A LOOMING five-week main road closure in Studland could have “fatal consequences” according to a parish council who urged Wessex Water to reconsider.

FURIOUS residents wake up to find red paint on their cars and all over the road, as vandals go on a graffiti rampage.

A LARGE diversion route will be in place for motorists travelling around Corfe Castle later this month amid a five-week water main replacement project.

A GLOBAL popstar has paid a special visit to the Dorset school he attended as a child.

A CONVENIENCE store has had its premises licence removed after selling smuggled tobacco linked to eastern European organised crime.

AFTER 30 years of business, the owners of a well-known Indian takeaway thank all of their "much loved" customers as they announce that "it's time to go."

THOUSANDS of people will take part in Run Bournemouth this weekend.

Barrack Road in Christchurch has reopened after engineers were able to locate and repair a gas leak.

A PUBLIC exhibition will be held for a major development in Christchurch town centre.

AN application for a new 18-meter high 5G mast opposite Moordown medical centre has been submitted and is awaiting BCP Council's approval.

Ahead of its return this weekend here's all the information you'll need on the Bournemouth Marathon Festival 2022

STAFF at a leading builder’s merchant will all be given a share of a £2.5 million boost to help with the cost of living crisis.

DORSET Wildlife Trust has slammed the government's latest environmental plans, saying wildlife and green spaces are at “extreme risk”.

A NEW strategy to reduce crime and anti-social behaviour across the conurbation has been inspired by the words of Archbishop Desmond Tutu.

BOURNEMOUTH East MP Tobias Ellwood has not had his whip returned but remains hopeful it will be back soon.

TWO AFC Bournemouth fans were given banning orders during the last football season, it has been revealed.

PARTS of Verwood has been seeing reports of anti-social behaviour from youths, with a ditch being left “full of rubbish”.

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A FARM in Dorset has created a motley group of farm animals, affectionately known as “their little superheroes”.

HEAVY delays have been reported on the A338 following a crash on the Cooper Dean roundabout.

A PAIR of twins have set a new record for the UK's biggest pumpkin with a gourd that weighs as much as a Fiat 500.

A MAN who headbutted and strangled his wife in a “jealous rage” has avoided an immediate prison sentence.

I’VE SEEN at close hand how a terminally ill patient can convince themself they were misdiagnosed.

A MODEL town attraction now has its own miniature model following an intricate 3D printing process.

A MAN has appeared in court over begging in the street in Bournemouth.

These pictures and postcards show Cliff Drive in Canford Cliffs at various moments in the past.

Reflections of the Christchurch Priory in the waters of the River Avon captured by Ali Bewick

Tesco has unveiled a new price-lock commitment until 2023 as they aim to keep prices low during the cost-of-living crisis

POLICE are hoping they can speak with the rider of a pale-coloured moped which they believe witnessed a crash in Christchurch that left a motorcyclist dead.

A CAR mechanic felt "sick to his stomach" after finding his van ditched in a field with 40k of tools stolen.

THE saga of the Poole Park Railway has taken another turn which could force the council to find a different supplier for the new electric engine.

A MAN was arrested after a crash which left a motorcyclist seriously injured in Bournemouth.

POLICE are seeking information after a man stole several alcohol bottles worth a combined total of around £600 from Asda in Gillingham.

A GREEN-fingered Bournemouth man has grown a towering sunflower which he believes could be Dorset's biggest.

A DRIVER has been slammed for his “reckless decision” to take cocaine while at the wheel after his crash left a passenger with life-threatening injuries.

A SECOND ‘warm bank’ will be opening ahead of winter in BCP to help people stay safe and warm during the cost of living crisis.

TWO people from Bournemouth will be immortalised in steel figures after being recognised for their positive impact on the town.

AN APPLICATION for parts of the BCP Council area to become investment zones is being considered, the authority’s deputy leader has confirmed.

More photos have been released of a 72-year-old man who has gone missing in the New Forest.

DASHCAM footage has captured the moment a huge stag jumped in front of a police car.

The first public parole hearing in UK history has been delayed after “compelling evidence” emerged of a “long campaign” to undermine the process which put the prisoner’s safety at risk.

A JUDGE warned an offender that his actions over the next 10 weeks will determine whether he spends Christmas in prison.

Lidl is aiming to fill over a thousand new hourly paid roles across the UK including some in Dorset

A MAN aged in his 30s sustained serious injuries in a crash involving a motorbike in east Dorset.

THE Great Dorset Steam Fair will not be going ahead in 2023, organisers have announced.

FIREFIGHTERS dealt with a blaze at a Bournemouth heathland on Tuesday evening.

A search has been launched for a man who went missing this morning after going for a bike ride with his wife.

DRAMATIC dashcam footage shows the police pursuit of a recently jailed reckless driver who sped and crashed into several cars in Poole.

THE widow of a former RAF pilot who was killed ejecting from a military jet over the Italian Alps had been told the aircraft was “broken” days before the tragedy, an inquest heard.

EXPERTS are warning of growing numbers of “dental deserts” across the country with more deprived or rural local authority areas having fewer NHS dentists than those in more affluent urban areas.