THE burglary of a doctor's home in Poole left her so shaken she was forced to cancel surgeries for cancer patients which were due to take place the following day.

A POPULAR family-run coffee and branch bar has announced it will be closing its doors this weekend.

BCP Council has taken the decision to close Bournemouth Indoor Bowls Club which residents say will ‘take a toll’ on elderly residents who use the centre to keep fit and enjoy other’s company.

COUNCIL chiefs have been accused of delivering “another nail in the coffin” for town centre retailers by scrapping the traditional free parking dates for Christmas shoppers.

THE financial pressures facing BCP Council must not impact on the work being done to address the problems in the authority’s children’s services.

INSPECTORS have found steady and concerted progress is being made in addressing BCP Council’s failing children’s services – but concern remains over lingering challenges from local government reorganisation.

A MAN in his 60s was shoved and pushed against a wall in a Bournemouth underpass.

RESIDENTS at retirement flats in Bournemouth have been left without running water for more than four days.

CHRISTMAS is set for its brightest showing yet across the south coast this winter with light festivals set to illuminate the BCP region and beyond.

MORE than £80,000 worth of stolen plant machinery has been recovered.

FLOOD gates have been closed at Christchurch Harbour as an alert has been issued over flooding.

THE operator of Bournemouth’s council-owned leisure and entertainment venues is profitable again after its £2.5million loss in the wake of Covid.

CHERRIES booked their place in the fourth round of this season’s Carabao Cup after a 4-1 victory over Everton at Vitality Stadium.

STORMY weather conditions mean the Sandbanks Ferry has still not left Poole for its planned maintenance works.

With over a hundred years of history, we have 15 nostalgic postcards of Poole High Street that you will love to see.

POLICE are investigating a spate of scams to obtain phones, a watch, camera and an iPad across Dorset.

MIRACLE Cafe in Boscombe will open its doors to the public on November 8 as well as provide assistance to those in our community who are most "disaffected."

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

A THORNBACK Ray washed up on Sandbanks with its wings cut off prompted a large response on social media.

THOUSANDS of tonnes of salt are stocked and crews are on-call ready to grit Dorset’s roads so drivers can keep travelling this winter.

A WOMAN has suffered potentially life-threatening injuries following a crash in Bournemouth.

DORSET employers including Hobbycraft, Julia’s House and Rick Stein have been named among the UK’s best companies to work for.

Greggs has launched their Christmas menu for 2022.

Matt Hancock, alongside comedian Seann Walsh, Hancock will enter the I'm a Celeb jungle on Wednesday and take part in the next Bushtucker Trial

MUCH of Netflix's The Crown takes place at Balmoral Castle in Aberdeenshire ...

The Money Saving Expert founder was speaking on his ITV The Martin Lewis Money Show on Tuesday.

Costa Coffee is offering a regular drink for only £1 for two days this month and here's how you can get the discount.

The National Trust's Stourhead in full autumnal colour. Picture: Mark Parris Photography

THE full letter on Ofsted's second monitoring visit of BCP Council's children's services has been published.

THE independent advisor for BCP Council's children's services has written his first report to the local authority.

EMERGENCY services have issued an updated statement after a ‘huge’ search for a person reported missing in the sea this morning.

A CAR was washed down a river in rural Dorset while a motorist tried to cross a ford.

PLANS for four 4-bed homes on a plot at Burnbake Road, Verwood have been turned down by Dorset Council.

A JOLLY Santa fun run is coming to Poole, organised by Naomi House & Jacksplace, the new festive event will raise money for the charity.

South Yorkshire Police confirmed three vehicles containing props were broken into in Doncaster.

A MAN has been arrested by police investigating two robberies and an assault in the Ringwood area.

NO free Christmas parking will be laid on to support hard-pressed traders and shoppers in the BCP area this festive season.

A crash has closed Poole Road in Westbourne.

Police, coastguard and RNLI seen at Boscombe Pier as part of a search.

TWO POLICE officers have been struck by a car whilst dealing with a crash on the motorway.

There are delays on the A31 due to a possible incident on the eastbound carriageway.

Hancock, 44, is being sent into the jungle early alongside fellow latecomer Sean Walsh hours after Olivia Attwood was forced to quit the show early.

A well-known pub in the New Forest has temporarily closed its doors.

A MUCH-loved discount home goods store is to close its doors after more than half a century of trading.

BCP Council will not provide free parking for shoppers this Christmas in town centres.

A FLIGHT school based at Bournemouth Airport for more than 20 years has ceased trading.

NUMEROUS roads in Poole around the Quay and High Street will be closed throughout the festive period ahead of the town’s first light festival.

Bill Treacher, the actor who played Arthur Fowler in BBC's EastEnders, has passed away at the age of 92.

Emergency services are responding to a crash in The Avenue, Poole, involving a van and a motorbike.

Live traffic updates on the A31 in the New Forest following reports of an incident blocking a lane westbound.