Live updates as an amber weather warning for heat continues on Tuesday in Dorset.

PLANS to combat seafront road congestion has “failed miserably” according to bus operators who have called on harsher penalties for illegally parked drivers.

Frustrated concert-goers were left waiting for up to two hours in a car park after the Michael Bublé concert in New Milton last night.

A popular beach cafe will be closed today as it has been sold to new owners.

A lorry, car and just under 100 metres of verge have been destroyed by a fire which has left the A35 closed for a second day.

A BEACH hut owner has lashed out at the council for lack of communication after locked toilets at Branksome led to people relieving themselves behind her hut.

MEMBERS of the public have reacted to illegal parking that caused chaos on a Bournemouth road over the weekend.

A lorry and car were "completely destroyed" by the blaze.

A SPECIAL Government-sanctioned move could allow BCP Council to borrow the huge sum it requires in favour of the proposed beach hut sale to fund transformation.

Bournemouth MP Tobias Ellwood has had the whip removed after failing to support the government in a confidence vote last night.

A TEENAGER accused of murdering a 35-year-old man told a jury “there’s nothing else I could have done”, claiming he was acting in self defence.

A DRUG dealer was caught with £5,000 worth of heroin and cocaine after being detained at the home of a vulnerable drug user.

BCP Council has sought to defend the chaotic scenes witnessed over the weekend in parts of Bournemouth, saying parking colleagues 'did a fantastic job in challenging circumstances'.

POLICE have issued CCTV images of two people they would like to identify, following the theft of nearly £900 at a shop in Poole.

BOURNEMOUTH is set for another hot day as the heatwave continues.

AN ELDERLY woman in Parkstone was the victim of fraud after an alleged rogue trader told her to withdraw £1,000 for a man who carried out works on her driveway.

SEVERAL sheep and lambs were deliberately killed at a farm in north Dorset after a vehicle entered a field last Sunday.

AN animal charity has issued essential advice to pet owners amid this week’s soaring temperatures.

One tourist had a lucky escape after their car overheated and burst into flames as it queued to get into a busy beach car park today.

AS DORSET faces its 'hottest day on record', a number of pop-up beach bars are providing food and drink along the shore.

THE boss of a private hospital says the NHS and the wider public will benefit if it is allowed to relocate to a new site at Talbot Village.

THE countdown is on to the 2022 Bournemouth Air Festival.

Details on the criminal cases of seven people which were recently dealt with at Poole Magistrates' Court.

It’s predicted to be the UK’s hottest day on record today – here’s how much keeping cool could cost you.

SCORES of barristers gathered outside Winchester Crown Court as a fourth week of strike action got underway.

An AWARD-winning collection of artisan products handmade in Dorset - Lytchett Bay Soaps is Trader of the Week.

NEW figures have revealed that during the school summer holidays last year, 39 per cent of the 41 lives saved by RNLI lifeguards, were children under 13.

School proms have been taking place across Bournemouth, Christchurch, Poole and beyond over the past few weeks.

A MAJOR airline is to hold an open day for the people of Bournemouth who fancy a career as a flight attendant next Thursday.

WHILE the debate rages on in the US and indeed across the globe, perhaps we can be reassured that in Great Britain, a woman’s right to terminate an unwanted pregnancy still exits.

COLUMNIST and trained counsellor Fiona Caine answers another set of reader dilemmas.

HAVING been a supporter of AFC Bournemouth for over 65 years I have never watched or shown any interest in the ladies football either at club or international level.

Tony Furnell captured this Dorset Sika Deer and fawn striking a pose.

Data was analysed from 34,235 children aged eight to 17 that had been recorded as part of the Health Survey for England

The A35 is closed in both directions.

Dorset faces 'hottest day to record' as heatwave intensifies

PICNICS, sunbathers, and plenty of ice cream- here’s what Bournemouth beach looked like during the record-breaking heatwave.

ANOTHER illegal traveller encampment has been set up in Canford Heath, Poole.

POLICE have helped a dog that had been left in a car whilst temperatures hit 30C.

Schools in Bournemouth and Poole have advised parents that pupils can wear PE kits during the heatwave.

A SOLUTION and future use for derelict land next to a railway line known as 'Tent City' is being discussed after a clean-up.

ILLEGAL parking in a Bournemouth road on Sunday has been described as “dangerous” as buses and ambulances struggled to get through.

TOILETS at a Christchurch beach are being locked earlier after cleaners were “subjected to abuse and intimidation”.

The prosecution is expected to close its case as the third week of the murder trial of 35-year-old Edward Reeve begins at Winchester Crown Court

POLICE are searching for a missing teenager from Bournemouth who was last seen on Sunday afternoon.

TWO men were arrested in Bournemouth after a man allegedly cut another man’s face, leaving him with "possibly lasting facial injuries" and in need surgery.

A MAN had to be rescued after becoming stuck on a cliff in Bournemouth on Monday morning.

BEACH, cliffside and woodland barbecues caused “a lot of fires” over the weekend as the fire service and residents criticise irresponsible visitors.

TWO men were hospitalised in Poole after an assault in which two men were arrested

A MAN was taken to hospital after shouts were heard coming from the River Avon in the early hours of Monday morning.