A fire tore through All Saints Church in Mudeford on Thursday evening.

Residents have spoken of their heartbreak after a fire tore through a historic church at the heart of the Mudeford community.

A community has asked people to pray for them after a huge fire tore through their church and hall.

CALLS have been made to remove “a blight on the landscape” that has been left in Poole Harbour for more than a decade.

DORSET Police has referred itself to the policing watchdog following a major crash involving a police car which left six people, including two children, injured.

A SHOPLIFTER has been banned from entering any Boots, Co-op or Tesco store across all of Dorset for two years.

TOBIAS Ellwood says he remains “deeply regretful” for running over a neighbour’s cat.

HOSPITALS have “very little bed space” and families are urged to help get patients home as extra pressure is expected as a result of the heatwave.

A LUXURY leather goods retailer has closed its store in the centre of Ringwood after three years of hampered trading.

A 65 year old man charged with rape and kidnap is to appear before court later today.

A GROUP of travellers have set up an encampment in a beachfront car park in Bournemouth.

A VILLAGE pub boasting “cosiness” and “great food”- St Peters Finger is Pub of the Week.

ROUGH sleepers are receiving support from charities whilst BCP is not implementing SWEP during the heatwave.

POLICE are searching for a teenage girl who has gone missing from Bournemouth.

TEMPERATURES are set to ramp up over the next few days.

A CALL to retrain councillors in use of social media platforms has been made in light of rising complaints against BCP Council members.

A TEENAGER accused of murdering a 35-year-old Christchurch man told a friend “it is what it is” after admitting “there evidence is there”, a court heard.

THE NUMBER of fines dished out to illegal beach campers by BCP enforcement officers over the last week is still not known.

BARBECUES along the seafront at Branksome are out of order after contractors working at a café damaged the electricity cable.

THE ambulance service said it is under “extreme pressure” as it prepares for a busy weekend in the blistering heat.

A FAMILY who lost a loved one to cancer are preparing to take part in a 24-hour charity relay this weekend.

Passengers are being urged to check the airlines’ rules on medication before travelling or they could be denied boarding.

Dorset and Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Service have issued a full statement on the huge blaze at All Saints Church in Mudeford tonight.

A LAND Rover which was used in a series of business burglaries was seized on Wednesday night.

AN OFF-ROAD motorcycle which was ridden in a manner deemed to “cause alarm and distress” was stopped by police in Poole yesterday.

Although some rulings under the Highway Code may seem extreme to many, the government warn they are legal requirements.

The Met Office has issued a ‘risk to life’ warning with temperatures expected to reach a scorching 36C next week.

A MAN approached a teenage girl sitting on the kerb and sexually assaulted her, prompting a police investigation.

LEGENDS of reggae will rub shoulders with the stars of tomorrow as Dorset’s biggest dedicated festival to the genre is to make its long-awaited return.

PLANS to transform rubbish and recycling collection services in the New Forest have been fully approved.

BOURNEMOUTH

When buying a car we try to make the right choice by finding the perfect model that will be best suited to us.

COMEDIAN Eddie Izzard was in attendance as a Bournemouth school travelled back to the 1940s to celebrate women in war service.

FROM South Pacific to Saturday Night Fever, Sondheim to Six, Broadway Showtunes is an absolute delight from start to finish.

British customers face new EU shopping fees after firms have increased so-called interchange fees for online credit and debit cards.

The funny man released a lengthy statement on his Facebook account on Thursday.

LUSH has said physical retail remains crucial to the business as it invests £7.6million in new and revamped shops.

Here's some of the items you can find in the middle aisles of Aldi and Lidl from Thursday, July 14.

It's easy to forget just how big the former Poole Gasworks were.

The streaming giant said that the feature will work “no matter what device you use to watch”.

A huge fire has broken out in Mudeford at All Saints Church

A MAN was hospitalised this afternoon after being found with stab wounds to his leg at an address in Bournemouth town centre.

There are three mile queues on the A31 due to a broken down van.

LONG delays in Sandbanks are finally coming to an end!

A DISABLED woman has been told the removal of a rotting dead fox from her garden is “not a priority” for the council.

SEVERE disruption is expected across BCP’s railway stations next week after the RMT announced more strikes.

A vital report on the potential sell-off of thousands of beach huts by BCP Council is yet to materialise - even though the meeting is less than a week away.

Celebrity chef Mark Hix is to close one of his country pubs in Dorset.

A JURY has retired to consider its conclusion in the inquest into the death of Gaia Pope, who was found dead in undergrowth on the Dorset coast 11 days after running away from home.

ANOTHER travellers’ encampment has been set up on a residential green in Canford Heath – the second in the area within 24 hours.