Homepage

Accessibility links

  • Skip to content
  • Accessibility Help
BBC Account
Notifications
  • Home
  • News
  • Sport
  • Weather
  • iPlayer
  • Sounds
  • Bitesize
  • CBeebies
  • CBBC
  • Food
  • Home
  • News
  • Sport
  • Reel
  • Worklife
  • Travel
  • Future
  • Culture
  • TV
  • Weather
  • Sounds
More menu
Search BBC Search BBC
  • Home
  • News
  • Sport
  • Weather
  • iPlayer
  • Sounds
  • Bitesize
  • CBeebies
  • CBBC
  • Food
  • Home
  • News
  • Sport
  • Reel
  • Worklife
  • Travel
  • Future
  • Culture
  • TV
  • Weather
  • Sounds
Close menu
BBC News

News Navigation

Sections
  • Home
  • War in Ukraine
  • Coronavirus
  • Climate
  • Video
  • World
  • US & Canada
  • UKUK selected
  • Business
  • Tech
  • Science
  • Stories
  • Entertainment & Arts
  • Health
  • In Pictures
  • Reality Check
  • World News TV
  • Newsbeat
  • Long Reads
    England selected
  • Regions
  • DorsetDorset selected
  • Home
  • War in Ukraine
  • Coronavirus
    • Coronavirus Home
    • Your Coronavirus Stories
  • Climate
  • Video
  • World
    • World Home
    • Africa
    • Asia
    • Australia
    • Europe
    • Latin America
    • Middle East
  • US & Canada
  • UKUK selected
    • UK Home
    • EnglandEngland selected
    • N. Ireland
    • Scotland
    • Wales
    • Isle of Man
    • Guernsey
    • Jersey
    • Local News
  • Business
    • Business Home
    • Market Data
    • New Economy
    • New Tech Economy
    • Companies
    • Entrepreneurship
    • Technology of Business
    • Economy
    • CEO Secrets
    • Global Car Industry
    • Business of Sport
  • Tech
  • Science
  • Stories
  • Entertainment & Arts
  • Health
    • Health Home
    • Coronavirus
  • In Pictures
  • Reality Check
  • World News TV
  • Newsbeat
  • Long Reads
 
  • Regions
  • DorsetDorset selected
Dorset

BBC News Dorset

Gifle View house

Tributes paid to couple while police investigate

Friends and neighbours have left flowers and cards outside the Thornford home of Ted and Lyn Morris.

  • 2h2 hours ago
  • Dorset

Related content

  • Man and woman in 70s found dead in home

Related content

  • Man and woman in 70s found dead in home

Top Stories

Gifle View house

Tributes paid to couple while police investigate

Friends and neighbours have left flowers and cards outside the Thornford home of Ted and Lyn Morris.

  • 2h2 hours ago
  • Dorset

Related content

  • Man and woman in 70s found dead in home
Bournemouth Pier

Queen’s Baton Relay arrives in Dorset

Baton-bearers will pass through the towns of Portland, Weymouth, Poole and Bournemouth.

  • 1han hour ago
  • Dorset
Police officers

Man charged over 'life-threatening' assault

Another man was also attacked and a woman was pushed to the ground, police say.

  • 1da day ago
  • Dorset
Body-worn cameras

Body-worn cameras introduced across rail network

South Western Railway staff will wear the cameras to deter assaults, threats and abuse.

  • 2d2 days ago
  • Hampshire & Isle of Wight
Monnow Street police cordon

Teen charged after assault on man who later died

Andrew Nicholas was found unconscious in the street last weekend following reports of an alleged assault.

  • 1da day ago
  • Wales
Bournemouth and Poole raids

Modern slavery and rape arrests after raids

A wave of raids took place at 10 addresses across Bournemouth and Poole on Wednesday.

  • 3d3 days ago
  • Dorset
Local news promo

Find your local news

Featured Contents

Gifle View house

Tributes paid to couple while police investigate

Friends and neighbours have left flowers and cards outside the Thornford home of Ted and Lyn Morris.

  • 2h2 hours ago
  • Dorset

Related content

  • Man and woman in 70s found dead in home

Related content

  • Man and woman in 70s found dead in home
Bournemouth Pier

Queen’s Baton Relay arrives in Dorset

Baton-bearers will pass through the towns of Portland, Weymouth, Poole and Bournemouth.

  • 1han hour ago
  • Dorset
Police officers

Man charged over 'life-threatening' assault

Another man was also attacked and a woman was pushed to the ground, police say.

  • 1da day ago
  • Dorset
Body-worn cameras

Body-worn cameras introduced across rail network

South Western Railway staff will wear the cameras to deter assaults, threats and abuse.

  • 2d2 days ago
  • Hampshire & Isle of Wight
Monnow Street police cordon

Teen charged after assault on man who later died

Andrew Nicholas was found unconscious in the street last weekend following reports of an alleged assault.

  • 1da day ago
  • Wales
Bournemouth and Poole raids

Modern slavery and rape arrests after raids

A wave of raids took place at 10 addresses across Bournemouth and Poole on Wednesday.

