Divers, snorkellers and film crews in Poole Harbour and Studland Bay are being warned that they need a licence if they deliberately seek out, photograph or film protected seahorses.

At Oxford Crown Court a mother was jailed after her teenage daughter beat up a 50-year-old man only hours before his death.

A man who filmed himself deliberately setting a "lurcher-type dog" on a rabbit whilst kicking it and uploaded the video onto social media has been jailed.

A man was reportedly chased and attacked with a metal pole outside a garage.

Two juvenile suspects have been identified after a fire was started on a grass hillside in Poole yesterday afternoon.

A convenience store in Bournemouth town centre has been closed down for three months.

A six-foot long pet snake has escaped from its enclosure in Springbourne.

Margaret Green Animal Rescue postpones Country Fayre & Dog Show at Church Knowle, Wareham, due to increased temperatures and animal welfare concerns.