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Paul Sutton

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

Today 12:00

Rob Marsden

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

Today 13:00

Back To The Eighties with Rob

Rob has your daily dose of the 80s - five of the best back to back!

Today 14:00

Dorset Coast Non Stop

Back-to-back hits across the south - non-stop feel-good favourites from today and across the decades.

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

Christchurch church to host family-friendly Halloween silent disco alternative

A silent disco offering an alternative to traditional Halloween events will take place this October.

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.