A HUSBAND and wife were left “gobsmacked” after returning from a family funeral to find their driveway had been dug up by SSE.

A CHRISTCHURCH bar has closed, just months after first opening its doors.

MORE concerns have been flagged by residents over the ‘dreadful’ state of an iconic Bournemouth attraction.

RYANAIR is “very happy” with how its busiest ever summer at Bournemouth Airport is going, with around 500,000 passengers expected through the terminal.

FIRE crews were carried to Brownsea Island by the RNLI to tackle a heath blaze.

A MAN is accused of drowning 10 cats and dumping them at a tip.

JOLLYES has announced the opening date for its new store in Poole - the first in Dorset.

DEVELOPER Richard Carr has signed a new contract to get the landmark Vespasian development on Poole Quay finished.

THE first look at the work of BCP Council’s urban regeneration company will be revealed in September with outline proposals for Christchurch Civic Offices and Poole Civic Centre sites.

SPEED restrictions for hired e-scooters have been reintroduced this summer in a bid to improve rider and pedestrian safety in Bournemouth.

DOZENS of volunteers and residents came together to mark the 70th anniversary of the popular Wimborne Model Town.

A MAN has been placed on the sex offenders register and banned from entering a park in Poole after offences of indecent exposure and assault on Christmas Eve.

Firefighters raced to rescue a cow which had gotten stuck in a river.

THE LATEST round of overnight closures for the A31 at Ringwood have been revealed with construction of the new bridges set to start.

A BOURNEMOUTH couple have been fundraising to bring two street dogs to safety with a loving family in the UK.

CONCERN has arisen over the future of a communal vegetable patch in Churchill Gardens, Boscombe.

OVER 100 sausage dogs are expected at a Dachshund Pop Up Cafe in Bournemouth this weekend.

That's one way to beat the ferry queues to France!

Details on the cases of eight people which have recently been dealt with at Poole Magistrates' Court.

ZIZZI Bournemouth has reopened its doors in the town centre, following a major refurbishment.

Intense heat is expected to hit in nine of Spain’s provinces this week, with temperatures set to rise above 42C

Married couples or people in civil partnerships can share their personal tax allowances.

Users will now be able to choose how they listen to music with a new feature.

A GROUP of Bournemouth DJs are set to host an exclusive music festival this weekend.

A NEW forum bringing headteachers from across the conurbation’s schools is set to launch in the autumn.

YELLOW Buses will reduce some routes to a Saturday service from today.

FIREWORKS will light up the skies over Bournemouth once again when a summer spectacular returns this week.

A MAN has been sentenced by the courts for assaulting two women and committing criminal damage at a seafront bar in Bournemouth.

THOUSANDS of people spent the weekend jammin’ in Kings Park in Boscombe at a reggae festival.

THE UK’s hordes of “zombie” businesses need access to specialist help rather than being left to fail, an insolvency professional has said.

I WAS amused to read that Morebus management are ‘sorry’ to learn that Yellow Buses has gone into administration.

Before the Bournemouth Air Festival became an annual event the RAF Red Arrows would put on a display centred over Bournemouth Pier once a year.

A new interactive map has revealed the most famous person to come from Bournemouth - but do you agree with the data?

Rebekah Vardy has said she believes she is suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder after losing the high-profile so-called “Wagatha Christie” legal battle.

The “big four” supermarkets – Tesco, Asda, Morrisons and Sainsbury’s – have been facing criticism for failing to reduce their prices

The Premier League returns this weekend after the EFL and SPL got underway last week.

MOTORISTS are facing long delays on the A31 this evening due a road sweeper reportedly being on its side and blocking a lane.

THE OWNER of a bar in Bournemouth has hit out at a man who broke into his business and allegedly caused more than £2,000 worth of damage.

YELLOW Buses will be reducing some services as of tomorrow (Wednesday, August 3).

THE letter sent by a government minister to all councils over changes to finacial practices after he blocked BCP Council's controversial beach hut sell off plan has been published.

BCP COUNCIL handed out ZERO fines for littering offences for the past 12 months, the Daily Echo can reveal.

A NEW beach restaurant has opened on the seafront for one month only.

VISITORS have been banned from entering a flat in Bournemouth town centre in an attempt to prevent “serious drug related anti-social behaviour”.

A WEST Parley man, who came to accept his own death after being told a 10-kilo tumour was terminal, has made a miraculous recovery after a life-saving operation.

RISHI Sunak bought his campaign to become the next Prime Minister to Dorset as he tried to bolster his chances in the leadership contest against with Liz Truss.

THE blocking of BCP Council’s plan to sell off thousands of beach huts by a government minister has been labelled “hugely embarrassing” by the former leader of the local authority.

A sewage tanker has crashed in Weymouth.

FIRE crews rushed to a blaze in a skip which destroyed 100 per cent of its contents.

A VICTORIAN travelling photographer’s studio is looking for a new home when it goes under the gavel at auction in Dorset.

A FORMER Argos store at a Bournemouth retail park could return to use as a frozen food store and coffee shop.