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Breakfast with Kev Kirby

Weekend breakfast with Kev - your ‘What’s On’ guide, great music, and the perfect start to your Saturday and Sunday.

Today 10:00

Paul McComish

Paul’s got everything you need for a great weekend - local info, the 'Just A Second' quiz, and the best Dorset Coast music.

Today 13:00

Dorset Coast Non Stop

Back-to-back hits across the south - non-stop feel-good favourites from today and across the decades.

Today 19:00

Saturday Night Floor Fillers

Non-stop Floor Fillers - let us turn your lounge into a dancefloor! Hit after hit, it's three hours of non-stop classics.

Local News, Sport, Events & Weather for the Dorset Coast

Debate on final report on FuturePlaces has been deferred

Councillors agreed to defer the final investigation report into the council-owned development company BCP FuturePlaces until December

Independent café in Highcliffe seeking to extend its opening and serving hours

Donna Mary Mosley has applied to BCP Council for a variation to the premises licence for The Paddle, located on 397 Waterford Road, Highcliffe, Christchurch.

Inside the Bournemouth ice rink generations still miss

Remember Bournemouth’s Westover Ice Rink in Dorset: its 1930 opening, Ice Follies, hockey, cherished memories and closure on January 6, 1991.

Plans approved to move services before disposing of annex ‘undermine integrity’

Councillors have warned that plans to move services out of the Civic Centre Annex have undermined the integrity of financial scrutiny after the plans were approved before being examined by the audit committee.

Historic Bournemouth farm to be sold for £1million to help council finances

A derelict historic farm complex is set to be sold off to raise around £1 million to help the council’s finances

Dorset athlete eyes world championship glory with Team GB

A Dorset athlete is set to represent Great Britain on the world stage.

Farm buildings to be sold off as part of council approved country park expansion

Redundant farm buildings at Upton Farm in Poole will be sold off to recoup council funds while surrounding fields are opened up for walking and cycling.

Mum of teenager who drowned at Bournemouth beach calls for urgent action

The mother of a teenager who drowned after being swept out to sea in Bournemouth has joined other bereaved families in calling on the Prime Minister to improve water safety.