VANDALS have shattered glass windows and set the altar on fire at St John's Church in Christchurch in a "sickening" attack. 

A NEW café and bar is coming to the heart of Wimborne following a premises licence hearing which saw concerned residents debate with business operators.

A KNIFE-POINT robber who targeted a convenience store twice in three days has been jailed.

PEOPLE could be fined £1,000 for lighting barbecues in the New Forest or feeding the area's famous ponies.

POLICE recovered a number of stolen goods after a theft from a shop in Bournemouth.

Police are searching for a missing teenager from east Dorset.

A WIMBORNE café and wine bar has been refused permission to use a rear patio as outdoor seating space – although it was, legitimately, used during the Covid restrictions.

PIGS will continue to roam the New Forest in search of fallen acorns until December last year as Pannage season is extended due to a 'large fall of acorns'. 

DIGGERS have descended on Bournemouth’s beach as work starts on building two new groynes.

A DORSET bakery has risen to success at the World Bread Awards – for the second time.

THE last visible symbol of Barclays on its major office operation in Poole came to an end with a removal of the bank’s eagle symbol.

‘ON track for the end of November’ - that’s the message from National Highways as its team prepares to put the finishing touches on the A31 project at Ringwood.

CALLING all Disney fans! A supercalifragilisticexpialidocious new show celebrating much-loved Disney classics is coming to Bournemouth next year.

CHERRIES are ditching a Kanye West track as the team’s walk-out song at Vitality Stadium, the Daily Echo understands.

A WOMAN was bitten on the face by a German Shepherd as she tried to protect her own dog while on a walk in Poole.

WITH Halloween around the corner, the Echo looks back at an area supposedly rich with paranormal activity – Poole.

AN INDEPENDENT external auditor has warned BCP Council faces “significant challenges” in relation to its financial sustainability.

MOTORISTS will face four months of disruption when major roadworks take place in the Wick Lane area.

FORMER I’m a Celebrity contestant, and King of the Jungle, Harry Redknapp has issued advice to contestants of the show ahead of the show’s launch next month.

THE HEAD chef with over three decades at one of Bournemouth’s top hotels behind him has hung up his whites.

The Starbucks Christmas menu for 2022 is finally here, with 7 new drink and food options to try, see what you can expect this festive period.

Halloween decorations for cars have seen a huge spike in popularity, with the trend known as ‘Trunk or Treat’ spreading from the US

Old coins with Queen Elizabeth II's portrait will remain legal tender

Looking for things that go bump in the night or want to make contact with the other side?

THE weather may still be warm but British Summer Time will come to an end this weekend.

A NEW Forest restaurant is in the running to be named one of the best at this year’s Asian Curry Awards.

DOZENS of potential slavery victims were referred to Dorset Police in the last year, figures show, as the Home Office reveals plans to restrict claims to stop alleged "abuse" of the system.

AN emotional reunion has taken place of Vietnamese refugees who came to Sopley in the late 70s and early 80s and those who welcomed them.

CATS Protection provided dozens of out of work mousers with jobs last year but a surge in calls for help means they urgently need rural Dorset homes for a new workforce of cats.

A CHURCH in Bournemouth has asked for people who donate their food to do so and attach a postcard to their MP.

150 GREEN-fingered enthusiasts gathered at the Bournemouth West Cliff Hotel to celebrate the people who keep the town looking great.

I MUST say it was such a relief to read in the Echo that revisiting the Navitus Bay wind farm was off the table, very sensible indeed.

Gary Jacobs captured the Hunters Moon rising above Barton on Sea and Mudeford Spit.

The Royal Mint has today shared that production has officially begun on the first coins of King Charles for circulation.

HUNDREDS of excited people went to see football legend Harry Redknapp and his wife Sandra in Bournemouth this afternoon as he was signing copies for his new book.

There has been a crash on the A35.

A SCHOOL bus driver who left a teenage girl seriously injured when he knocked her down while over the drug-drive limit has avoided going behind bars.

A POPULAR pub and hotel in Studland will temporarily close its doors after being “cut off from civilisation” during major roadworks.

TEMPERATURES hit 20C today which is rare for an October Autumn day.

A prison officer has been warned she faces a "significant custodial sentence" after pleading guilty to misconduct in a public office.

THE CAR park at BH2 has reopened and was at full capacity today following a closure yesterday due to flooding.

POOLE MP Sir Robert Syms has said residents in the town are “perplexed” over why people are trying to cross the Channel from France in small boats.

RESIDENTS living in Poole tower blocks surrounded by scaffolding are set for more misery as the manufacturer of the buildings’ replacement cladding goes bust.

THE COUNCIL has failed to explain why thousands of parking fines issued this summer have been cancelled.

RYANAIR has said Bournemouth Airport is “really important” to the company as it unveiled a winter schedule with two new destinations.

FIREFIGHTERS have been called to a suspected arson in Poole.

THE A338 will be closed to cars for four nights from the end of October.

A BURGLAR caught red-handed carrying a stolen television in the middle of the night told police he found it in the street.

BOULDERS could be added to some Bournemouth green spaces by next summer to stop poor parking – together with new traffic and public safety orders.

MEET the community of people who are trying to change the perception of West Howe.