A MAN who sexually assaulted a paramedic and threatened to slit a supermarket worker’s throat has been jailed for 14 months.

A VETERINARY clinic has warned dog walkers that their pets are at risk of being bitten by adders following three incidents in the past few weeks.

A PUB in Poole has been found to have breached a noise abatement notice following a number of noise complaints from residents.

As Dorset and the rest of the UK prepares for a busy summer season, plans are also being discussed about how BCP Council are to accommodate the Gypsy, Traveller, Romany and Roma community.

A PUB in Poole has been found to have breached a noise abatement notice following a number of noise complaints from residents.

A SCHOOLBOY who went missing overnight has been found safe and well.

A DRIVER fled after smashing his pick-up truck into the front of a charity shop in Highcliffe.

SKYGAZERS have captured some striking pictures of April’s ‘pink’ super moon across Dorset and the New Forest.

NEW plans for the replacement of the Beach House Café on Mudeford Sandbank have been submitted.

VOLUNTEERS are needed to join the RNLI lifeboat team at Mudeford in Christchurch.

AN UNINSURED driver with no licence took his baby in his car to collect his wife from work.

THE owner of Dorset brand Clipper Teas has been officially declared a great place to work.

POLICE clamping down on speeding in the New Forest recorded 49 drivers over the limit in one hour.

FIREFIGHTERS tackled two more woodland fires as dry weather continues to put the countryside at risk.

POLICE investigating reports of poaching on the River Allen found tackle stuck in branches during patrols.

A round-up of some of the latest cases to be dealt with at Poole Magistrates' Court.

Perfect for Instagram or a family photo-shoot, these flower fields in Dorset are a stunning backdrop to any picture.

RESIDENTS in Highcliffe are celebrating after the Dorset town was named one of the friendliest neighbourhoods in the UK.

A CHANCE trip to a museum led a Poole writer to argue that a man hanged as a traitor may have been the victim of a miscarriage of justice.

ONE quarter of people booked in at a Fordingbridge pub on Saturday didn’t show up, costing the business around £1,000.

AN ELDERLY woman was woken to find a burglar in front in the bedroom of her Dorset home in the early hours.

TEACHERS at Poole's Victoria Education Centre are set to take further strike action today, in the first of three days of consecutive walkouts.

Fox & Willow officially launched in August 2020 in the midst of the pandemic but has proven just the tonic for so many customers in these challenging times.

COLUMNIST and trained counsellor Fiona Caine answers another set of reader dilemmas.

WITH 4,300 patients registered on the UK Primary Immunodeficiency database, numbers are small. It is estimated that PIs affects around 5,000 in England and Wales in total.

THOUSANDS of pupils from Bournemouth’s primary and infant schools took part in a three-day Festival of Sport.

SHOULD the footballing big six wish to join the new breakaway European Super League then, fine.

ALMOST 2,300 Bournemouth businesses are in “significant” distress – an increase of almost half since the start of last year.

BRITAIN’S Got Talent semi-finalists Circus of Horrors will be coming to Bournemouth and Poole on tour this year to offer a rock and roll experience of impressive and bizarre circus acts.

A MASTER napkin folder from Bournemouth has celebrated the life of HRH Duke of Edinburgh with the reissuing of a special design called 'Prince Consort'.

FIVE key promotions have been made at Bournemouth law firm Steele Raymond LLP.

Officers are appealing for help from the public to locate an 11-year-old Dorset boy who has gone missing.

A CAR has crashed into the front of a shop in Highcliffe.

BLUE Cross is looking for volunteers to help with the charity’s pet bereavement support service, which has been running for over 26 years.

ANYONE wondering why we are seeing a huge increase in the incidence of violent attacks on police and emergency workers, need look no further than the judge at Portsmouth Crown Court, who last week allowed 31-year-old thug who attacked an emergency...

A HUGE disappointment on Saturday with defeat at home to Brentford.

A DOG owner has issued a plea for the safe return of her dog after he was snatched from her husband outside Tesco on Poole Quay.

A ROOFER who was hospitalised with life-threatening blood clots two weeks after his first Covid jab has called for better awareness of the condition.

A COUPLE who took a risk on giving their glamping park a major makeover during lockdown say the gamble paid off.

A POPULAR woman found dead at her Poole flat died of alcohol intoxication, an inquest hearing has been told.