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Listen LiveThe Nightshift
Late-night radio done right... the soundtrack that keeps Dorset moving after dark.
Fri 04:00Community Connect Catch-up
Missed Community Connect yesterday? Catch the repeat here.
Fri 05:00Dorset Coast Non Stop
Back-to-back hits across the south - non-stop feel-good favourites from today and across the decades.
Fri 07:00Breakfast with Gary Plummer
The best way to start your day! Gary's got your 'Breakfast Brainteaser', local news and the best music to set you up smiling for the day ahead.
Local News, Sport, Events & Weather for the Dorset Coast
Dorset road to temporarily close for one week for Openreach maintenance works
Merley Lane, Wimborne, will close for Openreach telecoms works from 18–24 August 2026. Diversions in place; BCP Council confirms emergency access.
Poole roads to temporarily close for SGN gas main replacement works this month
Poole road closures between 17–28 August for SGN gas main works: Turlin Road, Keysworth Road, Maryland Road, Fitzworth Avenue. Diversions in place.
Care home to hold summer fete next week in aid of Lewis-Manning Hospice Care
Moors Manor Care Home in St Leonards will host a summer fete on Wednesday, August 12 in aid of Lewis-Manning Hospice Care
Tom Hayes: 'In our town, people look out for one another'
Andy Burnham is capping bus fares, cutting taxes, and fixing a broken social care system failing his own father Roy who has Alzheimer’s
Forgotten wooden toys made in the New Forest can sell for thousands
Forgotten Forest Toys gathering dust in Hampshire and Dorset lofts could be worth thousands.
Council 'all guns blazing' for devolution mayor deal as chief warns of £300m risk
Council goes "all guns blazing" for Wessex mayor, chief executive says in first Echo interview.
Town centre business revival driven by crackdown on uncooperative landlords
More than 40 new businesses have opened in Bournemouth town centre since the start of 2025, BCP Council says, filling 20 per cent of vacant shop units in the past six months.
Officers and members of public given national honours after preventing a tragedy
Six police officers and three members of the public are to receive national life-saving honours after helping to prevent a tragedy.
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