RESIDENTS might eventually be asked if they would back a BCP bid for city status for the area.

WESSEX Water will meet tomorrow with organisers behind a planned campaign against the water supply company, following sewage spills in local piers.

RESOURCES are being stepped-up across BCP after a girl was raped in the water off Bournemouth beach.

MORE than 500 parking fines were handed out by Dorset Council wardens over the last weekend as thousands flocked to the coast - and motorists are being warned they may be towed as they prepare for another influx this weekend.

A TEENAGER from Christchurch has been reunited with his phone after it has spent 16 hours on the sea floor off Bournemouth beach.

BOURNEMOUTH Airport has revealed the dates that we can expect to restart flying to a range of destinations across Europe. READ MORE:

A concerned resident with Asperger’s (now known as Autism Spectrum Disorder or ASD), who asked to remain anonymous, has shared their experiences of their time in St Ann’s hospital in Poole.

FORMULA E driver and current leader of the World Championship, Sam Bird, has backed plans for a ‘Monaco’ style eGrand Prix in Bournemouth, saying he saw no reason why the town couldn’t host an “amazing event”.

POOR road surfaces, dirty road signs and worn-out white lines all feature in calls to local councillors  – and according to some the situation is getting worse.

HUNDREDS more people were told to self-isolate by Test and across Dorset in the latest week, figures show.

SOUTHBOURNE coastguard were called to a number of incidents yesterday. READ MORE:

A DRIVER has been found not guilty of causing death by careless driving following a crash on the A35 in which a grandfather died.

Here's the forecast for Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole.

The new process will allow critical workers to carry on with their jobs even if identified as a contact of a coronavirus case.

NOT a single report of sexual violence was brought directly to Bournemouth University by students or staff over the past three years, according to the institution's own data.

ORIGINALLY built in 1866 for bricklayers working on a nearby church, our Pub of the Week now caters for the modern pub dweller - and boasts an outdoor bar and a speciality 'cheesy' menu.

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Little Moons ice cream truck coming to Bournemouth giving away free mochi. Read more:

Increase in Covid testing predicted at Bournemouth Airport ahead of holiday season. Read more:

TENS of thousands of vulnerable residents in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole are being advised not to meet friends and family inside, despite coronavirus lockdown rules coming to an end.

THIS week we have been transported to Japan as we peek over the garden fence into Mari Cox’s garden.

MORE than 100 pre-schoolers are cared for by substandard childminders and nurseries in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, figures show.

YELLOW Buses will be providing a free shuttle service from Wimborne town centre to Family Fest this weekend.

THE ambulance service experienced both its busiest and third busiest days on record at the weekend, as people flocked to the south coast to soak up the sun.

I HAVE asked BCP if Southbourne is still part of the BCP ‘family’.

BERYL Bikes is teaming up with national environmental movement Planet Patrol to offer free cycling litter picking sessions next month.

THE boom in “staycations” has led a Dorset company to open a specialist business fitting gadgetry to motorhomes.

Hamworthy railway station for goods only in 1958.

UNTIL recently we heard endless criticism of the NHS Covid tracking app because it it was bot doing the job it was designed to do – notify people if they had had close contact with someone who proved to have been infected.

OF LATE I have been driving different routes back to Upton to escape the long queues of cars caused by roadworks leading up to the Blandford Road.

SO THE public toilet saga is back again.

ONE hundred customers had their bookings cancelled on so-called ‘freedom day’ after a chef was ‘pinged’ by the NHS track and trace and told to self-isolate.

A GIRL was raped in the water off Bournemouth beach after being pulled out further to sea by her attacker.

EFFORTS to make Poole Bus Station a safer place could see two alleyways permanently gated off.

THE A35 westbound has closed due to an incident between Wareham Road, Morden, and B3075 Quarr Hill, Lytchett Minster.

A WIMBORNE care home has suffered the highest number of Covid deaths in Dorset.

THE opening of Bobby's department store in Bournemouth's former Debenhams building is being delayed by a month - because workmen have been pinged by the NHS app.

THE £4million “transformation” works designed to enhance the Lansdowne area are “beginning to take shape”, with Holdenhurst Road set to reopen this week.

A WOMAN returned from the beach to find an unwelcome visitor in her bedroom.

Mick Norcross rose to fame as the owner of the Sugar Hut nightclub from the hit ITV series, TOWIE.

DANNY Ford confirmed Pirates approximately broke even financially during their first home meeting after the easing of coronavirus restrictions.

DORSET has seen a 13.4 per cent drop in crimes recorded, as the county “continues to be one of the safest in the country”.

A REPORT from United States media outlet Bloomberg claims Cherries owner Maxim Demin is “exploring options” for the club, including a potential sale.

CHERRIES could be set to land a considerable financial boost, should Aaron Ramsdale complete a big-money move to Premier League big guns Arsenal.

POOLE'S very own Olympic champion, Hannah Mills, has been named as a flagbearer for Team GB at the opening ceremony of Tokyo 2020.

Tattoo artist from Bournemouth is the latest to join Love Island villa. Read more:

Poole Lifeboats were launched just after 5pm (Wednesday July 21) to a vessel that was pinned up against the Chain Ferry with potentially two people injured. READ MORE:

TWYNHAM School Year 11 students donned their finest threads for their school prom on Wednesday, July 21.

A DOG was freed from a hot car on one of the warmest days of the year.

Forecasters correctly predicted the heatwave in July which forced Public Health England to issue a heat health alert this week.