Dorset News

New specialist base for children with SEMH needs opens at Bournemouth primary school

Dorset climate groups say North Sea gas drilling threatens coast

Weekend of weather warnings as storms set to bring major disruption

Engineers appointed to help develop plans to protect and strengthen Lyme Regis Cobb

South West households urged to prepare for power cuts

Potholes being tackled in South West

Students across Dorset learn trade secrets at interactive skills festival

Prime Minister backs Mayoral Strategic Authority for Wessex

Poole vape store manager jailed for eight years for sexually abusing teenage girls

Witness and dashcam appeal after fail-to-stop collision in Dorchester

£10,000 donation enhances the Stroke Unit at Dorset County Hospital

Police release image of two vehicles after motorcyclist suffers serious arm injury in Poole crash

South West Water urges checks for leaking toilets amid critical drought

Get involved in Dorset's custody visiting scheme for fair treatment

Vandalism at Stephens Castle threatens Dorset conservation project

Jury to look at whether Bournemouth student’s meningitis death ‘was preventable’

Yellow wind warning issued for South West England and Wales this Friday

Historic Bournemouth farm to be sold for £1 million to help council finance

Recovery driver avoids prison after Range Rover crushed passer-by in Bournemouth

Three Weymouth bus services diverted as Dorchester Road closes for gas mains work

Police release images of two men after fragrances worth almost £5000 stolen in Ferndown

Man arrested after teenage girl reportedly sexually assaulted in Ferndown

Severe drought declared in parts of South of England

Last three groynes to be replaced west of Boscombe Pier in Bournemouth

MP warns extension for beach in Southbourne is only a delay

Witness appeal after dog dies following collision in Portland

Family tribute to teenager killed in Poole crash after lorry driver sentenced

New road linking east and west Gillingham now open

SOBO Beach can keep operating in Southbourne for another 11 months

Woman jailed for sexual activity with teenage boy in Dorset

Man jailed for "unprovoked" assault in Bournemouth

Witness and dashcam appeal after fatal collision in Wareham

Run Bournemouth raises more than £500,000 for charity

Dorchester market and car boot sale both in surplus after management change

Police praise victim's bravery in reporting non-recent rape

BCP warns of tax hike, service cuts and asset sales over 2027/28 £38m budget gap