A Dorset based fish and chip shop have been shortlisted for a top award. The Forum Frier in Blandford has been listed as one of the top 40 best chippies in the UK by the National Fish and Chip ...

For years, visitors to Chideock have been greeted by a hedge painstakingly trimmed to spell out the name of the Dorset village. However, it seems the task of maintaining the hedgerow has fallen by ...

The collapse, which has left a vast pile of rubble from the cliffs, happened on East Beach between West Bay and Freshwater, Dorset, on Thursday afternoon. Dorset Council said the coast path above ...

A FIRST look at Castlepoint’s latest retailer, Mango, has been revealed as the opening date is announced. The much anticipated international fashion brand will be opening its doors to shoppers ...

Sophie Hobby was due to attend court, however failed to attend therefore the court has now issued a warrant for her arrest. It is listed that her crime was committed in Bournemouth. She is ...

Fire crews are tackling a large fire at an industrial unit. Dorset & Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Service (DWFRS) said crews were called to the site off Dorchester Road in Sturminster Marshall at 19: ...

A wreck found off the Dorset coast more than 30 years ago is a 19th Century naval vessel built in Portsmouth, researchers have discovered. The 24m-long (79ft) Pin Wreck, named after the hundreds ...

How average house prices and rents are changing in Dorset. You have selected Dorset but you can choose a different local authority in Great Britain below. Local housing data are based on a smaller ...

Have a go at this walk which takes in Dorset’s highest village of Ashmore - at 700ft above sea level. Click into the photo gallery above to see a full-sized route map Ashmore stands on a high ...

Maritime archaeologists from Bournemouth University believe they have finally identified a shipwreck off the coast of Dorset, over thirty years after it was discovered. The team have concluded that ...

A digger reported stolen from an East Dorset construction site has been successfully located four months later by police officers in Poland. Dorset Police received a report in April that a Hitachi ...

Visitors to Dorset's Jurassic Coast have been warned after a large section of cliff collapsed on to a beach. The overnight landslip occurred at Seatown Beach, near West Bay, along the same section ...