A COUPLE has been the victim of a “horrible” burglary in which thieves stole a statue which is a commemoration to their son who died aged just 18.

AN ATTEMPT to extend the sentence of a man who touched a child sexually when they had gone swimming in the sea at Boscombe has failed.

BOURNEMOUTH is set to get its first ibis Styles hotel as Nq2, with Oceana Hotels, has taken joint ownership of the Hotel Royale.

POLICE who stopped a tractor and trailer with no registration plate discovered people travelling in the back.

POLICE were called to reports of anti-social jet ski riders at Sandbanks.

DELAYS are expected when major drainage works get under way in Wimborne tomorrow.

A HOUSING association is hoping a closure order secured against a Dorset address will provide "respite" for residents.

A FORMER policeman died from a bleed on the brain after suffering two falls - one of them from his hospital bed.

AN awareness campaign to encourage women to talk to their GP about ovarian cancer ran throughout December.

TODAY IN Westbourne I watched a woman park her car on double yellow lines on a corner of a busy Seamoor Road. She then went in a queue to a child s clothing shop.

THE decision by BCP Council to allow and supply e-scooters for use in the conurbation may be a good idea for the users but will be a nightmare for the pedestrians and other users of the pavements.

DO you remember how Bournemouth looked in 1986 and 1987?

DORSET has been named among the top places for a staycation in 2021, as holidaymakers face not being travel abroad due to travel restrictions.

A founder of one of the UK’s most successful home working franchise travel companies has died at the age of just 46.

THE roll out of the coronavirus vaccines has reached a "proud milestone" with the launch of jabs at Royal Bournemouth Hospital – with similar efforts to begin at Poole Hospital imminently.

JUNIOR Stanislas continued his impressive scoring run as Cherries started 2021 with a 1-0 victory at Stoke.

HIGHWAY chiefs are being urged to halt the “carnage” occurring in the New Forest after an horrific accident in which four ponies were killed.

NEARLY 700 new cases of coronavirus have been recorded in Dorset and the New Forest in the last 24 hours.

A NUMBER of sex offenders in Dorset have been convicted this year for indecent offences in 2020.

TWO more coronavirus deaths have been recorded in hospitals in Dorset in the last 24 hours, bringing the total to 341.

POLICE seized a car for being in a dangerous condition because its brake lights were not working.

WALK-IN testing facilities in Poole and Christchurch will be available to residents every day from mid-January.

A MAN who had nearly 4,000 indecent still and moving images of children on his laptop and tablet has avoided a jail sentence.

Live coverage of Cherries’ trip to Stoke City in the Championship.

LOCALS have slammed an ‘irresponsible’ large gathering of people who played loud music and huddled together on a Dorset beach on New Year’s Eve.

Teaching unions say delaying the return of all schools in England is ‘the only sensible and credible option’.

New rules have been announced for major UK supermarkets in the UK.

A MAN who broke a hoover and attacked another man must pay more than £1,200 in costs and fines.

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POLICE stopped a driver after seeing him overtake a cyclist "far too close."

VOLUNTEERS are needed to help speed up the coronavirus vaccination programme in Dorset.

Already asking yourself when the next bank holiday will be? Here's everything you need to know.

NEARLY a third of close contacts of people with coronavirus are not being reached by the test and trace system across Dorset, figures suggest.

A MASS of tyre tracks were left behind on Hyde Common causing damage to the land.

THE hunt is on for five big winners yet to claim their National Lottery festive fortunes, including two £1 million prizes.

A DRIVER could be fined up to £1,000 after allegedly failing to comply with a Stop sign at a notorious accident blackspot.

A POPULAR tourist attraction has closed its doors, despite still being allowed to open in new Tier 3 Covid restrictions - as bosses revealed staff had been ‘abused’ by visitors wanting to travel from Tier 4 zones.

As landmark BBC series A Perfect Planet prepares to air this New Year, we learn more from broadcasting veteran Sir David Attenborough.

AS SAID in the Echo letter 30th December, the more you look into the magic trade deal the more you see how much we have lost.

Happy New Year to you all.

FOUR people in Wimborne are celebrating after winning £1,000 each thanks to their postcode.

THESE pictures show clubbers in Dorset in the 1990s.