The coalition parties have taken a battering at the local elections in England and Wales.

Labour have gained more than 20 councils and nearly 500 seats so far - and there's still more counting to be done.

There weren't any elections here in Bournemouth and Pooel

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Police are hunting for a man who knifed another man outside a Bournemouth nightclub..

The 29 year old suffered cuts to his stomach during the assault on Christchurch Road around 2am back on Saturday April the 7th..

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Police in Poole have started using a special DNA-marking grease to help catch metal thieves.

It's invisible when applied to buildings but each batch is unique, so can be traced when it gets on someone's clothes or skin.

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