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ROCKETING energy costs will leave a Dorset charity and families facing a ‘really tough winter’ as the cost of living crisis bites.

A COMPANY with Michelin star chef Raymond Blanc as a director is to reopen a Poole pub and create 55 jobs.

RESIDENTS are calling for a “monster” pine tree to be removed after years of road surface repairs, legal action and safety concerns.

Ryanair have apologised to passengers after an issue with a plane left passengers sat on  board ‘in sauna-like temperatures’.

THE last standing DVD rental store in Bournemouth is closing after 40 years in business.

TRADERS have expressed their fears after hearing the news that Lidl will be closing its store in the Bournemouth town centre.

A MUM has thanked the “amazing people” who helped fulfil her daughter’s wish of getting to the sea front.

A DRIVER was almost three times over the legal limit, drinking out of a bottle of vodka and using a mobile phone, whilst behind the wheel of a lorry on the A35 near Bridport, a court heard.

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A DOLPHIN was seen in distress in shallow water off Weymouth Beach yesterday.

A MAN who was found guilty of killing ten cats has been sentenced in court.

A warning has been issued after a cliff fall at Charmouth.

A NEW exotic pet shop in Bournemouth opened its doors for the first time last week.

Discount food store Lidl will be closing its doors at the Bournemouth town centre store in October.

THE AMBULANCE service that serves Hampshire has been rated ‘inadequate’ by health watchdogs.

THE inquest into the death of a man found with a stab wound to his neck has opened.

THE number of jobs being advertised in Dorset has hit an all-time high, with 54,000 vacancies in the first half of this year.

The warning comes as Brits prepare for the energy price cap rise set to be announced by Ofgem on Friday.

TWO popular summer firework displays in Poole and Bournemouth will come to a close this week.

Fewer people were on the move in Dorset as they took precautions during the peak of the recent heatwave, new figures show.

The driving law changes could lead to fines as motorist are urged to get themselves up to date.

NAVITUS Bay has reared it’s ugly head again, with Ade Chapmanlaw running a petition to revisit it, and Jeff Williams in his very long letter supporting this.

BUSINESSES have been urged to address their cyber-security after research suggested only a quarter viewed it as a top priority.

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A LAW firm has signed the Armed Forces Covenant to show its support for military personnel and veterans.

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Jeremy Mayes captured this stunning sunset on his first visit to Swyre Head posting it feels like the pinnacle of the whole area.

LIDL will close its Bournemouth town centre store in a few weeks time, it has been confirmed.

A new bar and restaurant ‘full of Italian culture’ is preparing to open its doors in Christchurch.

A FUNDRAISING page has been launched to fund the bucket list of Bournemouth man with terminal cancer.

An inquest is to be held following the sudden death of a teenager.

A VACANT building left untouched for more than a decade could be turned into an orthopaedic health clinic after plans were approved.

ONE year has passed since David Sidwick took office as Dorset’s Police and Crime Commissioner.

NEARLY 30 jobs have been saved at an electrical installer which went into administration after suffering a "significant bad debt" from the cololapsed builder Brymor Construction.

A DEER has been spotted taking a swim in the middle of Christchurch.

RESIDENTS claim the Lowther Road area of Bournemouth is being ‘ruined’ by replacing family homes with flats.

A BOURNEMOUTH resident has launched a petition calling on council leader Drew Mellor to resign.

THE HEADTEACHER of a religiously diverse infant school has claimed that the law forcing her to hold mandatory Christian 'collective worship' for pupils is a breach of their human rights.

TWO traveller encampments have set up camp in Bournemouth and Poole.

SUPERMARKET chain Aldi has announced that it is looking to hire 104 new members of staff in the county between now and the end of the year.

While the bank holiday weekend won’t see heatwave conditions return to Bournemouth, there is plenty of sunshine on the cards.

THERE were fewer police operations involving firearms in Dorset last year but more incidents involving a "conducted energy device", such as a Taser.

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

THOUSANDS of pounds have been raised for Poole Hospital by a convoy of tractors in the Purbecks.

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.

A CAMPAIGN launched to tax tourists visiting Bournemouth, Christchurch, and Poole, has been branded ‘an embarrassment’ as it continues to face backlash from residents.

MANY creditors of the former Beales department store chain are likely to receive less than two pence for each pound they are owed, administrators have said.