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Chope gives his verdict

  1. Labour MP 'not able to support' welfare cutspublished at 15:02 Greenwich Mean Time 27 March

    The Government has said the measures would reduce the welfare budget by £4.8bn.

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  2. Town's first female MP to host women's safety eventpublished at 06:05 Greenwich Mean Time 6 March

    Safety in Bournemouth's town centre is a "huge concern" for women, MP Jessica Toale says.

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  3. Miniature horse 'in demand' after BBC award winpublished at 06:21 Greenwich Mean Time 25 February

    Mr Kelloggs regularly visits care homes and hospitals across Dorset and the New Forest.

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  4. 'It's heart-breaking council can't afford playground'published at 20:33 Greenwich Mean Time 27 January

    Parents in Bournemouth back calls for better playgrounds as authority says it can not afford maintenance.

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  5. Samaritans volunteer made MBE in King's honourspublished at 22:30 Greenwich Mean Time 30 December 2024

    Others to receive honours include a bus company managing director and a retired senior nurse.

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  6. 'One of the loneliest Christmases I've had'published at 08:19 Greenwich Mean Time 23 December 2024

    Holly, from Poole, Dorset, has been sleeping on a friend's sofa after experiencing problems at home.

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  7. Fire services sacked 17 staff members, figures showpublished at 06:19 Greenwich Mean Time 9 December 2024

    Dorset and Wiltshire Fire Service sacked eight staff since the start of 2022, figures show.

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  8. Seven neglected ponies seized from field by policepublished at 08:02 Greenwich Mean Time 20 November 2024

    The ponies, found to be in need of care and treatment, were removed from a field, police say.

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  9. Badenoch dismisses Tory MP's parenthood remarkpublished at 22:36 British Summer Time 17 October 2024

    Sir Christopher Chope suggested Badenoch would be less able to commit to the demands of being party leader.

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  10. New pop-up gallery to make art 'more accessible'published at 06:17 British Summer Time 16 September 2024

    Artwey Gallery will serve as an art exhibition venue for the community until February.

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  11. Play about poet's life revived to help fund archivepublished at 06:18 British Summer Time 21 August 2024

    William Barnes bequeathed his works to Dorset's county museum, which he founded in the 19th Century.

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  12. Island's sea eagle project sees chicks fledgepublished at 11:47 British Summer Time 7 August 2024

    Last year the pair raised the first white-tailed eagle in southern England since 1780.

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  13. Weekly round-up: Five stories you may have missedpublished at 07:12 British Summer Time 21 July 2024

    A story about a helicopter stranded in a field was among the most read in Dorset.

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  14. Chewing gum clean-up gets funding boostpublished at 05:59 British Summer Time 18 July 2024

    A council receives funding of £27,500 for special equipment to remove chewing gun from streets.

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  15. Council leader resigns after becoming MPpublished at 15:35 British Summer Time 9 July 2024

    Vikki Slade won the Mid Dorset and North Poole seat at the general election on Friday.

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  16. New MPs head to Parliament for first daypublished at 14:19 British Summer Time 8 July 2024

    The new intake of MPs head to Parliament after being victorious last week.

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  17. Thanks for joining uspublished at 10:11 British Summer Time 5 July 2024

    With all results across the county now declared, the BBC live page for the election results for Dorset has now ended.

    Please follow all the latest general election results here.

  18. State of play in Dorsetpublished at 10:06 British Summer Time 5 July 2024

    It was a bad night for Conservatives in Dorset.

    Tobias Ellwood lost his seat to Labour's Tom Hayes in Bournemouth East.

    After 14 years at the helm, Richard Drax lost his place in Dorset South

    He was beaten by Labour's Lloyd Hatton who polled 15,659 votes, gaining a majority of 1,048.

    Connor Burns was ousted in Bournemouth West as Jessica Toale from Labour was successful.

    There was a glimmer of joy for the Conservative's Simon Hoare who held on to his seat in North Dorset

    Mid Dorset and North Poole was close but Liberal Democrat candidate Vikki Slade took the win.

    By far the narrowest call in the county came in Poole, where votes were counted four times.

    It was a big shock in a constituency which had been held by the Conservative's Sir Robert Syms for 27 years, as he lost out to Labour's Neil Duncan-Jordan, who had a majority of just 18 votes.

    Labour party members celebrating their victory in Poole
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    Poole Labour gain

  19. Labour gains Poole from the Conservativespublished at 09:54 British Summer Time 5 July 2024
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    Graphic showing Labour gains Poole from the Conservatives. The winning candidate was Neil Duncan-Jordan.

    Another narrow Labour victory - Neil Duncan-Jordan has taken the seat of Poole from the Tories overturning a majority of 18,608.

    After a number of recounts, it has been declared Duncan-Jordan won the seat by just 18 votes.

    We have three more constituencies left to declare - two in Scotland and one in Essex.

    Bar chart showing the results for Poole with vote share for parties getting more than 1% of the vote: Labour 31.8% up 11 points, Conservative 31.8% down 27 points, Reform UK 16.7% up 17 points, Lib Dem 12.4% down 3 points, Green 5% up 2 points, Independent 1.6% up 2 points
  20. Labour take Poole after close contestpublished at 09:51 British Summer Time 5 July 2024

    Labour has narrowly won in Poole after votes were counted four times.

    It is a big change for the constituency which has been led by Conservative party candidate Sir Robert Syms for 27 years.

    Neil Duncan-Jordan, the Labour candidate for the area, won the seat with a majority of just 18 votes, on a night where his party won the UK general election with a landslide victory.