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The Dolphin Shopping Centre is funding the roof replacement project at Poole Library and has appointed Spetisbury Construction to carry out the works.

A boutique is leaving Bournemouth town centre following a 'significant drop in shoppers' in the area, ending thirty-one years of designer ladieswear being sold at the site.

Parents who were able to spend a day with their daughter after she was stillborn are fundraising for a cold cot to allow other bereaved families to do the same.

A historic Bournemouth landmark is set to become more environmentally friendly after plans were submitted for solar panel to be installed

At Oxford Crown Court a mother was jailed after her teenage daughter beat up a 50-year-old man only hours before his death.

A man who filmed himself deliberately setting a "lurcher-type dog" on a rabbit whilst kicking it and uploaded the video onto social media has been jailed.

A man was reportedly chased and attacked with a metal pole outside a garage.

Two juvenile suspects have been identified after a fire was started on a grass hillside in Poole yesterday afternoon.

A convenience store in Bournemouth town centre has been closed down for three months.

A six-foot long pet snake has escaped from its enclosure in Springbourne.

Margaret Green Animal Rescue postpones Country Fayre & Dog Show at Church Knowle, Wareham, due to increased temperatures and animal welfare concerns.

Notable winners included Nicola Harper, who not only won the vegetables category but also took home the Best in Show award.

The council has apologised after a temporary ‘Dead End’ sign appeared beside Cemetery Road.

A man was airlifted to hospital after a major emergency response involving a critical care team and multiple ambulances following an assault outside a Bournemouth pub.

A proposal has been submitted to build an 80-bed care home

A colourful river ride with fancy dress and inflatables is set to make a splash tomorrow.

A 60 year old man died at his home in Bournemouth and the Coroner for Dorset is appealing to the public for help to find his next of kin.

Camp Bestival has wrapped up another "ridiculously fun and sun-kissed" weekend, welcoming 30,000 people.

Rare birds of prey are being sighted across Bournemouth, Christchurch, and Poole

A housing association has put forward plans to demolish and redevelop Dorset Lodge into a 32-apartment block

Purbeck Cider launches People’s Choice cider in Dorset, donating £1 per litre sold to Dorset and Somerset Air Ambulance. Community-grown apples support charity.

Plans for a new 'build your own' waterfront home with panoramic views have been approved for a site in Dorset

Dorset is the location for Mike Leigh's Play For Today, Nuts in May, which is free to watch on BBC iPlayer

A YouTube video provides an insightful look at Brownsea Island in 1962.

Only Fools and Horses repeats are as popular as ever this Christmas - but did you know that the classic BBC comedy was not once, but twice filmed in Dorset?

Sandbanks Ferry staff were 'verbally abused' by passengers during a temporary suspension.

Hundreds of jobs are to be created at a holiday park as part of a major nationwide investment.

SHOULD there be a tourist tax in Purbeck – the “Purbeck Pound”?