Steve Harris Episodes Episode guide
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07/12/2018
Sam Fraser sits in. Live from Dorset, start the day with news.
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Bournemouth Spur Road: Council says sorry 06 DEC 18
Over Christmas there'll be a four week pause in lane restrictions on the A338.
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Dorset set to make big changes to special educational needs transport 05 DEC 18
Dorset County Council to scale back a taxi service that takes 1000 children to school.
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Planning permission refused for new £8m Bournemouth mental health unit 04 DEC 18
The eight children's beds were planned for Pebble Lodge in Alum Chine.
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Rare gold egg from 1980s treasure hunt up for auction 03 DEC 18
12 of the 250g eggs were hidden around the country in 1983.
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Girl, four, saves mum with 999 call 30 NOV 18
Kaitlyn had been taught to call an ambulance when her mum had a fit.
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Swanage dad says son's death the result of acne drug 29 NOV 18
Jesse Jones killed himself in 2011.
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Lyme Regis couple aims to redefine retirement 28 NOV 18
Stephanie and Tony Colston say the current definition is too negative.
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Bus drivers complain junction improvement is worse 27 NOV 18
The change is on the junction of the B3069 turning to Langton Matravers in Swanage.
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Christchurch MP criticised for blocking bill against FGM 26 NOV 18
Christopher Chope says he's trying to prevent laws being passed without proper scrutiny.
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Syrian refugee family say living in Dorset is a 'dream' 23 NOV 18
The family are the 13th to be settled in the county. 30 will be settled by 2020.
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Weymouth flood defences are 'not future-proof' 22 NOV 18
A guesthouse owner says the council is not doing enough to mitigate rising sea levels.
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Cancel trail hunting licences, charity urges National Trust 21 NOV 18
The licence for Kingston Lacy near Wimborne has just been renewed.
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Grandmother finds out real dad is American soldier 20 NOV 18
Sheila Lloyd was in her fifties when she discovered her father was an American GI.
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One in six young people in care in the South goes missing 19 NOV 18
We hear Kayleigh's story. She ran away from her Bournemouth foster home aged 12.
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Poole tower block cladding not testing since Grenfell fire 16 NOV 18
The cladding is different from Grenfell but does have a similar flammability rating.
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Brexit: reaction to draft agreement from West Dorset MP 15 NOV 18
Sir Oliver Letwin says there's 'a very good chance' plan will be approved by Parliament.
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Dorset Police funding shortfall a 'perfect storm' 14 NOV 18
Police and Crime Commissioner says force will become a 'response service'.
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Purple Tuesday: making shopping accessible 13 NOV 18
Shopping centres taking part in a scheme to help people with disabilities go shopping.
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Dorset Police to receive spitguards 12 NOV 18
The majority of forces in England and Wales issue the mesh fabric hoods to staff.
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Armistice commemorations: we come live from The Keep in Dorchester 09 Nov 18
Now a military museum, The Keep was the barracks of The Dorsetshire Regiment.
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Clare's Law: Domestic violence scheme hardly being used 09 NOV 18
It's been used fewer than 100 times in Dorset in the last three years.
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The potentially illegal lift-sharing scheme operating in Bournemouth 07 NOV 18
Closed social media groups are being used to arrange 'doing lifts'.
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Gaia Pope: dead Swanage teenager's family demand answers 06 NOV 18
We hear from Gaia's twin sister Maya for the very first time.
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Armistice Commemorations: reports from Swanage 05 NOV 18
The coastal town has organised 11 days of events up to Sunday's anniversary.
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A thatched property in Affpuddle is destroyed by fire 02 NOV 18
Around 50 firefighters have been battling overnight to save the cottage near Bere Regis.
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Prostate cancer: should a national screening programme be introduced 01 NOV 11
Jim Davis from Dorset Prostate Cancer Support Organisation is our guest editor.
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The Chief Executive of Dorset County Council's severance package is nearly half a million pounds 31 OCT 18
Debbie Ward will will end her term as Chief Executive on 30 November.
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A Dorset mum on the heartbreak of seeing her daughter receive mental health care in Manchester 30 OCT 18
Kay Kelsall's daughter Phoebe couldn't get help in Dorset.
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More weddings might be happening in Dorset's beautyspots 29 OCT 18
In his budget the Chancellor is expected to relax the rules around outdoor weddings.