  • 3d3 days ago
  • Dorset
Local news promo

Find your local news

Bournemouth Pier

Queen’s Baton Relay arrives in Dorset

Baton-bearers will pass through the towns of Portland, Weymouth, Poole and Bournemouth.

  • 1han hour ago
  • Dorset
Police officers

Man charged over 'life-threatening' assault

Another man was also attacked and a woman was pushed to the ground, police say.

  • 1da day ago
  • Dorset
Body-worn cameras

Body-worn cameras introduced across rail network

South Western Railway staff will wear the cameras to deter assaults, threats and abuse.

  • 2d2 days ago
  • Hampshire & Isle of Wight
Monnow Street police cordon

Teen charged after assault on man who later died

Bournemouth and Poole raids

Modern slavery and rape arrests after raids

Local news promo

Find your local news

Artist's impression

Villagers worried over plans for 1,700 new homes

  • 3d3 days ago
  • Dorset
Plastic bottle on beach

Hydration stations unveiled to fight plastic waste

  • 3d3 days ago
  • Dorset
Skeleton remains

Skeletons unearthed from Iron Age settlement

  • 4d4 days ago
  • Dorset
St Mary's School

Dad says son 'excluded' from special needs school

  • 3d3 days ago
  • Dorset
Police car - generic

Elderly pedestrian dies after collision with car

  • 4d4 days ago
  • Dorset

Weather

Weather for

Bournemouth

  1. Today
    ,
    Sunny Intervals
    Sunny Intervals
    ,
    High21°
    Low9°
  2. Tuesday 5th JulyTue 5th
    ,
    Sunny Intervals
    Sunny Intervals
    ,
    High21°
    Low10°
  3. Wednesday 6th JulyWed 6th
    ,
    Sunny Intervals
    Sunny Intervals
    ,
    High21°
    Low13°
  4. Thursday 7th JulyThu 7th
    ,
    Sunny Intervals
    Sunny Intervals
    ,
    High25°
    Low13°
  5. Friday 8th JulyFri 8th
    ,
    Sunny Intervals
    Sunny Intervals
    ,
    High23°
    Low13°

Go deeper

Kev Potts

Stone balancing 'a tool to get through depression'

Tracey Merritt

Postmistress 'had everything taken away'

A woman waves a flag on June 03, 2022 in Swanage, United Kingdom.

In pictures: Street parties and celebrations

Strawberries & Creem festival

Only 13% of UK festival headliners in 2022 are female

Unveiling

Statue of fossil hunter Mary Anning unveiled

Find out more

Man in a lorry cab wiping sweat from his brow with a towel

Is the UK getting hotter?

Young woman in bed trying to sleep

10 tips for sleeping in hot weather

promotional image for UK climate change postcode lookup

How hot could it get where you live?

header image illustrating different foods like red meat, salmon, grains, rice and vegetables, with climate stripes below

What's your diet's carbon footprint?

Cows walking between wind turbines in Norway

What does net zero mean?

Videos to watch

Chandy Green
1:51
Video 1 minute 51 seconds

'Bullies mocked me for having a brain tumour'

Dan Wakeman with Jess Egan (left) and Ali Mauger (right).
2:39
Video 2 minutes 39 seconds

Sharing my passion and joy saved me, artist says

Kite boarder
2:20
Video 2 minutes 20 seconds

'It's high-speed, dramatic and beautiful'

Tony Hadley
2:19
Video 2 minutes 19 seconds

Ex-Spandau Ballet singer releases Falklands song

Dylan carries two buckets through a field
2:26
Video 2 minutes 26 seconds

'My parents are astonished by my farming work'

Sport

Gavin Kilkenny

Bournemouth loan midfielder Kilkenny to Stoke

Danni Wyatt batting

Wyatt guides Vipers to victory over Central Sparks

Mark Travers

Travers signs new five-year deal at Bournemouth

Essex spinner Simon Harmer

Harmer career-best as Essex beat Hampshire

Joe Rothwell

Rothwell signs for Bournemouth from Blackburn

Latest Updates

  1. Posted at 12:5112:51

    Queen’s Baton Relay arrives in Dorset

    Bournemouth Pier

    Baton-bearers will pass through the towns of Portland, Weymouth, Poole and Bournemouth.

    Read more
    next
    Article share tools
    • Share this post
      • Copy this link
      Read more about these links.
  2. Posted at 11:2411:24

    Tributes paid to couple while police investigate

    Gifle View house

    Friends and neighbours have left flowers and cards outside the Thornford home of Ted and Lyn Morris.

    Read more
    next
    Article share tools
    • Share this post
      • Copy this link
      Read more about these links.
  3. Posted at 10:39 3 Jul10:39 3 Jul

    Man charged over 'life-threatening' assault

    Police officers

    Another man was also attacked and a woman was pushed to the ground, police say.

    Read more
    next
    Article share tools
    • Share this post
      • Copy this link
      Read more about these links.
  4. Posted at 14:52 2 Jul14:52 2 Jul

    Bournemouth loan midfielder Kilkenny to Stoke

    Gavin Kilkenny

    Bournemouth loan midfielder Gavin Kilkenny to Stoke City on a season-long basis.

