A FORMER resident of Blandford remembers a childhood shaped by war, tragedy and resilience as the country celebrates VE day 80th Anniversary.

CHANGES to bin collections in the New Forest are set to follow the opening of a new £8m depot next week. People living in many parts of the district are being warned that their rubbish may not be ...

More FA Cup action is in store on Sunday as Blackburn face Wolves in the lunchtime kick-off before bottom-of-the-Championship Plymouth host Premier League leaders Liverpool. An all-Premier League ...

The Church of England is gathering at what has been described as a time of “unprecedented crisis” for the first General Synod since the archbishop of Canterbury’s resignation.

Speaking to reporters during their tour of Nepal, the royal couple said they always had to have ‘a lot of humour’ while travelling together.

VERWOOD residents will pay a 2.59 per cent increase in their council tax from April, it has been confirmed. The town council has approved a budget for 2025/26 of £415,940 which represents a 2.59 per ...

Andy Hadley, BCP Council’s cabinet member responsible for the roads, told the Echo that the work is making “good progress” and is to the planned timetable. He added: “There will be lane closures up ...

SENIOR members in BCP Council have said they worked to “strike the right balance” in their new fly tipping fines.

LABOUR has been accused of “bending the rules when it suits them” with regard to the Wessex devolution deal. The deal, which had a name change from the Heart of Wessex when BCP Council joined, was ...

DEVELOPERS have cleared a huge hurdle to revamp a “sad” and abandoned Bournemouth town centre building into student accommodation.

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New analysis has found that £5.9 billion worth of suspicious funds has been used to purchase UK properties through shell companies registered ...