A TEED off golfer punched a pensioner in the face in a brawl over slow play at an East Dorset course.

A beach hut is currently up for sale in Mudeford Sandbank at a staggering asking price of £325,000.

Top UK holiday destinations have been revealed with both Bournemouth and Dorset topping the list.

A “prolific shoplifter” who stole more than £1,770 worth of goods from Tesco, Boots and Co-op to fund a drug addiction has been ordered to pay just £50 in compensation.

MPS across the area have called for the dates of the prime minister’s roadmap out of lockdown be brought forward if the data allows.

A TEENAGER has been arrested on suspicion of money laundering and holding a person in slavery or servitude.

The Government and Ofqual have unveiled how pupils in England will receive their grades after this summer’s GCSE and A-level exams were cancelled.

COASTGUARD carried out searches in Bournemouth after reports of flashing lights seen out to sea.

POLICE have said they are already preparing for an influx of visitors when travel restrictions are lifted this year, following problems caused by crowds in the past.

The government has announced child benefit payments will increase from the start of the new tax year, benefiting millions of children.

A WOMAN challenged for stealing coffee from a Co-op store racially abused a shop worker and threw the drink at him.

A GIRL was sexually assaulted while walking her dog in North Dorset.

COMPLEX arrangements to reopen schools and test secondary pupils for Covid-19 are being put in place across the area.

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Here are all of the locations discount supermarket Aldi wants to open new stores in Dorset.

THE decision to reopen a Poole road to traffic will be reviewed next week after councillors said the process had been “opaque” and “prejudged”.

A CAT which was missing for over a decade has been reunited with its Wallisdown owners.

DORSET Council is uncertain whether it will be able to collect around £13m in unpaid council tax and business rate – with just weeks until the end of the financial year.

The new vaccine has not been approved for use in the UK yet, but the Government has ordered 30 million doses of the vaccine.

MANY homeless people and rough sleepers attended the YMCA to receive the first dose of the coronavirus vaccine.

Meet these gorgeous bundles of joy - all born at St Mary's Maternity unit in Poole in recent weeks.

FOUR men have been jailed for a total of 38 years after a man was kidnapped, assaulted and blackmailed by men claiming to be police officers.

TWO men have appeared in court in relation to stealing bedding and curtains from a Castlepoint store on consecutive days.

Poole’s Business Improvement District (BID) has announced the appointment of a new chief executive.

THE BCP area is failing to keep pace with the national rollout of electric vehicle charging points, figures reveal.

It seems it is never too early to become computer-literate - as these lockdown toddlers are proving!

ONLINE petitions have been launched in a bid to prevent the demolition of public toilets at two places on the New Forest coastline.

Julie Rosser of the Echo Camera Club captured this action-packed photograph of a kite surfer enjoying the recent choppy waves off Sandbanks with the stunning backdrop of Old Harry and the Purbeck hills.

A MAN who travelled to Bournemouth from an area of Surrey which was in Tier 4 Covid restrictions committed a "clear and blatant breach" of the rules shortly after Christmas.

AN ABJECT first-half display proved costly for Cherries as Jonathan Woodgate’s first game in permanent charge of the club ended in defeat to Cardiff City.

A MAN has appeared in court in relation to alleged serious assaults in Bournemouth.

AN AREA of Portland has yet again recorded the highest number of Covid-19 cases in Dorset – one week after cases in the area surged.

THE A31 Ringwood Road is closed at St Leonards this morning due to a vehicle fire.

THE constable who was hospitalised for Covid days after being spat at by a man in Bournemouth is now back on frontline policing duties

A 63-YEAR-OLD man who admitted possessing extreme pornographic images of children has escaped an immediate jail term.

A PLASTERER from Poole has been fined more than £3,000 after purposely reversing into his brother’s camper van in “a moment of madness” after an argument.

Live coverage of Cherries’ Championship home clash with Cardiff at Vitality Stadium.

The brutal impact of 'hit-and-run' daytrips on the environment of Durdle Door.