A BUSY road in Poole will be closed one way until just before Christmas from today.

A NUMBER of old buildings in Bournemouth have been flagged as a potential safety risk.

POLICE have issued an update after a bar in Bournemouth was taped off several hours on Sunday.

Film director Guy Ritchie has revealed his plans for Compton Abbas Airfield just days after it was announced he was to purchase the site.

AMBITIOUS plans which could transform a derelict part of Christchurch town centre have been unveiled to the public.

THE number of patients with Covid in Dorset hospitals has increased by three quarters, according to latest figures.

We're taking a look back at nightclubs in Bournemouth throughout the 90s and 00s.

THOUSANDS of runners of all ages turned out for Run Bournemouth at the weekend.

NUSRES do not want to strike, but, if they do, will not leave their patients out to dry.

The moon put on a spectacular show to the delight of sky gazers on Sunday evening.

'NURSES deserve better pay': that's the feeling of hundreds of echo readers amid a possible nursing strike.

FROM rock bottom to the top of the world, a Bournemouth man has spoken about how he turned his experiences with homelessness into a force for good.

"Make cannabis a Class A drug" - the message from Dorset's police and crime commissioner couldn't be clearer and nor could David Sidwick's passion for tackling drug crime in Dorset.

DETECTIVES who worked to bring the teenage boys who killed a vulnerable man in his own home to justice have revealed the key details which helped secure murder convictions.

WHERE have Bournemouth’s “iconic” palm trees gone?

A FIRE service station manager has expressed no concerns over a looming five-week main road closure despite some worry raised.

TAKE a look inside this "exceptionally rare" home with breath-taking views overlooking the beach from Bournemouth to Sandbanks.

It's the story which has gripped the conurbation and dominated conversation around the dinner tables in BCP households across the area.

THE government has defended itself over the energy crisis which has caused soaring energy bills for care homes across the conurbation.

THE financial plight of BCP Council could impact on future projects for its joint venture partnership development firm.

HUNDREDS of motorcyclists turned out in Poole for a memorial ride in honour of a man who disappeared off the coast of Ibiza.

MOREBUS has introduced a fleet of new buses to the conurbations roads to provide services to Bournemouth’s two universities.

LOUD music and children on scaffolding were some of the incidents reported to police in Poole on Saturday night, October 8.

THE makeup of BCP Council’s urban regeneration company board has been questioned.

The Food Standards Agency (FSA) have issued a ‘do not eat’ warning over the Tesco products

Martin Lewis was on Good Morning Britain this morning as he tried to help people save money amid soaring energy costs

The Christmas Day bank holiday will instead be observed on Tuesday, December 27, after the official Boxing Day.

Award winning actor and theatre director Sir Mark Rylance has agreed to be a patron of a Dorset film festival in its 27th year.

AN insurance company has created an academy to grow its own teams for the future.

1. Alder Road (Poole) – Outside 349a Wallisdown Road Roundabout

GROWTH, growth, growth is what has come out of the Conservative Party conference as Liz trumps her way to every platform.

Swallows in the skies as the sunsets at Hartland Moor captured by Shazz Hooper

The BBC 50p coin will feature an image of the Queen as they were produced before her death

POLICE searching for a missing East Sussex woman say she might be in the​ New Forest.

READY, set, glow!

Conor Burns has denied he has ever met Mel B after the singer suggested he should not be surprised he is facing a misconduct claim, and pointed to remarks she alleges he made to her in a lift.

A BAR in Charminster has been cordoned off by police.

Film director Guy Ritchie has bought a Dorset airfield which neighbours his country estate.

THERE is a backlog of hundreds of cases at Dorset's only Crown Court, figures show.

A BCP councillor has joined Just Stop Oil protestors in London, blocking roads and causing disruption.

Bournemouth West MP Conor Burns has been sacked from post in the Department for International Trade following a complaint of "serious misconduct".

A SPATE of burglaries on businesses in a New Forest town is being treated as a “priority”, police have said.

THIS stunning picture shows the moon rising off the Dorset coast last night.

Police were called to a crash in a pub car park in Poole on Wednesday.

Quiz night options are plentiful throughout Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole

With over a hundred years of history, we have 15 nostalgic postcards of Poole High Street that you will love to see.

A 60-YEAR-OLD man sexually assaulted a woman whilst at hospital.

PLANNERS are still working out how to introduce safe pedestrian access onto a Grade I listed road bridge over the River Stour.

A GROUP of women were left “angry” after a stay in a Bournemouth hotel left them feeling “dirty”.

A CAFE in Bournemouth has been crowned winner of the Bournemouth Daily Echo’s Café of the Year competition 2022.