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Listen LiveDorset 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
Paul’s got everything you need for a great weekend - local info, the 'Just A Second' quiz, and the best Dorset Coast music.
Today 19:00Saturday Night Floor Fillers
Non-stop Floor Fillers - let us turn your lounge into a dancefloor! Hit after hit, it's three hours of non-stop classics.
Local News, Sport, Events & Weather for the Dorset Coast
New Forest preserves made by people with neuro disabilities reach food finals
Two preserves handmade in the New Forest by a team including people with neuro disabilities have been named as finalists in the Great British Food Awards 2026.
MP warns doubling ILR qualifying period could create 'Windrush-style scandal'
A Poole MP has warned that proposed immigration reforms could lead to a "Windrush-style scandal on a massive scale".
Rowan Atkinson to headline 30th anniversary season of Purbeck Film Festival
Rowan Atkinson will appear at The Mowlem in Swanage for a day dedicated to French comedy legend Jacques Tati, as part of the Purbeck Film Festival
Dorset hardware shop that's been going for more than 200 years
In some places, history is not locked in archives but etched into the ground beneath our feet.
‘He will certainly be missed’ - Man dies after falling from building
A man has died after falling from a building in Bournemouth, with neighbours saying his death will “leave a hole in the community”.
Popular Christchurch restaurant to shut next week as chain closing all 195 UK sites
Beefeater and Brewers Fayre will shut all 195 of their UK sites, including The Somerford in Christchurch
Dorset Wildlife Trust opens up bookings for 'truly special' stay on Brownsea Island
Dorset Wildlife Trust has launched bookings for a holiday home on Brownsea Island
New restrictions coming to more than a dozen parking spaces in Christchurch
New restrictions are coming to more than a dozen parking spaces in Christchurch
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