WITH the cost-of-living skyrocketing, more households are being forced to find new ways to survive.

Road users face five days of disruption from today as major work to repair a leaking main takes place in Christchurch.

Police have released more details about a crash in Alder

THE family of a terminally ill mother are working tirelessly to raise money in order to make the time she has left as special as possible.

SEVERAL upcoming overnight closures have been announced for the A31 at Ringwood as completion of the major bridge replacement project draws nearer.

SCORES of children are being placed in care miles away from there family by BCP Council’s social services.

A REWARD of up to £5,000 is being offered to anyone with information that could help locate a stolen family heirloom watch.

PART of the A338 is closed this morning following a crash.

Police in Boscombe enforced a dispersal order, with several people dealt with.

FOUR large groynes split either side of Bournemouth Pier are to be replaced as part of a £33m government investment to help prevent coastline erosion.

A postman who broke his foot when a terrified woman pushed him off a ladder as he tried to climb into a bedroom to steal underwear has been jailed.

THE collapse of Bournemouth’s Yellow Bus group in the summer came as ‘no surprise’ – according to BCP transport portfolio holder, Cllr Mike Greene.

A RESCUE helicopter was called to lift a person to safety after ‘concerns’ were raised over their condition.

THE last-standing bank branch in Swanage has closed its doors after 126 years of service.

A MAJOR half a million-pound water main replacement project will result in five weeks of road closures near Corfe Castle.

EMERGENCY services have been called to an overturned vehicle on the A35 near Poole.

BCP Council have said that more ‘warm banks’ will be set up across the conurbation as people battle the cost of living crisis.

Weymouth footballing legend Dickie Borthwick has been named a finalist in a national award for brave Britons after completing a 79-year soccer career.

THE owners of a Bournemouth restaurant have waved goodbye to their popular eatery.

MAJOR plans to transform a large Bournemouth town centre site have been redesigned with a “more contemporary” vision.

Hundreds of people across Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole signed a book of condolence for the Queen.

A PRIMARY school has been told it must improve after inspectors found fault with its quality of education.

DORSET financial LV= has appointed an industry veteran as its next chief executive.

September 30 is the last day that the Bank’s paper £20 and £50 banknotes will have legal tender status.

Budding stargazers are in for a treat as the gas giant makes its closest approach to Earth since 1963.

The popular chocolate bar, sold in Tesco, is being recalled due a possible health risk.

Met Office weather for the next week in Bournemouth - day by day breakdown.

BERYL e-scooters trial in Bournemouth and Poole has been extended until May 2024.

FEWER knife crime offenders in Dorset were sentenced to prison last year, figures reveal.

A NEW online platform will match new talent with placements and apprenticeships in Dorset’s thriving digital and creative sector.

The Canford Cliffs property offers five bedrooms, private lift and cinema room

This photo from June 1981 shows the start of the construction of the long awaited Wimborne bypass that was completed and opened later that year.

An MP has called for Parliament to regulate social media in the wake of the Holly Willoughby and Phillip Schofield queue jump scandal.

I VISITED the Chinese restaurant in Christchurch that everybody knows about- but admittedly the one I’d never tried.

MEMBERS of the public have helped to rescue four people in difficulty at sea.

THE nights are getting chillier, the days shorter and there’s an early autumnal feel in the air.

The Throop Road property offers generous and flexible living accommodation

Police searched for two people who made off from the scene of a crash in Poole on Friday night.

PLANS for the government to ditch the fracking ban have been described as 'absolute insanity' by one campaign group.

A PERSON has been taken to hospital after a crash involving a motorcycle and a car in Poole.

Fears a paraglider had crashed into the sea sparked a coastguard alert.

A CRACKDOWN on drugs, gangs and county lines has been ramping up in Dorset as part of targeted operations.

Police in the New Forest say they have been 'up before dawn looking for a naked man'.

A POOLE schoolboy who tragically died of cancer this year has been immortalised as a character in a popular card game.

Rankings of the campsites near Bournemouth have been collated from Pitchup.com

A BOURNEMOUTH singer has come on leaps and bounds after suffering a near-fatal cardiac arrest caused by an antibiotic reaction.

THERE has been a record number of barn owls recorded at council-owned farms this year.

Police investigating reports of boats being boarded and 'interfered with' in Weymouth Harbour have identified a suspect.

See what bargains you can find in the Aldi and Lidl middle aisles this weekend.

More than half of motorist on UK roads are unaware that flashing your lights could result in a fine