THESE videos and pictures show the shocking extent of damage caused after a fire ripped through a Bournemouth post office.

A COACH company which was a well-known name in Dorset for generations is being liquidated following its collapse last year.

AN APP has been launched in a bid to crack down on crime and anti-social behaviour as Bournemouth prepares for its busiest summer ever.

When we asked our readers to send us their photos of terrible parking in Dorset, you did not disappoint.

THERE will be a “minimal” increase in crime and anti-social behaviour created by pop-up beach restaurant plans, according to Dorset Police.

DORSET County Hospital is carrying out an investigation over the death of former Big Brother contestant Nikki Grahame, who is understood to have been an in inpatient at the hospital.

SHOP staff at three Bournemouth businesses were left “terrified” and “petrified” when they were faced threats of being stabbed with a syringe by a robber as he demanded money from the till.

FITNESS chain PureGym has revealed “awful” losses for 2020 after sites were forced to close in the pandemic, but said tens of thousands of new members have joined since reopening across England.

WHEN a new princess was born on April 21, 1926, few expected she would ever be Queen.

MUCH-LOVED Giggi ice cream is back in Bournemouth despite its own shop closing for good.

ANOTHER Wetherspoons pub in Dorset will open its doors next week as the easing of lockdown continues.

CASH and Class A drugs were seized from a Boscombe property after complaints about drug dealing.

STABLES were destroyed in a fire in New Milton.

ONE of the main routes into a Dorset town will be closed for three nights due to roadworks - with an official diversion of almost 25 miles announced.

The DVSA have contacted all UK-based driving instructors to advise them of the most common reasons learners have failed their driving tests.

IT has now been more than a week since pubs across Dorset opened up their gardens and outside spaces for customers, following what has seemed like an eternity for many.

A number of UK retailers and banks have been name-dropped in an attempt to dupe unsuspecting victims out of their hard-earned cash.

A POOLE councillor was found dead in his house on what he described in a note to his family as “D-Day”, just months after splitting from his wife.

A MAN has appeared in court after he had a machete in a public place.

A POP-up open air venue in Bournemouth has had a makeover in light of the easing of lockdown restrictions.

She came to the BIC and made quite an impression with her live show.

A QUARTER of care home staff in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole have not have a first Covid-19 vaccination.

BOURNEMOUTH has been named as the most popular spot for surfing along the south coast.

EMPLOYEES are experiencing significantly more stress, anxiety and depression in their jobs – and the trend has accelerated since the pandemic began.

A Bournemouth charity has helped teenage girls look after their health during the pandemic by running eight-week physical and mental wellbeing online courses.

DORSET is the top place in the UK to buy a caravan to hire out to holidaymakers, according to a recent survey.

In response to Gro Krista Eltroet's letter of 16/4 the answer is yes.

A BLANDFORD artist has created a book about the experience of lockdown from the perspective of children.

Ten lucky children from Bournemouth enjoyed a morning of angling at Orchard Lakes Fishing Lake near New Milton in Hampshire, all thanks to Variety The Children’s Charity.

ALTHOUGH not a devout Royalist, I found the slow march behind the Duke's Landrover cortège at his funeral at Windsor Castle very moving and symbolic.

I feel horrified to think that a company is seeking planning permission to construct an incinerator at Hurn.

I READ that the chairman of J P Morgan had announced that there was 'strong consumer and business balance sheets with the economy having the potential to produce extremely robust multi year growth'.

A view from under the Towngate Bridge in Poole in 1977 showing the newly built Barclays House and to the right a cluster of buildings that over the years were demolished to make way for the redevelopment of the area. This includes the back of The Reg...

A DEVASTATING fire gutted a post office and convenience store destroying everything in its path.

FOOTAGE has emerged of a fireball which shot across the sky over Bournemouth in the early hours of this morning.

A VIOLENT robber who threatened victims with syringes and a screw driver has been jailed for 10 years.

A SECTION of road in Purbeck has been sealed off because a World War II shell has been discovered.

ILLEGAL drug use and anti-social behaviour has led to a Boscombe house being closed by the courts.

THE home of Bournemouth’s House of Fraser store is on the market for around £5million.

“FRESH and unique” restaurants are being sought as part of BCP Council’s pop-up beach plans for the summer.

DALKEITH Steps in Old Christchurch Road has been the centre of controversy in recent weeks, but issues with the area have been prominent for many years.

COASTGUARD teams had to 'shepherd' members of public to safety after further cliff falls occurred on Seatown Beach.

The law comes from 19th Century legislation but remains available to the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) to this day.

A MAN who continued to be involved in the supply of heroin and cocaine in Bournemouth while on bail has been jailed for eight years.

A PEDESTRIAN was taken to hospital following a crash with a car in Poole this afternoon.

TWO people were disturbed attempting to steal a catalytic converter from a car in north Dorset.

A ROLEX watch was among the items stolen in a burglary in Bournemouth.

A CYCLIST landed in a ditch after an early-hours crash with a van which failed to stop.

A Pink Super Moon will grace our skies from the night of Monday, April 26.

POUNDLAND is bringing its chilled and frozen food aisle to Dorset after its success in trials in other parts of the country.