Many streets in BCP exceed air quality limits on NO2, PM2.5 and PM10.

Emergency services were called after a car crashed into an electricity sub station in Lidl car park.

A LARGER-than-life character who spent more than two decades saving countless lives in perilous conditions on the Dorset coast, and a loving father has died.

TWO unauthorised encampments have been set up across Poole and Christchurch over the weekend.

A LEGAL challenge over the approval of major plans to transform the police station site in Christchurch town centre has been dismissed by a High Court judge.

OBJECTIONS to an established Bournemouth strip club’s licence renewal have only made been made on “moral grounds”, according to the venue’s solicitor.

AN ANIMAL rescue charity has predicted a soar in the number of pets being rehomed across Dorset.

Air pollution was down in 2020, says BCP Council.

PRANKSTERS have yet again filled Poole Park's water fountain with bubbles and littered the evidence.

BREAKFAST is described as the most important meal of the day, it also turned out to be my first and last of the day when I visited Binnies Café to try the ‘biggest breakfast in Bournemouth’.

NEWLY repainted bicycle lanes on Christchurch Road in Boscombe have been branded unusable by a cyclist, due to the number of cars parked on double yellow lines.

NATIONAL Highways has outlined several updates into the road widening and bridge demolition works on the A31 at Ringwood.

CREDITORS hit by the collapse of the long-established Dorset firm Sea View Coaches have received the majority of what they were owed.

A pop star is playing a special gig in a Dorset village to help his childhood friend raise money for cancer treatment.

DORSET Council has refused permission to move eight beach huts at Studland because of the risk to them from coastal erosion.

BOURNEMOUTH

BOURNEMOUTH’S new mayor says he will work to promote inward investment and bring new jobs and prosperity to the town.

RADICAL change may be needed to fix the underlying problems in Dorset’s care sector.

POOLE-born Tony Trent has become mayor of the town with Mike Brooke elected as sheriff.

BUNTING is going up in towns all over Dorset and the New Forest as the countdown gets underway for the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee celebrations.

THE Queen has enjoyed many visits to Dorset and the New Forest through the years.

CELEBRATIONS will take place all over Dorset and the New Forest in less than two weeks for the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee.

TWO years after first being chosen to lead the procession at one of the south’s biggest carnival’s, a pair of young ambassadors will finally have their moment.

THOUSANDS of homes across Dorset are set to benefit from a major broadband boost after a £9m investment in services.

A POPULAR beer festival is set to make its long-awaited comeback next month after a two-year absence.

WITH a four-day bank holiday on the horizon, all eyes will be on the all-important weather forecast.

THE cream of Dorset’s apprentices were honoured at an awards ceremony which heard calls for more people to consider apprenticeships as an alternative to university.

The following roadworks are being carried out within the BCP Council area by the council and various utility companies over the next few days:

Residents at their popular Golden Jubilee street party at Beaconsfield Road, Christchurch back in 2002.

Martin Turner captured the gulls flying around at Sandbanks enjoying the stunning sunset.

Looking for a place to eat out in Bournemouth? Our selection of top restaurants and cafe's will have you flying into town!

Drivers are being warned to expect long delays on popular routes this weekend as the Platinum Jubilee celebrations get underway.

A woman from Ferndown is on a mission to stop food waste, get people eating fresh food and help those in need.

A COMMUNITY is in “shock” after vandals deliberately set fire to a West Moors school playground in broad daylight.

BOURNEMOUTH Airport looks set to face new competition after a court ruling gave the go-ahead for the expansion of the runway at rival Southampton.

RESEARCH has revealed a Private serving in the Dorsetshire Regiment during the First World War was a convicted murderer and a member of the 'Peaky Blinders' gang.

RESIDENTS had to be evacuated from a block of flats in Bournemouth on Saturday night due to a fire in a kitchen.

Most bin collections during the Jubilee Bank Holiday weekend will be business as usual.

A POPULAR bakery has announced that it will be opening a second shop in Christchurch.

THOUSANDS of people basked in the sun and had a ‘gouda’ time as the popular Cheese & Chilli Festival made its long-awaited return.

Take a look at these fantastic photos of the Golden Jubilee celebrations across Dorset in 2002.

A MAJOR waterfront housing development for almost 300 new homes has been backed by a £69million loan.

A HAZARDOUS materials incident involving a refrigeration unit was attended by three fire crews and a specialist engineer.

OFFICERS in Bournemouth town centre dealt with several incidents of anti-social behaviour this week.

DORSET Police officers continued giving evidence at the inquest into the death of teenager Gaia Pope this week.

A FIRE that spread from garden trees and damaged a bungalow last night in West Moors is under investigation.

A CANFORD Cliffs home with “far-reaching” views across Poole Harbour could be yours for just £3million.

The Co-op has issued a recall notice for two items following a dating error causing them to be “unsafe to eat”.

Take a look at some of Dorset's forgotten and abandoned railway stations where passengers never returned.

CHECK out the amazing designs from the most popular doughnut gift service in Bournemouth.