FLY-TIPPED waste is discovered in the BCP and Dorset Council areas five times a day on average, according to the latest figures.

BOURNEMOUTH University’s Student Union have announced that their popular Summer Ball event has been cancelled after failing to receive permission from the venue’s owners – Bournemouth University.

A GLOBAL engineering company has been fined after four employees were exposed to hazardous substances that caused significant ill health and time off work.

VANDALS have been damaging vehicles in the Springbourne area of Bournemouth.

POLICE are targeting dangerous drivers using a stretch of straight road at Hengistbury Head.

Summer is just around the corner and with lockdown restrictions easing, we've taken a look at some of the events going ahead.

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COUNCILLORS and residents in Christchurch and Highcliffe have been angered by leaked plans for a zonal parking scheme.

How well do you remember old cinemas of Bournemouth?

A DECISION on whether to grant planning permission for the controversial redevelopment of a former Coastguard complex in Christchurch will be made next week.

ONE OF Britain's leading conservation groups is fighting plans to demolish most of a Hampshire hotel with links to a famous author.

ROYAL Navy personnel and Royal Marines will be offered free accommodation at a Purbeck holiday park.

BUSINESS leaders have backed plans to build almost 700 homes on land north of Bearwood.

THE operator of the conurbation's bike hire scheme has formed a new partnership to help provide transport for young people trying to get into work.

IF YOU visit Salisbury or Winchester you’ll find thriving town centres where shops and restaurants will be booming again once lock down is lifted.

THE CONTROVERSIAL reopening of a Poole road to motor vehicles was completed on Friday - but Poole residents have mixed views about the decision.

I MUST say I was rather amused at Sue Stockley’s defence of her idea of a cycling festival to ‘upgrade’ the Air Festival.

If you’re looking for fabulous things to do this summer, then look no further then Park Proms. Enjoy live music once again in the great outdoors with your loved ones!

A NUMBER of motorists caught drink driving during Dorset Police’s winter crackdown have been dealt with by the courts in recent weeks.

FROM tomorrow, Holdenhurst Road in Bournemouth will close for 12 weeks as BCP Council looks to transform the Lansdowne area.

Will you be allowed to see your family over the Easter bank holiday weekend and what does 'stay local' mean in Dorset? Here's everything you need to know.

MORE than 50 areas across Bournemouth, Christchurch, Poole and the rest of Dorset recorded fewer than three Covid cases each, according to the latest weekly data.

THE director of Public Health Dorset said he “regrets” the debates on when to ease coronavirus restrictions over the last year but said he was feeling “optimistic”.

FEWER than 25 coronavirus cases were confirmed in Dorset over the last 24 hours, latest figures show.

NO new coronavirus deaths have been recorded in Dorset hospitals or across the south west, latest figures show.

VOLUNTEERS for Poole RNLI out training came across tow wing surfers caught in blustery conditions on Saturday.

SIX fire crews were called to Poole Hospital in the early hours of Sunday morning after a light fitting was ablaze.

EMERGENCY services were called to help a dinghy stuck in the mud in Holesbay on Saturday evening.