A CARPENTER “on the verge of becoming a semi-professional boxer” has avoided an immediate jail sentence for a one punch attack in Southbourne last year.

CIVIC leaders have issued a call to action – in a bid to make women feel safer across the conurbation.

CONTROVERSIAL plans to build hundreds of homes on former green belt land north of Poole have been approved.

AMENDED plans to build homes on the car park of a Christchurch pub have been recommended for refusal.

RESIDENTS have called for a postbox to be reinstated in Poole so elderly people aren't forced to walk up and down one of the steepest hills in town.

HOMES and businesses in Dorset with sluggish broadband could be set to experience a major upgrade under a £5billion project.

A PUBLIC appeal has been launched to help find a man police are "very concerned" for after he went missing in East Dorset.

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EASYJET has announced two new routes from Bournemouth Airport this summer.

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THE verdict on whether the sentence of killer former Dorset Police officer Timothy Brehmer will be reduced or extended will be handed down on Friday.

THE Blue Pool attraction in Purbeck is set to reopen at the end of this month.

A SIX-month-old baby died suddenly after playing with his siblings at his Bournemouth home, an inquest heard.

THE Dorset coast has been mapped as part of a project to help develop sustainable aquaculture.

MEMBERS of the public are urged to be aware of a suspicious vehicle seen in the Purbeck area.

THE main work to build a new bridge over a former railway line in the New Forest will begin in August.

PLANS to widen and improve a busy route through the New Forest have moved another step forward.

Here's how you can get a Big Mac and fries for just £1.99 every time.

There’s no doubt that competition runs high each time these two teams clash.

Bournemouth bride Nicolle Brock was one of the very last people to marry before the UK first went into lockdown.

VIRTUAL job interviews could be here to stay, with the world of recruitment changed forever by the pandemic, it is claimed.

THE large sign telling residents 'These Days Will Pass' has been attracting attention in Bournemouth town centre.

IN THE early 1980s I counted myself very fortunate to have moved into a home near a high street with all the shops and services anyone could want.

CIVIC chiefs have agreed to forge ahead with £3.5million improvements to transport infrastructure across the conurbation.

A MONTH-long series of events celebrating Wimborne businesses is to go online this year.

HERE are six amazing pictures taken by members of the Echo Camera Club.

When asked which fashion stores we miss from our high street from back in the day C&A would be up on the list.

WHEN I read the article in the Echo that the BCP Council were due to consider a motion that the use of male universals (whatever that is ) and reference to peoples sex or gender should be scrapped I was reminded of the classic episode of Only Fool...

BLUE Cross is concerned about the increase in people using their pets as props to boost their social media presence.

WE SEE many articles and comments about shared walking and cycling spaces in the Echo.

CONCERNS have been raised over plans to convert 30 acres of farmland in Talbot Village into a publicly-accessible park.

A MOTORCYCLIST has died at the scene of a crash near Wimborne.

AN OFFENDER who admitted a drug supply charge on the first day of a criminal trial has avoided a prison sentence.

A CAT sustained severe facial injuries after being shot with a ball bearing which was found embedded in the centre of his face.

YOU might imagine that releasing a piece of farmland for use by the public would go down pretty well locally.

THE future of a popular outdoor education centre is in doubt due to “ongoing financial losses” and lack of investment.

HEARTWARMING stories of sacrifice and support have been flooding into the Bournemouth Echo following the launch of the Dorset Hero Awards.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson will lead a Downing Street press conference on coronavirus this afternoon.

A BRAND-new touring festival dedicated to film and food will visit Bournemouth this summer.

FEWER than 30 coronavirus cases were confirmed in Dorset over the last 24 hours, latest figures show.

MORE than 86,000 people under the age of 55 have received the first dose of the Covid-19 vaccine.

ONLY ONE new coronavirus death has been recorded in Dorset hospitals in the latest 24 hour period, figures reveal.