DORSET Police’s chief constable is urging visitors not to travel to the county as new statistics show more than three quarters of fines issued by the force for lockdown Covid breaches have been to non-Dorset residents.

A BOURNEMOUTH woman is looking to raise money for staff at Royal Bournemouth Hospital’s intensive care unit after helping her mother overcome the Covid-19 virus.

A NEW corner shop can be opened in Broadstone after being granted a licence by BCP Council, despite neighbours’ concerns.

A PLANNED development of hundreds of homes in the New Forest, which includes a pledge to make 50 per cent ‘affordable’, has been met by scores of objections.

WORK to improve Poole Hospital's emergency department is set to begin next week, health bosses say.

SENDING more people to mass vaccination hubs such as the BIC would help shorten waiting times for non-Covid treatments at GP clinic, an MP has insisted.

FIVE more schools have reported positive cases of coronavirus as they had towards the half term holiday.

VANDALS smashed a window at a scout hut in Wimborne's Redcotts Park.

POLICE fined a motorist after he travelled from his Hampshire home for nice views and fresh air during lockdown.

A RESIDENT needed first aid after a fire in a three-storey building.

SMOKING is believed to have caused a fire involving bedding and underlay in a Bournemouth flat.

A MAN was rescued from a first floor flat after seven fires engines were called in the early hours of this morning.

THE widow of a factory worker who died after exposure to asbestos is appealing for help from other people who worked in the same places.

MOTORISTS in Westbourne have been urged to report all vehicle crime, "however minor it may seem."

Schools and businesses have been shut in England since January 4 when it was placed under its third lockdown period.

Currently anyone who has passed a car and trailer test in an automatic car must sit another test in a manual car to upgrade their licence.

A GROUP of Conservatives rebels who voited against the Government's Covid regulations linked to house party fines and Test and Trace data sharing included MPs from Dorset and the New Forest.

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THE budget drawn up by BCP Council has passed its penultimate hurdle after being given unanimous approval by its cabinet on Wednesday.

A RESIDENT in Christchurch has been fined £130 from the police after painting a temporary zebra crossing on Chichester Way.

A FORMER teacher has been deemed to pose a significant risk to members of the public after he made arrangements to commit sexual acts on an ’11-year-old girl’.

A MULTI-STOREY car park in Bournemouth was cordoned off following a report of concrete blocks falling from the roof.

AN INDEPENDENT business in Ringwood have said that they have had a “really tough” time after their second break in since the start of the pandemic.

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Hundreds of vulnerable youngsters and children of key workers are self-isolating due to cases of coronavirus in schools across Bournemouth, Christchurch, Poole and the rest of Dorset.

SAY hello to these adorable babies bringing joy to proud new parents and excited siblings during the coronavirus pandemic and beyond.

A new BBC documentary about Stonehenge will be aired this week thanks to the strength of thirty pupils from a Dorset school.

OVERALL recorded crime in Dorset fell for the third quarter in a row, with a big reduction in drug offences across the county.

A POPULAR restaurant is extending its outside space to accommodate more diners while social distancing.

VALENTINE'S lights have been strung up in the Boscombe precinct ahead of Valentine's Day.

Don't know your squats from your deadlifts? This guide will help you out.

Ballard School has welcomed a new Deputy Head Academic with a vision of “blended learning”

Dorset Art prize is launched in a bid to boost well-being and creativity in Lockdown 3

I’M WRITING to ask (beg) BCP Council to seriously consider extending the summer ban on the use of bicycles and e-scooters from the promenade between Bournemouth Pier and Sandbanks from April to September, during the hours of 10am and 6pm.

Success for Canford pupils in external academic competitions

BRITONS have developed a taste for snails, with sales of the creatures soaring by 250 per cent in lockdown, according to a Dorset business.

Fantastic shot captured by Alexa Pereira of the Echo Camera Club of the grey seal at Christchurch Quay enjoying its lunch.

THE majority of fines for breaches of Covid regulations in Dorset during the national lockdowns have been issued to people who live outside the country.

THE Met Office has issued a snow warning for Dorset as the cold spell continues.