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Dorset Coast Non Stop

Back-to-back hits across the south - non-stop feel-good favourites from today and across the decades.

Today 08:00

Breakfast with Kev Kirby

Weekend breakfast with Kev - your ‘What’s On’ guide, great music, and the perfect start to your Saturday and Sunday.

Today 10:00

Paul McComish

Paul’s got everything you need for a great weekend - local info, the 'Just A Second' quiz, and the best Dorset Coast music.

Today 13:00

Rachel Turrill

Rachel sees you through your Sunday afternoon with more music from the across the decades and local information for the week ahead

Local News, Sport, Events & Weather for the Dorset Coast

Parkstone cinema demolished after 43 years as Regal and Victory Palace

Discover Parkstone’s lost cinemas - the Victory Palace and Art Deco Regal brought films, 3D screenings and Saturday clubs to Dorset

Council orders restaurant in Bournemouth to demolish unauthorised extension

An Italian restaurant in Bournemouth has been ordered to demolish an unauthorised extension after planning enforcement officers ruled it harms neighbours and ruins the character of the street

Richard Carr rules out bidding for Christchurch site approved for drive-through

A plot of land with planning permission for a drive-through restaurant is set to go under the hammer.

SOS: Bournemouth volunteer street patrol group faces closure without donations

Safeguard Community Support warns it could close before winter without public donations, as the Bournemouth volunteer patrol group launches an urgent SOS funding appeal.

Two businesses targeted in crackdown on illegal tobacco sale

Two premises were targeted during a multi-agency operation tackling the illegal sale of tobacco and cigarettes.

PCCs warn SEND support gaps could leave children vulnerable to exploitation

David Sidwick and Donna Jones have warned that children with special educational needs and disabilities risk being drawn into crime.

Landlord ordered to halt use of ‘cramped and oppressive’ flat

BCP Council orders Christchurch landlord to stop using an unauthorised 32sqm office conversion as a flat, citing cramped conditions and no natural light on October 31.