A DRUG dealer who supplied millions of pounds of cocaine across the UK from Bournemouth to Glasgow was caught due to a distinctive mural at his home of UFC star Conor McGregor.

Cars have been recorded driving at speeds of up to 70mph in Queen's Park Avenue

PLANS to transform two seafront locations with beachside restaurant complexes will be decided this summer at planning committee due to the number of objections.

A CARE service run by the council to support vulnerable members of the community has been ordered to take action by the care watchdog.

A CAFÉ popular with AFC Bournemouth fans has been granted a license to sell alcohol.

A MAN who drove a motorbike while disqualified and crashed twice, before crashing an e-scooter into a Ford Focus and went “flying over the handlebars”, has been jailed.

A FATHER has turned the grief of losing his son into a passion project and has unveiled his dream to build a robotic surgery training centre to save lives.

A BRAND new diner offering amazing meat-free burgers, roast dinners, and more is coming to Poole.

PLANS for three new padel courts at a Bournemouth tennis club have been refused, with planning officials determining the courts would result in “unacceptable noise impacts”.

Dorset Traffic Cops have been clamping down on vans carrying unsecured and overweight loads.

A MAN has been arrested after an altercation involving a weapon in Ringwood yesterday (June 22). 

A driver in Dorset was pulled over by police and was found more than twice over the legal drink drive limit.

POLICE are investigating after scrap metal was stolen from an outbuilding in North Dorset.

A MAJOR rail strike will be held this week, affecting millions of people across the country.

THUNDERSTORMS and torrential downpours could cause disruption in Dorset with potential for flooding, the Met Office has warned.

WORK to repair a sewer pipe in Poole is expected to be finished in late July.

DORSET'S motorists will have five road closures to avoid nearby on the National Highways network this week.

DORSET Council has approved a £14.6 million investment in the Dorset Innovation Park on the former Winfrith nuclear site.

BOURNEMOUTH WestBeach will be opening following an Italian-inspired takeover from today until September 30, 2022.

A DENTAL practice in Poole has re-opened following a major £650K refurbishment.

CHARGING second-home owners 200 per cent Council Tax would be “opening a can of worms”, a councillor has warned.

The food chain, renowned for its famous salad bar, has left customers furious over the change to the way people order.

It is a year since the Bank first issued the polymer £50 banknote featuring Bletchley Park codebreaker and scientist Alan Turing.

Take a look at some of the items you'll find in the middle aisles of Aldi and Lidl from Thursday, June 23.

A PLAN is being developed to demolish a huge Bournemouth office building and replace it with hundreds of homes and co-working space across three large towers.

1. Get ready to step back in time when Shake & Stir Vintage Music Festival returns to Fisherman’s Walk in Southbourne on Saturday and Sunday. The free event will feature retro music, vehicles, dancing, fashion and more from the 1920s to the 1970s. ...

DORSET Police is to downgrade the high environment standard of its new force headquarters building at Winfrith.

THE average car owner in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole could face an annual rise of more than £250 in the cost of petrol as living costs mount, analysis suggests.

A CARE home resident has visited a Bournemouth Tattoo parlour to get a permanent reminder of her dancing days.

NEW SOLAR panels are set to save Dorset’s largest country park around five tonnes of carbon emissions each year.

SOPRANO singing star Sarah Brightman will officially open and lead a Bournemouth pride event.

A MAN was spared a driving ban after he was caught speeding at almost double the limit in a 30mph zone.

DON’T miss our 24-page Pet Idol picture special in the Daily Echo on Thursday, June 23.

ON the 17th June I was rushed to Poole Hospital at 9am with epistaxis (extreme nose bleed).

A BRAND-new programme of open air concerts will be coming to The Tank Museum across three nights this summer.

BUSINESSES have been warned they could face penalties including winding-up orders and director disqualifications if coronavirus loans have been misused or improperly applied for.

A BUSINESS in Poole has become the UK’s sole distributor of Brazilian Schaefer Yachts.

Nick Meek captured the beautiful view from Friers Cliff along the coast looking towards Hengistbury Head.

The UK supermarket is the latest big name to join Bowel Cancer UK's #GetOnARoll campaign.

Summer is here and it just got even better because Aldi has brought back its best-selling Hot Tub!

The new streaming service has officially launched in the UK and you can sign up now.

Costa Coffee has revealed that customers can get a free drink this week. Here's what you need to do to get yours.

Ministers said that under current trade union laws, employment businesses are restricted from supplying temporary agency workers to cover for strikers

AN ELDERLY man was defrauded out of £10,000 by a scammer purporting to be a bank representative.

The children were swept about half a mile offshore on Saturday afternoon.

AN INVESTIGATION has been launched after a boy was reportedly sexual assaulted in a public toilets block in Bournemouth.

The summer of discontent at BCP Council continues following a bizarre and fractious meeting over the political balance of the authority.

A YOUNG man held a ‘handgun’ against a stranger’s face and pulled the trigger, leaving the victim bleeding and with a pellet lodged in his forehead.

Organisers of a popular food festival have responded to claims that the event has been “commercialised”

The three companies which have received fines of nearly £300,000 for unpaid taxes.