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In recent weeks, there have been a number of disturbances in Bournemouth, and the police are hoping to avert future anti-social behaviour.

Traders taking part in the ‘Buy With Confidence’ scheme have been vetted by Dorset Council’s Trading Standards team.

The front counters in Poole, Bridport, Gillingham and Sherborne are to close but those in Blandford, Bournemouth and Weymouth will remain open.

The incidents took place in Three Legged Cross, Ferndown and West Moors, and police are appealing for witnesses.

Figures produced by the Office for National Statistics show a decrease in overall crime in the last 12 months.

The assaults which resulted in multiple people injured took place at Sandfest on Sandbanks beach on Sunday 13 July.

Matthew Benjamin Wood from West Yorkshire has been jailed for stealing watches from Christchurch Jewellers in March 2023.

As part of the Force’s Good, Safe Summer campaign, high-visibility patrols will be in evidence across the county.

Callum Giddins was caught on CCTV speeding before the collision, which took place near The Pure Drop pub.

Quincy Rufus Digby Hopkins, who targeted multiple stores across Hampshire, has been banned from supermarkets and shops for three years.