THE operator of a snack bar at a Poole beauty spot has accused the council of “destroying” a family business after he was ordered to make way for another trader.

A DISQUALIFIED driver who narrowly avoided “two serious collisions at high speed” was labelled “an absolute maniac” by a judge.

SECURITY staff had to be drafted in to ensure newly installed play park and fitness equipment was not vandalised for a second time at a Bournemouth conservation area.

DO you remember how Bournemouth looked thirty years ago?

IT has a perfect hygiene rating, does a brisk trade and has brought £180,000 into council coffers over its 17 years.

A NURSE is appealing for help from the public to retrieve his e-bike after it was stolen while he was working at the Covid vaccination centre in Bournemouth town centre.

Among Christchurch’s many sites and attractions, including the Priory and Highcliffe Castle, is the Christchurch Bowling Green

OFFICERS are appealing for witnesses to come forward following a serious injury collision in Purbeck.

Shoppers have been left venting their frustration online.

WORRYING pictures show people dangling their legs off a cliff – the scene last week of one of the biggest landslides in decades.

A HORSE owner from Ferndown has issued a desperate plea to walkers asking them not to feed horses when out in the countryside.

PARENTS have been warned of a trend on social media labelling Saturday, April 24 as ‘national sexual assault and rape day’.

POLICE are investigating an incident where a man approached a woman and her daughter and told the child her “ice cream looked nice”.

OFFICERS investigating a dog attack at Poole have released an image of a man they would like to speak with.

AN APPEAL has been launched by police to locate a wanted woman who has been staying in Bournemouth.

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THE opening of new operating theatres at Poole Hospital has been delayed by two months after asbestos was discovered during construction work.

According to legend, St George killed a dragon and saved a princess while serving as a soldier in the Roman army.

WE’VE been blessed with some glorious weather for the past week or so.

Martin Lewis revealed how house buyers can boost their chances of getting a mortgage.

DORSET Council has apologised after a social media appeal to find new foster carers suggested “all you need is a spare room”.

QUESTIONS still remain over the death of a man whose body was found approximately a week after dying in his flat.

FRAUDSTERS have fleeced more than £15 million from people living in Dorset during the coronavirus pandemic – with most victims stung in online shopping scams, figures reveal.

I HAVE just had a ‘Smart’ meter installed.

A NEW dental practice is aiming to remind people of the cafe Central Perk from TV’s Friends rather than the traditional surgery.

HERE are six lovely photos by the Echo Camera Club.

Daily Echo reader Roger Hopkins submitted this fascinating photo taken from a film in 1963 showing the Poole skyline, most of the buildings were demolished for the town’s redevelopment. In the background you can see the Lady Walking Fields where th...

THERE are no records in the Prince of Wales’s diaries or any other royal archives that the Prince had any connection with the Red House in Bournemouth, or ever stayed there.

RESIDENTS across Dorset are being offered the chance a step into the ring – and help deliver a knockout blow to cancer.

MANY people, myself included, have noticed that, since the onset of the epidemic, we have have been remarkably free of the usual flu, colds and persistent, long-lasting coughs that have been a regular feature of the winter months.

LITTER louts who left rubbish and a set of garden furniture at a Dorset nature reserve have been criticised.

A MAN feared for his life when another man pursued him with an air pistol in the early hours in Bournemouth, a court heard.

The A351 in rural Dorset is closed in both directions due to a two-vehicle crash this afternoon (Thursday, April 22)

SHOPPERS returned to Bournemouth at a greater rate than almost anywhere else in the country as lockdown rules were eased last week, research suggests.

A RUSTY old Ford Escort, which has been tucked away in garages for nearly a quarter of century, could sell for up to £25,000 when it goes under the hammer.

CONDOR will be using a Brittany Ferries ship to link Poole with the Channel Islands and France when high-speed passenger sailings resume this summer.

FOR nearly a month now we’ve enjoyed more freedom after the government dropped the “stay at home” message and the nation entered the second part of prime minister Boris Johnson’s roadmap.

A MYSTERIOUS round shape that is believed to be a UFO was spotted above Durley Chine beach last month.