IF you needed an excuse to tuck into a chippy tea, it's National Fish and Chip Day today. We've unearthed our round-up of the best fish and chip shops in Dorset as chosen by Echo readers. Here's ...

READY meal company Cook has opened its third shop in Dorset. The Kent-based firm, which sells frozen ready meals, opened a new branch in the former M&Co in High Street, Christchurch last month.

Town with a coffee shop every 36 yards gets its 15th café as council loses its bid to put a lid on them. Christchurch in Dorset has 14 coffee shops and now a 15th will arrive later this year ...

An antiques shop owner in Dorset is refusing access to tourists who he says do not buy anything and put off genuine customers. Mark Galpin, whose shop is opposite a coach stop in Christchurch ...

In Christchurch, Dorset, ... but opponents to the opening say Christchurch has nearer 40%. Coffee shop owners in the town organised a petition opposing the plans and the former shoe shop will ...

A TOWN is so overrun with coffee shops that councillors decided to leave a store empty rather than let another one open. The High Street in Christchurch, Dorset, has 14 coffee shops on a 500 metre … ...

Brown's Finest Fish and Chips, Somerford Road, Christchurch. ... Robinsons was the second fish and chip shop in Dorset to be named one of the best in the country along with Nick The Fish in 2017.