A BRAND-new adventure and entertainment complex and is finally coming to Poole’s Dolphin Shopping Centre after civic bosses approved the plans.

THE Cliff House Hotel has submitted a planning application to change the existing hotel to residential apartments.

MAJOR plans have been resubmitted for the development of three Sandbanks homes.

Tributes have been pouring in for a former Echo journalist who passed away last month, three days after her 57th birthday.

A PETITION calling for a public consultation to look at a wind farm in Poole Bay has reignited councillors opposing debates.

A MAN took £180 from a vulnerable woman after turning up at her house and offering work.

A NEW Southampton route has been launched as Flybe announce their winter schedule.

A GOVERNMENT minister has sent a scathing letter about ‘novel and risky’ financial strategies just weeks after intervening in BCP Council’s beach huts plan.

AN APPLICATION to build houses and apartments at a Christchurch beauty spot has been rejected.

If you are considering visiting the Bournemouth Air Festival this year but need some affordable accommodation, then look no further.

It’s a packed schedule for this year’s Bournemouth Air Festival but a highlight is always the Red Arrows displays – here’s when you can see them.

AN appeal has been launched to help find a missing man last seen in Poole.

EMERGENCY services were called to the sudden death of a swimmer in the waters off Bournemouth on Sunday.

If you are considering visiting the Bournemouth Air Festival this year but need a place to stay, you could do worse than these hotels.

HUGE hikes in the price of energy will be a worse threat to some businesses than the Covid crisis was, it has been claimed.

A CONTROVERSIAL proposal has been made to rebuild a church in Christchurch- for the second time.

Why these people have appeared in the dock at Poole Magistrates' Court

A LISTED theatre and a Second World War bunker are just two of the local attractions included in a free national heritage festival.

A LARGE fire at a nature reserve, which took around an hour to extinguish, is believed to have been started deliberately.

A VISABILITY improvement for the Bournemouth aviary has been pushed back to September.

MORE BCP employers have signed up to the voluntary living wage scheme over the past year, new figures show.

A MARVELLOUS collection of medals belonging to a famed RAF fighter pilot and UK diplomat are going up at auction.

TWO delivery drivers have been praised for assisting a member of the public after she had a bad fall along a busy road in Poole.

WIMBORNE will host its first major flower festival in seven years next month, celebrating the 900th anniversary of the Minster building.

DORSET bosses are being offered free help to steer their businesses through challenges from record inflation to severe labour shortages.

Find out when traffic will peak over August Bank Holiday as AA issues an amber traffic warning.

Beautiful photos taken by Kim Robinson of the evening sun setting behind the trees at Hatchett Pond in the New Forest.

A MAN suffered life-changing facial injuries at the hands of a group of young men in a “sickening depiction of street violence” in Bournemouth’s Lower Gardens.

TWO drivers got out their car and were involved in a verbal altercation before driving off and crashing.

AMAZON has finally confirmed it will take tenancy at the brand-new warehouse being built in Poole after months of “rumour and speculation”.

"FURIOUS" litter picking volunteers see red after their hard work helps bag an international award but they receive no recognition.

A MAN has been arrested in connection with an alleged assault in Bournemouth which left another man with a laceration to his hand.

A WOMAN sustained serious injuries following an assault in Boscombe on Friday evening.

A BELOVED Bournemouth theatre which has been closed for more than two years due to Covid hopes to reopen in time for its panto next year.

THE multi-million pound redevelopment of a newly-renamed Bournemouth hotel to bring it up to five-star standard has been approved.

A man was hit round the head with a glass bottle during an attack by a group of males in balaclavas in a Dorchester.

A MAN has been arrested on suspicion of drug supply offences following an alleged disturbance in the New Forest.

Midweek temperatures could hit 30C in some areas this week, they say.

Spectators gearing up to welcome the Tour of Britain next month can start planning their day with a raft of information being released by organisers.

With less than two weeks to go, here’s everything you need to know about Bournemouth Air Festival 2022.

A SOUGHT-after property less than two decades old is again the centre of a bid to transform it into luxury apartments.

Swanage Post Office is planning on relocating to a new location following the expiration of the current lease.

Bosses at Cineworld are considering whether to put the world’s second largest cinema chain into bankruptcy.

FIRE crews are in attendance of a blaze on a nature reserve.

A WOMAN is taking on the London marathon this year to raise awareness for endometriosis, a condition that she suffers from.

DOZENS of dogs, a vicar, stilt performers and an FA Cup winning football manager – it was a mad morning in Poole for the opening of Jollyes pet store.

A YOUTUBER visited a popular hotel in Bournemouth and vlogged his one-night stay – but was left disgusted by the lack of “grubby bathroom floor”, “blood-stained pillows” and “damp smell”.

A WOMAN who fell and broke her ankle at a Bournemouth restaurant has won £87,000 in compensation after being off work for nine months.

CLOSE to 1,000 runners are set to hit the trails around the New Forest for the return of the region’s long-running 10 Mile Race.

A WELL-travelled 1935 Bentley, which has been in the same family for 68 years, has been unearthed and could fetch up to £70,000 at auction.