AN INVESTIGATION has been launched after an ATM machine was stolen by a group of men dressed in black in the early hours of this morning.

A NEWLY renovated five star hotel is opening in West Cliff today, after a £27million investment.

THE opening of new Burger King and Costa Coffee outlets in Christchurch appears to be just weeks away.

A BOLT from the heavens struck a church roof and cracked a stone cross clean in half during the storms on Saturday.

CCTV images have been released by police investigating the rape of a woman in a Poole car park.

A CONVENIENCE store in Poole was ram-raided in the early hours of this morning.

A LORRY driver told a seafront ranger he could do whatever he liked before his vehicle hit the council worker at Pier Approach in Bournemouth.

A KEY Bournemouth town centre site is now for sale - two years after planning permission was granted two turn it into flats and shops.

A DECISION on the future of the abandoned Creekmoor park and ride site will be decided this summer, it is understood.

A SEAL was spotted nestling in the sand by a passer-by at a Bournemouth beach on Tuesday evening.

RAIL services will be “significantly affected” later this month due to industrial action, South Western Railway has warned.

MORE than 250 households in the BCP region have welcomed Ukrainian refugees, with one Poole mother describing the experience as like having a new family.

CCTV images have been released following the attempted steal of a red Vespa scooter.

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

DORSET Council has been blasted for scrapping parking scratch cards and parking permits for visitors during the summer.

A SEAFRONT restaurant in Bournemouth which has been closed since a large fire has secured approval for an extension.

It comes as experts have warned the price of petrol will hit £2 per litre this summer

NO CHILDREN went to prison for committing knife crimes in Dorset last year, new figures show.

Details on six criminal cases recently dealt with at Poole Magistrates' Court.

A CAR dealership in Poole has secured permission to expand its showroom and workshop for an additional franchise.

A NEW mural has been painted in a pedestrian underpass in Boscombe.

Ofsted has recently visited BCP Council's children's services for the first time since a very critical inspection found the department was inadequate.

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

A PROPOSAL has been lodged to replace a popular seafront refreshment cabin said to be “in a state of disrepair”.

Daily Echo reader Lyn Morland has posted these pictures on Facebook group We Grew Up In Bournemouth and Poole.

THE country may have partied hard last weekend for the Queen’s jubilee but there’s lots going on this weekend in Dorset.

PLANS have been made to modernise Hillview Post Office in Corfe Mullen and to introduce longer opening hours.

A WOMAN has been spared a driving ban due to the exceptional hardship it would have after she was caught using a car without insurance.

RINGWOOD has a brand-new town mayor and deputy following a close council vote last week.

A MAN from Dorset who littered a cigarette butt in Salisbury city centre has been fined by the courts.

A Daily Echo reader contacted us to ask if we could run this gallery of pictures.

HERE we go again. Imax II. Only in the BCP conurbation.

Five million coins will also enter general circulation later in the year to help make the landmark design accessible to everyone.

A HOTEL which spent £160,000 becoming the first in the UK to have fully accessible toilet for people with severe disabilities has been praised by two mayors of Bournemouth.

DORSET-based financial mutual LV= has announced a new chair.

Chris Short captured the low fog over the National Trust site of Badbury Rings early one morning.

The new tools from the social media platform will aim to help improve the digital wellbeing of its users

NATWEST has announced a new pocket money product.

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Pandora has launched its summer sale with up to 50% off popular jewellery items.

Johnson will hope the pledges to assist individuals onto the property ladder will please rebel MPs and voters who are facing financial pressures.

These pictures were taken during the opening of Sobar in Bevois Valley Road on June 23, 2002.

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

MORE thunder could be on the cards this afternoon, according to the Met Office forecast.

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

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

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