A total of 1,641 council seats are up for grabs across 23 local authorities, while four regional mayors and two local mayors will be elected. A parliamentary by-election is also taking place to choose ...

Alexander Smirnov is serving a six-year sentence for lying about former president Joe Biden and his son Hunter accepting bribes.

US President Donald Trump previously said he wants access to Ukraine’s rare earth minerals as a condition of further support.

A BEAUTY salon is expanding and opening a second site at a new location in Bournemouth. Created by Madison Holloway, Starlie Studios is a business that specialises in lash and brow artistry and hair ...

FROM council leader to Westminster, Vikki Slade sat down with the Echo to reflect on her journey to becoming MP for Mid Dorset and North Poole.

A TRANS-activist group in Bournemouth is organising a protest against the Supreme Court's ruling earlier this month that the term “woman” is defined by biological sex. It will take place at the ...

A KOREAN style brunch cafe offering the flavours of Korea has been given small trader grant to upgrade their café front.

IT HAS been some 16 years for AFC Bournemouth. Back on April 25, 2009, the Cherries completed their greatest escape as they beat Grimsby 2-1 to avoid dropping out of the Football League. And on the ...

Tens of thousands of council workers will be balloted on strike action from Thursday in what a union is calling the biggest vote of its kind in years. Unison said a vote will be offered to more than ...

The murder of 10-year-old Sara Sharif in 2023 led to renewed calls from campaigners for a total ban across the UK. The girl’s father Urfan Sharif claimed in a call to police after fleeing England that ...

THE Cherries have this week been boosted by the confirmation that Evanilson will be available for this weekend’s trip to Arsenal as they look ...

All was not lost, and from a quickly taken tap penalty just a few meters shy of the visitor’s line and the Dorset & Wilts forwards bulldozed their way across the Berkshire line but failed to ground ...