FINAL designs for the four “cycle corridors” funded through the £100 million Transforming Cities programme have been published.

THERE are 18 areas in Dorset which have reported no coronavirus clusters according to the latest statistics – as Covid-19 cases decrease accross the county.

A COMMUNITY orchard, planted over a nine year period and enjoyed throughout lockdown, has been ransacked by 'mindless' vandals.

A MAN spat at a police officer, told him "now you have got Covid" and proceeded to repeatedly cough at him.

COASTGUARD and lifeboat crews were called out to reports of a red flare sighting.

JOIN the Daily Echo on a trip back to the 1980s with the help of pictures showing Bournemouth as it was compared to now.

MORE than 1,100 Covid fines have been issued by Dorset Police since the pandemic began, new figures show.

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A hunt is under way to locate one of the first people in the UK believed to have contracted the Manaus variant of coronavirus, a new strain that may spread more rapidly and respond less well to existing vaccines.

HMRC’s new VAT domestic reverse charge for building and construction services comes into effect from 1st March 2021.

Major Dorset employers such as JP Morgan, Lush and Siemens warned of the consequences of a vote to leave the European Union. But are their fears coming true?

The new figures reveal the most desirable places to live in the county.

A BOURNEMOUTH imam is encouraging people to get their Covid-19 vaccination after opening a new drop-in centre at Bournemouth Central Mosque.

LGBT+ people across the South West are being urged to explore adoption as a potential parenting route as a part of a national campaign launched this week.

THREE new council houses built on a former garage block site in Bournemouth will be handed to tenants next week.

DORSET Council is uncertain whether it will be able to collect around £13m in unpaid council tax and business rate – with just weeks until the end of the financial year.

A WIMBORNE based charity which supports blood cancer patients and their families in Dorset and Hampshire is celebrating its 15-year anniversary.

DORSET Council is calling for people to become foster carers

A PROPERTY business founded in Bournemouth 35 years ago has merged with one of the biggest independents in the sector.

AN INDEPENDENT charity-run school based in Southbourne has a received a donation from J.P. Morgan to help provide educational support during the ongoing pandemic.

AFTER the folly of the painted road art in Poole, I now see alongside it is being erected what one can only describe as stainless-steel metal poles, literally curved at all angles, on top of which is a metal bird.

VOLUNTARY groups and charities helping communities recover from the Covid-19 pandemic have been boosted with grants through a partnership between Wessex Water and Dorset Community Foundation.

A SERIOUS collision between two motorcycles has shut a town centre road.

Officials have identified the first UK cases of a new variant of coronavirus.

No coronavirus deaths have been recorded in Dorset hospitals in the last 24 hours.

FEWER than 70 coronavirus cases were confirmed in Dorset over the last 24 hours, latest figures show.

DORSET Police launched appeals for witnesses this week in relation to a range of crimes across the county including a hate crime, a burglary and a serious crash.

MORE THAN 20 million people in the UK have now been given their first dose of a coronavirus vaccine, the Government has said.

FIREFIGHTERS were called to address in Poole after reports of a chimney fire.

A LOCAL man is fighting for his life after he was airlifted to hospital following a serious crash in Weymouth.