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A drone photo of a large grassy park next to the sea. There's a road and a row of beach huts separating the park from the sea.

Major coastal defence scheme completed

BCP Council reinforced a stretch of seawall in Hamworthy Park as part of a scheme costing £550,000.

View over Bournemouth beach, pier, city and Dorset coastline on a sunny day.

Council opts to 'look west' for devolution bid

BCP Council has decided to join a new combined authority with Somerset, Wiltshire and Dorset.

A group of people wearing pantomime costumes stood on stage.

'Panto season isn't over for us'

Broadstone Pantomime Productions partner with a local nursing home to keep the company going.

Chris Parker is wearing a blue pinstripe shirt, a grey suit jacket and glasses, in front of Jersey Port, with sand and boats in the background.

New ferry boss says first schedule due to go live

Danish operator DFDS says it is still working on an inter-island schedule.

Harry Bassett sat in his wheelchair has a checked shirt on, glasses and a flat cap. Behind him out of focus is a foyer and two large doors.

'Classical music never really appealed to me'

Harry Bassett is taking part in the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra's Young Associates scheme.

The inside of a gym with weights stacked up on the left hand side and weightlifting machines lined up on the right.

Council-owned gyms' £400,000 upgrades complete

The council says the gyms and fitness studios have been modernised with upgraded fitness equipment.

A woman in her 70s looking pensive with a purple scarf and a WASPI badge.

Women feel betrayed by broken pension promise

Women in Hampshire and the Isle of Wight affected by state pension age changes vow to fight on.

A black and white photograph of a foundry worker posing alongside some machinery. He has a full beard and is wearing a cloth cap and jumper underneath unbuttoned overalls. He is looking at the camera and leaning on a large wheel which is attached to the machine.

'Steam and smoke' - recording town's last foundry

The 1980s art students' photographs are re-exhibited 40 years on from the closure of Poole Foundry.

Ellie the dog sniffing a car in a car park while accompanied by an officer holding her lead

Dog helps sniff out illegal vapes and tobacco

Ellie the dog has been trained to identify illegal vapes and tobacco by their "distinct odour".