A DRIVER has issued a warning to motorists after he was falsely accused of parking his car at a Tesco store for more than five hours.

PLANS for a major £24million flats development in the heart of Poole town centre are one step closer to reality with demolition work beginning.

BUSINESSES in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole have vented their anger over BCP Council’s decision to axe free Christmas parking this year.

A ROAD in Poole is closed this morning due to a crash involving a van and a pedestrian.

POLICE are searching for a “vulnerable” man who has been missing for two days.

A TESCO store in Bournemouth town centre is closed for the second day running.

A BOAT maintenance business has stopped treading and is set to be liquidated.

THE boss of Beales says he will give its Poole customers the free parking they will not be getting from BCP Council.

A MAN has appeared in court accused of causing a woman to suffer serious injuries.

TOWNS and parishes around Dorset can now apply online for a 20mph speed limit zone to be intrdouced in their area.

A REBRANDED restaurant located a short distance from the seafront is to open its doors in Canford Cliffs next week.

DUNELM in Weymouth is beginning to take shape ahead of its opening next week.

WAGAMAMAS Bournemouth is temporarily closed until November 24 while changes are being made.

FRANK exchanges were traded at a meeting of BCP Council this week as members debated a resident's petition calling for the council's political leadership to resign.

NEW flights starting this December to Venice from Bournemouth Airport are now available to book for as little as £12.99.

A VEGAN restaurant, previously forced to cut its opening hours, has returned to trading seven-days-a-week after a concept refresh which has proved a hit.

SPECIALISTS have been called to a block of retirement flats in Bournemouth as elderly residents have been left without running water for more than six days.

1. The Tank Museum at Bovington will host a giant Christmas Fair on Saturday, November 19 and Sunday, November 20, between 10am and 5pm. Around 50 local ‘Etsy’ crafters will be showing off and selling their wares and there will be live music thro...

A CAMPSITE in Dorset has been awarded the south west ‘campsite of the year’ for 2022.

A CHILDREN’S TV series which will make its debut this weekend was devised and made in Bournemouth.

A DORSET hunt monitor says five Dorset hunts are actively engaging in illegal fox hunting and terrorising local communities but police aren’t acknowledging the problem.

AN OFFENDER went to the home of a man he had been in an on-and-off relationship with and threatened him while armed with an imitation firearm.

Details on the criminal cases of six people which were recently dealt with at Poole Magistrates' Court.

From Ninja Kitchen to Shark Clean, Blue Light Card has revealed some of the Black Friday deals members can get exclusively.

Demand for air fryers has soared as people look for ways to offset the rising cost of living.

Barclays has shared four steps you should follow when shopping the Black Friday sales this year.

Hotel Chocolat has issued a recall for a product that contains peanuts as this could pose a health risk.

Here is a cheap life hack to get rid of condensation and dampness from around your window.

BLINKING in the bright sunshine, her coat smothered in grimy soot and dust, she finally emerged from her hell hole, confounding everyone bar her determined owner.

THREE brothers who bet their dad £5 they could row across the Atlantic faster than he did 20 years ago now must put their money where their mouth is.

THE artist’s impression of the planned Canford Park development in Bearwood does not appear to show a single solar panel.

Great old photo from 2003 of the pupils from Branksome Heath Middle schools who were part of the lantern making team for the school.

Experts warn it could be the beginning of a recession – which is defined as two quarters of shrinking GDP in a row

A DIGGER has been stolen from Bournemouth Crematorium causing an “extreme inconvenience” to the community.

A MAN is due to appear in court following a crash in Westbourne which reportedly left a woman with “potentially life-threatening injuries”.

RESIDENTS in Poole have been left ‘worried and scared’ after a lone man went about searching for unlocked cars.

A SINGER has spoken of his shock at getting a parking ticket for briefly parking his car to unload his equipment as directed by a council marshal.

ROADWORKS causing delays in Christchurch town centre could remain in place until the start of the next week.

Tesco in Bournemouth town centre is closed due to 'unforeseen technical issues'.

A TENANT and all visitors have been banned from entering a flat due to a court order following “serious drug-related nuisance and disorder”.

A BRAND new block of apartments with views out across Poole Bay has gone on the market for just shy of £20million.

A PAEDOPHILE has been jailed after he downloaded indecent images of children within weeks of a suspended sentence lapsing for similar offending.

DRIVERS are being urged not to park on zig zags at a pedestrian crossing in New Milton.

A teacher has been banned from the profession after ‘inappropriately handling’ a student at a school in Dorset.

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Today (Thursday 10 November) Historic England publishes its annual Heritage at Risk Register for 2022. The Register gives an annual snapshot of the critical health of England’s most valued historic places and those most at risk of being lost as a r...

Police have urged people to report antisocial behaviour after a visit to a hotspot recently.

ACTRESS and comedian Debra Stephenson will turn on the Christmas lights in Westbourne next month.

MORE shops, free parking, a swimming pool and an ice rink.

CONSTRUCTION has begun on the phase one of a project which will eventually see 695 new homes built on former green belt land north of Bearwood.