A MAN stole stock worth just shy of £55,000 from his employer before selling it on eBay during the height of the Covid pandemic.

RESIDENTS in Boscombe are “living in a horror movie” after thousands of flies have infested flats after a body was left undiscovered for more than two weeks.

TURNING off street lights to save energy has not been ruled out by the leader of BCP Council.

CITYFIBRE roadworks on Tuckton Roundabout have caused traffic chaos with queues along Tuckton Road and the surrounding areas.

AN AFGHAN asylum seeker who believed he was 16 when arrested on suspicion of murder in Bournemouth is actually 21 years old, a court has ruled.

A teenaged drug dealer attracted to the trade by the promise of easy money realised it involved things he ‘wasn’t quite so comfortable with’.

PLANNED maintenance is set to keep the Sandbanks Ferry out of action for four weeks starting from Monday.

ABORTION campaigners Sister Supporter have said they are ‘very glad’ that BPAS has committed to provide women’s services in the local area.

EFFORTS to bring an e-Grand Prix to Bournemouth are carrying on under new leadership after the originator of the bid pulled out, claiming the council “never really engaged”.

THE publication of the first set of business plans for major schemes from the council-owned urban regeneration company has been pushed back.

VEHICLE crime is on the rise in the Poole area according to local police who have urged residents to stay vigilant.

FIREFIGHTERS put out a fire at a derelict building in St Leonards yesterday evening.

A BOURNEMOUTH restaurant has announced that it will be giving away up to 1,000 kids' meals this half term, to support families in response to the cost of living crisis.

You could be fined £5,000 for driving while wearing gloves, coats or scarves, experts have warned

A CHEF dished out a torrent of violence upon a woman in which he strangled, kicked and hit her.

A WOMAN in her 20s was sexually assaulted at a popular student night club in Bournemouth, leaving her “frightened and very uncomfortable”.

THE shop that has been trading on Poole High Street for more than 200 years- W E Boone & Co is Trader of the Week.

BOURNEMOUTH’S new escape room has closed because of flooding, after opening just five days ago.

HARRY Redknapp and his wife Sandra will be signing copies of their new book in Bournemouth this week.

Details on the criminal cases of seven people which have recently been dealt with at Poole Magistrates' Court.

Vaping researcher Lynne Dawkins said that “harmful compounds” had been found in the vapour

Rishi Sunak will take part in his first Prime Minister's Questions as Prime Minister today, here's how you can watch and live stream.

Morrisons has launched its Christmas Food to Order service and customers can order their festive food now.

Brits are asking if the McDonald's Halloween buckets will come across the pond.

How to make the Greggs sausage roll using just an air fryer and even better, they take just 15 minutes. 

The UK’s most squeezed households are seeing the price they have to pay for some of the cheapest food in the supermarket soaring by nearly two thirds

Can you guess which busy part of Dorset this picture was taken in?

AN open day is being held at Christchurch fire station on Saturday.

POLICE are appealing for anyone with information to come forward after an attempted robbery of a scooter from a boy in Ferndown.

Charterhouse in Sherborne is preparing to host four specialist auctions over three days.

THE BBC has responded following claims it was “duplicitous and dishonest” over its request to film a scene of Doctor Who at Durdle Door.

A FEW weeks ago you published a letter of mine in which I questioned how we could afford to build more cycle lanes when we were in a cost of living crisis.

DORSET and Hampshire are “brimming with ideas” to tackle the nation’s most pressing health and wellbeing challenges, a report says.

Wonderful view of the Poole Pottery factory site in the early 1940s showing the old working kilns, prior to the redevelopment which took place 1946 to 49.

Foreign Secretary James Cleverly denied allegations that the return of Suella Braverman came in exchange for her endorsement of Rishi Sunak

THE cloudy sky didn't stop the remarkable vision of the partial solar eclipse this morning in Dorset.

CONDOR Ferries has a reported a significant boom in summer business as it welcomed thousands more visitors to its port in Poole.

A ‘HIGH profile retailer’ will be joining Christchurch town centre, a planning agent has revealed.

SIGNAGE has been installed for Amazon as work at Poole’s new warehouse nears completion.

All you need to know on Harry Redknapp's links to Dorset ahead of his book signing on October 27

THE countdown is on to the return of Bournemouth’s Christmas Market.

RESIDENTS are being asked to share their views on the long-awaited transformation of a huge waterfront site in Poole which has been vacant for more than 25 years.

SWANAGE Pier will close for a month in November to allow for regeneration works.

POOLE Police are appealing for witnesses after a man sitting on a bench was assaulted and had his phone stolen by two males.

Jacob Rees-Mogg had served as Business Secretary under former Prime Minister Liz Truss

BOURNEMOUTH Cannabis Social Club has called the Dorset Police and Crime Commissioners bid to have weed reclassified as a class A drug ‘ridiculous’.

Darkness rolled across Dorset as men, women and children gazed up at the sky. It wasn’t an alien invasion or apocalyptic event, but the solar eclipse of 1999.

POLICE and ambulance crews have attended a crash involving a moped and a pedestrian in Bournemouth town centre.

WITNESSES filmed what they described as a "mini tornado" as it ripped through Barton-on-Sea into Ashley.

CHERRIES were made to rue controversial handball calls yet again at they slipped to back-to-back defeats with a 2-0 loss at West Ham.