2+ hour, 53+ min ago   (145+ words) In Poole, residents reported a 'massive' protest, with police attending the scene. Dorset Police has been contacted for further information. In Portsmouth last night, hundreds of protesters faced off with the police as demonstrators blocked roads in an effort to…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (505+ words) A PAIR of French men have been jailed for hiding Vietnamese nationals in car boots before travelling by ferry to Poole. Fousseynou Soumare, 20, and Ange Clavery, 20, were sentenced at Bournemouth Crown Court for helping people enter the UK illegally. The…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (475+ words) THE government have responded to claims made by the founder of Protect Our Postcode about the ‘camp’ in the East Cliff Zigzag near Bournemouth beach. Frank White, whose group cleared the debris from the camp and replaced it with a…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago   (244+ words) The Embassy Centre in Bournemouth is set to undergo a month-long refurbishment. From Wednesday, August 5, to Friday, September 4, the centre, which was recently taken over by Bournemouth Gateway Club from BCP Council, will be closed for upgrades. This includes new…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago   (472+ words) THE Home Office is 'focused' on moving asylum seekers from a Bournemouth hotel to military sites, an MP has confirmed. Jessica Toale, MP for Bournemouth West has confirmed that the Home Office is focused on using military sites to house…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago   (457+ words) A knife-crime charity is preparing to launch virtual reality workshops for schools. It will put pupils into realistic, immersive scenarios to show them the dangers of knife crime. Changes Are Made was set up in memory of Cameron Hamilton, 18, who…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago   (173+ words) BOURNEMOUTH MP Tom Hayes has reiterated calls for the closure of asylum hotels, asking if Bournemouth is being prioritised. New data shows a reduction in the use of hotels for asylum accommodation in Bournemouth, Christchurch, and Poole (BCP), with a…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago   (136+ words) Bournemouth Echo Ministers braced for opposition over using barracks to house asylum seekers Ministers will do “whatever it takes” to close asylum hotels as the Government braced for battle over plans to move migrants into former military barracks. Planning permission…...

3+ mon, 2+ week ago   (397+ words) A newspaper columnist has been condemned after incorrectly claiming asylum seekers in Dorset are responsible for 44 per cent of sexual offences in the county. Annunziata Rees-Mogg, who was previously a member of the European Parliament, reposted the false statistics to…...

6+ mon, 1+ week ago   (259+ words) A proposed deportation force has drawn criticism from a Bournemouth MP. Tom Hayes, the Labour MP for Bournemouth East, objected to Reform UK’s call for an agency modelled on the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), which he described as…...