Dorset & Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Service still has around 100 firefighters tackling a huge heath fire affecting some 180 hectares of heath and woodland at Wareham Forest, which started yesterday afternoon (18 May).
Criminals are taking advantage of the COVID-19 pandemic by turning their attention to online crime. As lockdown continues, across the UK, there has been a drop in street crime of 21%. However, online crime, driven by predatory transnational gangs, is on the rise.
‘BBQs Burn More Than Bangers’ is a new campaign to remind people that BBQs are illegal on heathlands and to promote the use of alternative designated barbecuing destinations.
The Met’s Specialist Crime Command swooped simultaneously on three addresses in the early hours of 12 May and carried out search warrants at Rigby Close, CR0, Derwent Road, SE20 and Scarbrook Road, CR0.
A 22-year-old man from New Milton has been arrested on suspicion of possession of an offensive weapon after Hampshire police officers executed a warrant at a property in the town on 13 May.
A man has been handed a three-year prison term after he viciously assaulted two police officers who were carrying out their duties in Bournemouth.
A Dorset Police officer has been charged with murder following the death of a 41-year-old Bournemouth woman.
Arson is suspected after a significant area of heathland at Bourne Valley Nature Reserve went up in flames on Saturday 9 May.
Officers investigating a report of criminal damage to an NHS building in Dorchester are appealing for anyone with information to come forward.
A woman in her 60s was walking her dog at Sea View viewpoint on Constitution Hill at around 1.30pm on 23 April.
