Working from home during the coronavirus crisis has seen new trends including increased productivity and longer working hours, but it has also highlighted the need for improved cyber-security in the home.
The government’s stay home rules to tackle the coronavirus are being flouted in Dorset.
A suspected stolen USB drive has been recovered from the scene of an attempted burglary in Bournemouth.
A man and a woman have been charged with attempted murder following a reported stabbing in Bournemouth.
Emergency services and other partner agencies across Dorset are working together to highlight the #Unacceptable trend in the number of verbal abuse, assaults or attacks their staff face and the rising number involving threats of COVID-19 infection.
Dorset Police has issued a warning after receiving reports that criminals are posing as council officials or NHS staff to either gain entry to private residences, or to make monetary gain by charging householders for errands.
Dorset residents are being urged to keep any waste to one side that they would usually take to the household recycling centre – and not to fly tip it.
Sick crooks are using the coronavirus crisis to target people online, playing on their health fears, a cyber-security company based in Poole has warned.
Officers investigating an incident involving dogs that were reported to be out of control in East Dorset are appealing for the owner to come forward.
Officers investigating the alleged theft of bicycles belonging to staff at the Royal Bournemouth Hospital have arrested a man.
