Bournemouth has been unsuccessful in a bid for city status as part of the celebrations for the Queen's Platinum Jubilee.

Eight places have won the coveted title including Stanley in the Falklands Islands and Douglas on the Crown Dependency of the Isle of Man.

Also claiming the civic honour is Bangor in Northern Ireland, along with Colchester, Doncaster and Milton Keynes in England, plus Dunfermline in Scotland and Wrexham in Wales.

Bournemouth's was among 39 towns across the UK and British Overseas Territories to apply to win city status as part of a competition being run in honour of the 2022 Platinum Jubilee.

Speaking to the Daily Echo in December, BCP Council portfolio holder for regeneration, Philip Broadhead, said the status could “energise residents”.

He said: “When Bournemouth councillors recently voted to apply for city status, it was pretty clear that the main driver was one thing – pride.

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“On the face of it, city status doesn’t mean anything practically. It comes with no new powers or responsibilities. It doesn’t mean a license to build skyscrapers. It is a purely honorary title in that regard.

“However, there is the argument that we miss out on investment because none of our three towns are technically ‘a city’."

He added: “Should Bournemouth get city status, in my eyes it cements the view that we may have one council but we have three fantastic places within it to be proud of."

Earlier this year, it was revealed the town's bid for city status included photographs of Christchurch and Poole.

Details on the town's application came to light following a resident's Freedom of Information request.

Alex McKinstry obtained a copy of Bournemouth's city status bid in the Platinum Jubilee civic honours competition.

The application required the local authority to submit up to 50 photographs of "permanent features of the area".

A total of 47 photographs were included in the Bournemouth application, but three of these were locations in of Christchurch – The Priory, Christchurch Castle and Bournemouth Airport – and four were sites in Poole – Poole Lighthouse, Old Town in Market Street, Port of Poole and Poole Quay.