EX-COUNCIL leader Vikki Slade has spoken out against BCP’s handling of parking and tourism during the conurbation’s busiest weekends.

A CHEERLEADING team has defended plans for a national contest to go ahead at the BIC next month – which will see the vaccination programme there suspended.

NEW powers to clamp down on alcohol-related anti-social behaviour have been approved by BCP Council.

STUDENTS at four schools in Wimborne are isolating after confirmed Covid cases.

A ROGUE animal trader jailed for putting the UK's rabies-free status at risk has been given a further sentence after failing to pay a previous fine.

HOMEBUYERS in Dorset are being hit by "scandalous" delays in the conveyancing process caused by a Dorset Council backlog in dealing with 'Local Search' requests.

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DOGS bought over lockdown could be at risk from the deadly parasite lungworm, warn vets.

CHERRIES are set to kick-off their 2021-22 Championship campaign at home to West Bromwich Albion.

Hopes of a creating a National Park in Dorset have been dashed after the county was left out of a Government announcement.

Take a look at the spectacular supermoon pictures sent in by our Camera Club.

Driver stopped by police in Bear Cross for speeding.

A SIGNAL fault is causing delays this morning, Thursday, June 24, for commuters.

IF YOU think beauty pageants are just for girls, think again.

A CAMPAIGN has been launched to save an art gallery in Christchurch and preserve it for future artists and art enthusiasts.

HIGHCLIFFE Castle is opening an exciting new attraction for visitors to experience this summer.

FIREFIGHTERS have completed 1,590 shifts driving emergency ambulances in support of South Western Ambulance Service during the pandemic.

SWEEPING changes are underway at Dorset Council's planning department in response to a sharp rise in applications.

TODAY we introduce another darling group of newborn babies.

After more than eighty years, major independent furniture and homeware retailer Sturtons and Tappers will shortly close the doors of its landmark Wimborne shop for the final time and focus entirely on the Winton branch.

ON SATURDAY, the Bournemouth Echo published an article where I am quoted as saying the BCP Council planning function is “not very good” at a meeting of the Highcliffe and Walkford Parish Council.

CHRISTCHURCH based business Taylor Made Designs has ventured into the leisure industry following the acquisition of Blu Leisure.

A YOUNG sailor from Bournemouth, who suffered a brain injury and was told he might never sail again, is back on the water and now training to become an instructor.

A POOLE teaching assistant has won a Silver Award in The Award for Teaching Assistant of the Year out of thousands of national nominations.

A FERNDOWN Upper School teacher has been honoured as one of 102 Pearson National Teaching Silver Award winners across the country.

STUDENTS from Linwood School have been campaigning to solve the problem of litter in West Howe inside and outside of the school building.

A CHARITY is challenging young people across Dorset to turn off their phones for 24 hours to raise money for Childhood Cancer Awareness Month.

Danny Howe of the Echo Camera Club posted a wonderful selection of images taken recently at Stour Meadows in Blandford Forum including this lovely image of the River Stour.

IT IS beyond comprehension that all our councils in 2016 wholesale opposed Navitus wind farm, yet have nothing to say when a dozen massively polluting cruise ships park a mile or two off-shore Dorset.

IF YOU fall for wind power to replace fossil fuels for your electrical generation you need your brains tested.

I AM concerned that a serious accident is going to happen in my road due to the ignorant school run drivers from Talbot Primary school, they are ignoring the fact that it is a two-way road and driving away from the school on both sides of the road at...

THE speed limit on a stretch of Wallisdown Road in Bournemouth is set to be reduced to 30mph as part of ongoing improvement works.

MORE than 110 new coronavirus cases have been recorded across Dorset within the last 24-hour period, according to the latest statistics.

THE MOST scientifically robust survey of litter in the UK has revealed the scale of rubbish on Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole beaches.

POLICE were called to a school in Bournemouth after receiving reports of vehicles parking on double yellow lines and a mini roundabout.

THIRTY students from a Dorset primary school are isolating after one confirmed Covid case.

THE CORONER for Dorset is seeking the assistance of the public to find the next of kin for a woman who died last week in Wimborne.

A BRANCH of Lloyd's bank in Bournemouth is to close as part of nationwide restructuring plans, putting local jobs at risk.

POLICE investigating the theft of a bike from a restaurant in Christchurch have issued a CCTV image of a man they would like to identify.

Public Health England has confirmed 169 cases of the new strain have been detected since the first positive case was identified on May 21.

FOOTBALL MANAGER Harry Redknapp and his wife Sandra’s new mansion has been completed in Branksome Park.

CRUISE ships moored off the Dorset coast have 'scarred' and 'destroyed' the seabed, causing 'very significant damage', a new report has found.

NEIL Middleditch insisted he would be going all out to add to his bulging silverware cabinet at Pirates and added: “We want to win as many trophies as we can.”

A MAN who stole a collection box and committed a burglary has been sentenced to 32 weeks in prison.

CHERRIES are reportedly keen to confirm Scott Parker as their new manager “by this weekend” according to the Evening Standard.

POLICE have released a CCTV image of a man they want to speak to in connection with the theft of a bicycle from Poole bus station.

A MYSTERY man, known only as Mr B from Bournemouth, has won £10,000 a month for a year on The National Lottery.

A DONKEY foal has been killed in a hit and run incident in the New Forest.

The research analysed Freedom of Information data on the number of dog thefts people have reported in the last five years.

THE Adam Practice has now delivered more than 50,000 Covid vaccines at the Port of Poole.