7+ hour, 44+ min ago   (155+ words) Drivers face a diversion more than 13- miles-long when a Hampshire road is closed for drainage repairs. Main Road in Lymington will be subject to daytime closures between 9.30am on Wednesday, September 16 and 3pm on Friday, September 18, according to Hampshire County Council. The…...

12+ hour, 23+ min ago   (366+ words) A new light trail is coming to Upton Country Park this winter (Image: Submitted) Poole is set to sparkle this winter with a brand new immersive light trail. The Illuminate experience launches at Upton Country Park on Friday, November 20, 2026, transforming…...

12+ hour, 23+ min ago   (176+ words) Martin Shaw, who posted the image in the Daily Echo's Camera Club group on Facebook, noticed the seals all laying out together on the shore on Wednesday evening, September 9. He said: "There were three harbour seals and a larger grey…...

2+ day, 17+ hour ago   (162+ words) A man accused of assaulting and kidnapping a woman has pleaded not guilty. Jake Snell, 25, of Brook Road, Bournemouth, appeared at Bournemouth Crown Court on Thursday, September 10, charged with several offences against a woman known to him. Prosecutor Alan Evans…...

2+ day, 17+ hour ago   (443+ words) More than £4million is being reallocated from pier repairs to other projects. BCP Council originally earmarked £9.6million for repairs to Bournemouth Pier from a £20million government grant received in March 2023. However, £4.3million of that funding will now be redirected to stabilise East and West…...

2+ day, 17+ hour ago   (233+ words) A Hampshire care home resident’s wish for a day by the sea led to a heartfelt outing filled with memories. James Corbett, a resident at Colten Care’s Belmore Lodge in Lymington, had expressed a desire to revisit Avon Beach in…...

2+ day, 17+ hour ago   (358+ words) Members of Southbourne Women's Institute have raised funds for an anatomically accurate female resuscitation manikin for Southbourne Surf Life Saving Club. The initiative helps to address an important gender gap in lifesaving CPR training. The project supports the National Federation…...

2+ day, 17+ hour ago   (476+ words) Church bells rang out once again as a community gathered to celebrate the completion of a major restoration project. The bells of All Saints Church in Milford on Sea were heard last Sunday for the first time since February, marking…...

2+ day, 17+ hour ago   (554+ words) Concerns are swelling within the surf community as they say BCP Council will ‘destroy’ the last surf spot along the coast with their plans to restore Bournemouth Pier. Richard Inskip, 48, has lived and surfed in Bournemouth for 24 years, but said…...

2+ day, 19+ hour ago   (123+ words) A Dutch coach overturned in eastern Switzerland in a serious accident that left several people dead and others injured, police said. The vehicle overturned between the villages of Susch and Zernez in the Alpine canton of Graubuenden, and rescue teams…...