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The sale of Poole Civic Centre to a Manchester based development company is due to complete by the end of this month. Councillors voted thirty three to twenty one in favour of the five million pound deal, with two abstentions. The…

Play areas across Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole are being upgraded as part of a four point four million pound programme. More than one hundred and twenty sites are due to see repairs or refurbishments over several years.…

Irish rock band Hothouse Flowers are heading to Poole this year as part of their Greatest Hits tour. They will perform at Lighthouse on Wednesday the eighteenth of November, bringing songs from across four decades. The group…

Almost all families across Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole have been offered one of their preferred secondary schools today. Figures from BCP Council show that ninety six point eight per cent secured a preferred choice, with…

The AA has questioned plans to make higher parking fines permanent across Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole after a summer trial. The council says the scheme, approved by the Secretary of State for Transport, reduced illegal…

Poole Town have missed the chance to move into second place after a two one defeat at home to Gloucester City on Saturday. The visitors led through Rylie Siddle before Shaquille Gwengwe levelled with his thirty fourth league goal…

A Dorset financial services firm has expanded with the acquisition of a long established accountancy practice. Ward Goodman, which has offices in Ferndown and Shaftesbury, has merged with Graham Latham’s business and taken on…

A proposal has been put forward for a pedestrian and cycle tunnel between Sandbanks and Studland. The idea has been submitted to a competition run by a private tunnelling firm offering to build up to one mile of tunnel free of…

AFC Bournemouth have stretched their unbeaten Premier League run to eight games after a one all draw with Sunderland. Evanilson came off the bench at half time to head in the equaliser after sixty three minutes. Sunderland had led…

Christchurch Football Club has confirmed a series of senior departures in the last week. Manager Wayne Crutcher, Assistant Manager Adam Farmer, Secretary Giles Kilshawe-Fall and Head of Media Sara Taylor have all resigned. Wayne…

Roadworks disruption across Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole could be cut in half under new plans from BCP Council. A lane rental scheme covering more than one hundred roads would charge utility companies up to two thousand…

Rough sleeping in the Dorset Council area has fallen to its lowest level since two thousand and twenty two. Fourteen people were recorded sleeping rough in the annual autumn snapshot for two thousand and twenty five, down from…

A fifty one year old woman has been taken to hospital with life threatening injuries after colliding with a lamp post in Bournemouth. Emergency services were called to Prince Of Wales Road just before five o’clock yesterday…

A man who targeted elderly women in Bournemouth by tricking his way into their homes has been jailed for six years. Thirty three year old Thomas Harold Coker of Ringwood admitted three burglaries and two fraud offences after…

A new primary dance festival has taken place at the Ocean Theatre in Bournemouth. One hundred and twenty Year three and four pupils from twelve BCP schools performed original routines inspired by storybooks and fairytales. The…

Two men have pleaded guilty at Bournemouth Crown Court to leading a major cocaine supply network across Dorset and beyond. Arlend Titini was extradited from Italy last December and admitted directing the operation, while…

Businesses across Christchurch have been recognised in this year’s local awards in the town. Reformed Plastics took the Green and Eco Award, while Dorset Coast Wills and S.Phillips Window Cleaning Co were also honoured. The…

Police in Bournemouth have released CCTV images after a woman was assaulted at Bowl Central. The incident happened at around quarter to ten on Wednesday twenty eighth January on Westover Road. A woman in her twenties was pushed…

BCP Council has approved plans to remove the council tax discount for beach huts in the Christchurch area. More than three hundred and forty huts at Mudeford Sandspit and Hengistbury Head will be reclassified as second homes from…

Police teams from across the region joined Dorset officers for a major day of action targeting rural and waste crime. Ten vehicles were stopped in the east of the county, with one driver arrested after a positive drugs test and…

Council tenants in Bournemouth and Poole will see rents rise by nearly five per cent from April. The increase was agreed by councillors at a full council meeting on Tuesday the twenty fourth of February. On average, weekly rents…

Dorset’s Lord-Lieutenant has been announced as the new Patron of the HealthBus Trust. Professor Michael Dooley will support the Bournemouth-based charity, which provides specialist healthcare for people experiencing homelessness.…

A local folk singer and dementia choir leader is celebrating national radio support for her new album. Amy Hopwood’s record Gone to flowers is released tomorrow and has already been played by more than fifty DJs. One track,…

A temporary car park with seven hundred and thirteen spaces has been created next to Royal Bournemouth Hospital at Wessex Fields. University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust has now applied for planning permission, four…

BCP Council has approved a four hundred and fifty two million pound budget for the twenty twenty six to twenty twenty seven financial year. Councillors voted by thirty nine to twenty, with eight abstentions, to back a six point…

A Poole bus engineer has been named Employee of the Year by Morebus. Nathan Clarke was recognised for his dedication to keeping buses on the road and supporting colleagues across the region. Managing director Ed Wills said Nathan…

Illegal parking has fallen by nearly seven per cent in parts of Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole following a trial of higher penalty charge notices. The scheme covered twenty nine council car parks and more than five hundred…

Police in Poole are appealing for witnesses after a serious collision on the A three zero four nine Canford Way. Officers were called at five seventeen pm on Tuesday the seventeenth of February following a crash involving a car…

A free start-up business breakfast is being held in Poole next week to support new and aspiring entrepreneurs across Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole. The event takes place on Tuesday the third of March at Evolve Townhouse and…

BCP Council says it will closely examine new government plans to reform support for children with special educational needs and disabilities. The white paper was published on Tuesday the twenty fourth of February and sets out…

Dreamboys are bringing their touring show to Bournemouth Pavilion Theatre next month. The male variety group will perform on Friday the sixth of March, promising a night of dance, humour and high-energy routines. Owner Alice Woods…

A new Slim Chickens restaurant is opening in Poole next month. The American-born chicken brand will launch at Tower Park on Wednesday the twenty-fifth of March, creating sixty new jobs following a seven hundred and fifty thousand…

Schools across Wimborne, Colehill and Poole are preparing for a leadership change as Liz West steps down as chief executive of Initio Learning Trust. Ms West will leave her role at the start of the summer term and retire at the…

More than four thousand pounds has been raised by residents and staff at a Poole care home to support families in need locally. The money was collected over the past year at Bourne View in Langside Avenue for Bourne Community Hub…

Dorset’s food, drink and heritage were showcased in Westminster during a special Dorset Day event in Parliament. Vikki Slade and Edward Morello co hosted the event in the Jubilee Room, welcoming producers and community…

Police in Bournemouth are releasing CCTV images after an assault in the town centre. A man in his forties was approached by three men in Avenue Lane near The Triangle shortly after two pm on Friday the twenty third of January…

Sixty community projects across Bournemouth and Poole have received a record share of more than nine hundred and fifty thousand pounds. The funding from BCP Council’s Community Infrastructure Levy is supporting upgrades to…

Women’s and girls’ football in Dorset will take centre stage this summer as the DFL Women and Girls Tournament returns. The one-day event takes place in June at the Dorset County Ground in Hamworthy, Poole. A new under eighteen…

Technical training at Bournemouth and Poole College has been praised during a visit by Poole MP Neil Duncan-Jordan. He toured the campus during National Apprenticeship Week, meeting apprentices and staff in early years, marine…

Two films with Arts University Bournemouth links have won at the Baftas. Film Production graduate Lars Thomas Skare worked as assistant director on Sentimental Value, which won best film not in the English language. And Creative…