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THREE Dorset's MPs have urged the Government to press ahead with easing restrictions next week despite rising Covid case numbers.

Two new licences allowing restaurants to serve alcohol and events to be held two sites along Bournemouth beach were approved on Tuesday.  They were two out of five separate licence applications lodged, seeking permission for a wide range of events to be held and food and drink served along much of the Bournemouth seafront this summer.  Here's what we know so far.  What's happened so far? Councillors have approved two new licences allowing restaurants to serve alcohol and events to be held at sites in East Cliff and near the Toft zig zag. Committee members agreed unanimously...

People enjoying the warm weather on Bournemouth beach at the start of a week in which the UK is expected to bask in temperatures of more than 30C.. “FRESH and unique” restaurants are being sought as part of BCP Council’s pop-up beach plans for the summer. The council has begun advertising for companies willing to set up temporary operations on Bournemouth’s beaches ahead of a final decision on its licence applications. It said it was looking to “animate the seafront with stylish restaurants” as part of its plans to accommodate a predicted influx in visitors over the coming m...

Pubs, bars and restaurants have been closed while the nation sat in lockdown as coronavirus cases surged. However, with cases now relatively low, hospitality businesses can be reopen outdoors, with no curfew or substantial meal rules in place. And business bosses said there was a “buzz” around the place. Mark Cribb, founder of Urban Guild which runs Urban Reef, Urban Beach and Urban Garden, said: “All three will open, Garden in the town centre has got really large terraces. “In Reef we have refurbished the ground floor, we have given it a lot of love and we have space outsi...

On the morning after, we look at some of the effects the Budget could have in Dorset.                                          HELP FOR HOSPITALITY AND RETAIL Dorset’s hospitality industry got some of the key concessions it asked for from the chancellor. The reduced five per cent VAT rate for hospitality and tourism will stay in place util September 30 and will then go up to 12.5 per cent before reaching its original 20 per cent next April. Alcohol duty will also stay as it is. For Andy Lennox, founder of the Wonky Table group that grew up to represent Dorset ba...