Month: February 2026

You are here:

LATEST NEWS

The government has given BCP Council permission to raise Council Tax above the approved 4.99 per cent.

Endurance cyclist James Benson-King is preparing to ride solo to the South Pole.

Storm Chandra brought extensive flooding in Iford and Christchurch, necessitating evacuations of homeowners.

Bournemouth Water’s new Water Efficiency Business Innovation Fund has been launched to help businesses save water.

Dorset Council and Somerset Council are keen for people to fill in surveys to establish music needs for the counties.

Jose Ivo Ferreira has been sentenced to 14 years in prison following an operation by Dorset Police’s Serious Organised Crime Investigation Team.

Fourteen of the 18 species of bat found in the UK are to be found in the New Forest, and a scheme is protecting them.

Musician MIKA’s latest music video, filmed in Dungeness, features the Bournemouth Youth Marching Band.

Cranborne and Hamworthy are amongst eight stations across Dorset & Wiltshire which could be closed by the fire and rescue authority.

Dorset Council is making £5.25 million available for highways to improve flood resilience, repair storm-damaged roads and clean gullies.