POOLE Waste Not Want Not is a community shop for people experiencing financial hardship.

THE second set of plans to build a block of flats on a Bournemouth car park has been called in by a ward councillor.

TWO separate applications for apartment blocks to be built directly opposite one another in a residential road have been ‘red-carded’ by a concerned councillor.

RESIDENTS of a retirement multi-storey housing complex in Wimborne have been left without an out-of-order lift for more than a month – with the owners saying it can’t be fixed for another FOUR MONTHS.

A WARRANT has been issued for the arrest of a millionaire's son after he failed to carry out his community service for a drunken fracas at a yacht club.

A SEVEN-year-old girl from Christchurch is honoured to have received one of the last royal cards sent out by the Queen before her death.

THE artist who led bringing a world-renowned interactive installation to his home town described the success as a “dream come true”.

CONTROVERSIAL proposals for a 5G mast to be placed directly outside a Poole restaurant have been refused following overwhelming objection.

INTERIM boss Gary O’Neil insisted his “pure focus” was on preparing Cherries for their trip to Newcastle United tomorrow (3pm) – despite wide reports over a proposed takeover of the club.

THE DOLPHIN centre will only have four stores open for business on this bank holiday Monday.

REPORTS suggest a group led by American businessman Bill Foley is in pole position to purchase Cherries, according to the Athletic.

THE ultimate sports bar that shows ‘every’ televised sport - The George Tapps is Pub of the Week.

BCP Council has confirmed the facilities and services which will be reduced or closed on bank holiday Monday for the funeral of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.

A 46 year old man has been found following an urgent appeal.

The Queen’s state funeral will take place on Monday September 19 following her death on Thursday September 8.

A PUB is saying 'cheers' to the Queen by creating its own unique tribute in the form of an ale.

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

FLARING gas could soon start at the Kimmeridge wellsite – to burn methane from the wellhead.

THERE'S a week to go until the Daily Echo Job Fair 2022.

TWO BRITISH Red Cross volunteers from Bournemouth have been supporting people who are queuing up to pay their respects to Her Majesty the Queen in Westminster Hall.

FEWER people cycled at least once a week in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole last year than in 2020, new figures show.

Prince Philip is set to be relocated from the Royal Vault to be buried with Queen Elizabeth II

The Food Standards Agency has issued a ‘do not eat’ warning

BOTH Bournemouth University and Arts University Bournemouth has risen the ranks in The Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide for 2023.

RINGWOOD will fall silent this weekend ahead of Queen Elizabeth II’s state funeral in a special ceremony open to the public.

COUNCIL services in the New Forest will be suspended on Monday in line with national protocols during the state funeral of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II

NHS DORSET has released advice, after a spokesperson said that some services could be affected by the Queen's funeral.

THIS AUTUMN, Exeter based company Richard Chappell Dance

HALL & Woodhouse toasts Dorset Beer Festival goers for raising over £13,000 for Dorset Mind.

NATIONAL Express has expanded its airport connection coach services for the south coast amid growing demand.

SOME may have spotted in the past days a very welcome visitor to Poole in the shape of the paddle steamer Waverley, a truly magnificent ship who is doing her annual tour of the south coast having come down from her home port of Glasgow.

Love this photo from over 80 years ago which featured in the Bournemouth Daily Echo newspaper in September 1938, showing a busy Bournemouth beach with bathers enjoying the return of the hot weather and seeing the Bournemouth Corporation's seafront ba...

Officers searching for a missing man from the North Dorset area are appealing for help and information from the public to find him.

She suffered the injury prior to the Queen's death.

THE NEWLY appointed head of a Bournemouth school has said plans are in place to rectify issues raised by Ofsted after receiving a ‘requires improvement’ rating.

A COUPLE have urged the council to start thinking of them as people and “not just a job” after heavy storms have flooded their house five times in seven years.

THE leader of BCP Council has confirmed he did “formally suggest” that an external report on plans to sell off thousands of beach huts was not released to fellow councillors.

OWNERS of SOBO Beach, the popular pop-up bar and restaurant in Southbourne beach, are petitioning to stay on site at its current location until summer 2027.

LARGE television screens will be in place in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole to allow residents to come together and watch the state funeral of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.

A MISSING teenage boy may be in Bournemouth as police appeal for information.

Visitors to Dorset's beaches and nature reserves are being urged not to touch ill and dead birds amid concerns of a possible bird flu outbreak.

THE fire service has pledged to support a historic church in Mudeford that was left devastated by a fire.

FIREFIGHTERS have faced an “incredibly hard” summer dealing with a “quite unprecedented” number of incidents across months of dry weather.

PLANS have been submitted to turn the former Francesco hairdressers site into a new tattoo studio in Bournemouth town centre.

A HOSPITAL chaplain said he will never forget meeting King Charles when the monarch came to Royal Bournemouth Hospital earlier this year.

CHRISTMAS celebrations organised by the council will not be downplayed due to the cost-of-living crisis.

Some stores and businesses will remain open for the day as owners were given the option to close or open during the national bank holiday.

DOG walkers have been banned from letting their canine chums off the lead at a Dorset park, sparking mixed reaction in the community.

A REWILDING project aiding biodiversity in Dorset has recorded an increase in species moving into the area.

A BOURNEMOUTH man has organised an all-day music event at Chaplin’s in Boscombe in aid of homeless charity Shelter.