HUNDREDS of people have flocked to Bournemouth for the event that truly kickstarts the festive season- Christmas Tree Wonderland.

POLICE have launched an appeal to locate a missing 12-year-old girl from Pennington.

THE circumstances which led to a “kind, considerate and generous gentleman” suffering a fatal stab wound remain unclear, a coroner has concluded.

POLICE are searching for a man who has not been seen since last weekend.

COME Dine With Me aired in Bournemouth last week and the contestants, who have remained friends ever since, met up at a cafe to view the episodes together. 

TWO men who defrauded elderly victims out of thousands of pounds by fraudulently cashing cheques have been jailed.

MAJOR plans resubmitted for the development of three Sandbanks hotels still cannot be viewed by members of the public due to missing or out of date documents.

A climate change protester has been arrested after reportedly approaching Sir David Attenborough at a Weymouth restaurant.

A NEW bakery is coming to town as the demand for their delicious goods incites them to open a third location.

A NEW Christmas event will launch in Poole this year.

Fraudsters are imitating the DVLA to try and convince drivers to hand over their personal details

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

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

POPULAR burger restaurant chain Five Guys to open its first Poole site next week.

Michael Gove has sung the praises of Poundbury at a recent speach.

SINGING sensation Shola Ama was among the celebrities to attend the switch-on of Bournemouth Christmas lights 20 years ago – before performing for the crowd in the Square.

The home nations have been preparing for their opening World Cup fixtures with the tournament set to kick off this weekend in Qatar.

A POPULAR alpine bar has returned to Wimborne in time for the festive season.

CAN you give any of these animals a permenant home?

Damage caused by the bursting of pipes in the cold weather cost £9,300 on average to put right in 2021.

A PLATINUM selling artist is set to come to Bournemouth next year.

IN RESPONSE to the letter regarding the winter closure of the popular Fox Cafe in Redhill Park from Linda Harrold, I would like to invite her and her friends to the Garden Room at Ensbury Park Library in Columbia Road as an alternative venue.

THE AUTUMN statement is grim and more is now being explained to us, a lot of which will take effect next spring.

The morning sun brightly lighting up the clouds above Corfe Mullen and Wimborne.

A MAN’S body was found on a cliff in Christchurch this morning.

A MOTHER has said it was only by chance that her two-year-old son was not in the firing line from a metal pellet which came hurtling into the window of their first-floor flat.

MOREBUS have said they have suffered “severe delays” over the past week as roadworks bring parts of Bournemouth to a standstill.

A MAN sustained a broken jaw after chasing after an individual who had stolen his fancy dress hat over Halloween.

A POPULAR café which has served tourists and residents for nearly 70 years will have to close its doors for good in the new year.

A TESCO store in Hampshire has taken the decision to close its store after finding evidence of rodents in its shop.

AN Upton resident has repeated his call for BCP Council to review the parking charges at a nearby country park due to residents parking on nearby roads.

THE leader of BCP Council has made an apology for failing to fully consult over the decision to not offer free Christmas parking across the conurbation this festive season.

AFTER more than one year of works and up to £30million spent, the major A31 road widening scheme will finally be completed tomorrow.

MOTORISTS are facing delays on the A31 this evening following a crash involving a crane.

MOREBUS will increase the fares for its services from next week.

Chef Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall has paid tribute to his 'brilliant friend', TV scriptwriter Nick Fisher.

THIS weekend Western Association of Ballet Schools will be presenting their annual performance at The Pavilion Theatre with a tribute to Queen Elizabeth II.

DELIGHTED residents and local businesses have told of their encounter with Sir David Attenborough in Weymouth today.

A body has been found in the search for an award-winning TV writer who went missing from west Dorset.

A GUARANTEE currently cannot be given that council officers will be able to bring in £20million from asset sales before the end of the financial year.

AUDIENCE members have described the N-Dubz concert at the Bournemouth International Centre on Monday as ‘pure chaos.’

IT’S beginning to look a lot like Christmas.

CONCERNS have been raised that the council could be at risk of an “accusation of potential corruption” in relation to an acquisition which cost more than £1million.

CHECK OUT the brand-new tabletop gaming cafe at Dolphin Quays, officially launching this weekend.

A POPULAR Bournemouth café is opening its doors to people who will be alone on Christmas day.

A DEVELOPER is working up proposals for a scheme of 450 new homes and a 60-bed care home on Green Belt land on the edge of Bournemouth.

PROPOSALS to replace a block of flats in Canford Cliffs for a new development with more than three times the number of living units have been approved.

THE recently-appointed chair of the council’s urban generation company said the organisation “must be up for challenge and scrutiny”.

A CHARITY shop in Poole claims it is the UK’s oldest charity shop to trade from its original location it was set up in.

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