A SPECTACULAR new music festival will take place between the piers on Bournemouth beach this summer.

A PETROL station and convenience store in Poole could be flattened to make way for a 24-hour Asda shop.

A MAN stabbed his step-father “suddenly without warning” as the victim sat on a lounger in the garden of his Bournemouth home.

THE entrepreneur who recently revealed plans to transform the kiosk and restaurants in Sandbanks said he’d be interested in acquiring the Haven Hotel.

MAJOR works to implement new cycle, walking and bus infrastructure on a busy road in Ferndown will start next month.

A SILVER Mercedes had to be written off after someone caused “extensive” criminal damage along the passenger side.

A MAN in his 20s has died after a single-vehicle crash in Blandford.

A NEW trial scheme to provide subsided hot meals to hospital staff working the night shift has been called a 'great success'.

COUNCIL tax in the New Forest is set to rise by nearly three per cent.

Details on 10 defendants who have been sentenced at Poole Magistrates' Court for criminal offences.

A PEST controller says demand for his services is growing 20 per cent year on year as he regularly catches huge rats measuring up to 21 inches.

CHANGES to Blue Badge parking rules to make them the same across the Dorset Council area have won support.

CIVIC chiefs plan to loan the council's own urban regeneration company £8million to fund its initial activity.

NOTTINGHAM Forest have lodged a complaint to the EFL regarding last week's postponed fixture against Cherries, according to a report by Sky Sports.

The population of rats in the UK is one the rise and is currently estimated to be around 150 million, the highest number ever.

A FIRE crew was called to remove a piece of metal which had become impaled on a tree as a result of the adverse weather.

A POTENTIALLY deadly Portuguese man o’ war has been found washed up off the coast of Bournemouth.

ALMOST 2,000 households in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole were tipped into homelessness during the first 18 months of the coronavirus pandemic, figures reveal.

Martin Lewis is urging people with more than one prescription each month to check the savings they could be making.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson has laid out the next steps in his "living with Covid" plan as restrictions are scrapped.

PLANS have been submitted for a new dining hall at a Poole secondary school and sixth form in light of rising pupil numbers.

TWO classic Land Rovers could sell for a combined price of up to £20,000 when they go under the hammer at auction.

THOUSANDS of tonnes of sand and more than 150 trees have been cleared in the aftermath of Storm Eunice. READ MORE:

IT'S the cycling cafe on the edge of the New Forest named the best in England.

With the sighting of a potentially deadly Portuguese man o’ war at Bournemouth Pier, just what caused the little jellyfish-like creature to wash up on our shore and what is it?

TWO cars were involved in a crash in Bournemouth on Monday night.

Signs for early hearing loss are not being picked up on enough, according to the research

The Food Standards Agency has issued a recall of certain dog food items over concerns it contains salmonella.

IT'S the cycling cafe on the edge of the New Forest named the best in England.

Cinema-goers will have the chance to see all of the latest film releases, including: Cyrano, Death on the Nile, Uncharted, Belfast and Sing 2.

Ministers and senior officials are to consider the response to Vladimir Putin’s actions in Ukraine.

Boris Johnson is leading a crisis meeting of ministers and senior officials to consider the response to Vladimir Putin’s actions in Ukraine.

It’s important to remember the NHS and the Government will never ask for personal details.

SOME diseases are only really highlighted when a person comes to harm, because the condition was missed. Aortic dissection is among these.

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

IT IS great news that plans are afoot to revitalise two of Bournemouth seafront locations at Sandbanks and Branksome Chine.

POOLE still has fewer active businesses than it did before the pandemic, a report has found.

Gail Carroll captured this stunning photo of a Dorset Barn Owl busy hunting.

Get everything you need for Pancake Day from Iceland.

Royal Mint and Royal Mail are to commemorative The Commonwealth Games with collectable coins and stamps.

Flights to top holiday destinations for 2022.

Aldi's vodka won a gold award at the World Vodka Awards 2022.

The final for the 2021/22 competition is currently planned to take place in Saint Petersburg

Martin Lewis is urging people with more than one prescription each month to check the savings they could be making.

THE daughter of a man who was left with a fractured spine after a 40-foot tree crushed him during Storm Eunice has described his survival as “incredible”.

TWO men carried out a “totally unnecessary” assault on a man outside a Bournemouth pub.

POLICE are searching for a “good Samaritan” after a teenage boy was victim to an attempted robbery.

A MAN arrested on suspicion of manslaughter after another man died in a hotel room in Bournemouth has been released under investigation.

BOSCOMBE councillor George Farquhar who called in a planning application for a £9million Travis Perkins depot off Ashley Road has been criticised for not coming to committee to make his case.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson has unveiled his "living with COVID" plan to the Commons, proposing to scrap all Covid restrictions.