THE government's one per cent pay offer to nurses has damaged NHS morale says the chief executive of Royal Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole hospitals.

VANDALS set cars and a home on fire and smashed windows in a night of violence in Christchurch.

MULTIPLE areas of Dorset could be permanently underwater in 30 years according to a climate change study.

BIKE share operator Beryl has scaled back its operations in northern parts of Poole and Bournemouth due to low demand.

FORMER football chairman Eddie Mitchell is set to open an indoor soccer skills centre at a Poole shopping park next month.

WITH Easter approaching, the weather is warming and the nights are getting shorter.

TWO dangerous cars with heavily tinted windows were stopped by police and their drivers issued with fixed penalties.

A DRIVER was taken to hospital after her Vauxhall Corsa overturned in a supermarket car park.

A DRIVER was taken to hospital after his car left the road and landed in a ditch.

THE last year has seen an average of one Covid incident per day in Dorset’s schools and other educational settings.

FIREFIGHTERS were called to tackle a blaze in a car park in the early hours of this morning.

DOZENS of areas across Dorset have not recorded any new coronavirus clusters, according to the latest data.

A LIVE World War II bomb has been found in north Dorset.

THE 'sonic boom' that shook Dorset over the weekend could be a scientifically valuable event - and residents are being urged to report what they heard to the UK Meteor Network.

A MANAGER of a coffee shop in Bournemouth has expressed frustration at the council’s decision to decline the shop’s planning application for outdoor seating ahead of April 12.

A 30-YEAR-OLD Wimborne man has been arrested following a crime spree which took place across several Isle of Wight locations on Saturday,

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A BEACH check app, developed after tens of thousands flocked to Bournemouth and made a mockery of social distancing rules, is to be rolled out nationally.

KILLER former police officer Timothy Brehmer last week saw his prison sentence extended by three years.

COUNCILLORS have granted an alcohol licence for a new convenience store in Boscombe, despite concerns it could exacerbate issues of crime and anti-social behaviour.

A MAN suffered a fractured jaw and needed emergency surgery when a driver punched him in the face after flagging him down in Bournemouth.

AROUND 100 bunches of flowers and scores of touching messages have been left at the scene of a fatal motorbike crash.

WAR veteran Robert 'Bob' Hucklesby who celebrated his 100th birthday in January has died.

BOURNEMOUTH

A DECISION on plans to build more than 200 flats on the edge of a Bournemouth town centre car park has been delayed.

A HOLLYWOOD film set in 1840s' Lyme Regis will be released in cinemas when they are able to reopen.

A TEENAGER who had a kitchen knife without good reason or authority at Bournemouth beach has been ordered to carry out unpaid work.

The following roadworks are being carried out within the BCP Council area by the council and various utility companies over the next few days:

AN UPBEAT dance video created by the Youth Cancer Trust have brought joy in lockdown and much needed awareness for the essential support that young people with cancer need.

STALKING offences are set to hit a record high this year in Dorset, figures suggest.

A VIRTUAL day hospice has been launched in Dorset for patients with life-limiting conditions who may be struggling in lockdown.

BRITTANY Ferries has reported some of the worst passenger numbers in its history, after being battered by the 'double strike' of Brexit and Covid.

IT IS NOW over a month since the over-70s got their first vaccine jab. And lockdown continues.

BOURNEMOUTH Hospital Charity is £55,000 away from purchasing revolutionary robotics to help people living with stroke relearn to walk.

A POOLE woman wants to raise awareness of a neurological disorder by lighting up the Twin Sails Bridge in charity colours.

A BOSCOMBE artist has hand-painted a four-minute animation depicting Boscombe in lockdown through a commission for Arts Development Company.

A BOURNEMOUTH care home resident was reunited with her daughter after a year apart.

A snapshot of Longfleet Road in Poole on this postcard with a post mark of 1938. You can see the spire of St Mary’s Church in the background and near the centre of the image is The George pub all the other building including the Regent Cinema on th...

WITH ever more shared spaces on our roads between vehicles, cycle lanes and now motorised scooters, an anomaly exists.

A LOCAL bus operator is re-instating its Community Fund to support the community after pausing it at the beginning of the pandemic.

TODAY marks a once in a decade event across the country in the former of census day.