A DEDICATED and popular hospital porter has died from coronavirus.

Last summer saw thousands of visitors flock to Dorset beaches which ended up being declaring as a major incident - but how will prevent that in 2021?

A Bournemouth University student was shocked to find a 'pungent' bottle of urine in his Hello Fresh order.

A DRUG addict left a vulnerable man with head injuries during a nine-month offending spree involving “joyriding”, shoplifting and burglary.

Families across Dorset have been telling us the schools and teachers that they believe have gone above and beyond throughout the pandemic.

THE public car park outside Waitrose in Christchurch could be sold to the supermarket’s landlord in an effort to keep the chain in the town.

EIGHT new top-of-the-range CCTV cameras will be installed in Bournemouth in a bid to stop criminal behaviour.

APPOINTMENTS for second Covid vaccinations may be changed for some patients due to changes in supply dates.

FLYTIPPERS have again dumped waste in a lane near Sainsbury's in Christchurch.

FRAUDSTERS posing as police officers are targeting north Dorset residents to steal cash.

SPEEDING motorists were stopped and given advice following checks carried out by police in Poole.

The Prime Minister said a “wretched year would give way to a spring and a summer that will be very different and incomparably better”.

The presence of salmonella make these products a health risk and customers are advised to return the product.

SOUTH Dorset MP Richard Drax said he believes Boris Johnson’s roadmap out of lockdown is too cautious for businesses ‘already clinging on to survival by their eyelashes’.

TWO Dorset town councillors who are claimed to have insulted colleagues will face a code of conduct hearing this week.

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WORK has started to remove the steel canopy from outside The Arcade in Bournemouth town centre.

MORE than 200 people who are homeless, rough sleeping, or have been temporarily housed will receive the Covid vaccine in Bournemouth.

RESIDENTS in Poole have claimed that no maintenance work has been done to their local park, despite the council beginning improvements more than two years ago.

COUNCILLORS went against the recommendation of planning officers on Thursday, approving a seven-storey blocks of flats in Bournemouth town centre.

Matt Betteride owner of Sobo Fish in Southbourne has weathered the covid storm to keep his business buoyant during the pandemic.

PRE-diabetes is a condition in which blood sugars are above the norm, yet not high enough to constitute actual diabetes.

THE main opposition group on BCP Council will put a greater focus on green projects and social care through its budget amendment proposals at Tuesday's full council meeting, it said.

COLUMNIST and counsellor Fiona Caine answers another set of reader dilemmas.

A WOMAN has been found guilty of driving a car without due care and attention at a Bournemouth retail park.

IF POOLE is serious about recovering from Covid as a town, we need full time, 24/7 paid security guards at the bus station.

HUNDREDS of patients with suspected breast cancer were not seen on time at a Dorset Trust in December, figures show.

BOURNEMOUTH beach has been named fifth best-rated beach in Europe and 20 in the world by Tripadvisor awards.

HERE are six gorgeous photos by members of the Echo Camera Club.

Contemplation at the beach by a foggy Boscombe pier captured by Echo Camera club member Nicky Wicks.

CHERRIES have taken a bold decision to appoint Johnathon Woodgate as caretaker manager until the end of season.

WHEN Bliss was founded in 1979 by a group of parents, our objective as a charity was set out “to support the life of babies in distress at birth”, and since our foundation we have always sought to deliver this for all babies admitted to neonat...

EVERY winter for the 20 years or so prior to the start of the Covid pandemic, I would contract three or four nasty colds (never flu – thanks to the annual jab) which would leave me with a persistent debilitating cough that would last for several...

THE prime minister has revealed his roadmap to guide England out of lockdown restrictions and back to normality.

Boris Johnson said the road map will “guide us cautiously but irreversibly towards reclaiming our freedoms”.

A four-stage plan could see England’s coronavirus restrictions finally lifted by June 21, Boris Johnson has announced.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson has released his road map out of lockdown and here's what we'll be able to do by summer (hopefully):

PRIME minister Boris Johnson has announced his roadmap to ease coronavirus restrictions across England.

SANDBANKS resident Harry Redknapp could join the cast of Eastenders, it is being reported.

EMERGENCY services were alerted following the sudden death of a man in Poole.

FOUR men have been reported for a "blatant" breach of Covid restrictions after a party in a Bournemouth restaurant.