Fire crews are tackling a blaze at the House of Fraser store in Bournemouth

A mother-of-five who died after falling from a cliff has been described by friends as a “wonderful lady with a heart of gold”.

Former Bournemouth restaurateur Chi Ming Pang, has died aged 91.

MORE than 70 potential slavery victims were referred to police in Dorset last year - and nearly two-thirds of them were children.

Coronavirus cases are on the rise again in Dorset as the lifting of restrictions was delayed by four weeks.

A LOTTERY ticket purchased in west Dorset and worth more than £141,000 has been claimed.

THOUSANDS of people had to be rescued from lifts by Dorset & Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Service in a decade.

THE former leader of BCP Council has said she is “absolutely mortified” at cabinet plans to spend £90,000 on two new cars for its mayors.

HOURLY wake-up calls are being made by BCP Council security teams in a bid to deter overnight beach campers.

ONE person has been taken to hospital following a three vehicle crash early this morning.

Here's the forecast for Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole.

Fire crews were called to a series of incidents all through the night.

DORSET'S full network of minor injuries units (MIUs) reopen for pre-booked appointments next week. (June 21)

THE event may have cancelled for the last two years due to Covid-19, but that doesn't stop us from looking at pictures of the occasion 20 years ago.

PLANS to build more than 140 homes near a New Forest nature reserve have been thrown out after sparking 500 objections.

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Over-21s in England can now book their Covid-19 vaccine.

A PROJECT which protects and conserves fossils across the Dorset coastline is set to benefit from an £80,000 funding boost.

SOUTH Dorset MP Richard Drax has spoken of his anger following the ‘incomprehensible and unacceptable’ decision by Prime Minister Boris Johnson to delay ‘Freedom Day’ by a month.

A PARKSTONE woman who lost her friend to postpartum psychosis three years ago is swimming 40 miles in 40 days in her memory.

THERE is no doubting the power social media has in modern-day society – one post can change someone’s life for good or bad.

A PROJECT Manager from Corfe Mullen has lost seven stone in just over four years after transforming his lifestyle.

ONE hundred years of motorcycling history will be going under the hammer at the end of this month.

THE sign above the door, or the counter to be more accurate, says it all.

A WOMAN slipped and fell from a cliff near Durdle Door trying to take a shortcut in an ‘ill-judged accident’, witnesses say.

A WOMAN from Poole is set to raise money for a charity close to her heart by walking eight kilometres every day for two months.

A DETERMINED seven-year-old girl is experiencing a new sense of freedom with her new, adapted trike.

I DON’T drive. I get buses everywhere.

DORSET’S leading family theme park is to help celebrate Fathers on Sunday June 20 with a free Oscar Award.

TOPS Day Nurseries in Dorset say they are working hard to increase the number of male staff in the early years setting.

FOR WORLD Oceans Day, Greenpeace UK has launched Operation Ocean Witness to patrol UK marine protected areas off the nation’s south coast.

I WAS so disappointed and saddened by the destruction of the flower tubs in Boscombe High Street.

I LIKE a joke as much as the next person and I vote conservative BUT is this extract from Monday’s Echo below a joke?

AN ORIGINAL and socially-distanced play that incorporates the life of local people and links to the current climate will be performed this weekend.

JUST seen Boris’ latest announcement re weddings. Still restrictions at weddings which don’t now seem to exist elsewhere in society.

You would be forgiven for not recognising where this aerial photo was taken as the changes since it was captured in the early 1970s are quite remarkable.

THE VICTIM of a fatal cliff fall at Durdle Door was a woman in her 40s who slipped and fell in front of horrified beachgoers, it has emerged.

ROUGHLY 40 students from a Dorset school are isolating after a confirmed Covid case.

A PEDESTRIAN was assaulted, and two boats were badly damaged during a series of incidents along the River Stour in Christchurch over the weekend.

Police have launched an appeal for witnesses in relation to a reported knife-point robbery in Poole.

OFFICERS are urging members of the public to come forward if they know the whereabouts of these 10 people who are wanted by Dorset Police.

CHAOS took over the area on the weekend as visitors parked illegally, with one resident even having to tell a driver not to urinate in her driveway.

MORE than 50 new coronavirus cases have been recorded across Dorset within the last 24-hour period, according to the latest statistics.

A WOMAN has died after falling from a cliff near Durdle Door.

DORSET Police have failed to enact new legal powers to protect victims of stalking on even a single occasion.

SCOTT Parker is "set to leave Fulham later this week" according to a report in the Telegraph.

A POPULAR cafe in Bournemouth town centre has closed – but its boss has pledged it will be back.

DORSET Police is reminding drivers and passengers to belt up this month as officers continue to tackle seat belt offences throughout June as part of a national seat belt safety campaign.

PEOPLE wanting to book their Covid-19 vaccination are being reminded that a number of local pharmacy sites across Dorset are offering the jab.