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Breakfast 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.

Today 09:00

Paul Sutton

Your feel-good mornings are here! Paul takes you through the day with some great music and local event news

Today 10:00

Paul Sutton's Mystery Year

The Mystery Year with Paul Sutton. Hits & Headlines from one classic year, but what year?

Today 12:00

Rob Marsden

Join Rob for lunch. Great music, local chat about your area and more!

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

Residents and staff at St Leonards care home celebrate finalist place at awards

Residents and staff at Moors Manor Care Home in St Leonards are celebrating this week after the home was named a finalist in the Ringwood Business Awards

Charities in Dorset being warned to up their game on cyber security for donors

Charities are being urged by Azets to urgently strengthen their cyber security measures to protect donor data from potential breaches.

Coastal communities need affordable homes and lower bills, campaign says

A new campaign is calling for targeted government support to boost the economies and wellbeing of coastal communities.

Solar panel fires reach eight-year high, new figures reveal

Dorset and Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Service attended 12 incidents involving solar photovoltaic (PV) systems in 2025, up from five the previous year and marking the highest annual total since at least 2018.

The day big football forced a beloved Bournemouth miniature railway off its tracks

Bournemouth & District Society of Model Engineers saved miniature railway after AFC Bournemouth stadium expansion forced them out of Kings Park.

Woman receiving end-of-life care trapped in flat for nine weeks by broken lift

A woman who is at the end of her life said she had missed weeks of freedom due to a broken lift, which left her trapped in her flat.

'Don't let the sun go down on SOBO Beach': Public pack meeting at venue

Supporters packed into SOBO Beach this weekend as campaigners fighting to save the popular Southbourne seafront venue urged BCP Council to reconsider plans for its future.