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The Nightshift

Late-night radio done right... the soundtrack that keeps Dorset moving after dark.

Sun 05:00

Dorset Coast Non Stop

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

Sun 08:00

Breakfast with Kev Kirby

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

Sun 10:00

Alfie at the weekend

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

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

Dorset tractor show raises £530 for hospital and air ambulance

A tractor show has raised more than £500 for two good causes.

Wildlife photographer walking across UK with nine-foot tiger on his back

Paul Goldstein is walking 1,000 miles carrying a nine-foot, 13kg tiger on his back, raising funds for wildlife conservation in India and Bhutan.

Free pickleball taster session for local people with Parkinson's next month

People living with Parkinson’s in Mudeford and the surrounding areas of Dorset and Hampshire are being invited to join a new free Pickleball taster session.

Topless swim challenge raises more than £20,000 for local air ambulance

The DARE to BARE sponsored swim, held at Vobster Quay on August 23, raised an incredible £24,500 for Dorset and Somerset Air Ambulance (DSAA)

Discover the forgotten Boscombe festival that transformed Shelley Park 20 years ago

Relive Boscombe Arts Festival 2006 with Latin music, family-friendly entertainment, workshops and live acts at Shelley Park.

'While other seaside towns are packing up, Bournemouth is still going'

Whilst other seaside towns are packing up, Bournemouth is still going.

‘I feel like a criminal’: Farm resident faces eviction from lifelong family home

A man who has lived on a farm since childhood says he feels like a 'criminal' after being faced with eviction after more than 60 years.

‘Goosebumps’ as Dorset hospice receives first Outstanding rating

The chief executive of a leading Dorset hospice charity said she had “goosebumps” after it received its first-ever Outstanding rating from the care watchdog.