INSPECTORS have been continuing to visit eateries across Dorset, rating them on their food hygiene.

BOURNEMOUTH could have a bumper summer to save struggling hospitality businesses from going to the wall, it is hoped.

RESIDENTS of a ‘quiet’ rural Dorset village have been left ‘surprised’ and shocked after four people were fined for breaching Covid-19 restrictions.

DORSET Police launched appeals for witnesses this week in relation to a range of investigations across the county including serious assaults, burglaries and a suspicious incident.

PARTY-GOERS tried to escape through a fire exit when police were called.

HUNDREDS of taxis congregated in a Bournemouth car park and drove into the town centre in a convoy to protest against a raft of policy changes being proposed by BCP Council.

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PERMISSION is being sought to convert a former bank in the centre of Bournemouth into an arcade.

THE NUMBER of children receiving treatment for eating disorders in Dorset has rocketed in a year.

A ROAD has been closed as emergency services deal with a fire which has completely destroyed a tractor and a trailer in East Dorset.

A DETACHED garage is for sale on the Sandbanks peninsula which presents “one of the most unique opportunities ever seen”.

Work has started on a development of new affordable homes on the site of the Blandford Brewery.

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THEY have looked dramatically different over the past year as shoppers don mask and adhere to social distancing rules.

A VIDEO warning drivers to take extra care in the New Forest has been released following an accident in which four ponies were killed.

A SENIOR GP has been struck off after she had an illicit sexual relationship with a patient, descended into drug abuse and ended up being caught driving with cocaine in her system.

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A BUSY Bournemouth road is set to close as part of the council’s “exciting” plans to transform the Lansdowne area.

JONATHAN Woodgate insisted he hoped to speak with Cherries’ board this weekend after admitting he had “no idea” whether he was going to be in charge of the club’s next game.

TODD Kane’s late winner ensured Jonathan Woodgate was handed his first loss in caretaker charge of Cherries.

A FLAT in Bournemouth has been closed by the courts as council chiefs and police attempt to address “persistent nuisance” caused to others in the block.

LESS than 100 new cases of coronavirus have been recorded in Dorset in the last 24 hours.

Fire crews are attending a 'traffic incident' on a major Hampshire road and have asked motorists to avoid the area.

THREE more coronavirus deaths have been recorded in Dorset hospitals bringing the total since the start of the pandemic to 804.

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RESIDENTS called 999 when water poured through their ceiling in the early hours of this morning.

A MAN was rescued from his Bournemouth home when firefighters were called early this morning.

POLICE officers and firefighters were called to a three-vehicle crash at a junction near Boscombe Chine Gardens.

FAMILIES will be able to meet next month, schools will return within weeks and care home visits will be allowed, under plans to ease the UK lockdown.