A SUPERMARKET’S plan to sell alcohol from its store in a New Forest village has sparked a flurry of opposition – including from a neighbouring off-licence.

A MAN who was caught with a haul of indecent images of children and extreme pornography has avoided a custodial sentence.

DISCOUNT chain Home Bargains is seeking permission to extend its store at Christchurch Retail Park into the neighbouring unit.

A PUB that offers picturesque riverside dining in Wimborne is this week's Pub of the Week.

THE 10 areas in Dorset with the fewest number of Covid cases reported during the entire pandemic have been revealed.

OVER the past three years a handful of Dorset offenders have seen the sentences for their crimes increased by the Court of Appeal.

ON MAY 6 people across Dorset will be given the chance to vote for their preferred candidate to take on the role of the county's police and crime commissioner.

Catch up with local landlords ahead of the first bank holiday weekend back after reopening.

WHEN Jonathan Frostick was suffering a heart attack, his first thought was: “This isn’t convenient.”

DORSET'S NHS hospitals are treating six coronavirus patients, according to the latest figures.

MORE than 180,000 people have now received the second dose of a Covid vaccine in Dorset.

UNAUTHORISED encampments have been set up at two sites in Bournemouth and Poole.

Vaccines minister Nadhim Zahawi stressed a need for those who are fully-vaccinated to remain vigilant despite being fully protected.

It comes as the latest NHS England figures revealed more than 28.5 million people in England had received their first jab by April 28.

THERE’S a bank holiday weekend just around the corner but will it be dry or wet?

The busy BCP roads to avoid this bank holiday weekend due to closures, works and more.

BOURNEMOUTH

Tesco, Lidl, Asda, B&M, Home Bargains and more opening hours this May bank holiday.

THESE pictures offer a different perspective of Bournemouth twenty years ago.

COULD you be working so hard that you’re approaching a serious health crisis?

The scheme was launched without fanfare in February, and is currently thought to offer over 2,000 products.

UNIVERSITY Hospitals Dorset (UHD) is one of the first trusts in the country to launch a new sustainability initative, with on-site pharmacies participating in a nationwide medicine packet recycling scheme.

DORSET and BCP Council have successfully obtained £70,000 worth of funding from the government to create a list of local heritage assets across the county.

As we prepare to celebrate our fathers this Fathers Day, we invite you to show how special Fathers are and submit images of you and your dad, or an image with you and your children for the chance to win a £50 voucher.

THREE outdoors-loving friends are on a mission to get men protected from skin cancer by launching their own skin care product.

A POLICE helicopter flying low level over our neighbourhood Upper Parkstone at four in the morning.

WITH regard to high street anti-social behaviour, to some extent we really are not dealing with anything new.

CORFE Castle has appeared in a top 20 list of the UK's most searched small towns and villages.

THREE Daily Echo readers have shared pictures of their individual and unique gardens.

A PURBECK nature reserve is set to play a key role during this year's International Dawn Chorus Day.

HERE are six stunning photos by the Echo Camera Club.

FOR THE thousands of children living in the South of England the Covid-19 crisis has been a period of extreme change and has affected how many young people feel about their lives.

Pictured here in 1980 is the Mallard Road, Strouden Park is the Yellow Buses depot next to then named Summerbee Modern School.