A PLAN is being developed to demolish a huge Bournemouth office building and replace it with hundreds of homes and co-working space across three large towers.

AN ELDERLY man was defrauded out of £10,000 by a scammer purporting to be a bank representative.

The children were swept about half a mile offshore on Saturday afternoon.

AN INVESTIGATION has been launched after a boy was reportedly sexual assaulted in a public toilets block in Bournemouth.

The summer of discontent at BCP Council continues following a bizarre and fractious meeting over the political balance of the authority.

A YOUNG man held a ‘handgun’ against a stranger’s face and pulled the trigger, leaving the victim bleeding and with a pellet lodged in his forehead.

Organisers of a popular food festival have responded to claims that the event has been “commercialised”

The three companies which have received fines of nearly £300,000 for unpaid taxes.

A CAR has been seized and its driver urged to come forward after it was clocked speeding 40mph over the speed limit in Bournemouth.

THE LEGEND that is Tyson Fury will grace the Concert Hall stage at the Lighthouse in Poole for one night only in Tyson Fury’s Official After Party on Friday September 23.

Bournemouth McDonald's Asda branch will be closed for a few weeks due to a significant renovation that will shorten queues.

A DEVELOPER’S bid for a block of 100 flats on landed currently owned by the council have been given the green light.

A woman was bitten by a dog in Poole on Saturday, June 11.

AN ESTABLISHED jewellers in Wimborne has announced it is to close its doors for good after 50 years.

AN AREA of heathland had to be extinguished after a small fire at a plantation last night.

Two people were a victim of an “unprovoked assault” in Bournemouth town centre on Sunday, June 19.

A LATE-night blaze which badly damaged garden furniture and fencing is believed to have been started by a discarded cigarette.

BOURNEMOUTH train station was deserted on Tuesday morning as rail workers began their strikes.

Solar panels have been installed to Durlston Castle to tackle global warming

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

David Sidwick has told MPs that decriminalising cannabis would "unequivocally” not make things easier from a crime point of view. 

A MAN stole a games console, controllers and a boardgame from a Bournemouth town centre retailer.

A DECISION is expected this week on plans for an annual summer beer festival at the Wimborne Showground site.

A DRIVER has appeared in court for speeding at 77mph on a dual carriageway in Poole.

A BOURNEMOUTH man has been fined by the courts for driving a BMW without due care and attention in a north Dorset village.

THE homes we live in will increasingly be constructed off-site as investors and developers seek to balance spiralling costs with environmental concerns, it is predicted.

Wonderful photo captured by Paul Kerr of a terrapin basking in the sunshine of edge of the water at Throop Mill

It will cost households a combined £2.7 billion to cover the transfer of 2.4 million customers to a new supplier

BURGER King in Christchurch will be giving out free burgers this week in celebration of their opening.

BIN FIRES across Bournemouth left residents ‘petrified’ and destroyed a home overnight.

A WOMAN who made threats to a man that she would kill his daughter has avoided going behind bars.

A multi-agency meeting was held on Friday to decide what to do to tackle the “gang of youths” who are causing trouble at an estate in Poole.

Dame Mary Berry's new cookery show is visiting Dorset's Jurassic Coast.

SANDBANKS residents “felt trapped in their own homes” as hundreds of people descended on the area on Friday causing gridlock traffic.

EMERGENCY services responded to a three-vehicle crash on a main road in Poole.

Police are investigating the theft of three motocross bikes at an address in Poole.

DOZENS of rail workers came together to strike outside Bournemouth station amid a dispute over job losses and demands for a pay rise.

The boss of budget airline Ryanair has warned that flight delays and cancellations will continue “right throughout the summer” as airports suffer amid staff shortages.

NATIONAL Highways has defended its A31 bride replacement project workforce after receiving comments that workers “are standing around on their phones”.

A FIREFIGHTER and a nurse from Swanage are being forced to move out of the area because they can't find another rental home after being evicted.

A MAJOR rail strike will be held this week, affecting millions of people across the country.

BEACHGOERS must be “responsible for their actions” following mass littering on Bournemouth Beach on the hottest day of the year.

A broken down lorry blocking the inside lane of the A35 is causing delays.

MOTORCYCLISTS have been warned if they continue doing stunts on the aerodrome in the New Forest they will have their bikes seized.

A TESCO store had to close after a man allegedly exposed himself to members of the public and assaulted staff.

A POPULAR wine bar and shop in Christchurch is preparing to undergo a management change.

A NEW restaurant which won the right to open for 24 hours has been shutting at 11pm - because it can't get the staff.

A major online train journey planner has stopped working as services are crippled due to the largest rail strike for a generation.

A pedestrian has suffered serious injuries after a crash with a car in Winton.

A POLICE officer admits retrospectively altering search records relating to the hunt for missing teenager Gaia Pope-Sutherland, an inquest has heard.