BCP Council has made a initial bid of £17m for the Barclays House site, the Echo understands.

Driving instructors are being hit hard during the cost of living crisis, with fuel prices and long waiting times threatening their businesses.

SOARING petrol prices in and around Dorset have been described as “eye-watering” with some stations charging close to a massive £2 per litre.

A MAN is due to appear in court in connection with a crash in Purbeck - which lead to a driver being taken to hospital with serious injuries.

A fish and chip shop owner in Ferndown has dreamed up an innovative way of expanding his business.

Storm damage left a road in Poole with significant damage after torrential rain hammered the area on Saturday night.

A COUNSELLOR for students and young people has warned there is a real risk of children coming to harm if BCP Council does not urgently address a raft of failings.

A CHILDREN’S play park gutted by a fire earlier this year is set for a summer holiday reopening to the delight of families in Parkstone.

A POLICE detective has admitted that delays in reviewing the investigation into the disappearance of Gaia Pope may have caused opportunities to find her to be lost.

POLICE are searching for a Good Samaritan who went to the aid of a teenage girl after she was kicked at a recreation ground in Poole.

A school pupil had to 'break free' after being grabbed by a man in a worrying daytime incident next to a busy road in Dorchester.

WHILE Dorset residents were enjoying the Platinum Jubilee celebrations last weekend, traffic cops dealt with crashes, speeding, drug driving and more offences.

FOOTFALL figures across Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole high streets in April show a marked increase in visitors and shoppers.

CONCERNS have been raised after a village saw a huge emergency service response including armed police.

A BROKEN down bus caused delays for motorists in Bournemouth town centre this morning.

A LANDMARK hotel in the New Forest has been put on the market for around £12.5million.

AN ICONIC Shakespeare tragedy will be performed live in Boscombe next month – on top of a multi-storey car park.

Details on seven people who have recently been in the dock at Poole Magistrates' Court for criminal offences in Dorset.

The strike could affect the Glastonbury music festival and those travelling to watch England test match cricket

Barcelona, Lanzarote, and Turin are among Ryanair's new routes in its Winter 2022/23 schedule.

A parish council chairman has publicly expressed his frustration over 'serious difficulties' working with BCP Council.

A MAN from Christchurch has been fined by the courts for speeding at 89mph on a motorway in Birmingham.

Can you guess which road these two pictures feature?

The advert banned specifically was advertising Plant Chef burgers

To help with the rising costs, households on certain benefits will receive financial support over the summer.

In rare cases, the infection can be more severe, causing serious complications, such as meningitis

Throop village’s mill has been around since the 12th century under various ownerships – including monks from Quarr Abbey.

COVID-hit businesses seeking to invest and grow are being encouraged to consider applying for a government-backed loan scheme as the deadline approaches.

Wonderful sunset looking out from the National Trust's, Badbury Rings near Wimborne taken by Mary Seer.

Update your wardrobe with Mr Porter's huge sale across Men's wear.

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Moonpig has a range of perfect presents to get for Father's Day.

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The word “women” does not appear in the overview of ovarian cancer on the NHS.uk website, but does appear further down the page

A sequel to the billion dollar hit from 2019 is now confirmed to be happening

Dorset MPs Sir Robert Syms, Tobias Ellwood and Conor Burns have reacted to Boris Johnson wining the confidence vote.

Police are investigating after a woman was attacked by a man in Poole.

A BUSINESS owner had to make staff redundant after the council brought criminal proceedings against him for failing to close during the pandemic, only to drop the charges two years later.

- Major emergency response to Cologne Road in Bovington - Armed officers called to street

Councillors for BCP were not told about the council's decision to look into buying Barclays House.

CCTV images have been released after further alcohol thefts from a Waitrose supermarket in Bournemouth.

A PERSON has been airlifted to hospital following a serious crash in north Dorset yesterday.

THE ORGANISER of a long-running New Forest community fun day has expressed his shock after posters advertising the event were removed without explanation.

THE FUTURE of Ringwood Raceway is “in the hands of the gods” as hundreds of people express sadness and anger at the news it is set to close for good.

POLICE are appealing for witnesses following a serious crash in North Dorset that saw one person airlifted to hospital.

POLICE are concerned about the whereabouts of a missing West Sussex man who was last seen in Bournemouth.

Rebel Conservative MP Tobias Ellwood said he accepts the result of the confidence motion in Boris Johnson “for the moment”.

AN ELDERLY man who was rescued after accidentally plunging his car into water during a drive in the New Forest has surrendered his licence.

A CHARITY has been left “extremely disappointed” after seeing its plans to convert private farmland in Poole into a publicly-accessible park rejected.

A REQUEST to consider three separate plans for flats along a 400-metre stretch of a main road in Christchurch have been dismissed.