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PICTURES show the extent of the heath fire which rapidly engulfed a large section of Parley Common on Wednesday.

A BUSINESS owner on Christchurch Road is calling for compensation, as council roadworks ‘prevent’ footfall to already struggling stores.

RESIDENTS have been giving their views on the potential for new housing on more than 150 locations across the conurbation.

THE care hotel initiative at University Hospitals Dorset (UHD) will finish at the end of March.

A MAN has avoided an immediate prison term for a “sustained attack” on a woman in Bournemouth.

New mobile phone laws come into force for drivers on March 25 - what you need to know.

A FORMER caravan park in Dorset sold for almost four times its guide price at a property auction.

COVID cases are rising “quickly” across the BCP Council area with infection rates at “very high levels”, the local public health authority has said.

THE organisers of this Summer's HIGH TIDE festival in Bournemouth have unveiled Manic Street Preachers as the headline act for the Saturday night.

THE decision to set up a £1million “homeless health hub” at St Stephen’s Church Hall in Bournemouth is to be re-examined.

AS PETROL prices skyrocket, one station was seen advertising diesel for 917.9 pence per litre in Poole.

A crash near Bournemouth Airport is causing delays this morning.

AN HISTORIC street in Dorset was brought to a standstill after a bomb squad raced to the location following reports of 'explosives'.

How Poole and Bournemouth hospitals are combatting A&E pressures. Read more:

Rise in people diagnosed with TB in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole. Read more:

Man attacked by gang in alleyway and taken to hospital. Read more:

Police are investigating a report of a robbery and bottle attack in Charminster, Bournemouth.

Details on the cases of seven people who have been sentenced at Poole Magistrates' Court.

Dozens of possible slavery victims identified in Dorset. Read more:

BCP Council ‘reviewing contracts’ after hundreds of thousands spent with Gazprom. Read more:

A NEW Mexican-inspired restaurant will open its doors in Bournemouth town centre.

THE NUMBER of Lidl items that have washed up along the Dorset coastline after a cargo ship lost containers has more than tripled in recent days – this comes as the supermarket giant pledges to assist with the clean-up whilst an investigation gets u...

DRIVERS parking 'inconsiderately' in a Dorset village have been slammed by police.

CHRISTCHURCH Bay has been awarded the highest rating for water quality by the Environment Agency.

The annual Dorset Neon Run will be making a return to Poole Park next month.

A MAN from Bournemouth has been handed a financial penalty by the courts for littering a cigarette in Bristol.

A MAN from Bournemouth who was caught drink driving in Wales has been disqualified for four years.

A HUNGARIAN vintage vehicle collector splashed out more than £70,000 on a selection of classic motorbikes which went under the hammer this month.

Tomorrow will see the much-loved Hawk jets fly over Cornwall for the very last time before retirement.

RISHI Sunak’s attempt to address the cost of living crisis in his spring statement will not have gone far enough for many people, it has been claimed.

DORSET’S LV= has paid out more than £19million in Covid claims since the pandemic began two years ago – including 1,400 involving a death.

Come and visit - that's the message from the family behind theme park Paultons Park as it prepares for a bumper summer.

The sun going down near Wimborne St Giles captured by Julia Rosser.

Bunting at the ready! This year marks Her Majesty The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee, a time where the nation will come together to celebrate the Queen’s 70 incredible years of service.

Following his spring statement on Wednesday, the Chancellor insisted the Government was “on the side of hard-working families”.

The National Audit Office found that records of meetings were not properly kept.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky called for worldwide demonstrations on Thursday to mark exactly a month since Russia launched its invasion.

FOUR more displays have been announced for the 14th Bournemouth Air Festival later this year.

FIREFIGHTERS have rushed to tackle a heath fire in east Dorset – the day after the fire service issued an amber wildfire alert.

CROWD favourites the Red Arrows will be displaying on every day of this year's Bournemouth Air Festival.

AUTHORITIES are looking into measures that can be put in place to prevent youths throwing rocks from a bridge over a busy road.

DEVELOPERS of a new retail park in Weymouth have revealed progress is ahead of schedule - as a new McDonald's drive-thru is expected to open in May.

A DRIVER fled from police through two no entry signs before parking on someone else’s driveway.

MORE than £1,000 worth of damage was caused after a man threw rocks at a restaurant window in Bournemouth.

Bus driver commended for "swift action" following bus fire. Read more:

BOURNEMOUTH residents are celebrating the news that the Crossroads car park in Southbourne won’t be built on.

THE site of the Bistro on the Beach has now been completely flatted as the demolition nears its completion.

Lytchett Matravers bus crash: Man arrested. Read more:

AN EX POLICE officer from Christchurch will be competing on the new series of Masterchef.