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Overall crime dropped in Dorset in 2025, according to the latest ONS data, meaning the area remains one of the safest in the UK.

Discussion regarding the planning application for land off Birchdale Road, Colehill, lasted more than three hours.

Lib Dem Vikki Slade is calling for a staffed police desk in communities across her constituency following a huge rise in shoplifting.

Members of the weasel family are among 1,100 species recorded in the New Forest during a two-year nature recovery project.

The Museum of East Dorset is to host a month-long celebration of all things prehistoric in May.

Mila Desborough, 13, became the UK U15 girls’ javelin all-time record holder at the Winchester Open for Wimborne AC.

Dorset employers’ legal duty to protect young workers

Police would like to hear from anyone who could identify the two youngsters who were on the bridge above the Upton Bypass.

The pair of barn owls can be viewed on a YouTube livestream. At least four eggs have been laid.

The prolonged dry conditions are a cause for concern for Dorset & Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Service, which is urging caution.