournemouth later this month.

A PAYMENT of £300,000 to BCP Council should planning permission be secured will not impact on the determination of a controversial development proposal, a senior councillor has insisted.

Motorists are being urged by the council to ditch their car and commute on bicycles and buses to reduce air pollution.

ON THURSDAY morning there were three separate couples flouting the rule about the need for dogs on Avon Beach promenade to be on a lead between May and September.

A NEWLY renovated five star hotel is opening in West Cliff today, after a £27million investment.

SUPPORTERS of a brain tumour survivor who has been laughed at in public are to walk with him along Bournemouth prom in a show of solidarity.

Dorset teenager Gaia Pope feared she would never be believed over an allegation rape she made to police, an inquest heard.

CCTV images have been released by police investigating the rape of a woman in a Poole car park.

A CINEMA in Poole is closed due to a burst water pipe.

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A “GREAT sense of relief” is felt by residents in Ringwood after the town council succeeded in buying green land to prevent development and preserve amenity.

A VETERINARY hospital in Ringwood is set to double in size as part of a £10m “state of the art” expansion.

A COMMUNITY is in shock after thieves ram-raided a Co-op store in the early hours of this morning.

POLICE and Crime Commissioner David Sidwick was joined by Dorset Police Chief Constable Scott Chilton on Monday May 30 in a Facebook Live to answer questions from the Dorset community about their policing strategy.

A PEDESTRIAN has been involved in a crash with a car in Purbeck.

Further outdoor places have been recommended for smoking bans in a new report

THE family of a man who died after being hit by an unmarked police car on the A259 are pleading for his belongings to be returned.

A RANGE of NHS services in Dorset will benefit from a £350,000 grant to help address health inequalities across the region.

THE demolition and re-development of a former Swanage school site has got over an initial planning hurdle.

A SWANAGE outdoor centre which closed in 2021 is to return to being five separate homes.

A RECENT email from an Echo reader expressed an interest in seeing pictures of the Hampshire Centre.

A NEW pan-Dorset drugs partnership board could be bogged down in philosophical argument on the approach to ‘gateway’ drugs – even before it starts in September.

A BROADSTONE runner took on a half marathon for a children’s cancer charity.

If you're glued to the screen for a summer of Love Island, here's you can at least make some money off of it.

Ever wondered where in England and Wales property sells the quickest?

AN EFFORT to promote Dorset and Hampshire together at the "most important property event in the world" has already led to meetings with investors, organisers say.

Do you remember when the Tesco Metro entrance on Bourne Avenue used to be the entrance to the NCP Car Park?

Love Island is back for a new series and you can dress like the islanders with the Love Island Official Looks hub on eBay.

Shoppers can get more than half price off watches, rings and necklaces.

According to a new report the UK’s biggest banks are no longer too big to fail and could continue to provide vital services even if they are going through a crisis.

Spears married her long-time partner Sam Asghari at her home in Los Angeles yesterday

Disney+ has rounded up the content you can watch on the streaming platform to celebrate Pride Month this month.

A KEY Bournemouth town centre site is now for sale - two years after planning permission was granted two turn it into flats and shops.

AN unauthorised encampment has been set up on the grounds of a Bournemouth leisure centre.

A LORRY driver told a seafront ranger he could do whatever he liked before his vehicle hit the council worker at Pier Approach in Bournemouth.

THE opening of new Burger King and Costa Coffee outlets in Christchurch appears to be just weeks away.

More than 800 properties have been affected by a "significant leak" in a rural Dorset village.

A LARGE oil tanker has moored in Weymouth Bay.

AN INVESTIGATION has been launched after an ATM machine was stolen by a group of men dressed in black in the early hours of this morning.

AN INVESTIGATION is underway following several similar incidents of theft and subsequent fraudulent bank card usage in Bournemouth.

A CONVENIENCE store in Poole was ram-raided in the early hours of this morning.

It comes as experts have warned the price of petrol will hit £2 per litre this summer

A BOLT from the heavens struck a church roof and cracked a stone cross clean in half during the storms on Saturday.