Dorset News

'Prolific' burglar sentenced after targeting homes in Bournemouth

Reduced timetable to run between Waterloo and Exeter St Davids

BCP Council trialling increased parking fines to improve seafront safety

Police appeal as two women hospitalised in serious Blandford crash

Dog owner jailed after police officer mauled in attack in Dorset

Police appeal after woman sexually assaulted

Over 50 confirmed cases of measles so far this year in the South West

Thunderstorms to hit the South West as yellow weather warning comes in

New trial exploring if blood test can detect 10 types of early-stage cancer

Dorset Council approves urgent funding for more SEND places in Dorchester

Extra education places work to continue during summer

Gas leak leads to evacuation of homes in Lyme Regis

Fire at Turbary Common being treated as deliberate

Police 'in discussions' with council after sacking of 11 interim staff

Crews rushed to major house fire in Bournemouth

Teenage girl tells court she was 'scared as man raped her in a city centre park'

Trial gets underway of Dorset man accused of raping a 14 year old girl

Levels of sickness and stress taking a toll on policing in Dorset

Arrests made following aggravated burglary in Lyme Regis

Dorset's PCC wants more funding for policing tourist hot spots

DES scandal ignored for too long, says Bournemouth MP in letter to Health Secretary

Two men arrested after a man assaulted in Weymouth

Dorset Council financial mismanagement report released

Police appeal for witnesses after fatal crash near Bridport

Majority of rural councils are failing to meet social housing demand

Dorset hospital staff expecting extra 20% births this year

Biggest railway workers union calling for action to tackle 'escalating violence'

Tributes paid to man who died in collision

Mum whose son drowned at Bournemouth Beach offers powerful life-saving message

Mobile police stations being introduced in Dorset from September

AI invention in works that can monitor Barn Owl chicks without disturbing nesting

Man seriously assaulted in Sandbanks

Dorset & Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Service join drowning prevention calls

Dorset police disappointed at anti-social behaviour towards dolphins

Dorset police appeal after incidents in Dorchester

South West reports increase in shoplifting rates