PLANS are being laid to open an offshoot of the famous London restaurant the Ivy in Bournemouth’s former New Look store.

Marks and Spencer store could become adventure park with ice rink and crazy golf. Read more:

A BUFFET in Tower Park has received a one-star food hygiene rating after inspectors described parts as “filthy” and expressed concern over allergen knowledge.

Dorset Council ‘typo’ leads to confusion over 12 collapsed bridges. Read more:

EMERGENCY services are on the scene of a “serious” crash has occurred in Boscombe this morning.

Pair of thieves arrested for stealing a car and being in possession of a knife. Read more:

A CARE service has described being “significantly stretched” by staff absences brought on by the Covid-19 pandemic as inspectors rate them ‘inadequate’.

Poole Quay and high street shut off to cars until autumn. Read more:

‘A sick joke’: Free parking for hospital staff to end today. Read more:

IT’S snow joke.  Just when you thought it was safe to pack away the gloves, winter is set to bite today.

Motorist faces custodial sentence after police catch him driving with flurry of offences. Read more:

Weymouth, Bournemouth and Poole also featured in the list

'CRIMINALS' have been advised to brush up on their hide-and-seek skills after two wanted men made feeble attempts to conceal themselves from police.

IT'S surprising where a Saturday job as a teenager can take you.

Minor injuries units (MIUs) in Dorset which closed during the winter surge of COVID-19 will begin a phased reopening next month.

A DRUG dealer at the centre of a multi-million pound cocaine empire has been jailed after his visits to Weymouth and Bournemouth played a crucial role in crime investigations.

A PRIMARY school in Christchurch is celebrating its latest Ofsted rating, just under four years after it was told to improve.

A MULTI-million-pound investment has been made by BCP Council into enhanced street cleaning, additional CCTV and pothole repairs following resident feedback.

A WASTE transfer station and new household recycling centre for the Blandford area is expected to be approved next week.

BOURNEMOUTH

Toilet block fire could have been started deliberately. Read more:

Three vehicles crash in late night incident. Read more:

A WEYMOUTH-based pharmaceutical company company has launched an “affordable” lateral flow test which they believe will “transform the market” as free NHS testing comes to an end.

Dorset Police have explained their decision to drop an investigation into the death of a white-tailed eagle.

INTRODUCING seven-year-old Emberly, a carer since the age of five and now the youngest ever ambassador for a Dorset charity.

Queen Mother sculpture emerges for sale. Read more:

Covid-19 spring booster programme in Dorset. Read more:

A NEW drop-in centre, offering a lifeline to Armed Forces Veterans, is to be officially opened on Saturday 2 April at St Mary’s Church, Longfleet, in Poole.

Mobile speed camera vans will be out and about in Dorset today (Thursday.)

Fishnet stockings, French maids and feather boas are everywhere as we walk through Poole town centre on an ordinary Monday evening. And that's just the men.

GET ready to lay the smackdown as the superstars of British wrestling to return to Broadstone this month.

UNIVERSITY Hospitals Dorset (UHD) had been shortlisted for the Student Placement of the Year Award.

CHERRIES fans will have an alternative to the traditional meat pie or burger when local brand Mr Lee’s offers free cups of its healthy noodles at the home ground this Saturday.

A FESTIVAL dubbed "Glastonbury for dogs" is moving to

The driving test backlog will take a long time to clear in the UK

From Friday, the new energy bill price cap will rise by 54 per cent.

The childhood character coin designs have been inspired by the original illustrations of E. H. Shepard from A. A. Milne’s Winnie-the-Pooh stories.

Nigel Morris captured the Condor Ferry sailing into Poole Harbour with passengers getting a great view of the spectacular sunset.

This comes as the Academy has revealed that Smith was asked to leave the event after the incident, however, he refused.

The former Boaty McBoatface has completed its maiden voyage

Fire service called to blaze in beachfront toilet block. Read more:

POLICE are concerned for the wellbeing of a “vulnerable” man from Poole who has gone missing.

A BOAT was stolen and “ransacked” costing a company about to start Poole Harbour tours for the first time tens of thousands of pounds.

Princess Anne visits New Milton Citizen's Advice and Mencap hub. Read more:

Snow forecast for Thursday in Dorset. Read more:

The singer was diagnosed with a terminal brain tumour in 2020 and given just 18 months to live.

A DORSET man has told how the help of two local organisations and his love for his cat, helped him escape addiction and homelessness.

A WOMAN has been left with several puncture wounds following a dog attack in theNew Forest.

QUESTIONS remain over when the popular Sandbanks Crazy Golf course will reopen after BCP Council “refused” to renew the previous operator’s tenancy.

Man in court charged with escaping from police custody. Read more: