Bournemouth, Poole, Christchurch and Dorset news, sport and information from the Bournemouth Echo

Live Albion sex assault trial day 10: Prosecution say Rodgers account "not credible"

10:39am Monday 20th May 2013

Brighton and Hove Albion players on trial for sex assault - day ten

Townsend residents "still feel safe” despite drug raids

10:23am Thursday 16th May 2013

POLICE say a series of raids on homes at Townsend show they are taking residents’ worries seriously.

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Bungling burglar jailed for 42 months

2:00pm Tuesday 14th May 2013

A BUNGLING burglar who was caught on camera stealing the till from a Bournemouth beauty salon has been jailed for three-and-a-half years.

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Jailed: gang of criminals who stole £160,000 in goods from 16 Co-Op stores

8:00am Saturday 11th May 2013

A GANG of criminals ransacked convenience stores and shops in Dorset and across the south.

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Kinson stabbing: can you help find teenage boys who attacked have-a-go-hero?

9:18am Friday 10th May 2013

POLICE are renewing their appeal for witnesses after a have-a-go hero was knifed in the stomach this week in Kinson.

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UPDATED: Man in hospital after stabbing by gang in Kinson

6:30am Wednesday 8th May 2013

A 30-year-old man was taken to hospital this afternoon following a reported stabbing in the Kinson area of Bournemouth.

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'Carer' stole £35,000 from sick OAP to fund £200 a day heroin habit

9:21am Tuesday 7th May 2013

A CALLOUS ‘carer’ who plundered a bedridden pensioner’s savings to fund her £200 a day heroin habit has been jailed for 18 months.

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Trail goes cold over armed raid at Barclays bank in Wallisdown

11:00am Tuesday 7th May 2013

THE final man linked with a bank robbery in Wallisdown at the end of last year has been released without charge.

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'Cowardly and vicious attack' on elderly woman in her own home

4:22pm Friday 3rd May 2013

A WOMAN in her 80s was attacked after two men broke into her home last night.

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CCTV: Two men sought over attack on Good Samaritan in Bournemouth

5:10pm Friday 3rd May 2013

A GOOD Samaritan was left with multiple fractures when he tried to help two women that were being attacked in Bournemouth town centre.

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Fraudster who 'preyed on a victim’s vulnerability' is jailed for two years

3:54pm Friday 3rd May 2013

A Poole man who conned a woman he was in a relationship with out of hundreds of thousands of pounds has been jailed for two years after pleading guilty to fraud.

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