RESIDENTS and businesses are gearing up to battle against plans to build four blocks of flats on a Bournemouth cliff top car park and community gardens.

A BOSCOMBE man survived a rare encounter with electricity after his home was struck by lightning - on his birthday.

DORSET hospitals will become some of the first in the world to provide a third ‘booster’ Covid vaccine, the health secretary has announced.

BOURNEMOUTH MPs said it is important the vaccination centre at the BIC gets back underway after it became “overwhelmed” with students on Wednesday.

POLICE have issued an appeal for help from the public to locate a missing Bournemouth man.

TAXPAYERS will still have to foot the bill for clearing up rubbish under BCP Council’s proposed new outsourced fly-tipping enforcement service.

A TERMINALLY ill cancer patient who was mistakenly given chemotherapy doses five times stronger than prescribed died of natural causes, a coroner has ruled.

A SERIES of walk-in Covid vaccine sessions for university students in Bournemouth have been scrapped after an "overwhelming" turnout.

A BOSCOMBE man survived a rare encounter with electricity after his home was struck by lightning - on his birthday.

A SWAN has been killed in Poole after being shot alongside its mate as they sat on their nest of eggs.

THE MET OFFICE has warned an "unusually deep area of low pressure" is heading towards Dorset this week and will bring fierce winds of up to 60mph.

CRUISE ships have become a familiar sight off the Dorset coast during the pandemic.

More than one million people aged 34 and 35 will receive a text message on Thursday or Friday asking them to make a vaccine appointment.

If those returning are not home when the visit takes place, they could be reported to the police.

A ‘historic’ and ‘beautiful’ village in Dorset has been in the spotlight in recent weeks after crews filmed a new Star Wars series near the village.

PUBS across Bournemouth, Poole and Christchurch got a much-needed spending boost on Monday, new figures suggest, as thirsty customers were allowed indoors for the first time this year.

WIMBORNE Minster Folk Festival will not be taking its usual form this year but has instead opted to offer two concerts for people to stream online.

HOMELESS people could have access to a new centralised hub in Bournemouth if councillors approve new plans.

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Starbucks, Toby Carvery, YO!, ODEON and Cineworld are just a few of the companies involved.

A BOURNEMOUTH woman has been fined more than £2,300 for speeding in excess of 100mph on a motorway.

AFTER completing her first Vendée Globe race just a few months ago, British ocean sailor, Pip Hare, has laid down her intentions to compete at the front of the next round-the-world race in 2024.

FIREWORK displays will return to Poole Quay this summer.

SAY hello to these adorable babies bringing joy to proud new parents and excited siblings amid the coronavirus pandemic.

POLICE have issued a warning after a couple almost lost £340 in a distraction scam.

NEW ANALYSIS released today by Diabetes UK shows that the number of people diagnosed with diabetes in Dorset has increased from 44,177 to 45,992 since last year.

AMIGO Loans will “inevitably” go into administration and leave 70,000 complainants empty-handed unless the company is allowed to put a cap on compensation payouts, its lawyers have argued.

THE new cycleway on Whitelegg Way (Letters, May 16) is largely being created by narrowing the width of the existing road, with just 50cms of the verge being used.

RESIDENTS at a Dorset care home thanked local children for their handmade lockdown cards of kindness with a special delivery of sweets.

EXTENSIVE improvements have been made to South Western Railway as a result of low passenger numbers caused by Covid-19.

Danny Howe of the Echo Camera Club captured this stunning shot of a Kingfisher in flight with its own catch at Stour Meadows, Blandford Forum.

THIS week is Dementia Action Week, an occasion for us all to reflect on the steps we can take to help change the conversation about dementia in our country.

MAKING BCP area a Clean Air Zone is well overdue.

REQUIRING ID at polling stations is not about protecting our democracy, it’s about limiting our democratic freedom.

Can you guess which old Bournemouth pub this is?

A PARENT of a Bournemouth student who queued eight hours to get her vaccination has labelled the experience as an “absolute shambles”.

PLANS to build more than 200 flats around the edge of a Bournemouth town centre car park will once again go before BCP Council’s planning committee on Thursday.

A FAMILY in Poole who escaped a house fire in the middle of the night of Monday are appealing for donations to make their home safe again.