    Read more
    next
    Article share tools
    • Share this post
      • Copy this link
      Read more about these links.
  5. Posted at 14:24 2 Jul14:24 2 Jul

    Man in life-threatening condition after assault

    Police officers

    His attacker assaulted another man, pushed a woman to the ground and stole an electric scooter.

    Read more
    next
    Article share tools
    • Share this post
      • Copy this link
      Read more about these links.
  6. Posted at 13:46 2 Jul13:46 2 Jul

    Teen charged after assault on man who later died

    Monnow Street police cordon

    Andrew Nicholas was found unconscious in the street last weekend following reports of an alleged assault.

    Read more
    next
    Article share tools
    • Share this post
      • Copy this link
      Read more about these links.
  7. Posted at 9:34 2 Jul9:34 2 Jul

    Body-worn cameras introduced across rail network

    Body-worn cameras

    South Western Railway staff will wear the cameras to deter assaults, threats and abuse.

    Read more
    next
    Article share tools
    • Share this post
      • Copy this link
      Read more about these links.
  8. Posted at 14:35 1 Jul14:35 1 Jul

    Army medics get medals for Afghanistan evacuation

    Cpl Hannah Beaumont 26 and L/Cpl Chloe Sanderson 23

    Members of 16 Medical Regiment helped treat and evacuate thousands of Afghan nationals from Kabul.

    Read more
    next
    Article share tools
    • Share this post
      • Copy this link
      Read more about these links.
  9. Posted at 11:04 1 Jul11:04 1 Jul

    Villagers worried over plans for 1,700 new homes

    Artist's impression

    A housing company invites people of Alderholt to view plans but villagers are not convinced.

    Read more
    next
    Article share tools
    • Share this post
      • Copy this link
      Read more about these links.
  10. Posted at 9:41 1 Jul9:41 1 Jul

    Modern slavery and rape arrests after raids

    Bournemouth and Poole raids

    A wave of raids took place at 10 addresses across Bournemouth and Poole on Wednesday.

    Read more
    next
    Article share tools
    • Share this post
      • Copy this link
      Read more about these links.
  11. Posted at 5:00 1 Jul5:00 1 Jul

    Hydration stations unveiled to fight plastic waste

    Plastic bottle on beach

    More than 150 spots to refill water bottles have been installed along Bournemouth waterfront.

    Read more
    next
    Article share tools
    • Share this post
      • Copy this link
      Read more about these links.
  12. Posted at 14:58 30 Jun14:58 30 Jun

    Dad says son 'excluded' from special needs school

    St Mary's School

    A father says his 12-year-old son has been let down by Coombe House school which only opened in May.

    Read more
    next
    Article share tools
    • Share this post
      • Copy this link
      Read more about these links.
  13. Posted at 16:18 29 Jun16:18 29 Jun

    Elderly pedestrian dies after collision with car

    Police car - generic

    The man, in his eighties, died in hospital after suffering serious injuries in the collision.

    Read more
    next
    Article share tools
    • Share this post
      • Copy this link
      Read more about these links.
  14. Posted at 16:16 29 Jun16:16 29 Jun

    Dog walker sanctioned after curlew nest destroyed

    Curlew hatching

    Efforts have been made to protect both curlew and lapwing nesting sites in the New Forest.

    Read more
    next
    Article share tools
    • Share this post
      • Copy this link
      Read more about these links.
  15. Posted at 14:00 29 Jun14:00 29 Jun

    Man and woman in 70s found dead in home

    Gifle View, Thornford

    The bodies of the man and woman are found at a house near Sherborne.

    Read more
    next
    Article share tools
    • Share this post
      • Copy this link
      Read more about these links.
  16. Posted at 7:05 29 Jun7:05 29 Jun

    Rape arrest after woman attacked near pub

    Coach and Horses pub

    The woman, aged in her 50s, was attacked in Poole Road, Wimborne on Saturday night.

    Read more
    next
    Article share tools
    • Share this post
      • Copy this link
      Read more about these links.
  17. Posted at 16:00 28 Jun16:00 28 Jun

    Stolen puppies found after two arrested

    Puppy and police officer

    Police say two spaniel puppies were found in Berkshire after being taken from their Surrey home.

    Read more
    next
    Article share tools
    • Share this post
      • Copy this link
      Read more about these links.
  18. Posted at 9:53 28 Jun9:53 28 Jun

    South West Water investigated over sewage discharge

    By Georgina Rannard

    BBC News climate & science

    Scientists look at water samples

    Members of the public often report seeing condoms and toilet paper in England and Wales's waterways.

    Read more
    next
    Article share tools
    • Share this post
      • Copy this link
      Read more about these links.
  19. Posted at 8:49 28 Jun8:49 28 Jun

    Ongoing calls for buffer zone at abortion clinic

    Pregnancy test

    The Bournemouth clinic wants a buffer zone to stop activists targeting patients and staff.

    Read more
    next
    Article share tools