The first witnesses will be called as the second day of the Gaia Pope inquest will be held at Bournemouth Town Hall

DETAILS have been revealed over plans for the Ivy to open in Bournemouth town centre.

Fire crews have urged the public to be careful once again after a discarded cigarette sparked another heath fire in Dorset.

BCP Council has defended its decision to close Mannings Heath Roundabout in Poole following traffic disruption in the surrounding area.

AN investigation has been called for after claims that two Conservative councillors who were unwell were brought in to vote at a stormy BCP Council meeting on Tuesday evening.

SEVEN people have been taken to hospital following a serious crash near Dorchester.

TWO new cameras are set to be installed in Bournemouth’s Lower Gardens crime hotspot in a move to resolve a CCTV blind spot.

A JURY was sworn in as the inquest into the death of 19-year-old Gaia Pope began, four and a half years after she first went missing.

A LARGER office block is to replace a 1950s building on Sandbanks Road –  also resulting in changes to an existing footpath running alongside the building.

A MASSIVE cruise ship, carrying more than 600 people, has become the first passenger vessel to visit Poole Harbour this year.

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A date has been set for a High Court hearing over the council's decision to approve plans for the Christchurch Police Station site.

NEW rules regulating pop-up campsites in the New Forest National Park are set to come into force later this year.

Details on nine people who have been sentenced at Poole Magistrates' Court for criminal offences.

Bottlenose dolphins have been spotted breaching off the coast of Bournemouth

POLICE have issued advice to a school after it submitted a major planning application for an outdoor learning resource centre.

A FESTIVE focus has already surfaced among community leaders in Christchurch with plans announced to ramp up the town’s Christmas lights display this year.

ONE of the last surviving World War Two veterans has died a few months after celebrating his 99th birthday.

A man was taken to hospital after being stabbed in Holdenhurst Road in Bournemouth on Monday night.

TWO much-loved festivals celebrating all things retro will return to Bournemouth and Poole this summer.

THE INCREASE in the cost of living, combined with spiralling energy prices has resulted in many people struggling with everyday expenditure.

Poole Coastguard has shared advice for cold water swimmers in the Dorset area.

A NEW 'chat cafe' has been launched in the BCP area, providing local meet ups for residents.

A CONSERVATIONIST has spoken out about the importance of protecting nesting birds in Dorset heathland during the spring and summer months.

VISITORS to Poole Harbour have had their first sight of a new Sunseeker yacht.

A MAN who failed to identify the driver of a vehicle when required by police has been disqualified for several months.

A MAN has been fined by the courts for boarding a train at Poole Railway Station without a valid ticket.

AN ENTREPRENEUR has launched a bid to “modernise” the fitness industry with a tracking app to better record people’s exercise movements.

Glorious sunrise over Bournemouth captured from the beach by Nick Lucas.

The report claimed the Labour deputy leader crossed and uncrossed her legs during Prime Minister’s Questions to distract Boris Johnson.

Action on Salt said that the food industry is not complying with voluntary salt reduction targets.

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The inquest into the death of 19-year-old Gaia Pope who went missing in Swanage in November 2017 and was found 11 days later is set to begin today.

EXTENSIVE work to save any remaining animals which survived the Canford Heath blaze continued yesterday.

A TEENAGER from Poole has suffered life-changing injuries after an incident while playing football with his family.

EXPERTS have described the heath fire as a ‘disaster for wildlife’, with one warden saying it could take 15 years to restore the land.

Bus companies, motorists and even a councillor have had their say over 'vital' roadworks taking place in Poole this week.

FIREFIGHTERS spent hours battling a huge scrapyard blaze near Portesham last night.

SEVERAL schools in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole are full or at over capacity according to the first data of its kind to be published since the pandemic.

A COUNCIL scheme to build more than 100 flats and an emergency family homeless hostel in Bournemouth have gone back before planners.

DO YOU know where your kids are? That’s the message from Dorset Police after they found drugs, cash and weapons in the possession of two teenagers in Boscombe.

A pedestrian has been taken to hospital after a crash with a bike in Wimborne.

FOOTAGE from garden CCTV cameras has captured the moments flames from the Canford Heath fire came precariously close to homes.

Campaigners are calling for a new permanent bank holiday to take place in June from 2023

Fire crews battled a huge scrapyard fire in Dorset on Monday night.

THE leader of BCP Council has revealed he wants “spades in the ground” on a new leisure centre in Poole town centre ahead of next year’s local elections.

A MAN has been banned from a Bournemouth night club for a year after being convicted of an assault at the town centre venue.

POLICE have reminded people that interfering with badger setts is illegal following an apparent incident in a Dorset village.

Motorists have been warned of 'gridlock' as a busy road closure is causing long delays across the conurbation.

DORSET’S longest serving lollipop lady is hanging up her hat after 47 years.