ILLEGAL drug use and anti-social behaviour has led to a Boscombe house being closed by the courts.

THE home of Bournemouth’s House of Fraser store is on the market for around £5million.

“FRESH and unique” restaurants are being sought as part of BCP Council’s pop-up beach plans for the summer.

DALKEITH Steps in Old Christchurch Road has been the centre of controversy in recent weeks, but issues with the area have been prominent for many years.

A MAN who continued to be involved in the supply of heroin and cocaine in Bournemouth while on bail has been jailed for eight years.

POUNDLAND is bringing its chilled and frozen food aisle to Dorset after its success in trials in other parts of the country.

COVID case rates in the Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole area have risen slightly, according to the last weekly data.

POLICE are hunting the driver of a vintage Land Rover after a hit-and-run crash which left a motorcyclist in hospital.

A DRUNK male got stuck on the cliff after avoiding the zig zag path and attempting to climb up instead.

THIEVES continue to target vehicles across Dorset and the New Forest to steal thousands of pounds worth of catalytic converters.

COASTGUARD teams had to 'shepherd' members of public to safety after further cliff falls occurred on Seatown Beach.

PLANS for a new Home Bargains branch in Dorset which would create 60 jobs have taken a step forward after a town council recommended its approval.

The move comes as part of a new government-backed scheme unveiled by Chancellor Rishi Sunak in the 2021 Budget announcement. 

POLICE are patrolling schools to check for parking issues as children return to the classroom after the Easter break.

The law comes from 19th Century legislation but remains available to the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) to this day.

THE backlog in crown court cases has been described as “really unfair” for victims of crime and the wrongly accused, according to a leading barrister for the region.

SENIOR councillors have given the green light to buy back the lease for the Bournemouth Indoor Bowls Centre at King’s Park.

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COUNCIL leaders in Dorset have called for jail time for the 'worst offenders' of fly-tipping - as it emerged it cost taxpayers more than £60,000 to clean up in less than a year.

PLANS ARE well underway for Christchurch’s festive Living Advent Calendar event in December 2021 – an event which had to be postponed from last year owing to the Covid-19 pandemic.

INDEPENDENT art sellers say they have become increasingly frustrated at not being able to reopen in Bournemouth Gardens, claiming the council are making them wait until the end of May.

AFTER A brief four-week comeback last December, the Regent Centre is announcing their re-opening plans with a 2021 BAFTA and Golden Globe winning line up of films from June 4 and the return of live shows from July 29.

BOURNEMOUTH’S beaches could see pop-up restaurants and bars make an appearance this summer.

Classical music star Andreas Ottensamer makes his UK conducting debut on Wednesday with the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra.

Over the past week its value as rocketed by as much as 550% which made it more valuable than banks including Barclays and Lloyds as of last Friday.

THEY are the organisation that offers unique and exciting artisan produce. And they haven’t let Covid get in their way!

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

COLLECTIVELY, we breathed a sigh of relief when the Covid vaccination programmes commenced.

Harts of Stur is an independent, fourth-generation family business based in North Dorset.

THE Dorset-based operator of some of the world’s biggest visitor attractions is among the businesses calling on the government to stick to the current plan for easing lockdown.

A RINGWOOD woman with 13 children has won the Bournemouth Daily Echo’s Mother’s Day photo competition.

REFLECTING on Christine Thackray’s letter (April 14) on the demise of Bournemouth’s Winter Gardens, I also recall the much-loved heart beat of this venue – more than an orchestral hall.

AN ONLINE social group has been set up for single Dorset residents to tackle loneliness amid the coronavirus pandemic.

THE FOUNDER of an afro-Caribbean events planner is excited for the return of normality after being unable to host events during the pandemic.

We have had some stunning sunsets recently, here Sarah Belles of the Echo Camera Club captured a beauty at the White Mill bridge over the River Stour at Sturminster Marshall.

I REALLY do not understand why football (professional, that is) is referred to as ‘the Beautiful Game’ – when it has become less of a game and more a group of (often foreign owned) money-making machines.

I READ the concerns now that some Ringwood councillors are now worried that the slip road at the main roundabout (A31) will be closed whilst works are to be carried out to provide an extra lane, towards the Bournemouth Spur Road at Ashley Heath.

I AM disappointed BCP Council has not informed us of the risks of locating a waste incinerator at West Parley.

COUNCIL plans to build more than 100, mostly affordable, flats and an emergency family homeless hostel in Bournemouth have been recommended for approval.

A “MONSTER” domestic abuser who tried to crawl back to his ex-partner threatened to kill her and their baby daughter.

A MAN has been jailed after being found guilty of child sex offences.

A MAN knocked unconscious in a fight in a Wetherspoons pub beer garden has been discharged from hospital.