MASS tree felling at a well-loved Dorset heathland has been branded “awful” by concerned residents.

A MAN aged in his 60s died after a crash involving a car and a parked vehicle in Burton near Christchurch on Monday afternoon.

A HUNT is underway to reclaim three motocross bikes stolen from a garden shed by hooded thieves, leaving the owners “devastated”.

A POPULAR Italian restaurant in Christchurch is preparing to re-open its doors to customers.

MOTORISTS are facing up to 10 weeks of disruption as a part of Wallisdown Road is to close to make way for a new cycle lane.

MOREBUS suspended services at a Poole estate on Monday evening after ‘youths threw object at buses.’

SELLING assets, concerns over schools funding deficit and a potential council tax rise.

AN investigation has been launched over the “unexplained” death of a woman in Poole.

REVISED plans to increase the number of flats in an already under-construction block at a former pub site in Poole have been approved.

Dorset County Hospital Trust was caring for 24 coronavirus patients in hospital as of Tuesday, figures show.

POLICE are searching for a missing woman from Wimborne who was last seen at a Dorset hospital.

AN ELECTRIC motors manufacturer has been prosecuted after an employee’s finger was severed at their Bournemouth headquarters.

IN JULY, my wife and I visited the Bournemouth area and on one day, we went to Solent Beach.

THE owner of a café in Westbourne was left “surprised” when a former Premier League football manager came in for a coffee.

WITH the cost-of-living skyrocketing, more households are being forced to find new ways to survive.

A CHINESE restaurant fuelled by one family’s passion- Dragon Palace is Trader of the Week.

The expanded Home Bargains store in Christchurch will open next month.

There are delays throughout Christchurch this morning as the first morning of the Barrack Road works bites.

A CHURCH centre, described as “no longer financially viable”, could be demolished and replaced by new homes to help fund a main church transformation.

A BOURNEMOUTH woman has spoken out about her experience with leukaemia and how she owes her life to a previously anonymous stem cell donor.

Myra's Kaiseki was included in the Tripadvisor 2022 restaurant awards

THE FUTURE of Poole Town FC and their search for a new home could be decided next year as BCP Council continues “meaningful engagement” with the club.

LUCIOUS green grass has finally returned to parks and open spaces across Bournemouth, Christchurch, and Poole.

With the announcement that the currency featuring the late monarch and her son will co-circulate.

JD Wetherspoon said it was a “commercial decision”

Blue Cross offers advice for dog owners whose dogs might come across and eat conkers this autumn.

As supermarket giant Tesco has announced they are holding auditions in a bid for a member of the public to become the new voice of their checkout.

A BOURNEMOUTH care home resident has shared her secret to living a long life after reaching a landmark birthday.

CHRISTMAS is set to become even more merry and bright at Kingston Lacy this year.

A renowned explored, once dubbed ‘Dorset’s own Indiana Jones’ is to release a book charting his expeditions.

CALLING all Dancing Queens and Super Troupers.

BAKE Off star Prue Leith will bring her first ever live tour to Poole next year.

A MORTGAGE adviser has accused the government of “reckless” announcements affecting millions of people who can barely afford a rise in interest rates.

BUSINESS activity in the region has fallen for the first time in 18 months amid rising costs and a drop in new orders.

Ponies at Christchurch Harbour taken by David John Faulkner.

Coins and banknotes featuring King Charles III and Queen Elizabeth II will co-circulate, with old coins remaining legal tender

King Charles III’s new cypher has been revealed ahead of the official period of royal mourning ending.

The Royal Mail has announced that four stamps that feature portraits of Queen Elizabeth II will be released in her memory.

A ROAD closure to install a cycle lane on a major Poole road is set to take place next month and could last until near Christmas.

WHETHER it is a weekly Parkrun or just a trip round the block, thousands of runners across the nation get out for their Saturday morning run.

Road users face five days of disruption from today as major work to repair a leaking main takes place in Christchurch.

AROUND £300 worth of goods were stolen from a Tesco store in Poole.

Police have released more details about a crash in Alder

THE family of a terminally ill mother are working tirelessly to raise money in order to make the time she has left as special as possible.

SEVERAL upcoming overnight closures have been announced for the A31 at Ringwood as completion of the major bridge replacement project draws nearer.

SCORES of children are being placed in care miles away from there family by BCP Council’s social services.

A REWARD of up to £5,000 is being offered to anyone with information that could help locate a stolen family heirloom watch.

FOUR large groynes split either side of Bournemouth Pier are to be replaced as part of a £33m government investment to help prevent coastline erosion.

A postman who broke his foot when a terrified woman pushed him off a ladder as he tried to climb into a bedroom to steal underwear has been jailed.

A MAN has been charged in connection with an alleged indecent exposure incident in Bournemouth over the summer.