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Christchurch

Pier stretching out to see with sandy beach packed with beachgoers curving round to the right.

Summer beach wristband safety scheme starts

The scheme is brought in as thousands of people are expected to descend on the coastline's beaches.

Aerial view over Christchurch, looking towards Bournemouth, Poole and Poole Harbour. The three towns are linked by a long curved sandy beach which runs along the top of the picture with the sea merging with the sky on a misty horizon. Directly below the photographer is the meandering river Avon.

Council pay to be unified after six years

Hundreds of staff at Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole have been on different pay deals.

Christchurch Priory is a large stone church - the sky behind it is blue.

Priory hosts concert to fund 'ambitious' repairs

Christchurch Priory is raising money to repair and restore much of the historic structure.

A collage of two CCTV images of a woman that Dorset Police are trying to identify.

Police investigating toy thefts try to identify woman

Jellycat toys are stolen from Bookends on High Street in Christchurch on two occasions.

A woman in a blue and white stripped t-shirt holds a Mounjaro injection pen.

Weight loss jab Mounjaro 'game changer', says GP

The weekly injection, which supresses appetite, became available on the NHS on Monday.

Pieces of gum stuck to a pavement

More streets set to benefit from gum clean-up

A council receives additional funding of £27,500 to remove chewing gun from more streets.

A decorated elephant looking out to sea

Mermaid tails and elephants auctioned by charities

Stampede by the Sea and the Great Tail Trail aim to raise money for two separate hospice charities.

Brown and Amber coloured chicken

Bird flu protection zone lifted in parts of Dorset

Avian flu control measures come to an end in a 3km (two mile) zone around premises near Pokesdown.

A scene from One Foot in the Grave with the front garden on Victor and Margaret's house covered in garden gnomes. Victor is standing at the front door on the phone and Margaret is in the middle of the gnomes.

One Foot in the Grave house up for sale

Some of the most famous scenes in the 1990s sitcom were filmed outside the suburban house.