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Today 05:00Dorset Coast Non Stop
Back-to-back hits across the south - non-stop feel-good favourites from today and across the decades.
Today 08:00Breakfast with Kev Kirby
Weekend breakfast with Kev - your ‘What’s On’ guide, great music, and the perfect start to your Saturday and Sunday.
Today 10:00Paul McComish
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Local News, Sport, Events & Weather for the Dorset Coast
HMRC issues deadline warning to 864,000 taxpayers with just two weeks left to act
More than 864,000 sole traders and landlords have just two weeks left to complete a new tax requirement under Making Tax Digital (MTD) for Income Tax, HMRC has warned.
Swanage road to close next month to comply with health and safety regulations
Chapel Lane, Swanage will close from August 10 to August 28 for Morris Construction Ltd works. Dorset Council provides diversion routes and info.
Charity's Environment Fund saves school gardening club and boosts other projects
A grant from Dorset Community Foundation’s Wessex Water Environment Fund has saved a school’s gardening club, as well as helping eight other green project
Bournemouth residents and film fans invited to attend film festival launch event
Local film lovers are invited to attend the official launch event for 2026’s Bournemouth International Film Festival on July 30 at AUB's Palace Court Theatre.
Rare gold coin dating back nearly 300 years going under the hammer next month
A rare George II double gold guinea coin is estimated at £2,000-3,000 in the Charterhouse two day specialist auction on August 20 and August 21
Annual event at Sammy Miller Motorcycle Museum draws its largest crowd to date
This year’s Smokin’ to Sammy’s Two Stroke Day, held at the Sammy Miller Motorcycle Museum on July 19, drew its largest crowd to date.
Remembering the shopping centre that once stood where Castlepoint is today
An email from an Echo reader expressed an interest in seeing pictures of the Hampshire Centre.
Martin Clunes: ‘I can’t imagine living anywhere else’
Martin Clunes talks heavy horses, unruly Jack Russells and why there’s nowhere quite like Dorset
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